Thursday photo prompt: Fragrant #writephoto

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Sue Vincent

#writephoto

Use the image below as inspiration to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, by noon (GMT)  Wednesday 6th February and link back to this post with a pingback to be included in the round-up.  There is no word limit and no style requirements, except to keep it fairly family friendly.

For visually challenged writers, the image shows a formal English rose garden in bloom. Four paths, bordered with lavender, lead to the centre of the garden, where a weping standard rose cascades over a seat that is built around its trunk .

All posts will be featured in the round-up on Thursday February 7th at 10am GMT, linking back to the original posts of contributors. Throughout the week I will feature as many of the responses here on the Daily Echo as space allows and (more or less) in the order in which they come in.

You can find all last week’s entries in the weekly round-up. Please visit and read the stories and poems and explore the sites of their writers. I will feature as many contributions as I can on the blog during the week.

Please link your post to this by creating a pingback. If you are unsure of how to create a pingback, Hugh has an excellent tutorial here.

Pingbacks need to be manually approved, so either check back to make sure that the pingback has appeared or simply copy and paste your link into the comments section of this post.

Feel free to use #writephoto logo or include the prompt photo in your post if you wish or you can replace it with one of your own to illustrate your work. Don’t forget to use the #writephoto hashtag in your title so your posts can be found.

Meanwhile, I would like to invite all writephoto regulars to come and introduce themselves on the blog as my  guest!

Click here for details

Have fun!

About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
This entry was posted in photo prompt, Photography, Poetry and tagged , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

146 Responses to Thursday photo prompt: Fragrant #writephoto

  1. Jane Dougherty says:
    January 31, 2019 at 12:29

    Lovely reminder that summer really does exist. Can’t fit this one in with the narrative but if my brain thaws out I might find a different story for it 🙂

    Like

    Reply

  2. Pingback: God’s love – Positive Side Of The Coin

  3. Pingback: Life After the State | Powered by Robots

  6. willowdot21 says:
    January 31, 2019 at 13:05

    A lovely summer image on a cold day 💜

    Like

    Reply

  7. Pingback: INSULATED – Iain Kelly

  8. Iain Kelly says:
    January 31, 2019 at 13:19

    I know it’s a bright happy summer-y picture, but….!

    INSULATED

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply

  9. Pingback: Reconstruction – Reena Saxena

  11. Pingback: Fragrance #writephoto | Trent's World (the Blog)

  12. trentpmcd says:
    January 31, 2019 at 14:04

    Hi Sue, it looks like a lovely place. And a bit of warmth on a frigid day like today! Here is my story for the week: https://trentsworldblog.wordpress.com/2019/01/31/fragrance-writephoto/

    Like

    Reply
  13. Patty says:
    January 31, 2019 at 14:10

    Reblogged this on Campbells World.

    Like

    Reply

  14. Pingback: A Fragrant Life #writephoto #liveinjoy | Not Tomatoes

  15. Pingback: #writephoto: A piece of the past – Jane Dougherty Writes

  16. Jane Dougherty says:
    January 31, 2019 at 15:32

    Story started, maybe not finished, I’m not sure. I can’t get the photo this week. I just get a web page file rather than the photo.

    #writephoto: A piece of the past

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
  17. Jane Dougherty says:
    January 31, 2019 at 15:48

    Took a screen shot and it worked, so panic over.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  18. Pingback: Fragrant #writephoto | Of Glass & Paper

  19. Dorinda Duclos says:
    January 31, 2019 at 17:23

    What a lovely photo! It’s freezing here and this is the perfect picture to warm me up! ❤

    Like

    Reply
  21. kytwright says:
    January 31, 2019 at 19:19

    It’s thursday already?

    Fragrant

    Like

    Reply
  22. Wanda Luthman says:
    January 31, 2019 at 19:43

    I’m just now reading this at 2:43PM, so I have missed the deadline but I love the idea and this picture is absolutely lovely! Maybe next time….

    Like

    Reply

  23. Pingback: #writephoto lavendar & rose garden – Wanda Luthman's Children's Books

  25. Pingback: No loose ends | Thru Violet's Lentz

  26. Violet Lentz says:
    February 1, 2019 at 01:23

    No loose ends


    This was so much fun. So glad to be here!! Thank you for the venue and this amazing prompt!!

    Like

    Reply

  27. Pingback: Fragrant #writephoto | ShiftnShake

  29. Pingback: The Fragrance of Life | jagahdilmein

  31. Pingback: At the Crossroads – writing in north norfolk

  32. kim881 says:
    February 1, 2019 at 08:46

    A welcome image in our current cold snap,. Sue. It’s warmed up my imagination even if my toes are frozen! here’s my small offering: http://writinginnorthnorfolk.com/2019/02/01/at-the-crossroads/

    Like

    Reply

  33. Pingback: neelwrites/thursdayphotoprompt/shortstory/flash/crime/01/01/2019 – neelwritesblog

  35. antoniazen says:
    February 1, 2019 at 11:57

    Hello, I’ve just discovered your wonderful blog and inspiring visual prompts. Here is my offering:

    Experience

    I will not speak about the greens
    Painting the sky with varied hues,
    I will not draw rose thorns
    To try to show you
    Or talk of the riot
    Of violets and blues,

    Quietly, I will close my eyes
    And experience this with you,

    Where you, walk unseeing
    Yet surely between soft lines
    Of lavender, its scent a guide
    As, after you, I’m wheeling,
    Watching, letting you decide,

