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Stamp of Approval

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Back when my Granddaughter was being potty trained, she pretty much decided that she didn’t want to be potty trained.

Now her Father, who is my youngest son took, I kid you not less then a week to learn the process. He was motivated. He had two older brothers and he didn’t want to be the baby wearing “baby pants.”

Jemma just fought it every step of the way.

One day my son comes home from work and finds her training toilet in the living room with one of her toys shoved in the bowl. I think she was making a statement.

I thought it was great.

Now when I think of people being forced to do something they don’t want to do, when they are protesting and want to make a statement,  I think maybe they should take a lesson from Jemma.

My Granddaughter told us exactly what she thought of potty training:

RDP Thursday: STAMP

Now You Know

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RDP Tuesday: IRON

Photo by Rodolfo Clix on Pexels.com

Fun fact about Iron:

Once the core of a star has turned to iron, it can burn no longer. The star collapses by its own gravity and the iron core heats up. The core becomes so tightly packed that protons and electrons merge to form neutrons. In less than a second, the iron core, which is about the size of Earth, shrinks to a neutron core with a radius of about 6 miles (10 kilometers). The outer layers of the star fall inward on the neutron core, thereby crushing it further. The core heats to billions of degrees and explodes (supernova), thereby releasing large amounts of energy and material into space. The shock wave from the supernova can initiate star formation in other interstellar clouds. The remains of the core can form a neutron star or a black hole depending upon the mass of the original star.

-How Stars Work-

Rare Double-Detonation Supernova

In India iron is believed to repel the Djinn and other evil spirits; in Scotland, Ireland and Europe iron keeps away mischievous and malicious fairies. In other parts of the world iron is said to keep away ghosts.

The winged genie in the bucket and cone motif, depicting a demi-divine entity,[7] probably a forerunner of the pre-Islamic tutelary deities, who became the jinn in Islam. Relief from the north wall of the Palace of king Sargon II at Dur Sharrukin, 713–716 BCE.

AI Artwork- Ctreated by Cursejourney

Iron. It’s just not a the most common element on Earth. It’s got a fun story too.

The Gingerbread Question

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RDP Tuesday Prompt: Day Light Savings Time

The question we ask, as we set our clocks back and then forward again- how should we use  all of that saved time and how hard should we chase after the time we lose when we Spring forward?

Photo A.M. Moscoso
Oakwood Cemetery.
Beaver Dam WI USA
October2023

But then I wonder, if I could ask any of these people sleeping at the Oakwood Cemetery what they think of me wasting an hour and calling it meaningless, what their response would be.

Phioto A.M. Moscoso
Oakwood Cemetery
Beaver Dam WI
October 2023

For some reason the one word that comes to mind as I contemplate this question and look at this picture is- run.

Run and catch every single minute before they get away.

Bring It On Home

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Today’s RDP is RAPTOR
When I was a kid my best friend Ronnie was big on dinosaurs and his favorite dinosaurs were raptors.
Because Ronnie and I spent a lot of time together I learned all about raptors- first being I’m glad they’re all dead and they won’t be coming back. Those animals were the stuff of nightmares and I’m pretty sure if they turned back up for any reason they’d wipe us out before dinner time.
On the other hand, we  have the smaller feathered cousins of  the dinosaurs flying around and by that I mean birds.
Birds of prey feed on vertebrates that’s mammals, reptiles and smaller birds ( which makes them cannibals but I’ll touch on that in a moment )
Being that it is so close to Halloween I thought I would bring this prompt  on home and point out that Witches do the same thing.
They fly around, they feed on vertebrates and some of them feast on other witches- especially the ones that smell like sage and patchouli ( bwahaahaaaa).
Happy Halloween- and a word to the wise- if you are out around the witching hour this weekend, I don’t know- gee- maybe you SHOULD NOT be out and about unless you can run as fast – and I do mean very, very fast.

Photo by Pumpkinrot

Photo: Pumpkinrot

Photo By Pumpkinrot