Monday, July 5, 2010

When The Celebration’s Over

Wow! What a celebration! It was the best this town has ever seen...they will be talking about this one for months...I know we all talked and visited till well over 1 am. Hence, this later than normal blog. LOL!

But it’s Monday morning and the dog tried to get us up at 5:30 for his usual morning run. If my back wasn’t so stiff (what the heck is that from?) I might have been inclined to take him myself. As it was, my DH has a bout with acid reflux from something he ate and was ups and down all night. As I sit here typing, I am yawning up a storm because I’m still tired.

Still, it’s better for me to be up trying to get a few things done than it is being in bed not quite nor quite asleep. So I decided to blog it for a few and maybe get a little ahead. This is important to me when I’m trying to plan a week worth’s of writing to know I’ve done what I’m supposed to be doing. What was that again? LOL!

Then the subject came up of ‘Whatever am I going to talk about?’ so I went looking at some pictures. Remember when I went to the Desert Dreams Conference back in April? It was the one where I was hoping to score big and I did with the contest win...my first ever actually...and boy was I happy. Well, while I was there I took a couple of pictures which made me sit up and take notice.

We were on the third floor and every morning we walked out and saw this fountain.


Now this fountain was wonderful and beautiful to look at with bubbling water. It made me smile every morning. On the second day that we were there we came out of our room and there was something in the fountain.

Well, that’s all it took for my writer’s mind to get going. What if it were an arm? How about a head? I went on and on. We talked and speculated just what could be in that fountain for two days. My girlfriend who is a budding writer herself actually figured out it was one of two things: a decoy duck to keep the birds away and or a balloon or something similar.

As it turned out, there was a decoy duck in there to keep out pidgeons who wanted to use it as a bird bath. The other thing was something we never decided just what it was. Gotta love a mystery.

But it kept us going on the way home as well. It was one of those interesting little details which make a writer’s mind come alive and whirl in possibilities like nothing else.

Now, the other pictures are just as interesting and I think I’ll talk about at least one of them tomorrow. LOL!

Have you all seen anything which peaks your interest or is a mystery? How did you feel? Did it give rise to a writing spree or a reading spree? What did it end up as? Or was it nothing?

Hope this gets you going. Have a great day...see ya tomorrow!

Lynn

7 comments:

  1. Can't say I've ever seen something that kept me in suspense but I was on the subway one afternoon when it broke down and we had to get off and walk down to the bus stop. Actually we had to walk through a wooded area to get to the street then make our way out to the street then down a steep hill to get to the main drag where the bus ran. All I could think was this was something out of Deliverance and don't look in the woods 'cause you mind see something you don't want to know about. This was in the middle of the city--less than 2 miles from the city center. It was eerie! Houses were like shacks. Trash all over the hillside. Creepy!!!! Never again.

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  2. I meant you might see something you don't want to. Gotta proofread better.

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  3. When i was a child and first Sal Dinosaurs I totally wanted to grow up and dig toes out of the ground.when I got older I wanted to dig every thing out of the ground Pots bones every thing.and find out about what happen when.Never did end up doing eny of those things but did dream a lot.
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  4. Both the date and the mystery reminded me of a story my daughter was writiing a few years ago about a boy who shoots fireworks with his family on July 4th, then is kidnapped by a stranger. Her description of his reactions while he's held captive were so vivid. She still hasn't finished that story, and I still want to know how it turns out!

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  5. She,

    Here's something weird for you...I can see your comments when I do it from the dashboard...but from here where I post back there is nothing.

    Yeah, weird things happen all the time. I know you commented twice and talked about an experience you've had. You're second post was about proodreading your posts. Still, I can't see any of them from this page. Weird.

    Thanks for stopping by!

    Lynn

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  6. Stacey,

    I can so relate to the dinosaur thing. I love them as my degree is in Geology. There are places in Utah where the bones just stick out of the ground in a huge wall. It's called Dinosaur National Monument I believe and it's one of my favorite places.

    Thanks for stopping by and sharing!

    Lynn

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  7. That sounds really interesting, Diane!I'd want to know how it ends as well.

    Thanks for stopping by!

    Lynn

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