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A Patch of sunlight 11-12-2020 Prompt: plough or beg or patch A patch of sunlight fell through the branches on the floor making the room bright and warm. Like the single ray of light one kind word, one gesture of care can spread joy in the heart of someone lonely. Mending bridges 11-13-2020 Prompt: Image of a broken bridge. Now that we arrived we need to put it back in working shape. It takes a while, no doubt. There are people here that like to mend broken bridges to connect places, people, countries and continents. The festival 11-14-2020 prompt: use one of the words: “middle or rare or science”. Tonight the sky is ablaze never ceasing to amaze it is a rare and wonderful sight as a thousand lights lit up the night darkness and dejection dispelled Hope and joy in millions fueled success is no more an aborted dream Victory is in the vicinity of an aspiring team. Success in space 11-16-2020 prompt- picture of an astronaut in space. Neil Armstrong's "one small step" on the moon in his spacesuit kept us, the people of planet earth poised for further dreams of worth. We sure went ahead and made more ventures in the lunar space we also succeeded in holing the ozone failed in safeguarding our own home. Memories 11-17-2020 prompt- phrase- “A small quiet memory A small, quiet memory plays on mind all through the past and even now I find it amusing and bring an instant smile and energize my care-ridden life-style. Carefree days when life was fun school, music, games and none of the worries that bother today's kids siblings and I relive memories of bliss. The things I can do 11-18-2020 Prompt: quotation ““You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” - Eleanor Roosevelt There are people who tell me Oh, you can do it so much better than what you think. You do underestimate yourself. Being low-profile is my trait that has its high points. I quietly do exactly how things should be done, in music, in writing. Water, flour and yeast 11-19-2020 Prompt: Bread or Idea Home made white bread ah! a lot of admiration is shed staple for millions all over the world religion and culture in its fold. Baked on stone in ancient days to the electrical range of today bread is strong in flavor, texture color and health, unending pleasure. Roots 11-20-20 Prompt: Images of Prism and Roots. Deeper the roots wider the shade. Expanding branches shelter from rain and sun Deep roots show strength withstanding test of time Family roots too nurture values, culture and heritage. Focus 11-21-2020 Prompt: revolve or focus or map. I try to focus but the images blur clarity is lost confusion results. I try a method to clear the madness I work from the edges now the center holds. 11-23-2020 Prompt words: choose one “ Chilly, Awkward, share Chilly Days Chilly days and welcome sun the hill and vale veiled in mist long shadows on the green turf the blue of the sea and sky merge. Not much movement on the road. people and pets still ensconced in the warmth of home and hearth lost to the world in dawn dreams. 11-24-2020 Prompt : ancient or crumpled or spinning Cool and tranquil That ancient temple on the outskirts of the town reminds me of the people of many centuries ago Those architects and builders must be of great worth. In hot summer it is cool and tranquil inside. Spirit of devotion descends as I step into the sanctum and I forget the world outside lost in the vocal silence of the prayer hall and the gentle chanting of "Om" I bow my head in gratitude, thanking Him for the blessings. 11-25-2020 Prompt picture: Dandelion seeds Dandelion Seeds Like souls freed from earthly bonds flying away into to an eternal paradise Dandelion seeds appear to ascend the heights of sky and cross over to an immortal sphere of lasting joy. The gossamer-like botanical glory a delicate wonder among the creator's artifacts symbols of the sun, the moon…. 11-27-2020 Prompt word: Lantern or fabric Truth's light In the enveloping darkness the lantern flickered spreading slow light in and around. The path's clear, fear's gone. In the light of truth, mind is calm. Insulated from falsity and pain we can walk tall and unafraid complete the tasks assigned by Him. 11-28-2020 Prompt: avalanche or fissure or pinnacle Pinnacles An avalanche or a fissure in the mountain is no obstacle for the strong and fit determined to scale the endless highs to reach the goal of the snowy peaks. To cross the hard realities and a harsh society of tenets, beliefs and rigid customs It takes a person with grit and fearlessness to find equanimity and pinnacles of glory. 