What's Next Shelby Lynne?

Wordzzle challenge 2011#1

2011-01-15T06:22:00.000-04:00

For the 10 word: newspaper, empty plate, tiger, box, chewing gum, heating, traffic, books, canary, shoe

And for the mini: article, blind, watery, leap, crescent

10 word:

Shelby Lynne’s stomach was growling like a tiger, Chewing gum would only suffice for so long. With Empty plate in one hand school books in the other the newspaper caught her attention,’ Canary in shoe box survives extreme heating in traffic.’

Mega:

Feeling like the canary in a shoe box in the news paper article, Shelby Lynne reached past the books in her backpack, searching for chewing gum to make her dry mouth watery. Out the window she saw a student take a crescent leap. Caught by surprise the prey brought nothing to the table, an empty plate crushed by a tiger. The bus driver turned up the heating acting blind as he maneuvered through traffic to the next stop.

mini:

Awake… watching the crescent moon through the blind Shelby Lynne resisted the urge to leap from bed to read the full article and eventually drifted off behind her tired watery eyes.

Words for next week's 10-word challenge: sunset, open sesame, spectacles, icicles, chanting, proposal, jade carving, earphones, growing old, parallelogram
And for the mini: athlete, trading places, launch, ownership, trample

Saturday Wordzzle Challenge #26

2010-11-27T15:27:00.004-04:00

Hosted by Raven, who's on Week 137 with the Saturday Wordzzle Challenge, there is a link for the how to at the right.
Words for the challenge: celebrate, doctor, shipping, choice, stake, time flies when you're having fun, secrets, disaster, back down, clouds
And for the mini: research, insane, clarity, toy mouse, lottery

Ten word:

Today Aunt Bessie had to go to the medical center then to the post office for shipping documents for holiday parcels, giving Shelby Lynne the choice to come with or not. Shelby Lynne wondered if her Aunt had secrets about her health. What would be at stake should Aunt Bessie start having health issues, that could be a disaster. Shelby Lynne was so deep in the clouds Aunt Bessie was back down to the waiting room and done with the Doctor in no time, saying, “Time flies when you’re having fun, I can celebrate the holidays in good health”.

Mini:

The post office was located at the back of the Old General Store. While Aunt Betsy did her cost research. Shelby Lynne decided on a toy mouse for her kitty. The line up at the cash was insane due to lottery sales but she was still able to hear Aunt Bessie with clarity when she yelled above those in line that she would be waiting in the car.

Mega:

Upon returning home Aunt Bessie asked Penny Sue how she was doing with her research project.

“Time flies when you are having fun” was Penny Sue’s response. Continuing on to say how insane the project is and her teacher should have provided with clarity what was at stake should it not be completed.

“The choice is yours” said Aunt Bessie.
To not complete it would be a disaster, they all knew that. Their mother would have Penny Sue to the doctor to make sure she was still on the right type of medicine.

Shelby Lynne listened to their conversation quietly, teasing Jewel with the toy mouse. The rattling of Aunt Bessie’s shipping documents brought Shelby Lynne back down off the clouds from thinking about what secrets could be keeping mother at Uncle Studley Duke’s for so long. Wondering when they could celebrate her return would be like trying to pick the winning lottery numbers.

Saturday Wordzzle Challenge # 25

2010-11-20T22:21:00.016-04:00

Hosted by Raven, who's on Week 136 with the Saturday Wordzzle Challenge, there is a link for the how to's at the right.

10-word challenge: career, incense, prosperity, chloroform, cane, electrical outlet, preponderance, salivate, chopped liver, pillows
And for the mini: thank, teacher, movies, unleash, lamp shade

10-word :
Shelby Lynne knows prosperity will be there in her calling, but with career day tomorrow she wished she knew what that calling was. Do the preponderance of students know what their calling is? Or are they picking something because it’s chosen or expected of them? Plugging the air freshener into the electrical outlet, how long it would take the incense of sugar cane to float about the room. Will it make her salivate for a sweet snack or act as chloroform as her head hits the pillows in sweet dreams, an escape from the feeling of being chopped liver because she does not know her life’s purpose.
Mini:
Shelby Lynne lay awake staring at the shadow cast on the ceiling from the lamp shade. Awoken by a dream, clips of movies playing over and over never getting to the point where the characters unleash their hidden potential. One thing is for sure she had to to remember to thank the teacher for a sleepless night.
Mega:
As she entered her bedroom Shelby Lynne pulled the plug of the sugar cane incense from the electrical outlet. It neither acted like chloroform nor made her salivate for sweets. It instead turned her stomach as if she ate too much chopped liver. Laying her head on the pillows the shadows from the lampshade disappeared into the darkness behind her eyelids. Happy she did thank her teacher for the career option movies shown in class today. She can sleep easy knowing that the preponderance of students her age do not know their life's purpose or even think that far ahead other than dreams of the prosperity they will unleash.

