Things I like

Hywela Lyn was kind enough to bequeath me with this lovely blog award. And in keeping with the tradition, I am required to list ten of my favorite things and pass it on to ten other fellow bloggers.  Thank you, Lyn, for including me in your list of online chums! Now for my list of favorite things:

1. spending quality time with family and friends
2. writing and creating in the wonderful world of fiction
3. listening to audio books
4. pampering precious pets
5. drinking a cup of coffee to wake up
6. sun bathing on the beach
7. cooking and baking
8. making floral arrangements
9. attending my writers meetings and going out afterwards with fellow writers for a glass of fine wine
10. traveling, dining out and laughing

Here are my victims...ahemm...I mean friends to pass this lovely along to:
1. Deanna Jewel
2. Liana Laverentz
3. Cate Masters
4. Kelcy Jones
5. Linda Swift
6.  Laurie Brooks
7. Hana Haatainen Caye
8. Tiffany Green
9. Ann Yost
10. Debra St. John

Have fun, ladies!

Do You Hear What I Hear?

A low wind swooshes through the undulating pines. Faint chimes in the distance, tinkle like shattered glass. Eerie silence, calm before the storm. Wind picks up, stirs the heady smell of dank earth with freshly budding roses. Tree limbs slap brick façade. Wind howls, white hot fury, chimes spin in a wild frenzy, steel blades slashing swords. Low rumble of thunder, high winds, whistle snakes through cavernous grounds. Rain drops plop on steel awning, strong wind ripples flag, flaps and billows with a snapping hiss. Wet air dank, rot and decay rise from soil, strong and pungent. Clouds open, sending pellets of rain crashing to earth. Thunder and lightning rage through the sky, fierce warriors slashing swords, colliding in battle, exploding into sonic boom. And The Master reigns. The elements of earth, wind and fire in all their glory.