11-30-2020 Prompt picture : molten metal or lime juice Molten Emotions Emotion at the highest is akin to molten metal. A stage when you can shape it as you will and wish. Like the hot liquid flow let it mould into a permanent cast of positive qualities for the good of you, me and all. 12-1-2020 Picture prompt High cliff or broken mirror Special moments Jumping off a high cliff thousands of feet down into nowhere is a special moment like falling in love like having your baby. The thrill, the joy never come back 12-2-2020 Prompt words: Attach or Cover Attachments At some point in life we need to detach from attachments to people and places, things of sentimental value. Its temporary joy evaporates bringing dismay in its wake. 12-3-2020 Prompt words : enough or finally. Love, finally. Like a lone pine she lived alone at the end of the street in a house painted in blue and cream. It took her long years to come to terms and learn how to love to find peace finally. 12-4-2020 Prompt Words: Quaint or Carve Quaint charm The village on the coast shone with a quaint charm. small houses, picture-perfect rose-creepers around My heart glows when I recall My grandparents' residence located on the main-street alive with an old world charm. 12-5-2020 Prompt : gusty, A gusty wind A gusty wind blew across the vale startling the tiny flowers and buds sleeping under the cover of thick bushy blanket, unaware of perils, like an innocent maiden of untouched purity, innocence and beauty till she is made aware of the lusty delights and griefs of the adult world. 12-7-2020 Picture Prompt: Long Road and Moon or Wooden pail The big moon There is something about the full moon that spellbinds me and my love as we enjoy the spilled moonlight spread like a silver blanket around us. The quiet long road is no longer a looming threat as we join hands and start walking the miles ahead with our hearts full of love and our steady sight set on goals ahead. Prompt words: Jam or Comfort 12-8-2020 Nut butter Jam sandwich Few can afford to enjoy food they love. With nut butter jam sandwich on the plate I can hardly think of the piling calories yet will power pushes me to put it aside for a tumbler of fresh orange juice instead. Coffee or tea? not at all. Caffeine is bad for stomach and brain they tell me. simple living and high thinking, alas! for the age of wisdom. 12-9-2020 Prompt words: doubt or candy Yet, we doubt. Not everything has proof like the truth of super-power behind the many things, like the aftermath of death, where do we go? Faith and doubt never agree Uncertainty leads to trouble. So before taking the final plunge I would like to clear doubts. 12-10-2020 Prompt quotations : ““Everything you can imagine is real.” – Pablo Picasso Or“Embrace the glorious mess that you are.” – Elizabeth Gilbert Mess. I doubt not for a moment I am a mess, glorious or not. My thrill lies in seeking order and put humpty dumpty together. I question my motives, my thoughts I debate why I do certain things. I conclude, well, this is the way it is. You need to "embrace" self to be better. 12-11-2020 Prompt Words: Edge or Ruby Edge of Heaven. It was almost the edge of Heaven, like seeing "Eternity the other night." but mortality pulls us back throws us into the whirlpool of never ending squabbles over insignificant nothings. we cannot win the odds So we tell ourselves, "that's life." 12-12-2020 Prompt words: jumble or plenty or yawn Winter Calm The streets in the colony wear a desert look neither a stray dog or cat in the corner or nook The empty roads yawn at me as I venture out Will it ever be like before the pandemic, I doubt. Winter mist veils the small shops at the street end. A lonely dog barks from afar under a crescent moon creeping up the sky beyond the lavender hill. Cool weather, calm night lull us to sleep at will. 12-14-2020 Picture prompts: Horse and deer or pecans Affinity If the deer and horse are inseparable friends So are the monks of a Himalayan hamlets with lions of the thick jungle that surrounds their monastery. Affinity between different species is an ideal trend. With the disappearance of cruelty, fear is no more. and if fear is gone from the world, all we have is love and kindness surrounding the planet. It sounds like a Utopian dream coming true. 12-15-2020 Prompt Words: Gravity or Once or Shone. Gravity The moon rising on the sea shone full blast on the couple walking on the white sands. Laughter echoed in the dunes. Moon's gravity brought on a fierce tide in the ocean winds rose and they clutched at each other, swept in together. Choked 12-16-2020 Prompt video : Casting a Fire Ant Colony with Molten Aluminum An ant mega colony takes over the world while the humans try to capture nature. The pest eats at the bowels of the earth The power crazy strikes at the roots of life. Unearthing the ants' habitat is man's merit yet fails miserably in keeping the earth clean He continued piling crimes against nature till he couldn't breathe due to heinous deeds. 