Blogophilia 43.17: On a Cobweb Afternoon

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Hard Bonus: Incorporate a lyric or song by Alice Merton

Easy Bonus: Include a storm cloud

Morning Dew

Spiderwebs, large or small, it depends how big the spiders are… At the treetops or over the river, the winds & rains can batter the web, yet it still stands strong On a Cobweb Afternoon. The cumulonimbus clouds bring the torrential rains: (Mirage Vision album 2026)

Years of fears and fantasies started sinking
But the thoughts in the night never clouded the vision
What will happen to me? What will happen to them?
As I come to the edge of hope and despair
Screaming, “Start the engine”

The spider still spins & fixes, resting as needed to trap its food. A spider’s web is uncannily strong and sometimes catches things much bigger than itself. I’m fascinated with the spider web… Eventually, these are abandoned, and they turn into cobwebs.

Blogophilia 42.17: Too Many Babas

From the House of Marvin Martian & his space pooch Commander K: We just want to take this opportunity to thank ALL of our Blogophilian friends for joining in the challenges each week! WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU SO MUCH!

Facebook blogophilia group HERE. Blog topic parameters & how it works HERE.

Hard Bonus: Incorporate a song title or lyric by Frankie Valli and/or The Four Seasons

Easy Bonus: Include a C.S. Lewis character

These aren’t Babas

Baa Baa Black Sheep has coarser wool and cannot be dyed another color. Because they’re rare, I wouldn’t want to change the color. Even as a shepherd, I don’t think there’s such a thing as Too Many Babas unless you’re a grandma & getting too many baby bottles than what you need at home while the little peanuts come over to visit…

Crazy wild imaginations are signs of a very creative mind. Sometimes difficult to follow, but always interesting & has the best stories to tell or read. Reepicheep would be My Funny Valentine to go on adventures & more, since he’d understand being irascible & honorable.

Blogophilia 41.17: Sign of the Cross

Marvin Martian says: We just want to take this opportunity to thank ALL of our Blogophilian friends for joining in the challenges each week! WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU SO MUCH!

Blogophilia group on Facebook HERE. Blog topic parameters & how it works on WordPress HERE.

Hard Bonus: Mention something related to Easter

Easy Bonus: Include a bird’s egg

Cross My Heart and Hope to Die

The Sign of the Cross isn’t used in other religions, but has been used in various pre-Christian cultures where they used cross shapes, often representing the sun or life. Spring seems to be a celebration of nature’s awakening, marking the end of winter with themes of life, growth, and hope, focusing on fertility and the resurgence of life. The cycle of life honors the meaning of Easter, to me, and just as the Resurrection is the true meaning, I think we can always do the same within out lives to enhance ourselves. Somewhere in a Bird of Prey nest, lies an egg that will hatch into another one. In Wisconsin, we have a diverse array of birds of prey, including bald eagles, peregrine falcons, and various hawks like red-tailed & Cooper’s hawk.

Blogophilia 40.17: April Rain

Marvin Martian sincerely says: We just want to take this opportunity to thank ALL of our Blogophilian friends for joining in the challenges each week! WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU SO MUCH! And to former Blogo writers, we sincerely invite ALL of you to return to Blogophilia and write with us again – we miss reading your amazing writes. Remember that it’s never too late to start writing again!!

Hard Bonus: Incorporate an April Fool’s prank

Easy Bonus: Mention a yield sign or use the word “yield”

Tip Toe, Through The Tulips

To kick off the April Rain, do something not-so-obvious, like short-sheeting someone else’s bed or using clear tape to hold down the spray hose in the kitchen so the next person gets sprayed… It’s just water, so it’s harmless. It seems odd how, depending on what you plant where, the yield of what grows varies every year. 2 tomato plants at the flat I used to live in grew many more tomato plants than the 5 or 6 I plant where I am now. I’m not growing anything except for raspberries this year…

Blogophilia 39.17: Spring in Bloom

Marvin Martian & Commander K says, We just want to take this opportunity to thank ALL of our Blogophilian friends for joining in the challenges each week! WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU SO MUCH! And to former Blogo writers, we sincerely invite ALL of you to return to Blogophilia and write with us again – we miss reading your amazing writes. Remember that it’s never too late to start writing again!!

Facebook Blogophilia group HERE and blog topic parameters & how it works on WordPress HERE

Hard Bonus: Incorporate a bluebird

Easy Bonus: Mention something pink

Tulips, the flower under your nose… Speak softly

Nothing reminds us better than Spring In Bloom that we need nature but nature doesn’t need us. The cycle of new growth popping from the ground, tree branches, shrubbery, the earth… A smell nothing can imitate, calling the partial migrating bluebirds to seek their territory…

I’d like to live in the Chilean area, where flamingos, rose-haired tarantulas, and pink fairy armadillos live amongst the bell flowers. The weather is warm, the food has flavor, and the styles have flair! If You Go To Chile, I’m coming with you, for real!

Blogophilia 38.17: The Ayes (or Eyes) Have It

Marvin Martian says: This week’s theme is “The Ayes (Eyes) Have It,” so keep your eyes wide open for inspiration—preferably something green and something gold, as those colors do look rather splendid across the Martian landscape. Come make me proud and join us at Blogophilia, the place for blogging, fun, and friendship for 17 years and counting. Now then… shall we begin?

Blogophilia group on Facebook, HERE and on WordPress, blog topic parameters & how it works HERE

Hard Bonus: Incorporate the phrase “make me proud”

Easy Bonus: Include something green and something gold

Miniscule America in Switzerland

When visiting other countries, I’ve never understood why anyone goes to their own cultural food… Unless, of course, you’re there long term, and maybe you’re feeling homesick. When my son & I visited Japan, we went to various eateries in Tokyo, and we ate at a different place each meal for breakfast & lunch. We went to my father’s apartment & my stepmother cooked dinner for us, and I’m perpetually grateful. Even when we went to my uncle & aunt in Tsu, Mie (just east of Kyoto), my uncle mostly cooked, and he’s the absolute best home cook for real. So, The Ayes Have It for having local & native food wherever we visit, and seriously, when it comes to authentic stuff, our eyes had it for that stuff, too! We had the opportunity to try the Japanese KFC or McDonald’s. I’m sure there was a BK and other ones there, too, but he’s one to always make me proud by being an explorer. Now, if he’d actually get interested in being the next generation of a Packer Fan, that would be great. Go, Pack, Go!

Blogophilia 37.17: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

Martian Marvin says: Greetings, Dear Earthlings and Fellow Blogophilians!! Welcome to Week 37 of Year 17 in Blogophilia! Spring is happening next week! Oops did you remember to set spring forward and set your clocks ahead? This Earthling had a Martian Moment and forgot…. which explains my lateness in posting! ooooopssss

Blogophilia Facebook group HERE & WordPress blog topic parameters & how it works HERE

Hard Bonus: Include a lyric from INXS

Easy Bonus: Mention a city in Oregon

Cemented In Place

It seems as if life is full of fleeting moments… People we care about, health, memory, a career, etc… “All those years of learning, Just to learn again” INXS – Underneath the Colours album, Just to Learn Again… Maybe Milwaukie, OR (not to be confused with Milwaukee, WI, the city/county just north of me) is a place I could visit without losing direction because that river looks as dirty as Racine’s Root River… but that thought is Here Today, Gone Tomorrow because if I were to move out of the Midwest to a coastal state, it would be to The State of Massachusetts, probably in Plymouth…