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a reflection on optical illusions

Posted on November 25, 2025 by lois

ILLUSION…as in are my eyes deceiving me? I saw the Prompt and knew what photo I wanted to use right away. Or did I? A quick search of Google produced this: An illusion is a perception that deceives the senses, … Continue reading →

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it’s a tough job…

Posted on September 23, 2025 by lois

ONEROUS Hey, Billy! Watch me. I bet I can break this limb in one jump. Frank, we have a saw on the truck you can use. Nah. I don’t need no saw. This isn’t that big around. Watch me! Look, … Continue reading →

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throwing shade

Posted on August 21, 2025 by lois

UMBROUS…sounds shady to me Imagine rating definitions…yes, it’s a thing! Good definition for UMBROUS: cloudy, indistinct, vague Better definition: dim, shadowed Best definition: screened, sheltered Personally, I’m good with vague. It works for this tree trimming company, even if their … Continue reading →

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flotsam and jetsam

Posted on August 6, 2025 by lois

FLOTSAM The dictionary describes ‘flotsam’ as the wreckage from a ship or its cargo found floating on or washed up by the sea. To us down here in the south, flotsam is what is floating in the bay after a … Continue reading →

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listen to the palm trees

Posted on May 12, 2025 by lois

PALM Grease my palm. Read my palm. Face palm. Have someone in the palm of your hand. Palm Beach. West Palm Beach. Palm Coast. Palm City. Palm Springs. Twentynine Palms. Thousand Palms….but who’s counting?! All the palm trees want us … Continue reading →

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quagmired!

Posted on January 3, 2025 by lois

QUAGMIRE The definitions for QUAGMIRE are: an area of soft, wet ground that you sink into if you try to walk on it 2. a difficult and dangerous situation This vehicle looks like it is quagmired times two. That ground … Continue reading →

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on the brink of collapse

Posted on December 4, 2024 by lois

COLLAPSE…all fall down Tarzan and Jane were furious! They had told those little monkeys “No parties while we are gone!” Now they had a mess on their hands and Jane had collapsed in tears. Much as he wanted to, Tarzan … Continue reading →

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bend and stretch

Posted on July 15, 2024 by lois

TAPER The big discussion in the woods today was the shape of things. The tree thought its branches tapered out to a fine point, and its bottom had been tapered off rather succinctly. The orange cones, on the other hand, … Continue reading →

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i have the power**

Posted on January 23, 2024 by lois

ABLE…as in I think I can, I think I can **direct quote from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Anyone remember that TV show and those action figures? Some people like to show off and some like to do … Continue reading →

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swanky and splashy and showy

Posted on December 4, 2023 by lois

showy…I’m thinking Liberace-style Down here in sunny Florida, we don’t get the glorious autumn show that New England gets, but every so often Mother Nature surprises us and I wake up to this. The red leavers are from my crepe … Continue reading →

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