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WQ #4: Envelop or Envelope?

WQ #4: January 25: ENVELOPED/WRITER’S CHOICE/DOUBLE DIP CHALLENGES/WOTY

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I am super grateful for all of you who visit and post each week. You bring me joy, I learn about the world far and near, and feel close to you and what you are doing in your lives.

I am traveling this week, so if I missed your post, I will try to add it as I get internet service. I didn’t bring my computer so I’m operating with my phone. 😜

For More Thoughts Envelope

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Quotes Using the Word Envelop

Finding quotes for the word envelop was hard because computers want to add an e and I didn’t want to push the envelope and offer you a bunch of empty envelopes quotes. So here are some synonyms.

Engulf

Take a hot sudsy bath. Light some mood candles. Let the suds and silence engulf you and scour away your troubles. Oh, joy!

Manny silently enjoys a sudsy bath.

Follow that by blanketing yourself in a towel taken fresh from the dryer.

Manny encircled in a hot towel.

Henry Did It – Envelope

“The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.”

~Henry David Thoreau
Original foggy picture on open field
Fog-enveloped field 
watered with winter's sun-kissed
celestial mists.

Earth sighed silently
Encased in translucent air
Separating wall

©Marsha Ingrao 2023
Traditional 5-7-5 Haiku

Reprocessed Mist

Reprocessed, it looked like hot coals, lava maybe
Steamy mist
Over hot coals glow
Scorching earth

©Marsha Ingrao Haiku
2023

All-Encompassing

“Don’t shrink from nature’s brutal perfection.Take joy in it. Embrace it. Understand it and revel in it. Respect it’s strength, it’s wisdom, it’s brutality and it’s all-encompassing power. The highest law has always been, and shall be, nature; and the greatest wisdom forever lives in and through nature’s eternal Fascism.”

~Boyd Rice

Puppy Girl was having the time of her young life, embracing her new surroundings with their brutal perfection. Straining to the furthest extent of her leash, she sniffed each thistle discovering the animal smells they had trapped. When she turned back to us, burs the size of her tiny nose enveloped her mouth. She tried pawing and licking them out which made matters worse. We tried pulling them out taking all the joy out of her exploration. 

Embrace a thistle
Velcro twists delicate fur
Embeds brutal prongs

Just as Vince and I dispaired of relieving her, along came a kind ranger prepared for almost any emergency. He enveloped Puppy Girl with his big arms and painlessly cut the burs out of her face and feet.

Puppy Girl enveloped in love

“Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is… the highway to success.”

~ Og Mandino

Puppy Girl learned from her mistakes and was more careful about walking in weeds after that.

In Every Moment – Find a Miracle

“Each moment is a miracle encompassing everything: the joy and sorrow, the failure and success, the disappointment and happiness, the celebration and grief.”

~ Kazuaki Tanahashi

For this theme, I chose these photos because they showed something being enveloped.

Enclosed by books
Encompassed by water
taken over by vines
encapsulated in mom’s pouch
Surrounded by protective netting
The first two pictures are taken with iPhones. In the first picture, I used an iPhone 6+ and the second used an iPhone 4. All photos were processed in Lightroom

Can you hear the silence in the cloud and net-encased peach orchard and the vine-covered forest?

This isn’t Write Photo, but feel free to use my pictures or quotes if your brain is foggy and ideas are trapped silently inside. Be sure to visit KL Caley at Write Photo for fresh ideas each week for those who love to write.

Double Dip

Now it’s your turn.

Create (or find) a post on your blog that overwhelms, enshrouds, or blankets. You decide and link it here in the comment section. Or talk to us (my WQ readers and me) in the comment section.

“The mystery of God hugs you in its all-encompassing arms.”


— Hildegard of Bingen

Have a great week! I look forward to hearing what’s enveloped your mind this week.

Upcoming and Ongoing on Always Write

  • WQ Page
  • WQ #5: February 1: CHILLY AIR
  • WQ #6: February 8: LOVE/RED
  • WQ #7: February 15: GRID/GRIDLOCK/LINES
  • WQ #8: February 22: BELOW/WRITER’S CHOICE/DOUBLE DIP CHALLENGES/WOTY
Happy Quoting!

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Marsha

Hi, I’m Marsha Ingrao, a retired educator and wife of a retired realtor. My all-consuming hobby is blogging and it has changed my life. My friends live all over the world. In November 2020, we sold everything and retired to the mile-high desert of Prescott, AZ. We live less than five miles from the Granite Dells, four lakes, and hundreds of trails with our dog, Kalev, and two cats, Moji and Nutter Butter. Vince’s sister came with us and lives close by. Every day is a new adventure.

52 responses to “WQ #4: Envelop or Envelope?”

  1. Prior... Avatar
    Prior…

    Hi Marsha –
    here is the kick off post for the 2023 #Dickenschallenge

    https://priorhouse.wordpress.com/2023/02/06/what-the-dickens-2023-dickenschallenge-read-three-novellas-by-june-9th/

    Please let me know if you are on board with all of this
    )

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      I’m on board!

