NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 13

Not sure what the prompt was today but my focus was mainly my trusty thermos. It’s not my first thermos. I’ve had several that have travelled to work and even to Wales with me because there’s nothing quite like being able to pause for a hot cuppa. I’ve learned the pleasure of making a thermos when I’m sick and being able to have a hot cup in bed without the tea-making activities. So my thermos is getting its moment of spotlight these days. Worth every penny. It’s not a damn travel mug. It’s a Thermos®. And it keeps things VERY hot. And it turns out you can actually pour without removing the stopper all the way (oh, the things you learn along the way!)

another day sick
another cup of hot tea
cooling

making myself
a thermos of hot tea
for the afternoon

boil up the kettle
thinking of the endless cups
at grandma’s table

And while outside righting and filling the feeders, I noticed some new developments in the front garden.

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 12

Happy Friday the Twelfth! Very gray and rainy day here which makes the front daffodils look fluorescent out there. I do wonder sometimes about the people who drive by – I hope they bring some happiness to others every April. The bulbs may be here for a very long time.

outside in the rain
this year’s tree buds holding a
single silver drop

wind-scattered raindrops
gravity will make them
fall again

Forty year old bulbs
every year a yellow
wonder – daffodils

If I ever win the lottery, maybe I could spread more daffodil joy!

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 11

Well, yesterday I woke up with a sore throat. Thought process: I will wear a mask to the eye doctor appointment but just let me test so I can say I did. LOL – that second pink bar just FLASHED into place. So fast I re-read the instructions because I’d never seen that! I am pretty confident I had COVID-19 in the first couple weeks of March 2020 but no one knew then what it was, there was no test, no vax. I did my best to let all the people I’d been in contact with know, feeling rather sheepish. This time around it feels like a bad head cold, but with a little fever. I’ve napped (that is totally not me). The first time I barely got out of bed for ten days. So thank you for vaccinations and taking reasonable precautions. PSA: check your covid test expiration dates.

being infectious
i’ll stay home with the cats to
keep it to myself

black cat in sun patch
solar energy leaking
out all orange

occasional sun,
some daffodils and peepers are all
you need for spring

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 10

Today has been an… interesting… day with a few fucking plot twists. (Please note that I did not say “unexpected” or “surprise” plot twists since by nature, all plot twists are these. It is likely that some do not fall into the descriptive category I chose. So there is that.)

When I went to check the optional NaPoWriMo prompt this turned up on the page of possible inspiration points so I just went with it. More regularly scheduled haiku below the photo.

when I was younger
swearing was forbidden
now it saves lives

sun, wind, rain and clouds
passing through the front yard today
kissing daffodils

head rests on table
not so uncomfortable
as necessary

though not Japanese
i write in haiku format
unabashedly

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 9

Bright, clear and sunny all day today… of course. We had a blast yesterday though – visiting, nibbling snacks and peering up at the sun and the shadow. Today we return you to our regularly scheduled April event — daffodils. Was it fifty bulbs I planted properly and deep in the mid-eighties? Worth every penny and every hour of shovelling! This afternoon I put out the solar water fountain birdbath. Still a couple weeks from hummingbirds I think

morning sunlight
bright wave across the garden
turning daffodils

today the sunlight
flashing in the bare garden
so strong, so yellow

here and there the sky
resting on the earth, still,
daffodils mirrored

flashing so bright
a truck passes by yellow
early daffodils

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