There are trails through the neighborhoods built into the Fort Mill, South Carolina, rolling hills. There is also a railroad track running through them. This trail is on the side nearest to where we live, the “this” side of the tracks.
Although the trails are easy often with cement paving they are hilly. Around the pond were a turtle and a beautiful bird who knew I was there but went back to doing what they were doing as I left.
Posted for Pepper’s One Step at a Time.
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All of these limericks were originally posted to Esther Chilton’s Laughing Along With A Limerick during the month of May 2026.
Song To Our Prince
Our fine prince is a wonderful guy.
When he walks all the ladies say, “Hi!”
All the dragons do, too,
as he walks through the zoo.
What a wonderfully wonderful guy.
Prompt word: “prince” May 4, 2026
Clean Limerick
He’s pretentiously, pompously clean
except when his rhymes are obscene,
but he’s doing his best,
so he said, then confessed
that his best is much better unseen.
Prompt word: “clean” May 11, 2026
Bliss In Spite Of Warning
Diving deep in delusion he goes.
You might warn him, but waters now close
and who knows where he’ll be
when a kiss sets him free
as the bliss of eternity grows.
Prompt word: “warn” May 18, 2026
Heat It Up
Though I thought it was hot it was not,
since the heat got much hotter. I got
a fine thought for a verse
(not a whiny, cold curse)
as the heat got much worse than just hot.
Prompt word: “heat” May 25, 2026
Dale offers the prompt “looking for shade” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
I went under a shady tunnel a few days ago.
It was kind of spooky, but I ain’t afraid of no ghost.
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With thanks to Clark for the link.
I am thankful to the Lord for everything mentioned below and all the rest.
The photos tell their tales.
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While browsing through a book store Joe realized that no one in his right mind buys a real book made out of ink on paper anymore since computers have stored everything and they can even regurgitate anything of value in that book in a few seconds. He left the store empty handed.
His next stop was a new restaurant in a new mall where he planned to meet a friend realizing that no computer (no matter how steam-powered quantum it was) could regurgitate for him the food he was about to eat. Unfortunately, his friend called saying he would be an hour late which left Joe to wander the strange mall till his friend arrived.
Just behind the restaurant Joe found a huge book store which also sold t-shirts, toys and coffee mugs (just in case you realized that no one in his right mind buys books anymore). As he glanced through the shelves there it was, a book, a real book with ink on paper which seemed to say Buy Me! Buy Me! Buy Me!, and so, rejoicing like one watching the dawning of a new morning, Joe bought it.
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Denise offers the prompt word “steam” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
It is blue. Curvy arches face you.
Through the yellow you see some more blue.
Though it’s flaky outside
there is no need to hide,
since the heart deep inside is now true.
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The above poem was inspired by Willow’s photo below and posted to Dan Antion’s Thursday Doors Writing Challenge.
This walk was on the southern end of the Little Sugar Creek Greenway that goes through Charlotte, North Carolina.
It is a very easy walk. On a scale of 1 to 10, from easy to hard, this trail would score 0. The trail is wide and paved and great for a bicycle.
Posted for Pepper’s One Step at a Time.
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Dale offers the prompt “symmetry” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
One of the places where I watched sunsets in southern Florida has a shiny wall blocking a residence from the park.
If I stood near the wall I could see the setting sun. This allowed me to put two sunsets in the photo.
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With thanks to Clark for the link.
I am thankful to the Lord for everything below and more.
The photos tell the tale.
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Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 