Hello and Happy Friday! I am back from my fun (and exhausting!) trip to Tennessee. 13.5 hours driving (not including stops) in one day is a lot to do with two little ones in tow. But we made do. It is always great to see family and watch the cousins play together.
Animal Alphabets (an A-Z twitter drawing prompt, but I use it as a poetry prompt) just started fresh with a new theme of extinct animals. A was for Alvarezsaurus (which posted this past Monday) and I had some fun writing an acrostic for it. I meant to do a little sketch to go along with the poem (as it primarily is an illustration prompt) but I ran out of time. I am kind of glad that I did, because now I don’t feel so much pressure to accompany each letter with a poem and a drawing.
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I was really excited when they announced the theme was extinct animals. I was thinking they would pick animals like the passenger pigeon, and the black rhinoceros. Well, next Monday, B is for Boreaspis! Boreaspis was a jawless fish from the Devonian period that had a long pointy snout. You can learn a bit more here. Ha! Piece of cake, right?
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I suspect you're going to learn a lot from this challenge, Rebecca. It's a fun start with this little known alvarezsaurus! We just had a new exhibit at our nature & science museum with numerous new dinosaurs on display. I had no idea there were so many! Have fun with this new animal alphabet!
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What a fun project! I'm sure you'll do great with the challenge!
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Wow, 13.5 hours in one day?!?Cool challenge and nice ending!
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Fun challenge! Are you going to do all acrostics? Whether you do or not, you'll have a nice collection at the end of the challenge!!
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Ooooh yes! I love blending poetry and science.
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That's a fun poem you wrote Rebecca, it sounds like an area–a deep well that you can continuously draw from–and that's perfect for you!
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Yes! It is incredible just how many dinos have been discovered.
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It has been fun thus far. We shall see if i can keep up!
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yeah. it's a tough drive. thanks!
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I am tempted to o all acrostics, but i worry that they will become repetitive. It will be fun to see where it goes.
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It has been fun so far!
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I really hope that I'm able to keep with it. thanks for stopping by!
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