Gregory Green

October 21, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Writing Tags: Creative writing, Flash Fiction, Just for fun, Knitting, Kreative Kue, Micro-fiction, Personification, Pets, Photo prompt, Silly, Writing prompt 13 Comments

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Photo: Keith Kreates

“You have to save me!”

She looked at him, filed her nails, and licked her lower lip thoughtfully. She said nothing.

He hated when she did that, pretended that she didn’t hear him, or that what he said wasn’t even worthy of a reaction. Sure, he leaned toward the dramatic, but that didn’t mean his feelings didn’t count!

“Daisy!” he breathed, “I know you heard me.”

She tilted her head in his direction, her nails continuing to move as if of their own volition. Truth is, sometimes he wasn’t sure they didn’t. Have their own volition, that is. These things could come at you uninvited and without warning.

“I’ll give you my special treat …” he begged. Defeated. He loved his Sunday treats.

At that she deigned to flick her lashes in his direction. She knew she won. She always did. Her patience outpaced his excitement. Every. Single. Time.

“I’ll see what I can do,” she purred.

He breathed. It was as good as done.

Once Daisy got her claws into the yarn, he would be spared the indignation of being made to wear another stupid knit thing. It took a full year from the last St. Patrick’s day for the others in the dog park to stop calling him Gregory Green.

For Keith’s Kreative Kue 234

Royal Purple

October 15, 2019November 12, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Beautiful, Bird, Creative writing, dVerse, Just for fun, Majestic, Poetry, Poetry prompt, Poise, Royalty, Writing prompt 36 Comments

Photo: Karen Forte

Oh, you King

Of the branch,

Emperor of your

Nestlings,

Purple robe

Golden crown,

Your perch all

Pomp and

Whistling.

For the dVerse poetry challenge: Majestic

Take A Side

October 8, 2019November 12, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Poetry, Reflections, Writing Tags: Benches, Black and White, CB&W, Just because, Just for fun, Life Lessons, Metaphor, New York City, Photo Challenge, Poetry, Sideways 10 Comments

Photo: Na’ama Yehuda

It does not always work to take

A seat

Head on.

Sometimes the best way

To come at it

As if you’d really meant to move

Along.

For Cee’s Black&White Photo Challenge: Side of things

Protector Squared

October 6, 2019October 6, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Reflections, Things Kids Say, Writing Tags: Arts and Crafts, Baby blanket, Crochet, Ditty, Dolls, Just for fun, Lines&Squares, Minion, Photo Challenge, Poetry, Square 22 Comments

Photo: Na’ama Yehuda

He will guard it with his presence

He will goggle eyes at you

If you dare come too near

This blanket square

That your fingers and soft yarn

Conspired for a little one’s doll to

Darn.

For Becky’s October Squares: Lines&Squares

Quite Out of Yellow

October 1, 2019November 12, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Photography, Poetry, Reflections, Things Kids Say, Writing Tags: children, Colors, fpj-photo-challenge, Groceries, Just for fun, Kitchen, Photo Challenge, play, Poetry, Shopping, Things Kids Say 21 Comments

Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein

“Mama, we are quite out of

Yellow

And down to the last

Red.

I’ve used up all the

Orange

And can’t use green

Instead.

We must head to the

Market

Where there’s so much to

Get.

I cannot cook this salad

Colors aren’t all here

Yet!”

For the Tuesday Photo Challenge: Groceries

Heads Up

September 22, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Reflections, Writing Tags: Change of Seasons, Fantasy, Flash Fiction, Just for fun, Lore, Micro-fiction, Personification, Photo prompt, SPF, Sunday Photo Fiction, Timeless 14 Comments

Photo from Morguefile

“I never got a chance to get ready!” Tuttie moaned, trying helplessly to wriggle so her mane fell as it ought.

“Shush! I’m trying to watch.” Tussock grumbled.

“Tuttie, your tuft looks fine!” Tilly quipped.

“No, it doesn’t. It’s all blowing in the wind.” Tuttie retorted. She was ever so particular about the way her threads flowed.

“Of course it would move,” Tussock bristled and tried to stand in attention as the clouds flew on the breeze. “When has it ever not been windy here?” Tuttie was annoying, but it irritated him even more that Tilly always perked up to soothe her fussy sibling’s fronds. She should get s spine instead of bowing to every mood. And why did he have to get planted right between these two, anyway?

“You in the periphery, stop swaying like a bunch of leaflets and stand up taller.” Topknot’s voice meant business. “Heads up now. It is almost time.”

The assemblage quieted. It was time for the sun to cross the horizon at the top of the tallest tree. A yearly passing when their ancestors’ fluff could climb aboard the golden orb’s mighty ship, and be carried to their eternal rest beyond the sea.

For the Sunday Photo Fiction prompt

Nick’s Shtick

September 9, 2019November 12, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Funnies, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Writing Tags: Ditty, dVerse, Getting even, Just for fun, Nick, Poetry, Quadrille, Rhyme, Silly, Writing prompt 46 Comments

Photo: Alexander Dummer via Unsplash

I nicked Nick

With a stick

After he picked

And tried to hit

With a brick.

He should not try

Such a sick

Kind of shtick

If he doesn’t like

Being tricked

And summarily pricked

By a royally ticked

But quick thinking

Chick.

For the dVerse Quadrille challenge: Nick

The Whey Weigher’s Way

September 6, 2019November 12, 2019Na'ama Yehuda Anecdotes of Life, Life and love, Muse and Flow, Poetry, Reflections, Writing, Yummy Tags: Cheese making, Dairy, health, History, Just for fun, Nutrition, Rhyme, SoCS, Way, Weigh, Whey, Writing prompt 28 Comments

A girl churning butter, three-quarter length, facing front, looking away to left, wearing a low-necked dress, apron, and small frilled cap over short curls; after Mercier. Mezzotint