Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Short story clip


+JMJ+


Note: The wolf has nothing to do with the story.

Writing Prompt: The air tasted like dust and her feet were killing her.

Maybe some of you have suggestions for how #305 plans on escaping.

The dull drone of insect like flies filled the air. Circles, or carnivorous flew overhead screeching harshly. The sound of loud moans and wailing drifted through the air, as the train intergalactic prisoners stumbled across the sand and stone that made up the floor of the planet. The Galatical Guards, slithered on all sides, carrying bomber guns in their grey tentacled hands.

To prisoner #305, the air tasted like and her feet were killing her. She could not believe that she had made one wrong turn then ended up a prisoner several hundred miles from her own planet. A prisoner of octopus aliens no less.

To prisoner #205, who was chained in the second column, at #305's side, it was all a fresh adventure. When you left home by the only available road, it was ten to one that you would meat adventure. #205 smiled. He was not worried that he was destined for the pit mines where he would be forced to dig fire rocks until he died. No #205 knew, that life would only get more interesting. He had no doubt that escape was just lurking out of his reach.

To Prisoner #105 in the last column, life had stopped. He was neither tired nor alert. He was simply walking existence. Death had ready laid his cold fingers on #105 and despair had entered his heart. He knew he would be trapped forever in the black pits, with no light but the muggy fire from the rocks. Fire that blinded you after a year.

“Move it you horrible droppings of other planets!” one of the guards warbled. #205 shouted the words off into five different intergalactic languages. The moans got louder. #305 straightened up and glared at #205.
“I don't think they wanted to hear that!” she snapped in the common Skal language. The prisoners who understood Skal nodded dismally in agreement.
“Despair!” #105 moaned in high Bale, “We will be dead in no less time then you can think.”
“No one need despair!” #205 replied in the same language with a quirky laugh, “Something will turn up!” We got our life in our own hands. Believe in yourself! Maybe you will get recalled.”
“Never!” #105 screamed, “I'm doomed to die!”
“What does the freak say?” #305 demanded sharply. #205 looked around and realized that no one could understand High Bale.
“Aren't you all glad I know so many languages?” he said in all five intergalactic languages.

“Silence mutants. The supreme lord of Dis has summoned you!” one of the guards warbled, and cracked his whip. #205 ducked the lash and translated the words. The other prisoners grew silent. No one knew who the Supreme Lord of Dis was. They didn't even know where Dis was. But gossip had filled the space stations for years with whispers about the arenas and tortures constructed by the supreme lord.

“My feet hurt!” #305 snapped, “I don't have time to listen to horrors about some lord. Supreme or otherwise. As far as I'm concerned, he is jolly mean to make us walk across this rubbish desert!”
“Hush!” #105 moaned, “You're going to get us all killed!”
“I think they already want to kill us!” #205 said cheerfully, “But it really is a pity about #305's feet. #305 glared angrily at him.
“I'm done!” she snapped, “I'm leaving right now!”
“How can you do that seeing that you're chained to the rest of us?” #205 asked.
“I have my ways!” #305 said mysteriously.

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

My life these days

+JMJ+

It feels like it has been such a long time since posting anything. But I have been busy with life.

(Copyright Maria Howard)
Especially this past week. I've been almost non stop painting

(Copyright Maria Howard)
many different things for the play.

(Copyright Emily Howard)
It's this Sunday.

(Copyright Maria Howard)
Panic!

(Copyright Maria Howard)
Everyone else is ready.

(Copyright Maria Howard)
I'm still running around not getting stuff done.

(Copyright Maria Howard)
I'm almost ready.

(Copyright Trinity Acres)
My car is stuffed to bursting with props, scenery and stuff.

(Copyright Maria Howard)
But I'm still collecting everyone's costumes.

(Copyright Maria Howard)
Will I be ready?

(Copyright Maria Howard)
Of course silly, why would you even ask?

(Copyright Maria Howard)
As long as I don't do plan anything else crazy,

(Copyright Maria Howard)
like getting a haircut.

(By the way, my hair is the same length in the last two pictures. It got straightened in the second to the last one. The curls are back now, luckily.)

