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#OctPoWriMo Day 29: Warning! Nature's Gory Horror Made Me Scream!

#OctPoWriMo Day 29: Warning! Nature’s Gory Horror Made Me Scream!

Bokeh Screams by Maria L. Berg 2021 For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, scream, I made a new filter to visually symbolize the horrible screams my skeleton candles made all night. I’m afraid they were traumatized by yesterday’s photoshoot. But then I went out to get the mail, and nature really made me scream. This is a real warning, I will be sharing a very very gross horror of nature I…

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#OctPoWriMo Day 24: Fueling the Spirits

#OctPoWriMo Day 24: Fueling the Spirits #poetry #Halloween #MondayBlogs

An Apparition on the Lake by Maria L. Berg 2021 For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, haunted, I took my single ghost filter to see what’s haunted in my world. Toward the Light by Maria L. Berg 2021 OctPoWriMo Here we are starting our last week. I’ve decided to continue my daily poem practice through November by participating in Writer’s Digest’s November PAD Chapbook Challenge. After I…

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#OctPoWriMo Day 27: So Many Moon Songs

#OctPoWriMo Day 27: So Many Moon Songs

The Graveyard under a Full Moon by Maria L. Berg 2021 For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, moon, I returned to the full moon created in my hearth scene the other day and played with some color gels and bokeh creatures I didn’t get to yesterday. The Graveyard under a Blood Moon by Maria L. Berg 2021 OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt, “Expecting,” ties in well with this morning’s efforts: nothing…

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#OctPoWriMo Day 24: Winter Blossoming

#OctPoWriMo Day 24: Winter Blossoming #poetry #photography #poetrycommunity

The Canopy by Maria L. Berg 2021 For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “forest,” I got up early and went out to see what the forest had to offer. The Floor by Maria L. Berg 2021 OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt is “millstone.” The 2018 prompt was “opening.” She opens in winter as the darkness heavieslike a weighted blanketcomforting her in calmsettling solace soughtswirling silence surroundsthe…

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#OctPoWriMo Day 21: Playing with Firewater

#OctPoWriMo Day 21: Playing with Firewater

Melting Skull by Maria L. Berg 2021 For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “drink,” I bought yummy, colorful juices and repurposed my candy mold as an ice tray. The drink photos did not go well. I made a terrible mess and I’m going to have to deal with a drunk alligator and zombie later, but I like how the candy pumpkin shots turned out. Making shots for a zombie, what was I…

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#OctPoWriMo Day 20: We're All Part of the Decor

#OctPoWriMo Day 20: We’re All Part of the Decor

The New Me by Maria L. Berg 2021 For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “decor,” I thought it would be a great inspiration to put up my decorations early, but it’s supposed to rain for a week, so I thought I might make some decor inside instead. Decor makes me think of lamps and wallpaper and carpets, but once I got started appreciating the things my friends and I have made over the years, I…

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#OctPoWriMo Day 15: If Umbrage Were an Umbrella

#OctPoWriMo Day 15: If Umbrage Were an Umbrella

The Spooky Forest by Maria L. Berg 2021 For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “spooky,” I created a spooky forest for my skeleton witches to lurk in. I had fun bringing the outside in to create this little world. An Eerie Glow by Maria L. Berg 2021 OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt is “leaves.” The 2018 prompt was “If __________ Were an Umbrella.” If Umbrage Were an Umbrella over a dark…

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#OctPoWriMo & #Writober Day 11: A Darkness Falls

#OctPoWriMo & #Writober Day 11: A Darkness Falls

Night Dancing by Maria L. Berg 2021 For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge,”night,” I had some fun creating my own starry night in the daylight. OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt, “horses,” took me by surprise. I have odd, mixed feelings about horses. I’ve been to horse camp, a dude ranch; my sister trained a horse in the field I walked through on the way to elementary school every day, but I don’t…

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#OctPoWriMo & #Writober Day 8: Moments of Madness, or Clarity through the Fog

#OctPoWriMo & #Writober Day 8: Moments of Madness, or Clarity through the Fog

For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge “fog,” I jumped out of bed and was rewarded with a little morning fog on the lake. I love the pareidolia of a giant ghost bat in the trees over that mysterious light in the water. I love how a photograph through the fog made this house look like a painting. All I did was crop the photo. OctPoWriMo Here we are starting our second week already. Today’s…

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#OctPoWriMo Day 31 & #NaNoWriMo Eve: Happy Halloween!

