Trail: Little Sugar Creek Greenway

This part of the long Little Sugar Creek Greenway is in Pineville, North Carolina, south of Charlotte.

It is a very easy, an even-you-can-do-it, trail.

Now to see if I can do it.

Posted for Pepper’s One Step at a Time.

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The trail is paved, wide and level.
It goes under roads and these structures are welcome shady areas when it is hot.
Here’s a view of Little Sugar Creek.

Cosmic Photo Challenge: The Ground Beneath Your Feet

Dale offers the prompt “the ground beneath your feet” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The ground looks different depending where I am.

For variety I picked four different views of the ground that I’ve walked on over the past few years.

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On a trail with stone boundaries
On a beach
On a fancy walkway
On drying clay ground

Ten Things of Thankful: August 1, 2026

I am thankful to the Lord for everything mentioned below and all of His other blessings.

The photos tell their tales with the help of captions.

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(1) flat trails, (2) green leafed plants and (3) unexpected art work
(4) pretty flowers and (5) their bright reddish colors
(6) curvy sidewalks and (7) sunset clouds
(8) bridges, (9) trees and (10) beautiful evenings

Six Sentence Story: The Voice Talks To Lou, But – Well – You’ll Find Out

After the voice rescued me from Lou’s cloud of demonic darkness, the tall, thin man figured I might as well get to know Lou in person and so we all sat at a table with the red-headed writer (though Aurelia had to leave when her phone told her to stop lollygagging and get back to work). The chitchat took some time to unravel its yakkity yarns making a way to my invisible friend, but when it did I had to concede to every skeptic at the table – which was all of us – that I never actually saw the voice nor did I even know his name.

The Bartender brought coffee and desserts and the chitchat resumed until it ended abruptly when Lou, wanting to get to the bottom of the mystery without wasting any more time, insisted that I, Tell that silent voice of yours to say something. I then heard the voice speak one word, Something, the minimum that Lou asked him to say.

From the expressions on the faces of those sitting with me at the table, I realized that none of them heard the voice and so I told them what the voice said. Looking at Lou look back at me I could tell he thought I was too far gone, too mental, too whatever and therefore harmless no matter how hard his terrified cloud of demonic darkness tried to convince him otherwise.

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Denise offers the prompt word “yarn” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.

Trail: Long Bridge

I go down this trail often because it is easy to walk to.

This is just off one of the Regent Parkway residential communities in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Posted for Pepper’s One Step at a Time.

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Long bridge which some might call a boardwalk
Some bridges are a tad sketchy, but they are fun to look at.
Three ways to go. I take the one down the middle or to the right.

July 2026 Limericks

All of these limericks were originally posted to Esther Chilton’s Laughing Along With A Limerick during the month of July 2026.

Fakity Fake

It was fakity, fakity fake,
but we bought it since it came with cake.
And the cake tasted good
like a real, good cake should,
but the message was fakity fake.

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Prompt word: “fake” July 6, 2026

The sun’s setting and soon it is gone. Then the dark of the night lingers on,

A Wreck of a Limerick

Though they said, “It’s a wreck,” I am glad
it was not so remarkably bad.
It was not even worse
than the lines of this verse
and for that I am gratefully glad.

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Prompt word: “wreck” July 13, 2026 (modified)

but tomorrow will bring a fresh sunrise. We sing

Landing a Limerick

Though to fly might be fine I’ll just stand
where my feet feel the firmness of land.
I’ll leave flying to birds
or a limerick’s words
which don’t care – though they should – how they land.

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Prompt word: “land” July 20, 2026

and give thanks. We’ll then see a new dawn.

Puzzling Limerick

The puzzle is past and the pain
of pursuing it’s gone like the rain
when the joy has come out.
Wander freely about
and relax. Let the joy entertain.

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Prompt word: “puzzle” July 27, 2026

Cosmic Photo Challenge: Coast

Dale offers “coast” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Although I am not near a coast at the moment, I have been in the past.

Here are some memories of coasts.

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Beach, clouds, wind
Wind, water and people enjoying it
A critter on the sandy shore just before a wave brought him happily back into the ocean

Ten Things of Thankful: July 25, 2026

I am thankful to the Lord for everything mentioned below and all of His other blessings.

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(1) flowers and (2) tiny bugs
(3) morning sunshine, (4) rain and (5) windows
(6) farmers’ markets and (7) mushrooms
(8) neighborhood sidewalks, (9) trees and (10) beautiful days