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Words for the next challenge: celebrate, doctor, shipping, choice, stake, time flies when you're having fun, secrets, disaster, back down, clouds
And for the mini: research, insane, clarity, toy mouse, lottery

Wordzzle Challenge 24

2010-09-01T00:10:00.003-03:00

Words for this week (Raven's Week # 124) 10-word challenge were:

corner, cold-stone, rolex, sole, effortless, raindrops, eyebrow, speaker, amusing, leapt
And for the mini: fluid, acreage, fasten, tripe, pages

MeGA- Raising an eyebrow Shelby Lynne was thinking channeling Raindrops for Water torture would be more effortless and amusing than this assembly. It takes three pages just for the title, The Corner Stone of Biology. Fasten Your mind and hold your fluid… You’ll be lichen this . Give me a break. What time zone has this speaker leapt from, he needs to reset his rolex for this century. It will take a cold-stone to stay awake, and Then to be tested on the decreasing acreage available for sole and rock tripe reproduction.
TEN WORD- Pinching the corner of her eyebrow, Shelby Lynne did not find the speaker amusing, occasionally glancing at his rolex he leapt with a strange effortless enthusiasm over raindrops and how a cold-stone may effect the reproductive habits of fresh water sole.
MiNI- Shelby Lynne flipped through the pages with a fluid motion wondering if she would remember the details of how rock tripe fasten themselves to rocks and the amount of acreage this lichen cover in North America.

Words for next week's 10-word challenge are: pyramid, laughter, orangutan, recycling, infinity, toilet paper, greasy dishes, Spanish, preparation, back-up
And for the mini: carpet, cane, outer space, hand ball, ambitious

Saturday Wordzzle Challenge #23

2010-07-20T21:48:00.001-03:00

Raven’s Week 117 the 10-word challenge was: smoothly, spiders, floor boards, eggs, carpet, moonshine, leaping, CD, purring, jewel

And for the mini: spotlight, canvas, kitty, money-box, eye-drops

10 word Challenge:

With Jewel purring Shelby Lynne Stayed quiet on the carpet as Penny Sue slid smoothly by on the floor boards, leaping about to the song Moonshine. Shelby Lynne could feel anger building up as to how Penny Sue got money for the new CD by Spiders and Eggs.

MEGA Challenge:

The School year came and went unnoticed as Shelby Lynne did not require the spotlight like her sister Penny Sue, who was leaping about to her new music. Shelby Lynne rolled her eyes preferring the area carpet listening to Jewel Purring, as the kitty smoothly stretched out , dragging her claws into the floor boards. Shelby Lynne knew that her sister stole from her money-box for two CD’s; Moonshine by Spiders and Eggs, and Eye-drops by Canvas.

Mini Challenge:

Penny Sue is so good at capturing the Drama Queen Spotlight. The kitty was startled by Penny Sue’s reaction over accusations of stealing from Shelby Lynne’s money-box. The CD by Canvas titled Eye-drops will now forever be known as tantrum teardrops.

Saturday Wordzzle Challenge # 19-

2009-10-11T16:55:00.001-03:00

Ten Word:

Shelby Lynne's mother sullenly watched the evergreen trees pass by as the plane’s engine roared on a dangerous decline destined for the lower end of Medicine Creek. Her head continually in a bauble motion scanning as they flew over. This day as with all days she had already bespoke Penny Sue back in her presence. With a still grayness over the freight yard in the distance she focused on the odd sunray which hung like tinsel on the trees below.

Mini:

Either the carbon emissions from the plane where getting to her or she has grown feelers on her head to know outright that Penny Sue was near. A mirage of Penny Sue in Ballet class was fizzing through her head.

Mega:

Penny Sue pressed her forehead to the window so it would not bauble when the bus changed gears. She sullenly focused no further than the drops of rain that streamed down the panes like tinsel. With her heart now carrying more freight than before Penny Sue tried not to consider her actions dangerous, but knew her mother would be outright mad. She wondered what type of medicine she was destined for. Trying to drown out the carbon knock of the engine she watched a bug fizzing it’s wings in a struggle to free it’s feelers from a water droplet. With the last cent of her money spent on the transit fare the bus route came to its end. She was done. The words she bespoke to go home echoed in her head as she did sort of a ballet pirouette to watch the alligator painted plane pass over as she was dashing from the bus toward the evergreen trees for shelter.

Saturday Wordzzle Challenge 18 On track To Get Penny Sue Back

2009-09-12T19:55:00.005-03:00

This weeks posts are an attempt to get back on track now that school is back in. It has been a couple of weeks since there have been new leads on finding Shelby Lynne’s sister Penny Sue. You can read last weeks Wordzzle Challenge: In The Shadows and Portrait of Words 5: Get Off Your Canoehead Shelby Lynne! if you are interested. There were both just posted today.

ten word challenge : Charitable, alligator, tribute, drunk, slave, preparation, carrots, mountainside, propeller, lark

mini challenge: chisel, worship, suicide, organic, plus

Uncle Jimmie Rambler and Shelby Lynne’s mother approached the plane painted like an alligator as the pilot known as Lark inspected the propeller. Apparently at one time he was the town drunk, a slave to the bottle. Now he keeps a constant supply of carrots in the cockpit. His charitable flights to leave no mountainside unsearched is a tribute to those who saved him.

