For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “leaves,” I left the creating to nature and she came through. It stopped raining and the lake was still and reflective. The soft light through the clouds was beautiful. OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt is imagining the lives of previous occupants. The 2018 prompt was “Betrayed.” The Lake Betrays Every year theContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 22: The Lake Betrays”
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#OctPoWriMo Day 21: Playing with Firewater
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “drink,” I bought yummy, colorful juices and repurposed my candy mold as an ice tray. The drink photos did not go well. I made a terrible mess and I’m going to have to deal with a drunk alligator and zombie later, but I like how the candy pumpkin shots turnedContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 21: Playing with Firewater”
#OctPoWriMo Day 20: We’re All Part of the Decor
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “decor,” I thought it would be a great inspiration to put up my decorations early, but it’s supposed to rain for a week, so I thought I might make some decor inside instead. Decor makes me think of lamps and wallpaper and carpets, but once I got started appreciating theContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 20: We’re All Part of the Decor”
#OctPoWriMo Day 19: Warning! Delicious Gore Story
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “desserts,” I looked at some fun Halloween desserts and found a vegan “white chocolate” recipe. I also loved the idea of putting raspberry filling in the center of my chocolates as blood, so I gave both ideas a try with my Halloween candy mold. The photos tell a Halloween horrorContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 19: Warning! Delicious Gore Story”
#OctPoWriMo Day 18:Once Upon a Bloodsucker
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “vampire,” I created a fang filter and found the monsters in my world. OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt is an empty pot. The suggested form is Double Exposure. I like this type of poem-within-a-poem form. It provides the opportunity for more than one speaker, or combining two different related images (like vampiresContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 18:Once Upon a Bloodsucker”
#OctPoWriMo Day 17: Masks and Madness
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “mask,” I tried to put a mask on the cat, but he stabbed me. So I put a mask on a blue head and put it in front of the cat. OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt is Celebrating Milestones. The 2018 prompt was “Madness Reigns,” and talks about using homophones (words thatContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 17: Masks and Madness”
#OctPoWriMo Day 16 & #SoCS: If Caught When I Fall
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “spider,” all I had to do was step outside to find plenty of spiders. There was I giant wolf spider on the ceiling in the shop too. But I wanted to do something more creative. Though I really like creating scenes in the space in my bookshelf, I found thereContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 16 & #SoCS: If Caught When I Fall”
#OctPoWriMo Day 15: If Umbrage Were an Umbrella
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “spooky,” I created a spooky forest for my skeleton witches to lurk in. I had fun bringing the outside in to create this little world. OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt is “leaves.” The 2018 prompt was “If __________ Were an Umbrella.” If Umbrage Were an Umbrella over a dark woodspooky, hauntinglook there,Continue reading “#OctPoWriMo Day 15: If Umbrage Were an Umbrella”
#OctPoWriMo & #Writober Day 14: If I Were Me Dancing in the Rain
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “cat,” I wasn’t sure what to do, because my kitty friend is too cute to be scary and too independent for costumes. So I had to put extra thought into this one. I woke up in the middle of the night and the power was out. After rummaging around andContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo & #Writober Day 14: If I Were Me Dancing in the Rain”
#OctPoWriMo & #Writober Day 13: Haunted Surrender
For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “ghost,” I changed the eyes on one of my ghost filters and got out the creepy children figurines. Then I thought it might be fun to try some shots from outside in to capture some ghosts on the furniture, so I hung some lights in the window and went outContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo & #Writober Day 13: Haunted Surrender”
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