A Mixed Bag: July 7th Garden The last week has seen more planting for the wedding, more growth, more rain and a fair bit of sunshine. Temperatures remain in the low 20s for the most part but we are promised a cone of warmer air coming … Continue reading → Source: A Mixed Bag: July […]
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Doggin’ On #flashfiction Odd word, dogging. At University dogging on meant hanging in there and showing resilience. These days there may be some hanging and resilience involved in the word but otherwise the relationship with al fresco exhibitionist copulation and how we used … Continue reading → Source: Doggin’ On #flashfiction Source: https://geofflepard.com
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Never Doubt A Myth #blogbattle #shortfiction This month’s #blogbattle prompt is ‘myth’ which you can find here. Gideon Parchment eyed the newcomer warily. He disliked Wednesdays and this was a particularly friable example of his midweek malaise. And now this, another smarty-pants, he thought. Still, the … Continue reading → Source: Never Doubt A Myth […]
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Chalk And Parenting #memories #apprenticedtomymother Posted on Jul 4, 2021 by TanGental I’m redecorating the kitchen and stuck behind a radiator there’s a scribble or something that might be some sort of childhood graffito. As with many small things, it triggered a memory. My mother’s approach to child rearing had overtones … Read more … […]
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Poppies, Kimonos and the Power Of Rain #gardens #memories There’s a lot of work going on in my garden as we prepare for the upcoming nuptials of No. 1 child. One dilemma we knew was coming concerned the poppies. These have been magnificent but they needed to be stripped … Continue reading → Source: Poppies, […]
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Prepping, Priming #garden #june von TanGental It’s stayed wet but between the showers and occasional downpours the weather has been warmer and things are growing… growing. We’ve reached the planting window. The poppies have been stripped by the rain so we’ve stripped them from the long and triangle beds, topped off the soil and rotavated one […]
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When You Don’t Pay Your Bills Norris Bonge, a builder from Penge Wasn’t paid for installing a henge. He turned to the Druid […] Read more When You Don’t Pay Your Bills Source: https://geofflepard.com
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Come Friendly Clouds, You Aren’t Fit For Humans Now #shortstory #humour Jonathan Isobar rubbed his eyes and sighed. This was ridiculous. How did they think he did his job? Magic? His desk phone rang and he jabbed his finger on the speaker button. ‘What, Sprinkle?’ Sprinkle Mizzle’s chirpy voice, redolent of … Continue reading → […]
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Cool For Cats #carrotranch #loganandmorgan This week’s #carrotranch prompt is June 24, 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a cat named Rainbow on an outdoor adventure. Rainbow is any cat of any identification. What would draw a cat … Continue reading → Source: Cool For Cats #carrotranch #loganandmorgan […]
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The Perils Of Animating Wood #writephoto This week’s #writephoto is this ‘Of course I’m cross. Bloody furious if you must know.’ Oodle Knotbeam glared at Barke Saprising. ‘Look at me.’ Barke sighed. Once upon a time carving a living sculpture led to praise, thanks even. You … Continue reading → Source: The Perils Of Animating […]
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