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SMAP Contest Round 70: Open Beak Policy

Every week @nelinoeva hosts a fun contest in the Feathered Friends Community. This week's theme is BIRD WITH OPEN BEAK. Entry photo is down there somewhere, you'll

bait and switch

I couldn't decide if I wanted to do more magpies or go back to the crows I'm known for. I decided on crows. It works well with my crafty little plan... to wow you

screw your oasis

Pobre corazoncito mio. Poor stinky lonely pitiful little pump. Woe is me. WHOA, Nelly. I mean... Bambi? Bambi is that you??!! BAMBI?? NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Be still

Randoms From The Rockies

I meant to take it easy today. The bean water intervened and got me to editing it seems. Damn you caffeine! It's cold out. Not winter in the Rockies cold, just a

Unspent poetry

I have an excess of pretty words. Poetry and prose. They just sit there, sweating in the folds of old journals, too old or too good for the people and experiences

Dead Roses

Their petals never fell. Instead the roses died, quickly, suddenly, right there on their stems. Stems still growing from the bush. Bush still rooted to the ground.

all over the place and out of edits

I ran out of #monomads... so I ran out into the garden to pick you a couple. are they good enough? do they make you happy? do they fill the empty spaces in your

Pilot and the dead thing

One of my dog's favorite things to do at the beach is find empty dried crab shells and crunch them into oblivion. Imagine his excitement when he saw a giant crab

Depths.

What does it mean when a spider builds a web over your fold-out tv tray that you didn't put away last night? What does it mean when you let them stay there for another

dead jellyfish on the beach

It caught the early morning light so beautifully. Also kinda looks like a raw egg slow-cooking in the sun...

Death on the Beach

The beach is not typically associated with death, but whenever I go, I see plenty of it. I even look for it. I am not afraid of death. Dying, yes, but death itself