I drove by a business celebrating its grand opening. There were lots and lots of balloons. I particularly liked this side view.
A Balloon!
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No Imagination: Fiction Friday
The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
Photo copyright Jan Wayne Fields
No Imagination
Sam peered out of the tent. “It’s dark. I can’t see anything.”
“There’s nothing to see, that’s why. I thought you wanted to come camping.” Barbara sounded exasperated.
“I thought I did, too.” Until I got here. Sam shivered. He imagined every plant as poison ivy, crackling twigs as footfalls of a lurking predator, each leaf rustle an omen of impending doom. Surely the moonlight was leading a werewolf pack straight to them. Was that a snake he heard slithering?
“Just relax, Sam. You’ve no imagination.”
On the contrary, Sam silently disagreed, that’s really not the problem.
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To read other Friday Fictioneer stories based on this photo, select the smiley blue frog.
Green Doors
Somewhere in Luling, Texas.
The front
Set of doors on the side
No parking on the side
At the back
Thursday is for Doors over at Norm 2.0.
Sunflower Fabric Postcards
After watching a Deborah Wirsu YouTube video on thread sketching a sunflower, I decided to practice on a small scale and make some fabric postcards.
First sunflower postcard.
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Second sunflower postcard.
Purple Poodle Postcard
Lately I’ve been in the mood to create fabric postcards. I forgot to photograph the first one I recently mailed. Here’s is the second: a purple poodle postcard I mailed to Judy.
Here I’ve painted the muslin with fabric paints.
Now it is stitched out.
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This last photo is the reverse side. I cover this up with an index card used for the mailing address and my message. The muslin and Peltex start out as 4.5 x 6.5 inches. After I finish sewing, I cut them down to 4 x 6 inches to match the index card. I zig-zag around the edges, securing some cording and the index card.
I attach a First Class postage stamp to it (it’s thicker than the one-layer postcards so it needs more postage), take it to the USPS, stand in line, and have them hand-cancel it. I put it in a clear plastic mailing envelope (not required, but it keeps the postcard from getting anything on it in transit), hand it over, and they mail it.