12-7-2020 Picture Prompt: Long Road and Moon or Wooden pail The big moon There is something about the full moon that spellbinds me and my love as we enjoy the spilled moonlight spread like a silver blanket around us. The quiet long road is no longer a looming threat as we join hands and start walking the miles ahead with our hearts full of love and our steady sight set on goals ahead. Prompt words: Jam or Comfort 12-8-2020 Nut butter Jam sandwich Few can afford to enjoy food they love. With nut butter jam sandwich on the plate I can hardly think of the piling calories yet will power pushes me to put it aside for a tumbler of fresh orange juice instead. Coffee or tea? not at all. Caffeine is bad for stomach and brain they tell me. simple living and high thinking, alas! for the age of wisdom. 12-9-2020 Prompt words: doubt or candy Yet, we doubt. Not everything has proof like the truth of super-power behind the many things, like the aftermath of death, where do we go? Faith and doubt never agree Uncertainty leads to trouble. So before taking the final plunge I would like to clear doubts. 12-10-2020 Prompt quotations : ““Everything you can imagine is real.” – Pablo Picasso Or “Embrace the glorious mess that you are.” – Elizabeth Gilbert Mess. I doubt not for a moment I am a mess, glorious or not. My thrill lies in seeking order and put humpty dumpty together. I question my motives, my thoughts I debate why I do certain things. I conclude, well, this is the way it is. You need to "embrace" self to be better. 12-11-2020 Prompt Words: Edge or Ruby Edge of Heaven. It was almost the edge of Heaven, like seeing "Eternity the other night." but mortality pulls us back throws us into the whirlpool of never ending squabbles over insignificant nothings. we cannot win the odds So we tell ourselves, "that's life." 12-12-2020 Prompt words: jumble or plenty or yawn Winter Calm The streets in the colony wear a desert look neither a stray dog or cat in the corner or nook The empty roads yawn at me as I venture out Will it ever be like before the pandemic, I doubt. Winter mist veils the small shops at the street end. A lonely dog barks from afar under a crescent moon creeping up the sky beyond the lavender hill. Cool weather, calm night lull us to sleep at will. 12-14-2020 Picture prompts: Horse and deer or pecans Affinity If the deer and horse are inseparable friends So are the monks of a Himalayan hamlets with lions of the thick jungle that surrounds their monastery. Affinity between different species is an ideal trend. With the disappearance of cruelty, fear is no more. and if fear is gone from the world, all we have is love and kindness surrounding the planet. It sounds like a Utopian dream coming true. 12-15-2020 Prompt Words: Gravity or Once or Shone. Gravity The moon rising on the sea shone full blast on the couple walking on the white sands. Laughter echoed in the dunes. Moon's gravity brought on a fierce tide in the ocean winds rose and they clutched at each other, swept in together. Choked 12-16-2020 Prompt video : Casting a Fire Ant Colony with Molten Aluminum An ant mega colony takes over the world while the humans try to capture nature. The pest eats at the bowels of the earth The power crazy strikes at the roots of life. Unearthing the ants' habitat is man's merit yet fails miserably in keeping the earth clean He continued piling crimes against nature till he couldn't breathe due to heinous deeds. 12-17-2020 Prompt words: Ribbon or Guide. Ribbon It wasn't a yellow ribbon but a blue and pink one tied around big banyan to guide my love back to home from his months' long voyages across the continents with just the sea for his companion. 12-18-2020 Migrants Once every room was full. The nest buzzed with little birds At times, I thought it was awful. Years melted when I noticed the young ones grew and flew to make their own habitats. soon it was time to say adieu. migrant-like they return year after year. 12-19-2020 Jigsaw To make the pieces fall in place takes time, effort and patience find the right one for the slot a lot of pleasure it brought. To meet right people at the right time takes more than expertise fine. if succeeded, joy lasts forever if not one becomes a philosopher. 12-21-2020 Prompt words : serenade or gentle or favorite. Serenade The serenade played softly The moon lit up the night The woods turned whiter, with the frost gleaming. I held your hand I felt your warmth my heartbeat gentle magic of love all around. 