For Dear FlowerChild

[Will Dockery]

Hello, Flower-Child... just a quick follow-up on the earlier post about the poetry contest:

The Other Valentine's Contest - finalists and ballot

https://groups.google.com/d/topic/alt.arts.po...

George Dance wrote:

I'm pleased to report that we had 11 submissions for the Other
Valentine's Contest, 9 of which qualified.(I disqualified one because
it did not contain the word "love" or a variant, and the other due to
COI.) To eliminate bias as much as possible,the 8 contestants are
presented here without the author's name, in a random order.

Birds on the Lake
Valentine Street
Passion
on a valentine's day
inLove*
Sex Cells
Miss Alice Crenshaw
A Valentine's Fantasy
As you read this

To encourage a close reading of all poems, the voting is by ranked
preference.(For those new to the term, ranked preference voting is
voting for more than one option, identifying their most preferred as
1, their next as 2, etc.) A person need not assign a preference to all
8 poems. Those who wish to vote for only one poem, in the traditional
way, may still do so; that will be counted as a preference ranking of
1.

Bcause the ballot is a bit late getting out, and because this Monday
is a statutory holiday, voting hours are extended until 6 a.m. Monday
Eastern Standard Time.

Only one ballot per voter will be counted, but voters may change their
preferences any time up until the deadline. If you change your ballot,
please indicate that you have done so, so that you may not be double
counted.

The top three poems will be published in The Penny Blog under the
poet's name (if the poet agrees to that) later this month.

[Hey Its Emma]

Flower-Child wrote:

H*A*P*P*Y ~ V*A*L*E*N*T*I*N*E*S ~ D*A*Y ... May love fill your day ...
>>blows kisses<< Love, FC <3 ...

Thank you, FC. <<smiles+hugs<< <3

[Will Dockery]

Hey Its Emma wrote:

<quoted text>Thank you, FC. <<smiles+hugs<< <3

Hello, Emma!

Looks like the early morning folks slept in today!

[DiamondDustedRos e]

Hey Flower..
It's freaking COLD here in the valley today... we might hit 30 for a high if we're lucky.. The sun is shining so that about all I can count as a blessing...
So my big plans are to stay indoors as much as possible...
I hope that your day will be a good one and that no matter what you do you will have fun and enjoy yourself..
Sending you all of my best wishes and a bunch of love...
((Love-n-Hugs))
@}-'--,---

1873... Fold like an omelet..

[Denny CranesPlace]

Good morning Flower. What a great day. 70 degrees and sunny in the middle of February

[eleanorigby]

Good Afternoon Dear Flower....
hope you are having a great weekend and are well
on the road to recovery.
Has been a gorgeous day here, found a sun trap in the garden and sat out for a short time..only
46F but sunny and blue skies.

Hello up there to Dear Rose and Denny and all friends of our Flower.

[Hitesrunprincess]

Good morning Flower. Should be a beautiful day here, but not for long. Ups and downs in the weather all week.*sigh* but hopefully the ups are going to outnumber the downs.

Have a good day Flower. Hope your weekend was fun and relaxing.

Hearts, hugs, and home remodeling....

[Ricky F]

Good morning guys!

[-Persephone-]

Morning to flower child and all her friends.

[Will Dockery]

The winners are in for the poetry contest, for those who were following it:

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.arts.poet...

George Dance wrote:

"...The Other Valentine's contest is now over. Thank you to everyone who
participated, either by submitting a poem or by voting:

The top five finishers, in order, with the names or nyms of the
authors, and the points received, were:

A Valentine's Fantasy, by Grace Nerissa - 33
Passion, by Dana Dodd - 29
As you read this, by Hieronymous 707 - 29
Valentine Street, by doubleV - 26
Birds on the Lake, by Hell Stomper - 24

As announced, the top 3 poems qualify to be posted on The Penny Blog.
However, that does not include "Passion", since it appeared on the
weblog 2 years ago:

http://gdancesbetty.blogspot.ca/2011/04/panti...

So I would prefer to expand the offer to include the (other 4 of the)
top 5. Given that Valentine's day is now days in the past, I would
also like to save these poems and print them next year."

--
Music & poetry from Will Dockery & The Shadowville All-Stars:
http://www.reverbnation.com/willdockery

[Hey Its Emma]

Denny CranesPlace wrote:

Good morning Flower. What a great day. 70 degrees and sunny in the middle of February

Good afternoon, FC and Denny. Have a nice day.

[DiamondDustedRos e]

Hey Flower...
I hope that your day went well and that your night has been a good one so far...
It actually got up to the mid 60's today and the sun was out for the most part... Then around 6:30 it started getting colder and now it's raining... we have a chance for some snow mixed in with the rain for tomorrow morning... I'm not loving it at all...
So did the fellas get all of your flooring delivered? I sure hope so.. I just know you are gonna love it once the job is finished...

