Pink, white, baby blue
These old perspectives
Now a different hue
Yellow, orange, fiery red
Newfound colors
Filling up my head
Dull pastels wash away
As brilliant fresh colors
Save the day
Head n heart is where they’ll remain
Full of vibrant thoughts
In a stunning terrain
© 2018 Michelle Cook
For a full month of writing prompts, click here! Pastel perspectives
Beautiful colored words!!
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Thanks so much… 🙂 Funny, I don’t even remember this one! I guess my brain can’t remember 2018 anymore. Lol…
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I can understand… sorry for the binge reading (and comments) but I got caught up here.
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I love it… was fun chatting. I don’t always have that opportunity. It’s fun when I do. 😉
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You’re fun to chat with 😝
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So are you 🙃:)
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It’s amazing how mature you are but you actually like talking to me?
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Of course I do… my best friends around here are my 11 and 18 year old daughters. Lol… We laugh and joke all day. They keep me young I suppose. But I only feel about 16 years old myself. At least on the inside. 😉 I decided a very long time ago to never grow up and I still don’t intend to.
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That’s awesome but I kind of see you as a business sort who likes guys that wear suits and loungewear that consists of khakis and polos…
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If only you could see how hard I’m laughing right now. 😂 I honestly don’t know if my husband even owns a suit that fits him anymore, and I’m quite sure he doesn’t have any polo shirts and I doubt he ever has! Lol… I’m prior military (Army) and he’s just getting ready to retire from the Army. Feels like you’re describing my dad. Lol… I don’t think he wears anything except for suits and polos. 😉
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Army huh?…. now I know what’s wrong with you!
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See… little did you know! 😉 lol
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I suffer from it too. Y’all ain’t alone…
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Oh??
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I tried hard… marines, navy… but the army was the only one who “wanted” me….
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Lol… and what was or still is your MOS?
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63B….
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Is that a mechanic?
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Yes’m! And yours? Officer? Should I salute you? 😁😝
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No, 96B (Inteeligence Analyst) I never made it past being a lowly specialist. Lol…. There was no way I was going to go to PLDC so that I could get a promotion. I wanted nothing to do with a leadership position. Lol… I’m happy and content obeying orders. Course I get to boss my hubby around so that’s quite nice. And he outranks me!
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PLDC was fun… and the wife always outranks everyone… highly unfair
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I shudder at the thought. Lol… And yeah, that’s why I married him. He ordered me around too much when we used to work in the same office. It’s my revenge!
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A lot of questions are answered tonight… 🤔😁
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😆
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“M” the submissive lonely army wife…. 🙄
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Hmmm… if only he wasn’t submissive, that could actually work. Lol…
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Poem potential
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True… that’s not a bad idea.
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Lol!! I’m Inspirational 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
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See! Told ya so! And there’s the Norwegian accent comin through.
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Cute lol!!!
I’m southern… so you can imagine my drawl…
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Oh gosh… I always love the way the waitresses talk down south. You definitely know when you’ve hit the border. Lol….
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I love a redneck girls accent! 👍🏻
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It’s so cute! I feel bad because I always want to ask them to repeat everything, just so I can hear it again.
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I do too!!!
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Do you?? I feel like I’ve sort of stepped back in time, or landed in another world when I’m visiting down south.
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We are pretty unique! But this world is fading fast…
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It’s a shame cause I love it…
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Me too! 😕
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My hubby just spent the last two years in Louisiana.
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I’d love to go there just to eat!!
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Oh yes! My hubby brought back pictures of some of the crawfish boils he went to. Looked delicious! He says it’s really spicy when you have seconds or thirds because everything is made in the original pot of spices and they just keep adding more.
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Awesome!!!!!!
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I never got to see for myself though! Something to add to my bucket list I guess. 😉
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Make him take you!!
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Or better yet, I could just learn how to do it myself! Lol… I think we can get crawfish around here somewhere. Maybe?? Hmmm…..
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She’s adventurous!
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And I’m an amazing cook. When I choose to be. Lol…
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Typically 😁
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😁
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Umm I hope I’m not bothering you. This discussion kicked off and I’ve been rambling ever since….
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Nope, I just hope I’m not bothering you! 😉
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I’m thoroughly enjoying this!
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Well that’s good! Me too! Probably the longest conversation I’ve ever had on my blog! Lol…
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Leave it to me lol! I can’t shut up…
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I’m the same way unless I’m focused on something else at home. And only when I’m talking to someone one-on-one. Get me in a group setting and I clam right up.
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I’m speak when spoken to in person. But once I get to know someone I open up real quick. And I have to feel like I’m wanted around
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I can very much relate to that.
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Correct me if I’m wrong but I think you let me in your bubble 😝😁
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Hmmm… do I have one of those? Lol…. See, I never notice these things. Maybe that’s been my problem all along! Lol….
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🙄😝
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Seriously… people always seem to get a strange first impression of me. I’ve tried my whole life to figure out what it is I’m doing, that’s so different from everyone else.
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Good? Bad? Weird?
My first impression of you was that you’re shy and a little lonely.