Like a chisel Shelby Lynne’s mother pried her way into the small aircraft. Noticing the bag of organic vegetables was a plus. To know that Lark is a man of worship and is no longer on a suicide mission.

The painted design was a tribute to those who found him. A reminder that he was no longer a drunk who stumbled between the war torn mountainside in his mind and the alligator infested everglades where he was found. Being a slave to the bottle was a chisel that gouged deep into his soul. Lark continued with the pre-flight check pleased that he chose his plane over suicide. It took great preparation and worship for him to spin the propeller again. Plus he had found purpose in conducting his charitable flights while snacking on organic mini carrots.

Portrait of Words 5 - Get Off Your Canoehead Shelby Lynne!

2009-09-12T18:54:00.004-03:00

While Shelby Lynne’s Mother and Uncle Jimmie Rambler were in Florida tracking down Penny Sue Aunt Bessie kept her mind off things by staying busy in the kitchen. After placing the last of the cookies on the cooling rack.

Aunt Bessie started to clean things up when she noticed a Squirrel on the doorstep.

Reaching for the nearest thing to shoo the squirrel away she shouted out to Shelby Lynne. “ It’s too nice of a day for you to be rotting your brain on The Frantics antics of Mr Canoehead.

Get out here and help me get this squirrel away from the Cabin. That’s all we need is them squirrels nesting in the attic. they'll make a mess that Mr Canoehead couldn't even top.”

Shelby Lynne grabbed a sign that read WORMS, In her mind it should have gone to the flea market with all the other junk, and followed Aunt Bessie frantically waving their knick knacks at the little critter until it took off into the garden of flowers.

Shelby Lynne and Aunt Bessie stood silently on the porch step under the late summer sky before returning into the cabin to have a snack of warm cookies while they both watched the soap opera Legal and Tender.

Saturday Wordzzle Challenge 17- In the Shadows

2009-09-12T18:12:00.002-03:00

Ten Word Challenge : Spam, perpetual motion, sprinkle, telephone pole, stains, alphabetical, surgery, flattery, liberty, preservation

mini challenge: shadows, singularity, Florida, caterpillars, copy

Ten Word:

They have done everything short of putting a sprinkle of missing poster signs on each and every telephone pole to keep the perpetual motion of Penny Sue’s search going. Shelby Lynne watched Aunt Bessie put the canned goods in alphabetical order. “People find more liberty in going to the supermarket than to preserve the harvest from their own land. Completing the preservation process by inspecting the seal of the jar like inspecting stitches after surgery to make sure there are no leaks. There is nothing like stains on clothing, and the flattery one receives when handing out jars of preserves.” mumbled Aunt Bessie as she finally decided on a can of Spam.

Mini:

Shelby Lynne’s mother zoomed in on the singularity of the figure in the shadows of mammoth sized Caterpillars at the construction site in Florida and made a copy.

Mega:

Shelby Lynne’s mother reviewed the copy of the image and the singularity of a girl in the shadows. The caterpillar machinery did not offer preservation from the weather. The mud stains added no flattery to Penny Sue’s appearance on her flight of liberty and impromptu sighting on the news bulletin about the rain being more than a sprinkle, and being too unpredictable to erect even one telephone pole. Frustrated that the email with the attached image to Florida authorities was hung up by the firewall labeled as spam. Shelby Lynne’s mother did not have patience to perform what seemed like surgery on her laptops firewall. Setting her and Uncle Jimmie Rambler into perpetual motion calling through construction companies in alphabetical order.

Saturday Wordzzle Challenge16: Gathering Bread Crumbs

2009-08-29T11:48:00.003-03:00

Took a little bit of time to get it posted this morning. I had an unexpected appointment with Dr Fisher Price. Apparently I needed my mouth fixed. A series of "open wide" and "you need to have needles in your mouth for the rest of your life". And who knew that doctors brush hair too. Hairdresser MD. Thankfully there were "no bugs". I guess when you look at it that way a doctor may actually run a comb through someone's hair.

The Saturday Wordzzle Challenge is hosted by Raven

Ten Word Challenge: records, impulsive, really cool, bread crumbs, angels, Sponge Bob, magical moment, back and forth, suffering, good fences make good neighbors

mini challenge: side effects are generally mild, clingy, rooster, samples, curiosity

Mini:

Out of curiosity Shelby Lynne listened as the doctor passed samples to Aunt Bessie stating “the side effects are generally mild”. Aunt Bessie has become clingy since Penny Sue has run away. Anxious not to loose both girls she sounds like a rooster whenever Shelby Lynne is out of her sight.

