Just playing around and adding a few more bits in there to pretty it up…

I had so much fun at Halloween, doing arts and crafts with my 3 year old daughter, and I got all carried away and made some fun prints…played around and nothing serious

I’ve been going through some of my old writing, since having fun writing my little bear in the woods tale, and found a poem to share, written back in my uni days…  (I have to add, no moths were harmed in the making of this poem!)

Moth (1993)

I smeared it with my thumb

A powder trail on a pane

With the edge of a wing

Uncrushed.

It’s death path

Shimmered when I blinked,

Hair in my eyes.

Kissed it goodbye with my hand,

The little corpse of dust.

Here is a story I posted as my comment in a competion on Eloise Hidden’s lovely blog…  One of the rules was to include a 13 letter word…I took it a bit further, and decided to use 13 13 letter words, just to challenge myself.  Oh, and I was meant to wear a pumpkin hat, but I ad libbed and wore a small decorative pumpkin on my head in lieu of an actual hat.

Three of the posters will win her lovely creative goodies, so I have my fingers and toes crossed today.  But I really enjoyed writing this little bit of silliness…

Once upon a time, deep in a dark forest of furry trees, there lived a beautiful bear. He had such a sense of belongingness, living in those woods, and never wanted to leave. One day a hunter came, crisscrossing and traipsing through the woodland paths, passing over the fallen crunchinesses of leaves, and he found the bear sleeping in his den. He halfheartedly raised his gun to the muzzle of the sleeping bear, but then, in a moment of impulsiveness and jitterinesses, he lowered his gun and pulled out the small sketchbook he kept in his backpack instead. He rapidly formed the shape of the sleeping bear’s head, the form of his brow, the way his fur grew…the intertwisting leaves and fronds that grew about him in his den. Just as he was completing his sketch, he turned to go, glancing back one last time, trying to preserve the memorableness of the moment in his mind’s eye, and the wind changed, blowing his scent to the bear’s nose. The black shiny nose twitched, as the bear’s superpowerful olfactory system went into overdrive. There was a sense of synchronicity, as the hunter froze completely, and the bear opened his eyes, unblinkingly staring straight into those of the hunter. In that moment, bear and hunter were both thinking the same thought. They each pondered the unknowability of another being, the voicelessness of another’s thoughts. Bear and hunter, sharing that thought, each felt isolated from the other, yet were joined in the exact same uncanninesses of that sensation. Then the wind changed again, and the spell was broken. The hunter turned and was gone, the bear shifted his muzzle and closed his eyes, and the moment was forgotten.

We went to the Waikiki Aquarium and saw some beautiful moon jellyfish. It was like walking into a dream….

There were also the most amazing seadragons, I just wanted to swim with them.

Of course, the kids loved the shark!

I’m so excited! I’ve been chosen by Ingrid of Lottielulu as one of her 7 blogs she loves! I feel so honoured and touched…and just a bit shy about it, too! I’m completely bowled over in fact. Can you hear me shuffling my feet and looking intently at my fingernails? Awww, shucks!
So now it’s my turn to spread the love around…

I nominate these blogs, as I love them very much.  There are many, many talented and wonderful bloggy types out there and I’m unearthing more and more each day…just love it!

Gala House (Honor Bowden)

Cupcakes Photography

Gina Perry

Noosed Kitty

Piper in a Pear Tree

Silvia Pavarini

Dropes de Mentol

These are the rules:

1. Choose seven of your favourite blogs to nominate and link back to them
2. Link to the person from whom you received the award
3. Leave a message on the blogs that you’ve nominated
4. Post the award on your blog (optional)

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