Sending You all of my best wishes... and a bunch of love...
((Love-n-Hugs))
@}-'--,---

8054... Bet I get wet when I walk the pack...

[Flower-Child]

Denny CranesPlace wrote:

Good morning Flower. What a great day. 70 degrees and sunny in the middle of February

Good morning, Denny! Beautiful cool morning today ... birds are chirping and 7mph wind ... it was almost 80 here yesterday, so I'm told ... cool in Choctaw when we left on the tour bus, left there in a jacket, turned the A/C on when I arrived home ... made a profit when I was in OK ... it was fun ... should be a nice spring day here and hope the same for you there! Enjoy it! FC <3 ...

3800 ... brownies for the weatherman

[Flower-Child]

DiamondDustedRose wrote:

Hey Flower.....
I hope that you are having a great day so far and that it will just get better..
It turned colder overnight so I was out in 26 degree weather this morning.. The Sun is shining so that a little blessing.. I hate it when I wake up to a gray day...
Sending you all of my best wishes for a day filled with Laughter and Love...
((Love-n-Hugs))
@}-'--,---

Good morning Rose Bud ... sending warmth and sunshine your way ... Luvya, FC <3 ...

2589 ... a big @zz hairdryer to dry up your yard, lol

[Flower-Child]

eleanorigby wrote:

Good Afternoon Dear Flower....
hope you are having a great weekend and are well
on the road to recovery.
Has been a gorgeous day here, found a sun trap in the garden and sat out for a short time..only
46F but sunny and blue skies.
Hello up there to Dear Rose and Denny and all friends of our Flower.

Good afternoon across the pond, Lady El ... nice that Mother Earth has given you a ray of sunshine to which to bask ... all is well here and hoping the same for you, P & the kittens ... Jax and PoohBear were all to happy with their waggin' tails to see me when my ride brought me home last night and I was glad to see them as well ... nothing like unconditional love ... love it!... Hope your weekend was delightful and hope today is just the same ... Thanks for coming by! Always good to see you! Arms around you! Love, FC <3 ...

9933 ... rays of sunshine in your garden

[Denny CranesPlace]

Hey Its Emma wrote:

<quoted text>Good afternoon, FC and Denny. Have a nice day.

Hi Emma. another great day here. It was 77 yesterday. Spring is on the way

[Flower-Child]

Hitesrunprincess wrote:

Good morning Flower. Should be a beautiful day here, but not for long. Ups and downs in the weather all week.*sigh* but hopefully the ups are going to outnumber the downs.
Have a good day Flower. Hope your weekend was fun and relaxing.
Hearts, hugs, and home remodeling....

Good morning, Princess ... The delivery guys came yesterday while the dogsitter was in and made their delivery so the materials could "acclimate". The plumber just left leaving the toilet in the bathtub? The installers will be here between 8-11, it's 0750, ugh! LOL ... I already need to go to the neighbors, LOL >>shuts down the coffee maker<< >>grins<< no, not really, but good to know they're there, heh! I should take a before and after picture but my smartphone w/camera is way over ----------> there, lol ... I DID have a great weekend and hope your's was just as great or better ... It was so very relaxing and I did whatever I wanted, when I wanted with absolutely no responsibility except get to the tour bus departure on time yesterday ... AND, guess what? Have most of my Christmas shopping already completed! Yup, sure do ... about 90% of it completed ... there are the last little one's left for my nephew but he's always high maintenance last minute kind of guy ... never know what he'll be up to, lol ...
Well, pretty one ... got to move on and meet you over at the realm ... Have a lovely day and sending warmth and sunshine your way, too! Luvya, FC <3 ...

4702 ...

Hugs, hearts and lollipops

[Flower-Child]

Ricky F wrote:

Good morning guys!

Good morning, Ricky! Hope your 3 day weekend was great! Missed my pups and friend(s) whild I was gone but otherwise had a super weekend and it was a profitable one at that, lol ... Have a great day, Ricky ... catch you on the other side *wink*... FC <3 ...

2786 ... fold like an old raffle ticket

[Flower-Child]

-Persephone- wrote:

Morning to flower child and all her friends.

Good morning, Perse! How are you this morning? Hope it's warm and cozy or just plain warm where you are ... Enjoy your day! >>hugs<< FC <3 ...

8464 ... a cord of firewood

[Flower-Child]

Hey Its Emma wrote:

<quoted text>Good afternoon, FC and Denny. Have a nice day.

Good morning sweet Emma ... it's a beautiful day! Enjoy it! >>smiles and hugs<< FC <3 ...