Ten Word:

For Shelby Lynne watching Sponge Bob was normally a magical moment of laughter between her and her sister. At this time she hopes that a trail of bread crumbs will be found. Aunt Bessie rocks back and forth in the chair angered that Penny Sue might think her impulsive act to run away would be really cool on her records, and of how good fences make good neighbors, the type of fences that neighbors talk over spreading prayers for angels to watch over in times of suffering.

Mega:

Out of curiosity Shelby Lynne turned down the volume of Sponge Bob as he cock-a-doodle-dooed like a rooster when his clingy friend Patrick told him he was really cool. Shelby Lynne listened to the back and forth chatter about the years of gossip, and how good fences make good neighbors. The neighbors at the old apartment were able to provide bread crumbs. Part of the trail that will lead to Penny Sue. Although it will be reflected on her records. With the side effects are generally mild the doctor gave samples to Aunt Bessie and Shelby Lynne's mother help them cope. Everyone refuses to believe Penny Sue’s impulsive behavior will cause her suffering, and that she is being guarded by angels. There will be a magical moment when she is returned.

Portrait of words 4-Run Away

2009-08-26T16:05:00.003-03:00

If Shelby Lynne and Penny Sue were twins maybe there would have been a telepathy thing happening. However, not the case. Only God knows what Penny Sue was thinking.

Aunt Bessie received a call from the general store owner while Shelby Lynne was hanging some clothes on the line . He saw Penny Sue Hitchhiking and actually get into a car he did not recognize. Shelby Lynne wasn’t quite sure how Hitchhiking worked, only being told that getting into cars with strangers is taking big chances.

Aunt Bessie started freaking out because she lost one of us.

News Flash Aunt Bessie . You didn’t loose her she ran off !

Uncle Jimmie Rambler said he would check out the Trains at the station, which are used mostly for cargo nowadays.

The train station also doubled as a bus station.

The nearest town would have been the one where they picked up school supplies on the weekend. She had notice Penny Sue was looking at the bus routes.

Maybe she had planned on catching a bus from there to, gosh, to anywhere.

It’s hard to say how much money Penny Sue had, and how far it would take her, with her babysitting and the Shelby Lynne Shoe replacement fund and the flea market money earned a couple weekends ago. Strange that weekend was the first sign of discontentment that Shelby Lynne noticed from her sister.

At this point Shelby Lynne was asked to stay at the cabin in case she tried to call. Shelby Lynne looked through a magazine that Aunt Bessie had brought out of Penny Sue’s Bedroom.

There was a picture of an observation tower in the night sky. Just like the one on the closing credits of the soap opera, Legal and Tender.

Shelby Lynne watched the rabbit nibble away on the lawn,wondering why some chose to stay and others to runaway.

Maybe her sister was walking the tracks this very moment, like in The Journey of Natty Gann, headed west to find their father.

Saturday Wordzzle Challenge #15 : Legal and Tender = Free and Easy.

2009-08-22T13:59:00.003-03:00

wow it took forever for Saturdays to get here.

Ten Word Challenge : blind panic, apartment, fleas, soap operas, Cajun cooking, free and easy, legal, sangria, public school, new

For the mini challenge: class, calendar, keeping secrets, boring, fashion

Ten word

When the call came in Aunt Bessie was stirring up some Cajun Cooking and sipping on a sangria. Shelby Lynne and her Sister Penny Sue were watching soap operas. In a blind Panic their mother found legal loop holes to quickly sell their apartment, due to a flea infestation, this means that the new public school year would start from Aunt Bessie’s when the free and easy summer ended.

Mini

Aunt Bessie had to contact the school for the calendar and class lists. Shelby Lynne wondered about the local fashion and how boring it will be and questioning if her mother is keeping secrets why it is taking so long to get Uncle Studley Duke Estate sorted out.

Mega

Shelby Lynne is thinking her mother is not the only one keeping secrets. Her Sister Penny Sue thought her mother’s action to sell the apartment cramped her free and easy fashion. What is this new attitude that made her sister sneak drinks of Aunt Bessie’s Sangria? Granted life at the cabin is boring and leaves you smelling like Cajun cooking. It must be the soap opera, Legal and Tender, setting false expectations for Penny Sues calendar . This changing to a new public school has put them all in a blind panic,jumping like fleas, to be ready for class.

Saturday Wordzzle Challenge # 14: Holder of the Staff

2009-08-15T04:49:00.002-03:00

Ten Word Challenge: superlative, flea market, falling leaves, disinformation, who was that masked man?, keeping kids out of trouble, I'm a believer, bonnet in the attic, staff, generation
mini challenge: deep in the forest, government, charming, heirlooms, flabbergasted

***Ten Word

Holding the staff of discipline was not new for Aunt Bessie. "Responsibility is the key to keeping kids out of trouble, and this generation is no different" Picking up the bonnet in the attic, adorn with falling leaves, and the 45 of I'm A Believer, Shelby Lynne listened to her Aunt Bessie’s Phone conversation. Placing the items in the box of superlative items for the flea market, Shelby Lynne felt bad that her sister Penny Sue, provided disinformation when Aunt Bessie Asked, Who was that masked Man? As he sped off on the dirt bike.

