Poetry Monday :: Cobweb with Dewdrops

Poetry Monday is a blogging game invented long ago.
Mimi of Messymimi's Meanderings and I are keeping it alive until Diane @ On the Border returns home from her break of healing and relaxation, travelling the world with her husband as far as we can tell.

We just hope she's going to take back over once she returns home.

The prompts now come from 365 Days of Drawing Prompts and other Arts group. This is a Facebook group with a prompt for each day of the year, but no worries, the prompts will still be here and at Mimi's blog.

Today's prompt is Cobweb with dewdrops, which sounds funny, almost like a kind of tongue-twister -- I could not resist the temptation to put these sounds in a rhyme. Can you guess the tune?

Dewdrops in cobweb
or dewcobs in dropweb?
Webdrops on cobdew,
or cobs wet with dropdew?
Spiders that spin with the thread from above
spinning their net in a labour of love.

Cobdew in dropweb,
or dropcobs with dewweb?
Webdew or cobdrops?
It's cobweb with dewdrops!
Spiders that spin with the thread from above
spinning their net in a labour of love.


Somewhere in my folders I have a photo of a Cobweb with dewdrops. I'll add it when I find it.


- - - - - - - - - - Coming Themes  - - - - - -

taken from the 365 Days of Drawing Prompts and other Arts group.

Jun 22 - Lily
Jun 29 - Northern light
Jul July 5 - Moody
July 12 - Bonsai tree
July 19 - Telescope
July 26 - Anemone
August 2 - Faces
August 9 - Spiky
August 16 - Jungle canopy
August 23 - Snapdragon
August 30 - Horizon line.

Wordle ~ 5 Years

Opening Wordle today, this met me:

Clicking  Play  I met this:

As I can't resist a good challenge. I clicked  Get started . Let's see if I will be allowed to add this badge to my online collection of Wordle-Badges. I'll update each day with my progress here.

Monday:

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Sunday Selection :: June 14

Today a few pink items. Not quite Razzmatazz, the colour of the month, but I try. And then a few non-pink items.

I dag har jeg fundet et par pink ting, ingen af dem rammer månedens farve, Razzmatazz, men jeg prøver. Så er der også lidt uden pink i.

One of the strands in this zipper-hanger on my backpack is very pink! It's made by my youngest grandchild.

Denne her lynlås-hænger på min rygsæk, der er flettet af mit yngste barnebarn, indeholder et par pink snore.

We painted (some of) our shed, and re-hung this "Our Lady with Child". The flower holder was also good for a re-use. The peony here is pinker in real life.

Vi fik malet (noget af) vores nye skur - og det blev ikke grønt; det blev gult. Så hængte vi Maria-relieffet op igen, og blomsterhylden kunne også genbruges. Pæonen her er meget mere pink i virkeligheden.

Today our church celebrated its 40th birthday, with never a touch of pink.
I dag fejrede vores kirke sin 40 års fødselsdag. Helt uden noget pink.

On our way home by train I saw two of these strange 'buffers'. Maybe they were the last leftovers of Copenhagen Sprint, that passed here earlier today?

På vej hjem med toget så jeg to sådanne sære 'stødpuder'. Måske er de de sidste rester efter Copenhagen Sprint, der kom her forbi tidligere i dag?

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And now to some good news from the garden -- Og så lige et par gode nyheder på havefronten

My Yuzu is re-sprouting once again  -- 🩷 -- Min yuzu skyder igen-igen.

Same as my bog-myrtle -- 🩷 --  Lige som min mosepors.

Today's Wordle made a fun pattern

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Friday Wordling ~ Updated with Solution!!!

Today again a solve with only greens. It looks fun. After midnight the solution will be added :)

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Words for Wednesday ~ Only the Words

The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over as a moveable feast with many participants supplying the Words.
When Delores closed her blog forever due to other problems, Elephant's Child (Sue) took over the role of coordinator.
Now, after Sue's demise, River has taken the mantle of coordinator upon her shoulders.

No matter what, how, where or who the aim of the words is to encourage us to write. Poems, stories, subtitles, tales, jokes, haiku, crosswords, puns, ... you're the boss.
Use all Words, some Words, one Word, or even none of them if that makes your creative juices flow. Anything goes, only please nothing rude or vulgar.

This month the words are given by Hilary Melton-Butcher and can be found at River's blog: Drifting through Life

If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please leave a comment on River's blog, then we can come along and read it and add a few encouraging words.

It is also a challenge, where the old saying "The more the merrier" holds true.

So Please, remember to follow the links, go back and read other peoples' stories. And please leave a comment after reading. Challenges like this one thrives on interaction, feedback and encouragement. And we ALL need encouragement.

And for today we were given:
Baker  
Canoe  
Gable  
Training  
Rot
    And/Or:
Lily-livered  
Provisions  
Barley  
Arrow  
Border

As I did not see the words until now and will be out of home all day, no writing will happen today, I hope for tomorrow.


I had to look up Lily-livered. My guess was correct, but the explanation is interesting. Thanks to Merriam-Webster:
The basis of the word lily-livered lies in an old belief. Years ago, people thought that health and temperament were the products of a balance or imbalance of four bodily fluids, or humors: blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile. It was believed that a deficiency of yellow bile, or choler, the humor that governed anger, spirit, and courage, would leave a person's liver colorless or white. Someone with this deficiency, and so white-livered, would be spiritless and a coward. Lily-livered and white-livered have been used synonymously since the 17th century, but lily-livered is now the more common expression, probably because of its alliteration.