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Well done for writing your story, Lizy. I took one look at this week's FF prompt and thought 'oh, not another one of buildings and snow,' and decided I couldn't be arsed. Hopefully she'll post something more inspiring (and non-religious) next week.
Thanks, C2. I have actually just added another short blog continuing the theme after seeing a request for seasonal material from a magazine. http://www.adbwilliams.co.uk/blog/
I enjoyed your story, Claudia, and left a comment. I know I tried one for Lizy's story last week but I don't think it worked. Will keep trying.
Thanks C2. And here's another one for this week. Thanks for trying, Wordy - you can always leave a comment on my FB page if the link is being difficult! They've changed it recently and there have been a few hitches
Right, Lizy, I have just read -and enjoyed - your latest story and this time the comment worked but comes up as unknown. One day I'll crack it. I love how diverse the works created from a single prompt can be.
Thanks Wordy - I don't know how you can solve the unknown problem either, but someone on TB will. Try asking on another thread - not everyone reads this one.
Thanks, C2. I have actually just added another short blog continuing the theme after seeing a request for seasonal material from a magazine. http://www.adbwilliams.co.uk/blog/
That is a gorgeous picture of the aster and red admiral. So important to observe such images,
Love this, Lizy. The first paragraph highlights the abuse of our natural resources, and gives an air of 'so what' as long as we are enjoying ourselves. A thought provoking read.
Thanks C2. I enjoy taking pictures so long as they are on auto mode. Started taking transparencies with a view to giving talks. (That dates me!) However digital photography means I can write about what interests me instead. I reach a wider audience and it's not so scary as face to face.
I enjoyed that wander round your garden, Carol, and agree that sitting in the garden and observing and listening can be really calming. Sitting on the patio in the sun here means I can hear the murmur of the bees and sounds from a variety of birds. However, the return of the swifts, which in the last decade have chosen to nest in the eaves, means occasional screeching and danger of head being taken off by these speedy creatures. It's worth it though to see their wonderful aerobatics.
The vegetables are safe on the patio, while the fruit bushes are either side of the grassed area. The ducks wander around the overgrown area at the bottom of the garden so they can hide if needed.
I have never had a duck in the garden in over 25 years - until today. A female mallard paraded her ten ducklings round the garden several times before eventually finding a way out again (6ft high boundary fence and walls but small gap under one fence). Ducks in gardens must be this year's feature. I have no water but the sky reflected in a large window may have been mistaken for water.
This week's Friday Fictioneers photo prompt lent itself perfectly to a re-write of an old OWC challenge story that I never expected to see the light of day again.
Oh, I missed that, Wordy. How lovely to have ducks in the garden. We had one duck in ours a while ago - think it had strayed from one of the golf course ponds.
It's raining at present so weather much more suited to ducks but haven't seen them again since Tuesday. Yesterday was sunny with lots of butterflies around but today I have been reading around a theme for an article I am writing. It set me thinking about research and how important it is that our research is invisible in our writing. I entered a book review competition a few months back and it was the seamless weaving of facts into the story that lead me to choose the book I reviewed. More on my latest blog post at http://www.adbwilliams.co.uk/blog/
I wasn't going to write anything for the Friday Fictioneers this week because I'm off at the weekend. However, when I saw that Rochelle had used one of my photos, I could hardly not write something. So I rewrote an old OWC story:
Loved your blog post, Seaview. SO many great ideas for spreading an interest in poetry.
I have finally got around to adding a new post to my blog. I wanted some garden shots to illustrate it and I'd have needed waders earlier in the week to take them but a sunny afternoon was. an opportunity to take stock and take some photos. Attention to detail is the theme. http://www.adbwilliams.co.uk/blog/
Wordy, your memory of your son's excitement over a tiny detail is so like my granddaughter right now. Her mummy points at what she thinks would interest her and the child focusses on something different and small.
What a great project, seaview, and in Co Fermanagh, too, where my daughter now lives!
There's lots of great stuff going on with poetry here, Lizy - and because Northern Ireland is so small, you get to know most of the poets at certain gigs.
Oh, the project director comes from Fermanagh, but now lives in Belfast. Poets involved were from many locations though and my photos were all taken here in Warrenpoint, County Down.
My blog this week has been another reveal from my upcoming self published short story collection- Gardens, Galaxies and Goosebumps. This time it's the cover. Sorry I don't know how to shrink it down.
I hope to blog about several things seen and done more related to writing in recent weeks but today I just wanted to share some beautiful orchids which certainly lift the spirits. http://www.adbwilliams.co.uk/blog/
Comments
To my shame, I had to discard several thoughts as too flippant. 🙁
https://serena-lake.co.uk/blog-2/
https://lizy-writes.blogspot.com/2019/05/thunder-of-war_8.html
http://www.adbwilliams.co.uk/blog/
https://susan-a-eamestravelfictionandphotos.blogspot.com/2019/05/daddys-girl-100-word-story.html
Loving the picture, wilts
Good stories again, Claudia, and Lizy.
Enjoyed reading your blog, Carol and wordy.
http://www.adbwilliams.co.uk/blog/
I enjoyed your story, Claudia, and left a comment. I know I tried one for Lizy's story last week but I don't think it worked. Will keep trying.
And here's another one for this week.
Thanks for trying, Wordy - you can always leave a comment on my FB page if the link is being difficult! They've changed it recently and there have been a few hitches
http://lizy-writes.blogspot.com/2019/05/water-story-in-hundred-words.html
https://www.carol-bevitt.co.uk/2019/05/writing-and-gardening-healthy.html
The vegetables are safe on the patio, while the fruit bushes are either side of the grassed area. The ducks wander around the overgrown area at the bottom of the garden so they can hide if needed.
https://susan-a-eamestravelfictionandphotos.blogspot.com/2019/05/not-so-sweet-revenge-100-word-story.html
http://lizy-writes.blogspot.com/2019/05/blindfold-story-in-hundred-words.html
http://www.adbwilliams.co.uk/blog/
https://susan-a-eamestravelfictionandphotos.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-tourist-trail-100-word-story.html
Here's my story. https://lizy-writes.blogspot.com/2019/05/when-matt-and-tracey-were-married.html
Edited to add - great story, and I'm glad I didn't read yours before I wrote mine
http://lizy-writes.blogspot.com/2019/06/visiting-mabel-story-in-hundred-words.html
I have finally got around to adding a new post to my blog. I wanted some garden shots to illustrate it and I'd have needed waders earlier in the week to take them but a sunny afternoon was. an opportunity to take stock and take some photos. Attention to detail is the theme.
http://www.adbwilliams.co.uk/blog/
There's lots of great stuff going on with poetry here, Lizy - and because Northern Ireland is so small, you get to know most of the poets at certain gigs.
Oh, the project director comes from Fermanagh, but now lives in Belfast. Poets involved were from many locations though and my photos were all taken here in Warrenpoint, County Down.
https://lizy-writes.blogspot.com/2019/06/delayed-story-in-hundred-words.html
http://www.adbwilliams.co.uk/blog/