Jannie wrote a letter
on vellum crisp as snow
and everywhere that Jannie went
the letter it did go.
It followed her for burgers
a taco
and a brew.
It munched some Whole Foods candies
and kissed some jump-ups blue.
Jannie wrote a letter.
It flew across the sea.
And boy, were its arms tired
when it reached Hilary.
56 words for The G-Man.
Sorry — it’s supposed to be 55.
🙂
Write a little story in 55 words,
go tell it on G-Man’s mountain and
he’ll shine his ever-lovin’ light on you.
xoxoxooxox
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Photography | Posted by Jannie on 23 March 2011 @ 2:02 PM
Kalyani and I were strolling
by the river yesterday
when I spied an unusual
fivesome ambling our way
Like lightning to my camera
my fingers they did fly
and holy cowabunga
I caught them smiling by!!
“Evidence?” the man joked
as our walking ships did meet
“Ha, ha, ha,” I answered
(That guy seemed pretty sweet!)
Not at all the type of bloke
who’d supoena me into court
for taking photos without asking.
Nope. He was a right friendly sort.
Will he ever read this poem
and see these photos here?
If he does, and emails
we’ll ask him out for beer.
That Tom or Bob or Harold
Or Mikey, or Dave or Lou,
We hope he’s having fun today
and his dogs are happy too.
And Kalyani by the wisteria about 5 minutes before we saw the man and 4 dogs — yes at my favorite trail spot!
Posted with love by:
Jannie
xoxoxoxoxo
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Amazingly, it’s envelopes!
Yes, envelopes! Who knew??
Big ones, about 6″ x 8″ (30 x 40 cm,) great for including loose 5x7s.
I wrote family and friends’ names on each correspondingly, then arranged ’em alphabetically in that cute box above.
I oughta patent this, eh?! 🙂
I need more envelopes, tho. I have a LOT of friends and family!
Plus, all the house remodeling stuff!
Ooooo, I’m gonna have SO many great pre-digital photo posts for you guys!!
Hey, Jo Miffo — my lovely English penpal since 1994 — do you see YOUR envelope at the far bottom left ??!!
Now, let’s go on a reverse time lapse of my ingenius photo plan, shall we?
Excellent!
Wheeeeee…
hoooooooo….
Fun, eh??
🙂
And… back to the morning of March 12th, again. I call this “More Photos Await…”
Friends, I’ve come a looong way since my busted-up laundry hamper days, eh?
🙂
Remember that post?
Toodle-oooo.
Posted with much love by Jannie of the Organizational Hills.
xoxoxoxoxoxo
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Photography | Posted by Jannie on 2 March 2011 @ 11:50 AM
Hey dear darlings!
While walking my hounds in our hood yesterday I tried out the zoom on my new Kodak Z981, whooohoo!
That circled spot, in the photo below?
That’s what I zoomed! Cool, eh?
And to save you scrolling back up — that first picture again…
“The Castle” is about half a mile away.
[Edit — Jim says it’s probably a whole mile.]
This Friday in my Flash Fiction 55 (posting 5:55 a.m. Texas Time) you’ll see pictures I took of that mansion about 15 years ago, when Jim and I popped in there for a surprise visit!!
Now.. to the bath, lunch, write 4 letters, mail 1 running shoe (shoe details in future,) and get to the library for bloghopping and such!
With love to all,
Jannie
xoxoxoxoxo
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House Style, Photography | Posted by Jannie on 28 February 2011 @ 2:11 PM
Hey, Friends!
On the way back from dropping Kelly at school this morning I bought that nail polish!
This summer I’m sure I’ll get a bottle of red for dramatic flair, but for now l’ll ease my toes softly into spring!
I also bought new mousse, hairspray and…
root goop — the latter which I’m sitting here with on my head as I type this.
So I better type fast! The timer goes off in another 7 minutes.
Luckily all the pix are already in here, just to add a few words.
I bought kitty foods too. He gets half a can of that a day, plus his dry Iams.
Hey, do you guys recognize where the green flowers and clear plastic vase came from??
So, that’s how the shelf now looks now, directly above.
(Yep, no more beauty products or kitty foods on it.)
🙂
Kelly painted those 2 plastic fairies when she was 4.
And did the marbly-bead creations at age 6. Maybe 7.
That’s how the shelf looked several months ago with my iPhone, directly above.
See — I took that “before” because I KNEW one day I’d finally get My Amazing Camera, which would entice me to tidy.
And photograph.
Which it has!
🙂
And next, another “before” — the upper shelf…
Now see how it looks at this very minute…
Ahhhhhh.
Jim designed and built this dining room corner cabinet himself.
He did the floor and ceiling too.
The dining room used to be an old bedroom we busted through to the kitchen, c. 1997-1998.
Yes — pix of the construction one day.
Darn, there goes the timer!
Ah, what will another couple minutes matter?
And the whole shebang today…
That cool scallop-shell thing on top Jim made with plaster of Paris, from a mold of an old shell we got at an antique store in Maine in 1991.
Friends, I am liking the quality of this new camera, even tho I still don’t really know how to work it!!
🙂
And I bet Jim and Kelly will like this new-found tidying streak in me!!
He’ll wonder why he waited so long to get me the camera!
🙂
Now… to that hair goop rinsing.
I wanna sing you guys one of my new songs on video soon, so I must look my best.
🙂
Posted with love, by me, Jannie
And BB sends love too. He’s still busy selling his “treets” up at the top of the driveway– made 10 cents already today!!
xoxoxoxoxoxoox
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