*** Mini

Going through items in the attic, Shelby Lynne was flabbergasted by the government documents stating the Historical value of Aunt Bessie's Cabin and Land, It has been labeled an Heirlooms Property. Set deep in the forest it really was quite charming.

*** Mega

Shelby Lynne had to have Aunt Bessie go through the items to ensure heirlooms, superlative due to sentimental value, did not end up at the flea market. The bonnet in the attic with falling leaves and the, I'm a Believer, 45 remained in the box. Taking the box to Penny Sue to pack in the car, Shelby Lynne was flabbergasted to hear Penny Sue mimic their mother, "”keeping the kids out of trouble, putting them deep in the forest”. Well mother, you can't do that to this generation. If I left there is nothing you can get the government to do about it.” Hearing this, Shelby Lynne was now wondering as much as Aunt Bessie, Who was that masked man? Has he provided disinformation to Penny Sue that has changed her from a charming daughter to one that is about to challenge the staff of discipline.

Portrait of Words #3 Fly on The Wall, Ay

2009-08-11T15:18:00.003-03:00

Well this weeks Portrait of Words Takes us on a fishing trip With Shelby Lynne. She is joined once again with her Cousin Goober Tucker and we are Introduced to her Uncle Jimmie Rambler.
All In Fun and keeping my mind thinking.

Fly on The Wall, Ay

Uncle Jimmy Rambler had picked Shelby Lynne up at Aunt Bessie's on his Harley, possibly just an excuse to borrow Aunt Bessie’s frying pan for the fish they may or may not catch.

Shelby Lynne wasn’t quite comfortable fishing on the party barge, she had never been fishing before. It always seemed like a stereotypical thing that fathers and sons did. Obviously she was not a son, not to mention the fact that she did not know her father. For all she knew she was of the artificially inseminated variety with no dad, just a donor.

Her Uncle was going on about a previous fishing trip, The fish was this big type of a story.

Shelby Lynne, deep in thought, looked up to see her Uncle Jimmie Rambler with a couple of fishing rod, his words competing with her thoughts for attention. He was staring at her. She wondered what she had missed. Did he ask her a question? He passed her a fishing rod while Shelby Lynne reached for her back pack, stalling for time so that she did not have to figure out or ask how to put bait on a hook.

Shelby Lynne had a few letters from her mother that she always carried with her. With the last letter she received, her mother included a picture of the car she had to rent while her own car was being fixed.

Shelby Lynne wondered why her mother never mentioned anything about her father, or how Shelby Lynne and her sister came to be. Maybe her father was dead, drowned while fishing? or a pirate and drowned at sea? Maybe her father didn’t know he was a father? Didn’t know he was a father twice? Were Shelby Lynne and her sister actually sisters? Shelby Lynne watched her Uncle Jimmie Rambler prepare the hook on fishing line. Maybe this man is my father?

Shelby didn’t realize she had been staring at the collection of fishing lures for so long. Uncle Jimmie Rambler slid a can of bait towards her. Maybe her father had the personality of a worm, or more of a low life like a maggot. Shelby Lynne looked at the worms, thankful they were not maggots. She had seen that before, maggots dyed red for fishing.

Uncle Jimmie Rambler noticed Shelby Lynne’s hesitation in picking out a worm and reached out for her fishing rod.

“Are you my father?” The words slipped from Shelby Lynne’s mouth before she had a chance to stop them.

Uncle Jimmie Rambler almost drove the fish hook through his finger. “That’s the most freaking bizarre thing I have ever been asked. Am I your father? Why the heck would you ask me that? Have you never been told about your father?“ He seemed surprised, like it should be general knowledge and not some big secret.

Uncle Jimmie Rambler questioned her again about whether she had ever been told her father’s story. Shelby Lynne took back her fishing rod, wishing she could easily reach the lid to close the can of worms. Squirming that she even blurted out something like that.

It was at this time Uncle Jimmie Rambler’s son, Cousin Goober Tucker arrived, excited about a yard sale find. They looked nothing alike, although they could both carry on a one sided conversation quite well. What was thought to be an ivory Taj Mahal ornament, upon Uncle Jimmie Rambler’s inspection, turned out to be alabaster.

Thankfully the alabaster Taj Mahal was enough of a distraction that the conversation did not return as to the the topic of Shelby Lynne's father.

“Can’t keep the frying pan waiting for the walleye” Uncle Jimmie Rambler steered the party barge away from the dock where they proceeded to cast their lines in to the lake.

