Thursday, July 16, 2026

In Real Life

 Oh, July... just when I think I might get back on track, the site I like to create sets on for my storyblog is down. So I look for other options. I went to one, Look Shop, but you can't upload unless you get a premium account and their editor just isn't the same as Urstyle. Before that site, there was Polyvore, which I absolutely loved, and I met lots of people there. But suddenly it was bought out and wasn't the site it used to be, and I hadn't made contact with those individuals, unfortunately. So now, this site out of Poland has been down a lot lately. Hopefully, it won't completely shut down. Many on the site are leaving. 

This collage I made on Pinterest. It will take some getting used to, and I'm not sure I want to make collages there. But at least it won't cost me anything.

These days, everything costs more money. Of course, there are far more things to worry about, like climate control, the air we breathe, and now parasites in salad, but hopefully, I'll get back to my story blogs soon.


Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Ezra & Lizzie

 


Ezra knew it had been a while since he'd been friends with Fiona. It was about time he accepted that those two (Matty and Fiona) were together.

"What is she to you, exactly?" Lizzie asked out of the blue while they were thrift shopping for furniture.

"I don't know," he said, shrugging, looking at her, that it was just odd that she would ask. 

"You don't know?' She chuckled. "I've seen the pictures. You had it bad for her, obviously."

"That was just-" He drew a blank. Maybe he'd had a loss of memory along the way this past year.

"Come on, " Lizzie acted serious at first, but then she burst into laughter. "She was your first."

"My what?" He winced as if he didn't like the sound of that. He wanted to concentrate on something they could put the flat screen on. 

"Your first love."

"Do you have one?" He looked at her blankly.

"It's not Cole," she smiled.

"Well, I'd hope not." Ezra sighed, wanting to get this task done. After all, they'd already invited Fiona and Matty over once. Matty thought that the place needed more art, but Fiona had suggested they needed a chest of drawers for the TV. Now he nursed his bottom lip, wondering why he'd ever listened to Fiona.

"Fiona is a great first love," she told him.

He glared back at her as if he liked what he heard, but he then said, "Would you please stop?"

"I didn't mean to hit a nerve." She told him that relationships are hard. She didn't speak of love. "Mistakes are easy to make. But you know in the end, being friends is the most important."

Lizzie left it at that. She pointed to something that might work. He gave it a look over. Of course, the bedroom set of drawers would need care. Most likely some paint. It would be a project they could fuss over for the next few weeks.

Friday, July 10, 2026

July Dreams

 


"You were a lovely romance in my head," Liz confessed in her dream about Ezra.