DAILY PHOTO: Purple & Yellow

Image

Photograph of a purple petaled flower taken in the Singapore Changi Airport.

PROMPT: Photo

Daily writing prompt
Go on a walk today and share a photo of something that catches your eye.
Photograph of a large amanita mushroom on a walk in the woods.

DAILY PHOTO: Danube Bank, Bratislava

Photograph of the riverwalk and docked boats on the Danube River taken from the Most SNP bridge in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Photograph of a large river cruise ship on the Danube River in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Photograph of the Danube bank with the Bratislava Castle (Bratislavský hrad) above.

PROMPT: First Book

Daily writing prompt
What’s the first book you ever finished and still remember to this day?

I have a vague early remembrance of Robinson Crusoe.

Understory [Haiku]

big-leafed saplings
line the understory:
wee cascade murmurs.

DAILY PHOTO: Yellow River Park

PROMPT: Profound Piece of Advice

Daily writing prompt
What’s the most profound piece of advice you’ve been given? Did you take it?

“Shut the hell up!” Sadly, more often than not, no.

Foggy Fort [Senryū]

Photograph taken atop Hrad Devín, near Bratislava on a foggy December day.
high on a hill fort --
enshrouded in clouds;
one can see for... meters?

Builder Limerick

Photograph of the inverted pyramid Radio Building in Bratislava, Slovakia.
A skilled Slovakian builder
got his plans and was bewildered.
They were upside down.
Had they been turned around
an Aide wouldn't 've fell from the basement, which killed her.

Animal Taxi Limerick

Photograph of an elephant on a truck taken in Sri Lanka at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.
There once was an animal tow truck
that would taxi your horse or your duck.
Size wasn't deemed relevant
'til up showed an elephant,
and the overladen truck got stuck.