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They always seem to think of me as the “good girl” Lol… It’s so annoying. 🙄 And lonely yes, after spending two years away from my hubby and all of my family being between 1,000 to 2,000 miles away from me, it was a bit difficult. Shy? Hmmm…. I used to be extremely shy… now I think it’s just more of me being socially awkward.
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I never understood the offense of being a good girl. I always liked the good girls.
I think you just tend to learn people and warm up to them. They either get your approval or they don’t.
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I don’t understand it either, but it meant I was typically an outcast most days, Lol… I think the older we get, the more we don’t really care how we’re labeled.
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True. We don’t have time for that no more…
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We don’t…
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You still good? I haven’t talked you into oblivion and it’ll be months before you say hi again?? Lol..
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Yeah, I;m good. Just saying goodnight to my daughter. 😉 I feel like I miss so many opportunities to talk to people here on WP. I feel like I can’t get a handle it because I follow so many people.
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Out of all my followers, I keep up pretty well with them. I have a specific few that are very involved and seem to need me so I keep up with them. The more I observe, the fewer the real following.
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I’ve found it hard over the years when I get really close to someone on here and then they give up blogging altogether. I end up missing them so much. That’s happened so often!
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If it weren’t for a few I probably would have left a long time ago. But some really seem to need me. I don’t want to leave them.
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I don’t think I’ll ever leave because if nothing else, this is my place to write my heart out. It’s my journal of sorts. The place where I’m free to say what I want and not worry about what anyone else thinks. Of course like we spoke of before, there are subjects that get a little bit iffy.
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Lol!! Yep… that certain side of ya… awesome as it is I have to about face on some of them..
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I think we just have to use our best judgement. Sometimes I get a few raised eyebrows. Lol…
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I’m not judging you! Just means the post isn’t for me lol!
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And that’s what I mean. Anything we post we just have to say to ourselves, is this something that I want people reading on my blog?
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I do that a good bit
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Those are the things that go in my book pile. Lol….
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And if anyone is socially awkward it’s me…. I never know what kind of mood I’m in and I do have occasional emoji conversations…
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Do you find it easier conversing on your blog then? Rather than in person?
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Yes in a way. Online, i can always think about what I say before posting. Even though then it’s not always “well thought out”
I reckon in person it takes a specific kind of person to enjoy me…
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I think for me it’s just hard because I didn’t grow up around here where I live now. People are so different here. They look at me like I’m alien sometimes! Lol… So I do better on the blog.
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People treat me the same here… and I’m from here. I’m too country for the city and too city for the country lol.
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Oh so you’re an in-betweener? Lol…
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Been that way all my life!
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But what would you choose if you had to pick one over the other?
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Just to be me!
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But city or country? I’d choose country every time. 😉
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I’m a good bit of that!
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It’s cause I’m a stargazer… and there’s just no better place to be for that!
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Me too!!
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I could live in a field full of stars, if given the opportunity. Lol…
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More M awesomeness
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Thank you…. 😉 there’s just no better place to be. Except for maybe under the stars, sitting next to the ocean. That’s right up there as well.
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I’m not an ocean kind of guy… but I understand it’s a woman’s fantasy!
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I grew up in that place, and I’ve always yearned for it ever since.
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I’m a mountain guy.
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Nice! 😉
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So I was right though… she’s intelligent!
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Except apparently, I can’t spell “Inteeligence” 🙄
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Depends upon accent….
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I could just blame it on auto correct then. 😉
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I bet you say it the same in person too
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I’m from California. Guess you should just picture a valley girl saying it. Lol….
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Gah… 2 strikeouts!
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Lol… I’m in Wisconsin now though. And I’ve picked up a little bit of that Norwegian accent that they all have here.
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Her der ver dee ver
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Yup! You got it! 😉
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😁
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And did you just inadvertently call me old? 🤣
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I would never!
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Well it’s true…. so….. 😋 Or maybe I’m actually young. I think it’s all in our perspective. To someone who’s 100, they’d say I’m very young. But to someone who’s 5, they’d say I’m very old. My kids still say I’m young. So, I guess I’ll go with that for today. 😉
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I don’t think I can be anything but youngish
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Plus this was a good break from my schoolwork… Lol… I need a good reason to procrastinate once and awhile. 😉
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I’ll let you get back to important stuff lol
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Thanks… A LOT…. 🙄 lol
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Lol!!!! I mean I can keep on but……
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It’s either that or I have to start editing my memoir for my writing class. Lol… Save me! 😜
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I’m doing my goodest
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You definitely are! 😉 Thank you…. lol
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You’re welcome!
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Are your art-work classes are shining through here….
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Hmmm… could be. 😉
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Vibrant thoughts from a vibrant lady ☺❤
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Thank you, you’re very kind. 🙂
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Why yes, I guess I Am! 😇 You’re very welcome 🙂
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😉
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Beautifully written! I ❤
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Thank you 🙂
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You’re welcome!!
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Oh my God.! It’s so beautiful.!!! 🌷👌🌟
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Thank you… 🙂
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Pleasure is all mine.! 😊💖🌸
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