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Thursday 29 April 2021

A photo of a meandering formation on Mars #Mars #SpectacularSpace


 

A sinuous ridge is a thin and meandering formation that gives the appearance of a stream channel, but stays raised above the surface rather than incised into it. It is believed that these ridges were once stream channels that cut down into the surface. Flowing water can have a number of effects on a channel bed, such as sorting grains and depositing rocks, all while removing loose material. The water can also carry a number of dissolved minerals that become deposited and cement the remaining grains together. The result is a stream bed that has become "armored." Once the stream stops flowing and dries up, this armored layer can resist future erosion. Over the millions of years that follow, forces such as wind can gradually remove the original material of the surrounding terrain, but the stream bed can remain. Examining the characteristics of the ridge can reveal clues about the amount of water and the flow speed that existed long ago. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24470
 
 


 

 What's happening in April on Romance –  Sweet to Heat

30 – Taps on Screen. Anybody Out There???

 

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Friday 23 April 2021

Another quirky Flashette from the mind of Daryl Devoreand fueled by a prompt and leftover Easter Chocolate. #flashette #storyprompt #flashfiction #flashette #writing #fiction

An on-line writers’ group I belong to does a monthly story inspired by either word or photo – or both – prompts. The rules are simple – maximum 1,000 words - use at least one prompt - keep it family friendly.

Here is my prompt for April and my flashette.

Word prompt - empty
 


The Gods were angry. Lightning ripped across the sky. Thunder shook the earth.

Thais rolled the sacred, white stone in her hand, pondering what to do to appease them. She did not wish to perform another sacrifice – beautiful, young, virgins were becoming scarce.

In days of old, it was an honour to be slain for the good of all. But the maidens of today… she shook her head. Their parents spoilt them.

No proper upbringing. The girls ran with the soldiers when they should be kneeling before the altar chanting prayers. The soldiers wasting their time with the sins of pleasure, when they should be training for war.

The young citizens worshipped a false goddess who preached ecstasy and gratification while eschewing drudgery or responsibility.

Their parents moaned about the wine merchants bills that regularly needed paying. Others complained about the late-night chariot races through the streets, disturbing the slumber of respectable citizens.

The stone slipped from Thais’s hand and landed with a sharp thunk on her foot. Picking it up, she pressed into her palm, placed her hands together and blew on it. Maybe the heat of her breath would awaken the stone and provide her with an answer. It was her responsibility to protect the people from the angers of the gods. What they would do to her, if she failed. Again.

She opened her hands, cupping the stone in one palm. No answer came to her. Was the rock empty? Had she used up all of its sacredness? How could it abandon her like this?

A gust of wind rattled her robe. She shivered from the chill. Another crack of thunder. Would the sky open and cry down a flood? The last had killed many. Ruined crops. Drowned livestock. Destroyed homes. The villagers had been angry with her. They said she had failed as the High Priestess. Why should they provide her food and drink if she could not protect them?

She calmed them with the hope that the white rock would speak to the gods and protect them. Now it lay in her hand – silent.

Thais sighed. Maybe it was time to move on to another village. To new people ignorant of reality and willing to believe the lies she spoke. She had been here many seasons. Maybe, too many. Yes, time to move on.

Content with her decision, she tossed the sacred stone on the ground then walked up the path to her home.

One lone bolt of lightning flashed downwards. Thais was never heard of again.

 

 What's happening in April on Romance –  Sweet to Heat

24 – Saturday Spotlight – David Kummer -  Everything Somewhere

25 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

26 – Medieval Monday #MedMonSpring21#12

27 – SPOTLIGHT – Dana Littlejohn – 4 Queens: Queen of Spades

28 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

29 – Spectacular Space #SpectacularSpace

30 – Taps on Screen. Anybody Out There???

 

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Thursday 22 April 2021

This sentiment just makes me smile. We all need to smile. #Joy #ThursdayThoughts


 Happy face.


 What's happening in April on Romance –  Sweet to Heat

23 – SPOTLIGHT – Flashette

24 – Saturday Spotlight – David Kummer -  Everything Somewhere

25 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

26 – Medieval Monday #MedMonSpring21#12

27 – SPOTLIGHT – Dana Littlejohn – 4 Queens: Queen of Spades

28 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

29 – Spectacular Space #SpectacularSpace

30 – Taps on Screen. Anybody Out There???

 

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Friday 16 April 2021

A picture of the International Space Station 270 miles above Earth #SpectacularSpace #SpaceStation


 

iss064e035804 (Feb. 21, 2021) --- The International Space Station, pictured with Russia's ISS Progress 77 cargo craft attached to the Pirs docking compartment, orbits into a sunset 270 miles above the South Pacific. This long duration photograph also shows Earth's airglow (a faint emission of light in the upper atmosphere) and a starry night sky.

 

 What's happening in April on Romance –  Sweet to Heat

17 – Saturday Spotlight – Kaci Rose - She’s Still the One

18 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

19 - Medieval Monday #MedMonSpring21#11

20 - SPOTLIGHT – Rosanna Leo - A Reluctant Attraction, Handymen 3

21 - Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

22 – Thursday #Yoga

23 – SPOTLIGHT – Flashette

24 – Saturday Spotlight – David Kummer -  Everything Somewhere

25 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

26 – Medieval Monday #MedMonSpring21#12

27 – SPOTLIGHT – Dana Littlejohn – 4 Queens: Queen of Spades

28 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

29 – Spectacular Space #SpectacularSpace

30 – Taps on Screen. Anybody Out There???

 

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Friday 9 April 2021

My Books. My Blog. My Posts. Capturing His Heart- a smoking hot read! #hot #romance

 


Caution - One smouldering twisted fairy tale mixed with one hot medieval romance might burn more than your fingers.