Watching her Cousin and Uncle staring at bobbers on the water’s surface, Shelby Lynne remained curious about her father for the rest of the afternoon and thought about being a fly on his wall to know what he is doing, If he is alive. Wondering how she could prompt the story from her mother. Maybe she doesn’t know? Maybe one day he just went out and never returned? Her mother always seemed confident and sure, independent, she must have been prepared for him not to be there? Shelby Lynne's mind, full of questions, kept her silent and distant right up until she got back to Aunt Bessie's Cabin.

With all her friends and their family circumstances, dysfunctional seemed normal. She never felt out of place because of his absence. Now that she knows there is a story she is curious to know. Does her Sister Penny Sue Know? What about Aunt Bessie? It would be nice to hear the story first hand from her mother, maybe Shelby Lynne is that only one that does not know her father’s story.

Saturday Wordzzle Challenge # 13

2009-08-08T04:14:00.001-03:00

Hosted by Raven

Ten Word Challenge: reluctant, sacrilege, territory, humiliating, master of ceremonies, gesture, dirty deed, crumbling, thaw, token

mini challenge: official portrait, personal bank account, shoulder bone, unbearable, widow

***mini

It was almost unbearable for Shelby Lynne to listen to her friend over the phone, going on about her parents taking away her personal bank account privileges, they did not like the fact this summer’s official portrait was a mug shot. She went on, almost bragging, that she injured a widow on the shoulder bone trying to snatch her purse.

***ten word

Aunt Bessie is reluctant to allow Shelby Lynne to return home at summer’s end. It could be humiliating for Shelby Lynne to associate with old friends. They require a thaw in their hearts, their crumbling morals are Sacrilege according to Aunt Bessie. They have become the master of ceremonies of a gang, like gate keepers requesting a token, but in the form of a dirty deed or obscene gesture for passage through their territory.

***mega

Shelby Lynne watched as the master of ceremonies made a gesture toward Aunt Bessie to unveil the official portrait. Today they gather to honor Aunt Bessie’s late husband, who at a time when the territory was crumbling from the dirty deeds of many, made contributions that brought about a thaw to the coldhearted. Shelby Lynne thought about her friend and the widow with the injured shoulder bone. It could have been Aunt Bessie. Aunt Bessie, reluctant at first, like when she opened her personal bank account, thought it would be an unbearable and humiliating experience, She realized, to not honor her late husband with each token placed in the entrance turnstile would be sacrilege.

Saturday Wordzzle Challenge # 12: Bull Sh...neakers

2009-08-01T11:39:00.002-03:00

Hosted by Raven

Well here’s my attempt for this weeks Wordzzle. Happy weekend to you all .

10 words are: fair warning, hormones, journalism, philanthropist, burgeoning, running the bulls, saturation, tossed in the towel, whine, indelicate details

Wishing Aunt Bessie was into journalism, rather than philanthropist acts for neighboring farmers on vacation, or offered a fair warning, Shelby Lynne finds herself, up to the knees in saturation of the smelliest kind, out running the bulls with burgeoning hormones, Too late to whine about the indelicate details, she should have tossed in the towel before she got out of bed.

And for the mini: hard labor, lurid, quick fix, sizable contributions, trumpet

The salt lick was not a quick fix for hard labor, the bull sounded off like a trumpet ,which was a sizable contribution to Shelby Lynne’s lurid panic attack.

Mega Challenge

Shelby Lynne Tossed in the towel and forked over money she earned through Hard labor, a savings for enrollment in a junior Journalism course. It was a quick fix and Sizable contribution towards replacing Penny Sue’s sneakers. Like a Trumpet, Shelby Lynne’s sister had let out a whine, fair warning of hormones burgeoning into adulthood, never mind out running the bulls, now it’s Penny Sue, who’s not a philanthropist like Aunt Bessie, Lurid over saturation of manure and the Indelicate details left on her sneakers, Shelby Lynne should have asked to borrow them.

Portrait Of Words# 2- Puppies Preferred

2009-07-27T11:12:00.004-03:00

Shelby Lynne was happy to see a letter arrive from her mother.

It explained that she managed to get Uncle Studley Duke’s things out of the assisted living home.

Shelby Lynne’s mother was now headed towards the coast. Apparently their uncle had a home that no one was aware of. So all his items were being sent there, saying it would give her more time to get things sorted out and settled.

Her mother was crossing her finger’s that the car would make it all the way. The Moving van of items went along ahead, while she was currently along side the road waiting for the car to cool down.

The Dang radiator sprang a leak and overheated. She’s been using her empty coffee cups to get water from a waterfall into the overheated radiator.

Wishing that she could help her mother at Uncle Studley Duke’s place. The letter made no mention of when Shelby Lynne would get to see her mother.

Letter in hand, Shelby Lynne tried to avoid being around the neighborhood children her Sister Penny Sue offered to watch occasionally. Shelby Lynne still seemed to get roped into helping.

She was so tired of hearing about their new puppy, She felt like telling them to just go back to their house to be with it, so they would leave her alone.

Shelby Lynne would have preferred puppy sitting to babysitting or even blueberry picking, she would have to be back in her home town for that. No such luck.

