It’s #BookQW and Coral’s nerves are not ‘great’!
More from Chapter 2:
Blue energy shot to her fingertips. It coalesced, and Coral threw the shockball. Her magic hit an answering flashshield with the same blue coloring. In the brief flare of light, she recognized the wizard.
“Salm!” she hissed at her brother and let the second shockball hum in her hand. Skipper’s toenails clicked in a dance over to greet him and then back to her. She should have known it wasn’t Lemon since her dog hadn’t barked. Great Orb, what was with her? Clenching her hand into a fist, she absorbed the energy and tiptoed to meet him.
“Got you.” Her older brother chuckled in his annoying way. “What has you on high alert?”
“You wouldn’t believe it,” she blurted and told him about the fistfight. “Have you ever seen wizards do that?”
“Never.” Salm shook his head. “I thought those two were joined at the hip. I suppose when it comes to courting you, Lemon wants first dibs.”
“Like that’s going to happen. I don’t need my magic hyped by Lemon’s again, with all that sparking and sizzling. But he keeps going on about how, if we’d just learn to merge our magic, it’d be the best bonding ever.”
Salm snorted. “It’s your business, but I never did know what you saw in Lemon.”
Neither did she, apart from a stellar first kiss, but she wasn’t sharing that with Salm. She turned away even though he wouldn’t be able to see her blushing in the dark. She’d thought splitting up with Lemon months ago would improve things in their group, but he—and now Spike—were acting all kinds of stupid.
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On a personal note:
I’m back from travels for the moment but absent from posting because of catching up. I wanted to share a few photos from our visit to Mesa Verde National Park on October 11 & 12, 2023.
I visited as a child with my family and recall going on the Cliff Palace tour back when visitors were allowed to take a path into the ruins, over the archaeological ceilings and through the ‘T” door openings. That is no longer allowed to preserve the structure, and tours are by reservation only. We snagged tickets for the only open spots the days we visited. Plan ahead!
I can’t get the video to embed, but here’s our view of the canyon and Cliff Palace from the overlook on a very windy day. https://youtube.com/shorts/hzYWjn-U624
While this is not the canyon the Cliff Palace is in, it is typical of the terrain within the park. Sandstone cliffs with streams in the canyons and slightly tilted land on the tops that warm for 20 extra growing days for crops.
Descending into the canyon.
Buildings from over 100 years of additions between 1190 and 1300.
A Kiva for gathering for ceremonies.
Climbing out again.
Those ladders make it easy for the tourists. These are a few of the steps used by the ancient Native Americans.
A statue at the visitor center depicts a Native American climbing the cliffs, with a usual load of food, supplies, or a baby. I can’t imagine…
The beautiful Montezuma Valley where many other historic Native American sites can be found.
We viewed other ruins, the museum and viewpoints in the park, however, didn’t cover all Mesa Verde National Park has to offer. We’ll have to return!
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