Happy Birthday to me!

Your favourite member of the giraffe family turns 47 today!

[You did know okapis were Giraffidae (order Artiodactyla), yes? Though I am only 5 foot 2 inches, so 1. 57 m so definitely the runt of the litter]. Yesterday the boys' father took me out for a birthday breakfast.

So I did an O spread.

My poem: Responsible: Gen

Title: Responsible
Poetic form: rispetto
Rating: Gen
No. of lines: 8
Length: 46
For: GYWO 2022 Yahtzee Roll #4 prompt: responsible

beneath layered pigmented sky
the unseen labourers make hay
while the sun shines, while thick clouds fly
while shadows on bales roll away
while stone-gated cottage rests sound
the ones responsible aren’t found
between the borders of the frame
left hands’ work without face or name

Collage Friday

On Wednesday I bought two new stamps (window and jar) and inks.

1. Jar



2. Window



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Moodboards

For a lands_of_magic challenge I did 3 moodboards. I thought my friends here might like to see them

1. Sherlock Holmes

1.a. armchairs
1.b. lamps
1.c. tables with untidy piles of tobacco, instruments, pieces of disguises
1.d. settee
1.e. Holmes (Paget illustration)
1.f. chemical bench
1.g. desk
1.h. mantelpiece
1.i. fireplace

( Sherlock Holmes' home moodboard )

2. Miss Marple

2.a. little tables with tablecloth and pictures on the wall
2.b. cottage exterior
2.c. visitor's chair [for Scotland Yard inspectors]
2.d. sofa & fireplace
2.e. tea!
2.f. desk for writing letters about curious goings-on
2.g. armchair for knitting and solving murders
2.h. curtains from outside
2.i. dining table

( Miss Marple's home moodboard )

3. SUGA

3.a. comfy bed
3.b. home music lab
3.c. Holly!
3.d. drinks nook
3.e. SUGA
3.f. nice kitchen
3.g. large TV for watching sports & playing games
3.h. music playing nook
3.i. comfy sofa

( SUGA home moodboard )

Photo: Birdseed House

Per request, I got a birdseed house for the balcony. It's been pouring rain all day so I am going to wait for a sunny dry day to put it out.