Saturday Wordzzle Challenge# 11

2009-07-25T04:01:00.001-03:00

The Saturday Wordzzle challenge hosted by Raven

Anyone new to the process can refer back here to find out how it works.

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10 word challenge : riverboat, procrastination, drank, demons, invisible, candle, enough, film stars, summer job, computer

Entering the number of invisible demons the riverboat hit into a computer did not hold a candle to a summer job on the set of DRANK. It was not procrastination that prevented cousin Goober Tucker from getting a part. The movie company simply brought enough film stars with them.

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mini: general demeanor, invisible, masked man, reach, standards

Having never seen a horror flick Shelby Lynne figured green screen standards would be to reach out convincingly whether it be an invisible masked man or a butterfly. She was not sure if cousin Goober Tucker’s general demeanor could pull if off.

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Mega Challenge:

His general demeanor towards DRANK- Demons Revenge Are Never Kind, is that it’s full of horror flick standards. Mostly filmed with green screen, Actors reach out to an invisible masked man, the digital animators are the invisible film stars. Shelby Lynne's cousin Goober Tucker was happy to see the film crew on the riverboat for a night scene. They lit fires in oil drums, as candle light was not enough. Cousin Goober Tucker worked on his procrastination skills shutting down his computer to see them filming at the end of his summer job shifts.

Saturday Wordzzle Challenge #10

2009-07-20T02:05:00.004-03:00

The Saturday Wordzzle challenge hosted by Raven

Anyone new to the process can refer back here to find out how it works.

Ten Word Challenge: corn pone, delegation, nectarines, happiness, 12 going on 13, prancing horses, magenta, butterflies, fragmentary, arthritis

How could Shelby Lynne find happiness in 12 going on 13 with such fragmentary information about why she has to spend summer at Aunt Bessie’s. Her Aunt Bessie seems skillful with delegation, but does not complain about her arthritis when making her secret corn pone recipe. Shelby Lynne watched the butterflies on the magenta flowers while picking nectarines wishing she could be home with the prancing horses.

mini challenge: lavender cowboy, over the moon, preparation, zebra, area rug

Adjusting her lavender cowboy hat Shelby remembered when she was little and used to drape her Zebra print area rug over the teeter-totter to pretend she was jumping over the moon. Her imagination seemed to be preparation for joining the Junior Bengal Lancers.

Mega Challenge

Looking at the photos of the prancing horses, Shelby Lynne was over the moon to receive a box of belongings from her mother. Removing her Lavender cowboy hat she spread out her zebra print area rug. Taking a bite of the corn pone smeared with stewed nectarines, Shelby Lynne opened the magenta envelope to reveal writing paper with butterflies on the border and more fragmentary information. Reading about her mother’s involvement with the preparation of her uncles' estate, apparently complications from arthritis. Shelby Lynne questioned whether it was family delegation or an act of volunteering that kept her mother absent. Shelby Lynne was hoping to find a renewed happiness in 12 going on 13 while spending the summer at Aunt Bessie cabin.

Next week's 10 word challenge will be: riverboat, procrastination, drank, demons, invisible, candle, enough, film stars, summer job, computer

For the mini: general demeanor, invisible, masked man, reach, standards

Portrait Of Words 1- Introducing Miss Shelby Lynne Birmingham

2009-07-20T00:42:00.007-03:00

“ You’re impossible Penny Sue! “ Shelby Lynne shouted as she slammed the cabin door. “ I can’t believe I am stuck in this dump for the entire summer.

It didn’t matter what Shelby Lynne did, her sister was always blaming her and getting her into trouble for everything. This time it was about letting the pig escape. Instead of catching the stupid boar. Shelby Lynne and her sister ended up in a full out mud wrestling match.

“Why does Aunt Bessie even have a pig?” Shelby Lynne flopped down on the bed. “This whole summer is going to be a stupid bore.”

Shelby Lynne studied the view from the window. In the distance Shelby Lynne could see an eagle flying above the mountain ridge. How she wished she could be that eagle and fly to the other side. Where she should be, where she had come from.

They had only just got here really. All her mother said was that she would explain latter. Shelby Lynne felt like a flightless bird left to scratch in the dirt as she watched her mother drive away. She wondered why she even had to be here. She was old enough to take care of herself.
Sitting up, it was like she was in a full body cast. With every move more dried mud cracked and fell off. out the window she could see her Aunt Bessie and sister rocking in unison on the Porch.
Shelby Lynne flopped back down on the bed, hearing faint muffled voices from the porch. All she heard was something about the stream down back. Perfect, thought Shelby Lynne. Other than that she gave up on trying to listen, figuring it was time to face the music of her tantrum and the mud.
Making sure that Aunt Bessie and her sister were still on the porch, Shelby Lynne gathered the four corners of the quilt forming a huge sack around her muddy clothes. Thankfully the quilt was thick enough that the under sheets were still clean. If only her clothes had offered her the same protection. She could see orange blotchy spots on her body, like a bad tan from a bottle. Shelby Lynne and her friends had to wear long pants for half of last summer and even gloves for a few days because of sunless tanning lotion. Thankfully they hadn’t tried it on their faces. She thought of how she would miss her friends.
Shelby Lynne scurried about unnoticed until she stepped onto the back porch. She heard a grunt and a snort.