Daryl Devoré has bundled two of her hot romances into a duology. A hot twisted fairy and a hotter medieval romance combined in Capturing His Heart.

Dark Chocolate and Strawberries takes you on a hot romp on a Caribbean cruise. Esmerelda 'Red' Hood discovers her sweet granny is on a romantic cruise with a gigolo. Horrified, Red races off to save her grandma before it's too late.

On board, she meets Andrew Woodsman and Willem Olf. One a cutie with the biggest puppy eyes and the other - dark and sophisticated. Even with her grandmother's words ringing in Red's ears - Never trust a wolf in sheep's clothing - Red has trouble choosing which man is the big bad wolf and which is her happily ever after.

Branwyn’s Love transports you back to medieval times. It is the tale of a young woman sold as a courtesan in training. Branwyn arrives in a new land to begin daily lessons in the bewildering art of bedding a man.

The noblewoman chosen to be Prince Malacke’s bride rejects him by bedding his hated rival. Malacke turns his anger towards increasing the power and wealth of Black Dorn castle. And he succeeds, until his attention is captured by the face of the woman who will be his queen.

 Amazon ebook – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WM2WN6L

 Amazon print - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WK6M91H

 Books2Read ebook - https://books2read.com/CapturingHisHeart

 


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 What's happening in April on Romance –  Sweet to Heat

10 – Saturday Spotlight – Bobbi Schemerhorn - Bounty

11 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

12 – Medieval Monday #MedMonSpring21#10

13 – SteamHop – Capturing His Heart DC and S

14 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

15 – My Blog. My Post. My Books COVER REVEAL

16 -  Spectacular Space #SpectacularSpace

17 – Saturday Spotlight – Kaci Rose - She’s Still the One

18 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

19 - Medieval Monday #MedMonSpring21#11

20 - SPOTLIGHT – Rosanna Leo - A Reluctant Attraction, Handymen 3

21 - Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

22 – Thursday #Yoga

23 – SPOTLIGHT – Flashette

24 – Saturday Spotlight – David Kummer -  Everything Somewhere

25 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

26 – Medieval Monday #MedMonSpring21#12

27 – SPOTLIGHT – Dana Littlejohn – 4 Queens: Queen of Spades

28 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

29 – Spectacular Space #SpectacularSpace

30 – Taps on Screen. Anybody Out There???

 

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Thursday 8 April 2021

Humour is what keeps life fun. We all need to laugh more. The unicorn said so. #humour #ThursdayThoughts

 

Nothing to say - meme says it all.



 What's happening in April on Romance –  Sweet to Heat

 9 – My Blog. My Post. My Books

10 – Saturday Spotlight – Bobbi Schemerhorn - Bounty

11 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

12 – Medieval Monday #MedMonSpring21#10

13 – SteamHop – Capturing His Heart

14 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

15 – My Blog. My Post. My Books COVER REVEAL

16 -  Spectacular Space #SpectacularSpace

17 – Saturday Spotlight – Kaci Rose - She’s Still the One

18 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

19 - Medieval Monday #MedMonSpring21#11

20 - SPOTLIGHT – Rosanna Leo - A Reluctant Attraction, Handymen 3

21 - Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

22 – Thursday #Yoga

23 – SPOTLIGHT – Flashette

24 – Saturday Spotlight – David Kummer -  Everything Somewhere

25 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

26 – Medieval Monday #MedMonSpring21#12

27 – SPOTLIGHT – Dana Littlejohn – 4 Queens: Queen of Spades

28 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

29 – Spectacular Space #SpectacularSpace

30 – Taps on Screen. Anybody Out There???

 

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Thursday 1 April 2021

False Colour Images and why - explained. #NASA #MarsOdyssey #SpectacularSpace


 

The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of the surface not easily identified in a single band image. Today's false color image shows a small section of Hydaspis Chaos, one of many regions of chaos in Margaritifer Terra. The term chaos is applied to regions where the surface is being eroded to form mesas. As the surface processes continue individual mesas become more isolated and take on the appearance of regions of hills. Hydaspis Chaos is is part of the huge outflow system flowing from Valles Marineris to Chryse Planitia. Orbit Number: 70332 Latitude: 1.90016 Longitude: 335.673 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2017-10-22 05:45 https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24502

 

 

 What's happening in April on Romance –  Sweet to Heat

2 – My Blog. My Post. My Books

3 – Saturday Spotlight –  Isabella White - The What If Series

4 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

5 – Medieval Monday #MedMonSpring21#9

6 – SPOTLIGHT – D.V.Stone – Rock House Grill

7 – SPOTLIGHT – Jaye Peaches – The Kidnapped Bride

8 – Thursday #Yoga

9 – My Blog. My Post. My Books

10 – Saturday Spotlight – Bobbi Schemerhorn - Bounty

11 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

12 – Medieval Monday #MedMonSpring21#10

13 – SteamHop – Capturing His Heart

14 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

15 – My Blog. My Post. My Books COVER REVEAL

16 -  Spectacular Space #SpectacularSpace

17 – Saturday Spotlight – Kaci Rose - She’s Still the One

18 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

19 - Medieval Monday #MedMonSpring21#11

20 - SPOTLIGHT –

21 - Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

22 – Thursday #Yoga

23 – My Blog. My Post. My Books

24 – Saturday Spotlight – David Kummer -  Everything Somewhere

25 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday

26 – Medieval Monday #MedMonSpring21#12

27 – SPOTLIGHT –

28 – Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor

29 – Spectacular Space #SpectacularSpace

30 – My Blog. My Post. My Books

 

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