Life is not what you expect: it is made up of the most unexpected twists and turns. ~Ilaiyaraaja I must admit that I was glad you weren’t all right or nearly so with your guesses on the last mystery photo like on the first picture. That gives me a little more courage to continue on with this game and to …
You Can Trick Some of the People Some of the Time
You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. (Generally attributed to Abraham Linclon with some Quotation Experts doubting he ever said it.) As Yogi Berra is quoted as saying (true or not) “I haven’t said half the things I said.” …
At Last – A Mystery Photo Game
“The less you reveal, the more people can wonder.” ~Emma Watson A few years ago, maybe when I published my first Hidden Spring mystery, Murder at the Courthouse, I decided to celebrate writing a mystery by having a mystery photo game. You all enjoyed it so much (and I had fun too) that I’ve done a new Mystery Photo Game every time …
Fun with Faces – Caption Game Picture 4
“Few realize how loud their expressions really are. Be kind with what you wordlessly say.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year You all have been outdoing yourself with all the great captions you are suggesting for my Caption Game Photos. It’s so fun to read what you are …
Cats & Dogs – Caption Game Picture 2
Cat’s motto: No matter what you’ve done wrong, always try to make it look like the dog did it. ~Unknown Those of you who stop by here at my blog place know that I’m a dog person. You could put “dog” up in the search area and no telling how many posts would pop up. Some would pop up for …
Imagination is a Gift – Caption Game 1
Imagination is a gift given to us from God and each one of us uses it differently. ― Brian Jacques It’s time to have a book giveaway game on my blog. I’ve been promising that for a few weeks and finally here we are. No mystery picture game yet. I’ll save that one for when my new book, When the …
Count Your Blessings
“The love of a family is life’s greatest blessing.” – Eve Burrows I asked you in last Sunday’s post to share something for which you were thankful as a way to enter a drawing to win a choice of one my autographed books. I wasn’t surprised that nearly all of you mentioned family as a number one blessing. I have …
A Little Mystery in Life Can Be Fun
“What we could consider magic, may just be science that we don’t understand yet.” ― Patricia Robin Woodruff You all have been wonderful playing my mystery game this time. This is the last mystery picture for this game, but you can be sure that for weeks now, every picture I take or see, I’ll be assessing it as to whether …
And the Mystery Photo Game Continues
“No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.” ~Elizabeth Bowen I promised the answer to Sunday’s mystery photo Wednesday, but then the grandkids came to go blackberry picking. The same as many grandmothers, everything else gets shelved when the grandkids come around. I thought I’d find the time to post it before last night, but I don’t know what …
The Book Women
“Book woman, give me a book.” That was what the packhorse librarians often heard when they rode up to a schoolhouse on their horse or mule with their saddlebags or sometimes gunnysacks full of library books. Many of the mountain children had little access to books and it was exciting to get something new and different to read. The packhorse …