Lady3jane

@plinkfm

Retired former entertainment industry net/sysadmin. Lived & worked in NYC & Los Angeles. Writer of short and other fiction stories. 🚫 Politics. I will block you if you only post political rhetoric.

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Lady3jane@plinkfm· 17h

Um, I think I’ll pass on visiting the #garden today. I can visit it another time. #vss365 Yl

Yellow and brown sign on a rusty garden gate warning about rattlesnakes. Basically it says to leave them alone and they'll leave you alone. Give Them Distance and Respect.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· 18h

The #bus was ready to leave La Paz & take the 24 hour trip down the Death Road to the jungle. If the driver wasn’t careful the left rear #wheel would #drift as he went #round a curve & the bus risked sliding off the muddy not yet paved one lane road. #vssdaily #thingstowriteabout #2wordprompt

Bus in La Paz, Bolivia, waiting to finish loading people & their belongings before heading down to the jungle on the unpaved & muddy one lane Death Road. It was a 24 hour perilous trip, including 2 stops. This was in 1990. Photo shows blue & white bus parked on a dusty roadside with mountains & a partially overcast sky behind it. The man in the tan uniform by the front of the bus is the driver.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· 2d

She sells sea #shells by the seashore? Doubtful. They’re free. Just take a walk on the beach & you’ll find them. Of course, you might find jellyfish & hermit crabs, too. If you’re lucky, you might see a giant sea turtle returning to the ocean after she has laid her eggs. #thingstowriteabout #prompt

Small glass fishbowl filled with seashells from the Daytona Beach, Florida area. I collected them when I lived there. The bowl is on a blue placemat and has an Adobe brick wall painted white behind it.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· 11d

We were at the 1981-1983 races. I did’t put a note on the back of the photo so I don’t know which race it’s from.

Two race cars on the street in Long Beach, California, in the early 80s. The cars are red & white McLarens. The all red car in the foreground is a Toyota and is one of the pace cars.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· 14d

No writing prompt involved. It was a visual prompt instead. A glance at my boring wall clock convinced me to put pen to paper and this was the result. I have at least 100 notebooks & am starting to go back through some of them. This is from what was a new notebook in 2020. #writing #amlefthanded

Handwritten poem Ode To A Clock from my old notebook, written in January 2020.

Large wall clock like what you might see in a classroom or an office. Black numbers and clock hands on a white background with a brown circular edge around it. It is hanging on an off-white wall.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· 15d

Your post sent me down a rabbit hole to find this photo that I took in Paris in May 1984. I have hundreds of photos so it took me a while to find it.

Photo showing Jim Morrison’s grave site at Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. I took the photo in May 1984.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· 17d

Sign on the outside wall of a shop in Tombstone, Arizona. Took the photo several years ago. Great place to visit. Boot Hill & the OK Corral are there. #Tombstone #Arizona

Sign on the outside wall of a shop in Tombstone, Arizona. The sign and wall are in different shades of brown and tan. It says Politicians! Scrape Shit From Boots Before Entering.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· 19d

Neither did I. I have it on CD but never thought about the length.

Back cover of the CD of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony showing Herbert von Karajan conducting the orchestra.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· 22d

Took this photo of a metal statue of a roadrunner ten years ago while on a cross country drive. It’s in a roadside rest stop on I-10 just south of Deming, New Mexico, heading east. #desert #roadrunner #NewMexico

Photo of a roadrunner (bird) statue in a desert enviroment near Deming, New Mexico. Open area with sand and green scrub here & there. Brown foothills in the background with a light blue sky partially covered by fluffy white clouds.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· Jul 12

In my 70+ years on this planet I’ve amassed a large collection of #bird & animal photos. I’m not a professional photographer, I just like to take photos. Tall birds, small birds, ugly birds, doesn’t matter to me. All birds are wonderful. #thingstowriteabout #writingprompts #birds

Mostly green hummingbird perched on the back of a white lawn chair. Background is the green yard at my mother's house in Michigan. Took the photo about 10 years ago.

Great Blue Heron looking for his breakfast at the pond behind my building in Florida. The pond has reflections from the trees around it. Dried out flower beds are at the bottom of the photo. The heron is mostly grey with black patches on his head, wings and underside. Took the photo about 5 years ago.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· Jun 29

The #carrion eaters showed up every spring when the rabbits made plentiful roadkill. There were so many rabbits that it was hard to drive down the street without hitting one. The buzzards kept trying to get at the roadkill but risked getting hit themselves. They kept trying, though. #vss365

Large buzzard with red head and black feathers on sidewalk on a hill.

