'You know it's hot when even the dog starts to melt. " --Pinterest. This week the Wednesday challenge from partner Susan and myself is Extreme Heat; however, feel free to use either of those words as your challenge.  OUR PETS The world has been experiencing an unbearably hot weather streak. Temperatures are soaring to produce... Continue Reading →

"Life is like a rollercoaster, live it, be happy, enjoy life." ~ Avril Lavigne This week the Wednesday challenge from partner Susan and myself is FAIRGROUNDS. A fairground is defined as an area where outdoor fairs, circuses, or exhibitions are held —often used in the plural with singular construction. The warmer weather of summer is the ideal... Continue Reading →

“The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart.” — Iris Murdoch This week the Wednesday challenge from partner Susan and myself is CYCLING.  Should we blame our parents for teaching us how to ride a tricycle or is... Continue Reading →

"Time is a pool to swim and dream and create in." - Jay Woodman. This week the Wednesday challenge from partner Susan and me is POOL.  The word "pool" is a simple four-letter word whose meaning offers folks the opportunity to define it as they wish and express their own opinion on it.   The word itself... Continue Reading →

“Everything good, everything magical, happens between the months of June and August.”-- Jenny Han. This week the Wednesday challenge from partner Susan and me is OUTDOOR FUN.  In North America, the months of June through August are typically devoted to getting away from the routine stuff and jumping in the car and heading for parts unknown... Continue Reading →

"Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. "-Henry David Thoreau This week's Wednesday Challenge on partner Susan and my site is GARDEN ART.  A B S T R A C T  G A R D E N ... Continue Reading →

"Cleaning isn't just about vanquishing the dust. It's about rejuvenating your space."- Google quote. This week's Wednesday Challenge on partner Susan and my site is CLEAN-UP.  Birds clean out their nests. Bees housekeep their hives. Human beings often perform this clean-up process in the spring or at worst early summer. The inside and outside areas... Continue Reading →

"Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?" - Rachel Nichols This week's Wednesday challenge on partner Susan and my site is the word CARTS.   With the invention of the wheel, man began his love affair with and dependency on... Continue Reading →

"There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca. This week's Wednesday challenge on partner Susan and my site is the word ALARMS. Today there is an alarm for everything. Car alarms. Fire alarms. Burglar alarms. Patient alarms in hospitals.... Continue Reading →

"My grandma's the most careful, safe driver in the world. You put her in a rental car, and she's doing doughnuts in the K-Mart parking lot!- Jeff Foxworthy. This week's Wednesday challenge on partner Susan and my site is the word PARALLEL.   In math, parallel means two lines that never intersect — think of an... Continue Reading →