CHRONICLES OF A BLOOMING URBANISTA - REVAMPED BLOGAZINE

 I love my city, Richmond Virginia (RVA)!

I wanted to share the love I have for this blossoming city through Eclectic Bouquet.  I have revamped my blog so that I can share the wonderful RVA people, places and events that I have the chance to experience.  

My new “blogazine” will now include a new topic every week of each month:

 

·         Week 1: Passioneers 12 – This post will include an interview of passionate entrepreneurs in RVA.  I will ask them 12 questions that will allow us to explore the root of their passions.

My daughter, Jessica will be one of the featured Passioneers

 interviewed within the next few months.  Her artwork is on display

@ Taza on Forest Hill Avenue in RVA.

 

·         Week 2: Where To Go – where can I get a plate of delicious soul food in RVA? Does anyone sell nice, inexpensive antiques?  These questions (and more) will be answered in these posts.

                                                RVA's beautiul James River is behind me!

 

 ·                   Week 3: Style – I will post a pict of my favorite style piece of the month, clothing, jewelry,  shoes, makeup…

 

·         Week 4:  What To Do – Festivals, Fiestas, Fun!

These refreshments were served at one of Richmond's

poetry events,

which will be featured soon!

 

Please join me as I explore RVA! My first post will be up on this week!

FAREWELL TO FALLING BACK

This was my view  as I walked to my car on the way from work, two days before the  first day of Daylight’s Saving Time.

 

 

 

I hope you enjoy my poem "Fall Back" below. Oh how reminiscent I am when we have to "fall back" at the end of Daylight Saving Time during the Fall! 

I'm going to enjoy every minute of Spring, Summer and Daylight Saving Time's visit with us!

 

FALL BACK^©

BY ROSE V SMITH

MAY 3, 2013

On those days in late November

When the trees are all but timber

That’s the time when you’ll remember

When it was light out here

My quick-slow pace to my dear car

Reminds me of my morning’s start

Eight hours ago seems oh so far

When it was light out here

Dark clouds hang below dark sky

The twilight taunts my weary eyes

Cold winds whisper of warm nights gone by

When it was light out here

“Turn back your clock” the news guy said

One extra hour in my bed

Where summer night’s dreams will fill my head

When it was light out here

 
Please let me know what you think in the comment's section below.

SUNDAY'S POETRY

Why do I still have this conformed old shoe?  Two words:  Borderline Hoarder!

CONFORMED^©

By Rose V. Smith

Don’t let this be you

A conformed old shoe

No life of its own

Roams where the feet roams

Smells like the feet smells

Swells when the feet swells

Shaped like the feet’s shape

Can’t determine its own fate

The foot will walk for miles

Re-determining the shoe’s style

Yet when the shoe mirror the foot

The hands will toss it for a new boot.

 

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TUESDAY SHOESDAY





BEAUTIFUL PARIAH^©

By Rose V. Smith

 

My passion for three & a quarter inch platform Stilettos

Does not reflect a desire to tip toe past foes

Who bitterly mutter blatant contempt as I Sashay by…

It simply reflects my desire to Sashay.

 Steve Madden, Jessica Simpson, and even my dream shoe Christian Louboutin .  They all make me feel quite gitty inside.  Y’all know the feeling! You step into the shoe store, knowing that you intend to leave with a pair of beautiful , Scarpas, Chaussures, Zapatos…

 

You scan the displays…slip on a few pair…saunter around the store…staring at your feet’s reflection.

 Once you’ve made your decision, you place the box on the counter, watch as the register calculates surprising discounts (“…oh, and you also receive a 30% Spring-Fling discount today”).  At this point I’m usually bouncing on my tip-toes.

When you reach your car, you know you should use good judgment and place your bag in the trunk of your car, but you place the bag in the front seat, so that you can peep into the bag at each red light.

Hmmph!!!  Don’t judge!  My fellow shoe lovers (guys and girls) understand! 

Well, when I purchase this pair of sparkly black Deréon shoes during my lunch break more than a year ago, I experienced the same scenario above.

 

Let me know what you think about these cuties in the comments box below.