Owl-Dinosaurs

These small theropods hunted at night.  :D 

Poetry Fishbowl Report for May 4, 2021

This month's theme was "Cookbooks and Cooking." I wrote from 1 PM to 5:30 AM, so about 14 hours 30 minutes, allowing for lunch and supper breaks. I wrote 6 poems on Tuesday and 10 later in the week.

There was a lot of crosstalk this time, with 14 comments on LiveJournal and another 108 on Dreamwidth. A total of 17 people sent prompts.


Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the May 4, 2021 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Christmas Chilies"
"Cooking Is Everything"
"Crickets on the Hearth"
"The Greatest Accomplishment of a Bartender"
"Tasting Your Way Around the Sea"
"To Feel Safe and Warm" (complete with soup algorithm)

"Ouroboros Insects" (standalone, April 2021 Creative Jam) (linkback perk)
"One of the Hardest Arguments to Refute" (Polychrome Heroics: Finn Family, April 6, 2021 Poetry Fishbowl) (free epic)
"Ways to Make the Pain Go Away" (Polychrome Heroics: Iron Horses, December 1, 2020 Poetry Fishbowl)
"Quicker Than You Can Lower Them" (Polychrome Heroics: Iron Horses, December 1, 2020 Poetry Fishbowl)
"A Crazy and Drunk Life" (Polychrome Heroics: Iron Horses, December 1, 2020 Poetry Fishbowl)
"Repair Just About Anything" (Polychrome Heroics: Iron Horses, December 1, 2020 Poetry Fishbowl)


Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, see the unsold poetry list from May 4. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available. All sponsored poems have been posted.

This month's donors include: librarygeek, ng_moonmoth, hangingbyastitch, fuzzyred, technoshaman, mama_kestrel, and Anthony & Shirley Barrette. There were no new donors. There is 1 tally toward a bonus fishbowl.


The Poetry Fishbowl has a landing page.

Birdfeeding

Today is sunny, muggy, and quite warm with a light breeze.

I fed the birds.  I've seen doves, house finches, goldfinches, a rabbit, and a squirrel.

I planted milkweed, yellow butterflyweed, and orange butterflyweed on the west end of the prairie garden.  If they bloom and set seed, prevailing winds will carry the seeds over the prairie garden. 

Iris, chives, bergamot, and peonies are blooming.

EDIT 5/21/21 -- I cleared a spot in the prairie garden to plant seeds.

EDIT 5/21/21 -- I cleared 3 spots in the prairie garden to plant seeds.

The mulberries and black raspberries have green fruit.  Blackberries are blooming.  Cup plants are big enough to store water at the base of their leaves, but I didn't see any froggies hiding there.

EDIT 5/21/21 -- I cleared 3 more spots in the prairie garden to plant seeds.

Basement Update

We removed old equipment and installed a new sump pump.  It has largely emptied the water from the basement, but will need further tinkering tomorrow.  Progress, though.