Carpe Diem #166, Libra (The Scales) (Zodiac 7)

 

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there are few things as 

unsettled as a libra

out of balance

~ 2 ~

justice should be blind

maybe even deaf and dumb

but not stupid

~ 3 ~

ruled by venus

how do you keep your passions

in balance libra

~ 4 ~

moose and goose

find a balance among

air earth and water

~ 5 ~

libra's balance pan

as good a place as any

for orb weaver's web

~~(:)~~

 

Carpe Diem #166

Five Sentence Fiction

WORDS

Sticks and stones might break my bones, but these can cut all the way to my soul.

When we have them, things aren't going well.

I've heard that one is sufficient, to the wise.
 
Mendelssohn wrote a song without them.
 
You could kiss me to make them stop.

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I'd had my eye on her for days.   When the time was right, I'd approach her. 

All right - truth to tell, I was working up the nerve.  But today was the day.  I'd boldly walk right up to her, and if things went well, sweep her into my arms.

Finally, I felt ready.  The time was right.  But on this day of all days, as her long strides took her on her way, and I set out to approach her, she had on a leash what must be a new pet.

And it was - of all things - a woman!

Carpe Diem #165, Virgo (The Maiden) (Zodiac 6)

Our granddaughter Amanda is a wonderful dancer and, with her early September birthday, also a Virgo.   She has been accepted to attend a week-long summer intensive program in New York with the Rockettes this summer, finishing off with a performance at Radio City Music Hall.  Here is a video of her as the Sugar Plum Fairy in a local production of the Nutcracker from last December.   Full disclosure: she is my lovely wife's granddaughter - but we do play nicely together and share.

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lovely maiden

dreams of reaching the heights

dancing with the stars

~ 2 ~

old man watches

granddaughter on the stage

shines star-like with pride

~ 3 ~

confusing myths

maiden   wheat   fertility

and mother mary

~ 4 ~

moose and goose

drawn to the maiden's charm

no - wait - unicorns

~ 5 ~

lurking in the midst

of the maiden's sheaf of wheat

a spider

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Carpe Diem #165

Carpe Diem #164, Leo (The Lion) (Zodiac 5)

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fierce nemean lion
first victim of herakles
skinned with its own claw

~ 2 ~

the sun in leo
of course - the fire within
burns generously

~ 3 ~

i'm the lucky one
beautiful leo lady
shares her life with me

~ 4 ~

under leo's sign
moose and goose pay homage
to the king of beasts

~ 5 ~

when spiders unite
they can tie down a lion*
[only if they're quick]

* Ethiopian proverb

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Carpe Diem #163, Cancer (Zodiac 4)

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herakles' foe

hard shell no protection

cast into the stars

~ 2 ~

just the idea

that far off stars rule our lives

makes me quite crabby

~ 3 ~

goose is perplexed

why is her good friend moose

in such a bad mood

~ 4 ~

orb weaver looks up

envying the sky crab

in her web of stars

 ~~~  69  ~~~

Carpe Diem #163

Carpe Diem Special #30, Chèvrefeuille's 'Golden Tree'

Great series of pics with close-ups at this link

root trunk branch leaf bloom
one unit for a lifetime
just like our love

Carpe Diem Special #30

Carpe Diem #162, Gemini (Zodiac 3)

Gemini (Twins)

~ 1 ~
 
great for a fling
always ready for adventure
unfaithful lover

~ 2 ~

mercurial one
ardent in your love today
tomorrow who knows

~ 3 ~

o gemini
why are there two of you
in one body

~ 4 ~

second game
can the tigers take two straight
from the twins*

~ 5 ~


 jamie and cersei
love kept in the family
which one is evil

~ 6 ~

moose and goose
do not look at all alike
but have twin spirits

~ 7 ~

orb weaver meets
her equally hungry twin
which one survives

~~~  II ~~~

* as it turns out -- no, alas 

 ~~~  II ~~~

bonus:
As an afterthought it occurred to me that my mother is a twin,
but she and her sister are taurus not gemini.
They are the last remaining of nine siblings.

mom and her sister
non-identical twins
i got the good one

~~~  II ~~~

Carpe Diem #162

Carpe Diem #161, Taurus (Zodiac 2)

But, but  .  .  .Taurus!

~ 0 ~

look for the taurus

[not always high in the sky]

above a full moon

~ 1 ~

stubborn plodding

taurus has eyes on the prize

but will it get there

~ 2 ~

a constellation

light years away rules one's life

sounds like bull to me

~ 3 ~

venus rules in you

but does your sign oh taurus

make you love a bull

~ 4 ~

moose says to goose

taurus leaves me unimpressed

i too am a bull

~ 5 ~

like a taurus

single minded orb weaver

has eyes on the flies

 ~~~(:)~~~

Carpe Diem #161

Carpe Diem #160, Aries (Zodiac 1)

Aries Tattoo

~ 1 ~

ares and aries

War god and battering ram

clashing in the sky

~ 2 ~

why should I let

a group of far away stars

get my goat

~ 3 ~

aries is ready

for a springtime ritual

will ewe be the one

~ 4 ~

goose high in the sky

blocks moose's view of aries

no antlers to ram

~ 5 ~

orb weaver spins

at the edge of the ram's pen

the sign of aries

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Carpe Diem #160