#OctPoWriMo Day 31 & #NaNoWriMo Eve: Happy Halloween! #photography

Welcome by Maria L. Berg 2021 For Tourmaline .’s last Halloween Challenge this year, costume, I used every one of my lights and “costumed” my driveway. The Driveway in Fancy Dress by Maria L. Berg 2021 I really enjoyed starting each day jumping out of bed and grabbing my camera, so I made this November prompt calendar to keep myself inspired. I hope you will join me and leave links to your…

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#OctPoWriMo Day 30 & #SoCS: The Sun Came Out and the World is a Party

#OctPoWriMo Day 30 & #SoCS: The Sun Came Out and the World is a Party. #poetry #photography #Halloween

November Daily Prompts by Maria L. Berg 2021 Here’s the November daily prompts calendar I mentioned on Thursday. These words are much more abstract than the Halloween Challenge, but I’m hoping they will challenge me to create photographs that represent and inspire the feeling of these words while I work on my novel. I hope you will join me and post your links in the comments each day. I look…

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#OctPoWriMo Day 28: Carving Into the Gooey Bits

#OctPoWriMo Day 28: Carving Into the Gooey Bits #Halloween #poetry #photography

Mr. Skeleton on a Rampage by Maria L. Berg 2021 For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, carve, I went to grab a carving knife from the knife block, but it was missing. Mr. Skeleton had gotten to it first and had gone on a skeleton candle murder spree. Unlike yesterday, I had a lot of fun this morning, and everything worked the way I wanted it to. My photo shoot was inspired by the original…

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#OctPoWriMo Day 26: Playing with the Upside-down

#OctPoWriMo Day 26: Playing with the Upside-down

Alien Encounter by Maria L. Berg 2021 For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, creature, I experimented with an effect I noticed when I started to play with bokeh in the mirror: it’s possible to take a photo of a filter both right side up and upside down. These are my first experiments with the effect, but I got some fun results. Tentacles by Maria L. Berg 2021 OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt,…

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#OctPoWriMo Day 23: A Grave Regard

#OctPoWriMo Day 23: A Grave Regard

Ghosts in the Witches’ Graveyard by Maria L. Berg 2021 For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “grave,” I recreated the ghost forest as the witches’ graveyard. OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt is how we honor our loved ones. The 2018 prompt was “See Me.” A Grave Regard praying for patienceto find forgivenesslisteningreally listeningrespondingeraserephraseshowing interestbeing interestedgraceno…

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#OctPoWriMo Day 22: The Lake Betrays

#OctPoWriMo Day 22: The Lake Betrays

Autumn Leaves by Maria L. Berg 2021 For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “leaves,” I left the creating to nature and she came through. It stopped raining and the lake was still and reflective. The soft light through the clouds was beautiful. Nature’s Paint Palette by Maria L. Berg 2021 OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt is imagining the lives of previous occupants. The 2018 prompt was…

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#OctPoWriMo Day 19: Warning! Delicious Gore Story

#OctPoWriMo Day 19: Warning! Delicious Gore Story

For Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “desserts,” I looked at some fun Halloween desserts and found a vegan “white chocolate” recipe. I also loved the idea of putting raspberry filling in the center of my chocolates as blood, so I gave both ideas a try with my Halloween candy mold. The photos tell a Halloween horror story. Mr. Skeleton offers us candy. One pumpkin has cute little eyes. The…