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  2. Cindy Georgakas Avatar
    Cindy Georgakas

    Wow Marsha you have had a full week with lots of great pictures, participation, poetry and fun. That pouch on the kangaroo is something! ❤️

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Thanks, Cindy, I paid the joey to hop in for me so I could have a souvenir! 🙂

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      1. Cindy Georgakas Avatar
        Cindy Georgakas

        💗❤️

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  3. Alison Avatar
    Alison

    https://travelswithali.com/2023/01/31/delights-of-dublin-in-three-days/

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  4. ladyleemanila Avatar
    ladyleemanila

    and for WQ#6… thanks, Marsha, see you soon 🙂
    https://ladyleemanilablog.wordpress.com/2023/01/30/i-love-you-for-all-that-you-are-all-that-you-have-been-and-all-that-you-will-be/

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  5. ladyleemanila Avatar
    ladyleemanila

    here’s my post for chilly days, Marsha…. I’m going on holiday soon 🙂
    https://ladyleemanilablog.wordpress.com/2023/01/30/my-first-snow-and-other-chilly-days/

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  6. Gloria Avatar
    Gloria

    Poor Puppy Girl. 🐶
    She definitely needed some enveloping after that!

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      She loves being enveloped!

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  8. Alison Avatar
    Alison

    Another post of wonderful quotes Marsha. Poor puppy girl!
    I’m so behind with all my posts, my word of the year, motivation, continues to elude me. I’m currently in the UK and have just had three wonderful days in Dublin. So will have to motivate myself to write about that

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    1. Gloria Avatar
      Gloria

      I’m behind with everything too, Alison. We’ll catch up. Hope you enjoyed Dublin. 😉

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      1. Alison Avatar
        Alison

        I loved Dublin Gloria now just have to get my thoughts and photos onto a post!

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    2. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      That sounds wonderful! I would love to go to Dublin. Have fun for me too. Don’t worry about being behind. Enjoy your time!!!

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      1. Alison Avatar
        Alison

        Thanks Marsha 😀

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        1. Marsha Avatar
          Marsha

          🙂

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  9. robertawrites235681907 Avatar
    robertawrites235681907

    Hi Marsha, envelop is one of those words people get wrong all the time. You have shared some gorgeous haikus here.

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Thank you so much, Robbie. I love writing them.

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  10. Sadje Avatar
    Sadje

    Hi Marsha,
    Here’s mine

    http://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2023/01/28/enveloped/

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    Enveloped! – Keep it alive

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      I’ll link when I get to a computer. Thanks for joining in! 😍😍😍

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  13. Kirstin Troyer Avatar
    Kirstin Troyer

    I love these Marsha…I especially enjoyed the ones you wrote. It was a good topic. That would not be fun for puppy..yikes. I remember being young and falling into some stinging nettles. That did NOT feel good.

    https://troyerslovinglife.blogspot.com/2023/01/putting-fingers-to-keyboardwq-theme.html

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Ouch!

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  14. bushboy Avatar
    bushboy

    My post was inspired by Manny 🙂

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Manny inspires me a lot. 🤩🤩

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      I can’t seem to being this up on my phone. So. I’ll check it out soon.

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    2. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Loved this, BB I could almost smell the bubble bath. mmmmm

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  16. the eternal traveller Avatar
    the eternal traveller

    Lovely photo of Connie!

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      It was one of those fun times. I’m hoping to see her this week. I brought her some books.

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  17. sustainabilitea Avatar
    sustainabilitea

    I’m old-fashioned as I often envelop a letter or card in an envelope. 🙂

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Hahaha! Better that than sticking it loose in a mailbox!

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      1. sustainabilitea Avatar
        sustainabilitea

        So true! But more expensive every day it seems.

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  18. ben Alexander Avatar
    ben Alexander

    Thanks for the lovely prompt, Marsha ❤

    Expectation packaged in an envelope

    ~David

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      I will reply when I get to a computer. What a lovely present, and a heartfelt write-up about it. 🙂

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  20. restlessjo Avatar
    restlessjo

    What a good guy that ranger was! I need you to tell me how to add links on my phone because I’m stymied. Can’t change the Header either. Woe is me 🫨💗 Happy travels!

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      I can’t do it either, Jo. I’ll see if I can use a computer tomorrow, then I can do it! But the ranger was a doll. You never know how kind people can be.

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        restlessjo

        🫠💗

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  21. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
    Terri Webster Schrandt

    Yes, the computer wants to add an e to envelop, Marsha! I remember this as a WP weekly photo challenge and I spelled it with an E, too–jeez. Great shots of envelop! Manny looks happy in the warm towel, and poor Puppy Girls with those huge burrs! Aero’ poodle-y fur used to attract everything, especially at the delta! Love all the poetry, too. Enjoy your travels and the service, my friend!

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Thanks, Terri. We are just about to take off. Better go.

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  22. KL Caley Avatar
    KL Caley

    Awww wow – brilliant post, Marsha – thank you for the mentions. I hope you are enjoying your travels. I loved the manny wrapped! And the reprocessed mist, how myst…ical looking. Poor puppy girl. We had a long-haired rough collie and he was forever collecting debris in his undercarriage. The joys of being a doggy parent. 🙂 KL ❤

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Thank you KL. That’s one of my favorite pictures of Manny. He’s so photogenic! You’re a riot, “mist ical.” 🤣 Have a great week, my friend.

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  23. ladyleemanila Avatar
    ladyleemanila

    love your post, enveloping all things, Marsha 🙂
    https://ladyleemanilablog.wordpress.com/2023/01/25/we-are-not-living-in-fear-we-are-living-in-faith/

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    1. Marsha Avatar
      Marsha

      Thanks, Lady Lee!

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  24. eklastic Avatar
    eklastic

    All those furries are adorable!

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  26. Sadje Avatar
    Sadje

    You missed mine. Perhaps I become wrote about staying young and not laughter.

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    1. Sadje Avatar
      Sadje

      https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2023/01/21/is-there-a-trick-to-looking-healthy-and-staying-young/

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  27. photobyjohnbo Avatar
    photobyjohnbo

    I enjoyed the exercise to envelop the entire envelope of your post. >grin<

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