A sequential mileage milestone: 234,567 and 8.9 on the trip odometer = 23456789. And this time I remembered to clean off the dashboard before taking the photo!
Miles and miles of Texas
Mileage 234,567 (8.9)
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Contrasts
Lee County Courthouse
The Lee County Courthouse in Giddings, Texas, is one of my favorites.
Lee County Courthouse, Giddings, Texas
Rendezvous
Venus and the Moon meet in the low, eastern darkness
Their usual rendezvous
I wave in greeting, step up to join them
Halfway, I hesitate when clouds swirl in, as if to shield
Through the grey-blue veil
I catch my last glimpse as they
Fade into the dawn’s shimmer,
Reaching across to each other,
Looking back to gauge my celestial distance
Oh, I wonder, am I intruding?
Venus and the Moon
Fiction Friday: The Last Time
Friday Fictioneer photo prompt. Copyright Madison Woods
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He set up camp and leaned against the Skull Tree, their secret meeting place, remembering how they planned their future here. All their decisions over the years: which college, which military branch, which career field; the Skull Tree always approved.
She loved flying helicopters, wanted to fly them forever. Shot down in battle, her forever was forever over. He hung her dog tags from the upturned horn. Tonight, he knew, was the last time they’d be together. He would dream of her once more, but never again. As it swirled leaves around him, cushioning his grief, the Skull Tree wept.
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