“Stupid pig” she whispered.
Shelby Lynne found the stream without a problem. After shaking off some of the loose mud, she started fumbling around in the water washing her muddy clothes. Wondering If Aunt Bessie had a washer dryer, or a phone even? When would she hear from her mother and get to talk to her friends.
Shelby Lynne's thoughts were interrupted with the crackling of branches on the other side of the stream. She froze as her eyes scanned for the source. To her surprise, and relief, it was a young buck,who also froze in his tracks. Just as surprised as Shelby Lynne, in three leaps the Buck disappeared into the bushes where it came from.

Washing things in the stream proved to be more difficult than Shelby Lynne thought. She was no match for the red mountain soil. A little freaked out by the Buck, Shelby tossed the dripping clothes back onto the quilt.
Her Bundle much heavier now Shelby Lynne headed back to the cabin. She would have to Speak to her aunt to find out where she does her laundry. Not that she was giving her the silent treatment. It was more like avoiding, so she wouldn't get yelled at again about the stupid pig or the mud in the cabin. Before this morning she didn’t even know she had an Aunt Bessie?
Shelby Lynne was almost to the porch when a clanging noise startled her, causing her to loose her step, fall to the ground and let out a scream. This of course set the dog off barking.

The Dog came bounding towards her. Aunt Bessie dropped the cover of the BBQ and started out behind the Dog. “Plunger Stop, Plunger get back here. Penny Sue mind the BBQ!”
Aunt Bessie was too late. Thankfully it was the quilt and not Shelby the dog was after. Plunger,What a stupid name for a dog. With his Teeth gripped onto the quilt he gave his head a shake, growling and shaking his head some more.
“Drop It Plunger, you crazy fool dog! What art you doing?” Aunt Bessie was just about to grab for the quilt when Plunger darted off again, dragging the quilt with him. Circling back around Aunt Bessie, she look like a dog chasing her own tail. “Plunger stop. You dog. I said stop. Give me that quilt.”
Plunger took aim for Shelby once again. With the quilt still in his mouth he jumped over Shelby's legs.
“Grab it Shelby Lynne” yelled Aunt Bessie “Grab the Quilt.”
Shelby Lynne managed to grab the quilt with one hand slowing Plunger down enough for Aunt Bessie to grab hold. The dog did not stop. Growling and shaking it's head. The dog had such great strength it brought Shelby Lynne to her feet.
The Dog was actually having fun. It was a game he created. Shelby Lynne and her Aunt Bessie were having a tug of war with the dog. Then there was a tearing sound. A few more tugs and the quilt ripped clear in half. Plunger raced off with his half, doing victory laps around the yard.
Aunt Bessie and Shelby landed on their backs. Starring at the blue sky, the eagle was nowhere to be seen. Shelby Lynne just laid there in the late afternoon the sun. waiting to take the heat for not only letting the pig escape and getting mud in the cabin, but now the damaged quilt.
Shelby glanced at her Aunt Bessie, who started to Laugh. Aunt Bessie couldn’t even prop herself onto her elbows she was laughing so hard. Shelby raised her eyebrows, a little bewildered by the events of the day.
“Well, lets get up Miss Shelby Lynne Birmingham, See how your sister’s doing with the BBQ, then I’ll show you where you can clean up. I don’t think you are supposed to leave a mud mask on for that long.”
Penny Sue was fine with the BBQ so Aunt Bessie led the way towards the cabin. The stupid pig was still there, not even bothered by all the ruckus with the dog.
“No point mending this quilt” Aunt Bessie commented. She tossed the half she still carried on top the pig “ That’s his favorite spot ” she said as she opened the Cabin door.

Shelby Lynne looked at the pig, “You mean it’s OK that he got out this morning ?”
“He was only in so that you girls wouldn't trip over him when you got out the car. He takes to cars before that dang dog does.”
“So Me and Penny Sue got all muddy for nothing?" Shelby Lynne couldn’t believe it.
“Was it all for nothing?" Aunt Bessie looked at Shelby Lynne. “I wasn’t sure what the wrestling was about? I didn’t stop you at first, cause it seemed kind of funny, couple city girls like you. Then I noticed your tempers was flaring more and felt I had better put a stop to it.”
“Why were you just yelling at me?”
Aunt Bessie gave a laugh as she put her arm around Shelby Lynne’s shoulders, pulling her closer she whispered“ I forgot your sisters name.” ...
Shelby let the shower pound down on her hair until it ran clear of the red mountain soil. She stood there until her thoughts were interrupted again. This time by the pleasant sound of a phone ringing.