Large buzzard with red head and black feathers on a post on a hill.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· Jun 17

At low tide The heron stands In the water While the #waves Are far from The shoreline And hopes to Catch his Morning meal #thingstowriteabout #GreatBlueHeron

Great Blue Heron hunting for his morning meal while the tide is low. I took this photo while in Daytona Beach ten years ago. The color is mostly grey with sparkles from sunlight on the water, blue sky, white clouds and a hint of white on the distant small waves.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· Jun 15

Here’s what I think is the same sparrow a few days earlier, looking at me. #sparrow #bird #nature

The same sparrow that likes to visit us and chirp all day. I’m thinking I might name him Jack.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· Jun 14

This sparrow has been a regular visitor for over a year. His loud chirp lets me know when he’s here. #bird #sparrow #nature

Small bird (sparrow) perched on a greenish color railing. White adobe bricks are in the background.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· Jun 14

Sunflowers were just a #distant dream since nothing grew where we lived. The climate was just too hot to grow #sunflowers much less anything else. Imagine out delight when we moved to an area where we could grow pretty much anything including sunflowers. #vss365 #thingstowriteabout

Sunflowers growing at the farm across the street. It was an overcast day and I tried to make the color better but it still looks a little washed out.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· Jun 9

Souvenir from our first visit to Le Mans in 1997. Second visit was in 2004. #LeMans #motorsports #sportscars

Souvenir from the 1997 Le Mans 24 hour race. White and blue with a white Porsche in the middle.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· Jun 7

Cover of the bulletin of the Formula One Spectator Association for the 1991 Monaco GP that was held on May 12th, 1991. Senna won followed by Mansell and Alesi. #MonacoGP #F1 #Senna #Mansell #Alesi

Lady3jane@plinkfm· Jun 2

It’s still Monday. Do we need a timeline refresher? Heck yes. Saw this beautiful #butterfly in my mother’s yard several years ago. #nature

Photo of an orange and black butterfly with pink flowers against a dark green background.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· Jun 1

Poster for the 1992 50th running of the Monaco Grand Prix. We attended the race 10 times between 1984 & 1994. #MonacoGP #F1 #Formula1 #motorsports

Poster showing Senna in his Marlboro McLaren at Monaco in 1992. #Formula1 #MonacoGP

Lady3jane@plinkfm· May 31

Saw it when it came out and have loved it since then. Had to get the DVD, too. Had the good luck to see Richard Pryor at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, 2 yrs after the film came out. #CarWash

Cover of the DVD for the film Car Wash. Richard Pryor and George Carlin are on the cover.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· May 30

Even though I have’t lived in NYC for many years I’m keeping this card because it brings back fond memories. #NYPL #libraries

An outline of a lion and text in red on a white card. The text says The New York Public Library. I haven’t lived in NYC for many years but I keep the card because it brings back fond memories.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· May 11

This a favorite Florida photo. I saw it as they were about to take it down & they let me take the photo. Told me I missed the ceremony by a half hour & nobody rode the bicycle. It was just a decoration. #beach #wedding #Florida #morningscene

Florida morning beach scene where a wedding had taken place. An old bicycle built for two is on the left and sort of an altar with large plants on either side, a crossbeam with thin curtains on two posts, and a small side table is on the right.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· May 10

Going through some photos I took in Florida 6 yrs ago & found this one that I ‘painted’. I don’t recall the app I used, but it was just my attempt at doing something artsy. #seagull #Florida #photography

Seagull standing on a post at the beach in Florida. Tried ‘painting’ it which made the white frame around it.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· May 5

I forgot to mention that I got the black bunny t-shirt when you had your previous sale. Very nice & good quality. 😊

Black bunny and flower design on white cotton t-shirt from Helen’s shop.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· Apr 19

One of my more interesting adventures was flying out of the Bolivian Amazon in a WWII Fokker prop #plane. It had ‘La Reina Beatrix’ printed on one side. The town had a ‘modest’ airport with a grass landing strip. We flew back up to La Paz and made it without any issues. #thingstowriteabout

Modest airport with a grass landing strip located in the Bolivian Amazon. The sign on the building says Feliz Viaje which means Bon Voyage

Lady3jane@plinkfm· Apr 17

We loved spending our Philadelphia childhood summers at the Jersey shore. Hermit crabs, #seafoam & horseshoe crabs were some of our favorite things. You could play skeeball & had countless food choices. Some days when the wind is blowing just right I can catch a whiff of that happy time. #vss365

Low tide at a Florida beach showing white seafoam on the shoreline.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· Apr 14

Poster for the 1982 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach aka USGP West. It shows Nelson Piquet and his Brabham-Ford. It’s a little faded now, but still looks good. #NelsonPiquet #Brabham #LongBeach #Forumla1 #motorsports

Slightly faded poster from the 1982 Formula 1 race at Long Beach. It shows a driver, Nelson Piquet, & his race car, a Brabham-Ford.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· Apr 11

This is from the 1991 exhibit at the Pompidou Center in Paris. When I can get my scanner hooked back up I’ll scan some of the inside pages and post them. Man Ray photo of Breton. #AndreBreton #surrealism #DADA #art

Pamphlet from a 1991 art exhibit at the Pompidou Center in Paris. It shows the masked face of artist Andre Breton poking through a white background. Photo by Man Ray.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· Apr 10

Took these photos at the first CART race in Long Beach. It was 1984 & the whales were not on the convention center yet. They appeared in July 1992. I worked for the local cable TV company & had access to the track & pits. #LBGP #indycar #CART

B&w photo I took in 1984 before the whales were painted on the Long Beach Convention Center. The first CART race at Long Beach was the reason I was there.

B&w photo of graffiti along the LBGP CART race track that says “GO MARIO” referring to a famous driver. 1984. Long Beach Grand Prix.

Lady3jane@plinkfm· Apr 7

Photo I took a couple of years ago & was playing around with b&w effects. The original photo is in color. #photography