Skip to main content

Photo Challenge - February

The theme of this month's photo challenge coordinated by P.J. over at a 'lilhoohaa is "red". Now I was pretty busy in February what with participating in a daily writing challenge and all. I did find the time to take the lovely Mrs. Dufus out for dinner and present her with a beautiful bouquet of red roses. Lucky for me, nudge, nudge.







Click on P.J.'s link up there and see how the rest of the photog bloggers dealt with the prompt.
Labels:

Comments

nonamedufus said…
I'm afraid I didn't get out much this month. So damn cold here.
28 February 2014 at 14:02
Katherine Murray said…
Ha ha ha nudge nudge! That means she let you have a night off taking out the trash, right? Right?? ;D
28 February 2014 at 14:08
nonamedufus said…
No, I didn't have to do the dishes.
28 February 2014 at 14:38
ReformingGeek said…
Ooh, ahh, so very pretty! I can almost smell them.
28 February 2014 at 14:42
nonamedufus said…
They did the trick.
28 February 2014 at 15:22
mike said…
Nice roses. These things do wonders, don't they?
28 February 2014 at 15:35
nonamedufus said…
Oh, they're like a secret weapon. Sometimes I buy them and it's not even Valentine's Day.
28 February 2014 at 16:19
Cheryl P. said…
Very nice!! Hard to go wrong with roses.
28 February 2014 at 17:07
nonamedufus said…
That's been my experience.
28 February 2014 at 17:13
Paula Larew Wooters said…
You'd BETTER buy her roses... after your dalliance with Dylan. For shame!
28 February 2014 at 21:44
nonamedufus said…
Hey that was fictional. The roses were real, though.
1 March 2014 at 08:42
GeoKs said…
Valentine's Day passed us by without much notice...too busy enjoying vacation. I did miss the roses though - that is until the front desk at our hotel gave me one long-stemmed flower in the afternoon. The next morning, I saw red rose petals on the ground at the parking lot for the Franz Josef glacier trail, where we stopped to make the required observations to log an earthcache. They looked sad and water-trodden, but my photo didn't turn out very well, so it's in the digital trash can!
1 March 2014 at 17:23
Kathy L said…
Beautiful roses and a great take on RED this month.
1 March 2014 at 20:14
jo W said…
someone was lucky to received such beautiful roses!
1 March 2014 at 21:22
nonamedufus said…
Lucky you. Glacier trail, eh? Cool.
2 March 2014 at 08:31
nonamedufus said…
And worth every penny.
2 March 2014 at 08:32
nonamedufus said…
Oh, no, I'm the lucky one. (She reads the comments.)
2 March 2014 at 08:32
P.J. said…
Leave it to you dufus! There's a way to do the challenge. And a nudge, nudge ... what about the wink, wink?
2 March 2014 at 14:42
nonamedufus said…
I bought them and gave them to my dear wife…and have the pictures to prove it.
2 March 2014 at 16:31
Lisa said…
You just can't go wrong with red roses...unless it sparkles (nudge, nudge)! Mrs. D is a fortunate woman. :-)
4 March 2014 at 13:16
nonamedufus said…
You mean like crafts with glitter?
4 March 2014 at 13:52
Lisa said…
Not exactly………………;-)
4 March 2014 at 15:34
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

My Back Pages - November

I read five books last month bringing my year to date total to 61, well past the 50 I estimated at the beginning of the year. And I've yet to get through December.

The month started out with The Nix, the debut novel by Nathan Hill which has been receiving a lot off positive reviews. In it Hill flips back and fourth from the 1968 Chicago protests and 2011 in a desperate search for the truth behind why his mother abandoned him at an early age. In between Hill takes on politics, the media and addiction as well as other aspects of society. It's a well-spun tale and I quite enjoyed reading it.

Next up was the auto-biographical I Am Brian Wilson of Beach Boys fame. This was somewhat of a scattered affair but an interesting read nonetheless. Wilson - or his ghostwriter - however is no Hemingway.

Then it was on to one of my favourite authors, Ian Rankin and his latest tale of now retired Inspector John Rebus, Rather Be The Devil. I never tire of these stories and this is the 21st in …
Post a Comment
Read more

My Back Pages - 2016

Here, as promised is a month-by-month breakdown of the 67 books I delved into this year. I got off to a strong start and then my intake dwindled for a couple of months until picking back up in April. I'll let you in on my favourites at the end of this list.

January

Here, There and Everywhere:
My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles - Geoff Emerick - ****
H is for Hawk - Helen Macdonald - ***
Close To The Edge - The Story of Yes - Chris Welch - ***
Sweet Caress - William Boyd - ****


February

Purity by Jonathan Franzen 
Still Alice by Lisa Genova.


March

Natchez Burning - Greg Iles
The Promise (Elvis Cole #20) - Robert Crais

April

The Snowman (Harry Hole)- Joe Nesbo ****
Phantom (Harry Hole) - Joe Nesbo ****
The Leopard (Harry Hole) - Jo Nesbo ****


May

George Harrison Reconsidered ***
The Heart Goes Last - Margaret Atwood ****
Dropping The Needle - The Vinyl Dialogues Volume II ***
The Electric Mist with the Confederate Dead, (Dave Robicheaux #6) - James Lee Burke****


June/.July

 Lust and Wonder - Aug…
Post a Comment
Read more

I Do

It was noon. The sun shone brightly in the sky. Birds chirped merrily in the trees. The sounds of traffic drifted up from the street. George picked up his keys and headed for the apartment door. This was a special day. Perhaps the most special day of his life to date. Today was the day he would ask Georgina to marry him. Georgina was his girlfriend. French. From France.

He'd covered all the bases. He'd bought the ring, a bouquet of flowers and a set of knee pads. If she said "no" at least they'd have a good laugh over the knee pads. If she said yes they'd remember him down on his knees this day forever.

He grabbed everything, locked the apartment door and descended the stairs. The restaurant was nearby so he decided to walk. As he waited on the corner for the light to change he thought of spending the rest of his life with Georgina. Not that he was being presumptuous but he had a good sense she felt the same way too. He was sure it was kismet. And besides wi…
9 comments
Read more