From The Future

Posted on December 6, 2014 by treshabarger

Interesting, getting blog posts from the future. One blog I follow is Postcards from Russia. Depending on his local time when he posts, I sometimes get posts from dated one day ahead of my date, like this one I just received, dated 07 December 2014.

A photo from the blogger Postcards from Russia. A semi truck driver and his rig.

A photo from Postcards from Russia

So, depending on the blogs he follows and where/when they are posted, it’s possible for him to get posts from the past, because right now it’s 07 December in Russia and 06 December in Texas. Timing is everything.

(And as soon as I figure out how to “reblog” a post properly, I will.)

Woodpecker and a Pecan Tree

Posted on December 6, 2014 by treshabarger

The woodpecker hung around long enough for hubby to get his camera.

A woodpecker hanging upside down on a branch of a pecan tree, trying to get one of the pecans open

Not much to choose from on this tree

Fiction Friday: The Soul of the Garden

Posted on December 5, 2014 by treshabarger

The Friday Fictioneer challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
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Friday Fictioneer photo prompt. Copyright Janet Webb

The Soul of the Garden

Running steps thunder atop the path. Little arms push through brittle twigs and branches as white puffs of breath ascend and dissipate. Ice falls onto hats and coats, melting when coming in contact with children’s faces and hands. Echoes of their laughter seep into the leaves, stems and trunks, sinking through the roots, igniting a spark of time, of change, of warmth, of hope.

This message travels beneath the frozen earth, down and across, across and down, reaching all life in its suspended, wintry state. The soul of the garden awakens to the music of children’s laughter. Spring is nigh.
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