12-22-2020 Prompt words: Owl or sudden. Spectacular Six in the evening the eternal sky wore a riot of colors, a visual wonder, an ever-new spectacle. All of a sudden, out of dark flies in a white owl, perching on the parapet wall two feet from us wise bird watched the sun sinking into the sea. 12-23-2020 Prompt words: Market or Hallway Christmas Spirit Crowded market despite the warning. To heck with the Carona virus! Armed with masks and distancing let's purge it with the spirit of Christmas They got the tree from the farm It sat in the hallway with grace the family brought out its charm decorations lit up the whole place. 12-24-2020 Picture Prompt: Sundial or A bowl of strawberries. Delight Spotted a strawberry cake sitting sweetly in the bakery. Its light pink, white and forest green frosting held me in thrall. My feet led me inside my eyes glued to the delight the sweetest one ever my dad got on that distant birthday. 12-25-2020 Prompt Pictures: sleeping by the reindeer or sugar cubes Sugary sweets There certainly is a persuasive power to the enticing sugar cubes piled in a bowl kids and I favor the little colored cubes looking pretty on a plate in the center. What is life without sweetness? The taste that dominates. Modifying its extreme attraction is an art per se and should be cultivated. 12-26-2020 Prompt words: Over or Hollow Lasting Very few things never get over they are, for sure, meant forever the more you give the more you get first among them is "love" you bet. There is nothing hollow about it you got to go through to admit. The touch of love is a life-changer ceaseless through joy and danger. 12-27-2020 Prompt image: Man running on Gear Mystique Perfect balance with a toned physique play a crucial role in turning the wheel body-mind harmony is truly a mystique. unafraid and daring, my praise he steals. So it is with masters that are ever steady stable and calm, never under the sway of time, the silent turner of the wheel of life, ready to make or unmake destiny of anyone, any day. 12-28-2020 prompt quotes : I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect - they are much more interesting. ~ Marc Jacobs Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see. ~ Confucius Impact Things of beauty abound in creation They are spread around like sunshine. Gazing at the open skies with clear blue canopy or a cool afternoon spent reading A Jane Eyre, or "stopping by the woods on a snowy evening" evoke pictures of beauty in the space of a moment and I forget the mundane and get lost in spheres beauty. 12-29-2020 Prompt words: Vast or Slight Neptune’s domain The vast ocean never ceases to surprise, its waves restless crash on the shore with a roar, withdraw with a mercurial hiss. Neptune's immeasurable mass hides priceless gems, plants, creatures slight, huge and massive vital contributors to life on earth. 12-30-2020 Prompt words: frame or view Stay connected The view from my window is not clear; the glass fitted into the frame is opaque. I need to get out to know the real world and the people that make it meaningful. I can't be isolated if I want to stay connected and loved. 1-1-2021 Prompt: “Often” or “Hello” I wonder. Often I wonder what makes me happy. my mind comes up with the answer, it is mainly, time well spent. be it with friends, relations or community colleagues of the WDC. The feel-good ambiance lasts for days. Saying "hello" becomes spontaneous when communication is sincere and simple. 1-2-2021 prompt images: snowflake Snowflakes Snowflakes that look like little angels descending to bless the earthen folk make a fetching sight in the season of mists and the lazy relaxing winter. Watching them falling like white lilies of spring time reminds me of the good times in future months, when once again sun shines and beauty of a different kind blooms. 3-1-2021 Prompt words:Warmth or Crunchy Warmth Walking out into an early cold December morn could be somewhat uncomfortable especially, when you've spent the night warmly covered. The touch of sunshine on the chilled skin changes the color and quality of being outdoors. The rejuvenating, life-saving sun smiles kindly on the world that hardly stops to give him a thought or appreciate the vital light he spreads. 1-4-2021 Prompt words: Beneath or Crate Gratitude Beneath the canopy of a dark sky studded with an array of countless stars spreading the simple message of living for others and giving hope, happiness and understanding the good brought by the many blessings of life, I walk on filled with a pleasing sense of gratitude, appreciation and humility. |