God Bless You all and have a pleasant day,

(Copyright Maria Howard)
~ Emily

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Another post on Maps

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Awhile ago I did a post on my world Royaume (which is Kingdom in French) well I figured I would post some of my nicer maps now. I'm still working on making them look as good as Tolkien's maps. :D

 Royaume

Flagrin and some of the outlying islands with no details. Part of Royaume

Nimrode and Bram. Part of Royaume

The Region of Alister and the Black Land. Part of Royaume

Seven Kingdoms. Part of Royaume

Corkin Island. Part of Royaume

Third World

~E

Monday, May 7, 2018

Driving.

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Recently, I brought a nice affordable car that my dad found for me, I've been practicing my driving in it. It's also light blue, which is a bonus. :D

picture copyright Trinity Acres

Now today, I finally got my driver's license after failing on my first attempt. I did much better then last time, I must say. :D

God Bless You All,
~E

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Trip to DC part 2

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Hi everyone, way back in January I went to the March for Life, but only posted part of my pictures. You can find part one hear. DC part 1.

Well, here is part 2 of the DC trip.

Museum of American History
Whale (I think) hanging from the ceiling.

Part of a boat that I believe sunk in the war of 1812. I could have my facts mixed up though.

Museum of Natural History
 Elephant in the circle room.

Each of those was another level filled with stuff, the rooms are deceptively large.

 The hall of the mammals.

 These little statues were carved out of elephant's tusks.

 This was in the hall of mammals. I thought it looked neat.

Galadriel took this less blurry picture of it.

 Again, we went into the circle elephant room.

 I believe this was taken from a level up.

 Giant bones belonging to some sea animal.


Mummy wrapped cow head thing

Mummy box.

So all the rooms connected, at least that's what I though. Us kids were tired of waiting for the slow grownups (yeah I'm really a grownup) so Galadriel, a few cousins and I went from room to room trying to take the short cut to the hope diamond. We passed this palm tree, and came to a dead end. We eventually discovered that we had to  cut though the photograph gallery (which I have no pictures of). We really took the long way. I was sure we were lost for a bit.

 Sorry about that blurriness, but this is the entrance to the Hope Diamond room.

Hmm... I was really expecting something much more impressive.

 After passing the hope diamond we went through the rock rooms. One was set up to look like a mine. Pictures didn't do any of the exhibits justice.

 Rocks.

 Back to the elephant.

People on the first floor.

Galdriel, Aunt N and cousin T. Waiting for the rest of the group.

 The day after visiting the two museums we went to visit a couple of memorial.
Jefferson memorial.
Believe it or not that's where we were walking too. We had to go around the river.

 Famous bridge.


 Approaching the memorial.

 Washington monument in the distance. It was closed.

 Closer

Closer

Finally there.

I forgot how tall he was. I think it was something like 18 feet.
Galadriel took this picture.

 There was a lot of writing on the walls. I only took a picture of one wall. My battery was dying.

We passed through the FDR memorial, and saw a couple of other ones, but I saved my battery for the Lincoln memorial. 

So in Night at the Museum Secret of the Tomb where exactly was Larry Daley?

 In the movie couldn't you see Lincoln from the bottom of the stairs?
I really need to rewatch that movie. I don't think it was accurate.

 Lincoln

 Reflecting pool and Washington monument.




 Long walk back to the car.

 Waiting for the plane to take us home.

 Tried to get a picture of the flight home because it looked neat with the sunset and the blanket of clouds.

 Lights from the city below.

Not sure how my picture of the White House got down here.

All pictures below were taken by Galadriel. They are in no particular order.
 I believe we forgot to tell my brothers about this. It was around five feet tall and made entirely of legos.

 This is one of the chapels in the Cathedral. Don't ask me what kind of art that is.

 Inside the Cathedral.

 Roof of the Cathedral.

 Someone is buried here. I want to say it's the Bishop who built the Cathedral.

 Another side chapel. There was tons of them. Some were really beautiful.

 We were in a hurry, otherwise I would have gone and looked for Wisconsin. These ring of odd blocks had the names of the states written on them. One for each state I believe.

 This is the gateway.

 Airplane ride.





 FDR memorial.

 Jefferson memorial.


 Lincoln memorial.


"Trixie"

"Rexy"

 Galadriel and I in front of the Lincoln memorial.

Galadriel and I in front of the White house.

~E