What’s Flowering Where You Are

Dale offers the prompt “what’s flowering where you are” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge. 

We are currently travelling in southern Florida between Tampa and Miami. I noticed these while walking on sidewalks in the Miami area.

I don’t know what these plants are or even if they are technically flowers, but they were colorful which drew my attention to them.

Bright red against shades of green
More bright red and green
Orange, red, green, gray and white

Kick—Six Sentence Story

After the service Steve approached the ministers. He told them he wanted to see people the way the Lord saw them. No one would be worth redeeming, including himself, if the Lord saw people as irreparably damaged and grave-bound as he saw them.

They prayed for him, but his head would not acknowledge even the slightest kick of sympathy toward anyone.

It took time for Steve to receive the blessing he sought. When he did the dam of darkness exploded through the love of God.

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

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.” Henry Ward (found on worship leader Toni Bogart Syvrud’s contact card)

A New Year Dawns

Dale offers the prompt “a new year dawns” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Focusing on the word “dawn” and realizing I was often in Florida for New Year’s I picked a few of my favorite winter sunrises over the Atlantic Ocean.

Sunrise Through Leaves
Sunrise Through Leaves
Sunrise With Red Clouds
Florida Sunrise Over the Atlantic Ocean
Sunrise with two birds
Sunrise with Two Birds

Christmas Art

Dale offers the prompt “Christmas art” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge, the last regular challenge of 2023.

Although I didn’t make the wreath below, I did hang it on the door. 

For the other three I used LaTeX this past weekend to insert text over photographs that I took some time ago.

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