Tag: enjoy

Relaxing on the farm


    Did you think I’m on holiday while house sitting?

    Wrong!

    I still take Trompie for his walk up and down a steep hill side.

    The house I’m house sitting , front side.

    Trompie sniffing on the lawn and picking up some rabbit poo which he loves.

    Nearest next door neighbour

    After my walk. Feeding cat and bunnies.

    Then there is time to start my inside job.

    Scrap booking Bea’s photos from 2019.

    Last night I started building a jig saw puzzle.

    Never a dull moment.

    First aftrenoon on the farm again.


    Just beautiful. I fed the sheep and cat. Now I’m watching TV “The great escape” which I haven’t seen before!

    Tomorrow I’m having Christmas lunch with my good friend Jan.

    Farm adventure in pictures.


    • Sheep watching
    • Front of house
    • Bunny cage
    • Seven steps
    • Penni & Compton
    • On a mission-Sheeppoo
    • Electric fence
    • Tired after his mission up hill
    • From the back deck
    • Naughty sheep looking at me
    • Penni basking in sunshine
    • On the trampoline
    • Bea tired of all the jumping
    • Relaxing for a minute
    • Climbing in a tree
    • Jumping, jumping
    • Motorbike

    I had a good time on the farm. The weather was horrible and I had to stay inside the most of the time. I had to go out in the pouring rain to let the sheep into the paddock every day, feed the chickens who are way up the hill from the house.

    Chicken coop up the hill.

    Sunday October 6, Family and friends visited and we had a lovely sunny day. The weather was so good that we had a barbecue in warm weather(the wind was chilly)

    Last week reminder September: A & I Poetry Challenge: Limerick


     

    Just a reminder that September Poetry contributions close next weekend, September 30.

    This month we wrote some Limericks on seasons.

    Please post your limerick on your blog, linking your URL to Ineke or Amanda’s blogs to get included in the September roundup and also for other bloggers to read.

    For more information on how to participate click Here

    Host bloggers are, Amanda   from Australia at

    https://forestwoodfolkart.wordpress.com/2018/09/02/poetry-challenge-september-prompt/

    and Ineke from New Zealand at

    https://scrapydo2.wordpress.com/2018/09/22/a-i-poetry-challenge-limerick/

     jointly host the challenge.

    Ineke mostly does the poetry in Afrikaans, while Amanda uses English.

    The challenge is open to all, from first-timers up to well-advanced poets.

    The Challenge runs from March to October 2018.

    October is the last one for this year. Amanda will put the October Challenge up in the first week of October.

    A and I Poetry Challenge

    School Stories: Completed books with own stories


    After six weeks of writing stories during the school’s Enrichment periods, each child had a book as an end product. The ages of the writers ranged between eight and ten.

    The students thoroughly enjoyed writing the stories.

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    Hard at work, writing stories.

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    Eleven manuscripts.

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    Proud writers.( The twins were absent)

    A & I Poetry Challenge: July 2018


    Our July Challenge:

    Turn on the radio to any channel.

    Write a poem inspired by the first thing you hear (lyrics to a song, a commercial, etc.)

    Post it to your blog, prior to July 26, and include the Tag A and I Poetry Challenge, so that Amanda and I, (the hosts) can find your poem and comment.

    Leave a comment on this post to indicate your interest in participation.

    The A and I Poetry Writing Challenge has been running for several months and the poetic community grows each month.

    (Click Here for a sample) 

    When formulating your poem, please keep in Mind:

    The prompt is merely a suggestion if you need help getting started with ideas.

    You may, write about whatever you choose and still tag our A and I Poetry Challenge so that other readers can find your poetry post.

     

    A and I Poetry Challenge

     

    A and I Poetry Challenge Instructions  HERE

    Read my Submission in my follow up post, tomorrow, together with links to the Poetry participants from the month of June, but first here are some Poetry Writing Tips:

    Poetry Writing Tips from Allison

    •  Don’t overdo prepositions, adjectives, and adverbs.
    •  Use action verbs, not “to be” verbs
    •  Help the reader interact with the poem.
    •  Help the reader relate by focusing on particular objects, not generalizing a type of object (whether the object is physical, mental, or spiritual).
    •  Find unusual subject matter — a teapot, a shelf, a wall
    •   Keep a notebook with you at all times so you can write whenever (and wherever) inspiration strikes.
    • Sometimes it is a scratching secret, wanting out, wanting to be in the world but held back by fear. Either way there is something about the act of sharing with the world, however big or small that world might be, that completes the creative process.
    • If you want to capture a feeling that you experienced, then you don’t need these tips. Just write whatever feels right. Only you experienced the feeling that you want to express, so only you will know whether your poem succeeds.

    Happy writing

    Ineke

    A & I Poetry Challenge. End of June


    Poetry Challenge Entries for June Closing Soon

    It is the final week of the Monthly Poetry Challenge for June.

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    Write a poem based on your own theme or the prompt given below, and post using the tag A and I Poetry Challenge.  You have until Friday to be included in this months round up of entries.

    The prompt is outlined below but perhaps you have another theme to present?

    Leave a comment here so that Ineke and I can easily find your poem for this month.

    Find instructions for joining in HERE

    June Prompt

    Write a poem about something small that is only 5 lines long. Write the same poem again and try to use concrete words.

    Discuss which version you like best and why.

    The prompt is merely a suggestion if you need help getting started with ideas.

    You may of course, write about whatever you choose and still tag our A and I Poetry Challenge so that other readers can find your poetry post.

    If you have the skill to read or write in Afrikaans, you can find Ineke’s contribution here:

    https://scrapydo2.wordpress.com/2018/06/04/a-i-poesie-uitdaging-junie/A and I Poetry Challenge

     

    Amand and Ineke  – A and I Poetry Challenge

    (I copied and pasted this from Amanda’s reminder)