The Brenda Photo Challenge & Other Thoughts...

The Brenda Photo Challenge is today.  The category for this challenge is "wood".  To see my pictures, go to: Nita Jo's Photos.

To see the other photographer's entries, click on The Brenda Photo Challenge and follow the links.  This is a fun photography challenge.  They welcome amateurs like myself, and there are some very experienced photographers too.

Now on to other thoughts... 

I am amazed I got even two pictures ready.  I've got the sneezing, coughing, achy head, sore throat... junk!  I took my Alka-Seltzer so I'm feeling pretty good right now.  I just can't get back to sleep.  It's working out fine for me though.  I've been sorting through my photographs, doing a bit of organizing.  

Another job I started to tackle today was going through my books one by one.  I decided it is time to purge some of them out of my life.  I ran out of space on my bookshelves a long time ago, and I have several of them.  My beloved classics and childhood favorites will stay... Little Women, David Copperfield, Mary Poppins, Anne of Green Gables.  Also, staying are my Agatha Christie collection, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, all my C. S. Lewis, and many of my mystery books.  Some spiritual and inspirational books.  A few books of poetry.

That sounds like a lot, but if you could see my shelves... well, I have every book ever given to me, purchased by me, or left to me.  My love of reading started very early.  Books were a window into other lives and worlds.  They were magic carpet rides into foreign lands, where amazing adventures were waiting to be discovered.  What I will pass on are the books that were "one time only" reading quality.  Those that no longer speak to who I am.  They will go to other readers.  To friends, to libraries, or to second hand stores.  It will take more than a day or two, but I'm really looking forward to reclaiming some space in my home.

Wishing each of you a peaceful, blessed weekend.

Sunday Scribblings - When Pigs Fly

This Sunday Scribblings prompt was fun:
When pigs fly!  When hell freezes over! Is there anything in your life that you are so certain of, you'd say these words?  What won't happen, "In a month of Sundays?"  

I chose to use "pie in the sky".  Click My Sunday Scribblings to read more of my writing.  Go to Sunday Scribblings to read what other writer's submitted.  This is the story I created:

Waiting for Pie

Cassie leaned on the pole fence looking up into the starry night.  "Getting daddy to agree to this marriage is just pie in the sky." she said softly.  "Pie in the sky?  What do you mean by that?"  Joe asked.  As he listened to her answer, he mentally traced the line across her brow, down the bridge of her nose, across the cheekbone, down the jawline, and rested on her lips.  Those pretty pink lips.

"Why, haven't you heard of pie in the sky?  Rev. Ike on the radio talks about it all the time.  It's like saying when hell freezes over, or something like that.  It's that dream that will probably never happen, at least in this lifetime."  She sighed deeply.  "My daddy thinks I'm too young to know my heart, and he thinks you're just an over-eager boy with no way of supporting a wife."  She giggled quietly, "Joe, are you an over-eager boy?"

Joe looked into her glistening eyes,  sheepishly he answered, "Well maybe I'm over-eager, but I'm no boy."  She had hit a nerve.  He went on, "I'm 21 years old.  I'm working six days a week at the Quicky Lube.  I can pay my rent and bills, and I still have enough left over to show you a night out on the town."  Clenching his jaw, he looked out into the dark North Carolina night.  Cassie reached over and placed her hand on his.  Hers soft and pale, his strong and bronzed.  In almost a whisper, she said, "Pie in the sky is special.  It doesn't happen every day, but I'm willing to wait for mine for as long as it takes."  "Oh baby, I love you," he groaned, as he pulled her into his arms, "I'm willing to do whatever it takes to make you mine.  If that means waiting, then I will wait."


copyright February 20, 2010 ajj

Footnote:  For the rest of their story, go HERE. 

One More Giveaway!

Karen Valentine, of My Desert Cottage, is hosting a Giveaway to celebrate reaching 500 followers.  She is giving away a pretty box she made, and she has filled it with all kinds of treasures.  You can enter the giveaway by going to My Desert Cottage, and leaving her a comment on the Giveaway post.  Karen makes all kinds of beautiful things.  I'm sure you'll enjoy visiting her blog.