    After all your days of gardening
    The instinct is still there,
    Taking your cues from textures
    And the charted perfumed air,

    White roses, you know them,
    You used to grow them
    Near the apple tree
    On land tilled by your fingers
    Into past Springs’ strawberries,

    You tell me by a quiver of breath
    Of how it felt to dig those beds,
    Your brief smile says you’re there again
    In this garden,
    Where I roll beside you

    As pollinators buzz and flit
    Towards the island in the path,
    Wind teasing our hair,
    Suddenly, we halt and laugh,
    Mirth jolts up from who knows where,

    I tell you of a bench beneath
    The roses’ sphere where bees
    Whisper of nectar in ciphers
    While we taste the sweet
    Of afternoon embers,

    Here we will sit,
    Thanking the hands that grew
    A place we can enjoy together,
    I will close my eyes
    And experience this with you.

    Antonia Sara Zenkevitch

    Like

    Reply

  36. Pingback: Experience – Antonia Sara Zenkevitch

  37. Pingback: The Road To Hell  #writephoto #flashfiction | TanGental

  38. Pingback: Thursday photo prompt: Fragrant #writephoto – Ladyleemanila

  40. Pingback: #Writephoto ~ Fragrant | anita dawes and jaye marie

  41. Pingback: #Writephoto – Fragrance – Roberta Writes

  42. robertawrites235681907 says:
    February 1, 2019 at 16:09

    What fun, I managed to turn your lovely photograph into something dark. Now, I really think that is talent [giggle] https://robertawrites235681907.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/writephoto-fragrance/

    Like

    Reply

  43. Pingback: Memories and Moments – Emotional Shadows

  44. balroop2013 says:
    February 1, 2019 at 17:06

    Hi Sue, your prompt took me into the world of first love, which remains a dream! Thanks for the inspiration.
    https://balroop2013.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/memories-and-moments/

    Like

    Reply

  45. Pingback: Never-Ending Patterns – Thursday photo prompt | Jo Hawk

  46. JoHawkTheWriter says:
    February 2, 2019 at 02:40

    Sue, your photo reminded me of a poem I once recited. I could not shake the link between the image and the poem, so I used them both. 😊

    Never-Ending Patterns – Thursday photo prompt

    Like

    Reply

  47. Pingback: Sweet Smell of The Lady – True_George

  48. True George says:
    February 2, 2019 at 08:12

    Hello; I’m back.
    I was going to write a new piece on the prompt but decided to post feature something that I already wrote. it fits perfectly, not about a garden’s fragrance but the fragrance of another kind.

    Sweet Smell of The Lady

    Like

    Reply

  49. Pingback: Thursday photo prompt: Fragrant #writephoto | willowdot21

  50. willowdot21 says:
    February 2, 2019 at 11:38

    Another beautiful photo prompt to inspire our imaginations. Here is mine.

    Thursday photo prompt: Fragrant #writephoto

    Like

    Reply

  51. Pingback: Haiku: My Garden | The Dark Netizen

  52. the dark netizen says:
    February 2, 2019 at 14:21

    Hey Sue! 🙂
    Here’s my take on the prompt:

    Haiku: My Garden

    Happy reading! 🙂

    Like

    Reply

  53. Pingback: Endless Love – Anneberly Andrews

  54. Pingback: Huxley’s World? | Blogternator

  55. venkyninja1976 says:
    February 2, 2019 at 16:01

    Here goes my take on the effervescent prompt!

    Huxley’s World?

    Like

    Reply
  56. Lake Writer says:
    February 2, 2019 at 17:16

    This is a great prompt. I’ve been away from my blog for a time and very enthused about participating here. Thank you. Thank you. https://colderlake.wordpress.com/2019/02/02/writephoto-yearn/

    Like

    Reply

  57. Pingback: Rose and Lavender | Willow Poetry

  58. Hélène - Willow Poetry says:
    February 2, 2019 at 18:02

    Thank you for this prompt Sue.
    https://helenevaillant.com/2019/02/02/rose-and-lavender/

    Like

    Reply

  59. Pingback: Garden Paths | method two madness

  61. Pingback: A Waltz, my dear? – Jordy’s Streamings

  62. Pingback: Inspiration Garden - Poetry For Healing

  63. Christine Bolton says:
    February 3, 2019 at 03:11

    Hi Sue, Here is my link for the photo prompt Fragrant

    Inspiration Garden

    Like

    Reply

  64. Pingback: A Safer Place Than I Had Ever Known – Crushed Caramel (Learner at love)

  65. Pingback: Fragrant #Writephoto | Myths of the Mirror

  66. Pingback: Fragrant #WritePhoto | The Story Files

  67. Pingback: The Bite of a Rose – Tina Stewart Brakebill

  70. Pingback: #writephoto – A Fragrant Journey – #shortstory | Night Owl Poetry - Dorinda Duclos

  71. Pingback: The Allertons/Fragrant #writephoto – A Heart for Africa

  72. aheartforafrica641064503 says:
    February 6, 2019 at 02:14

    Lovely photo, Sue. We can do with some warmth. Here’s my contribution.

    https://aheartforafrica641064503.wordpress.com/2019/02/05/the-allertons-fragrant-writephoto/

    Like

    Reply

  73. Pingback: Remington/Fragrant #writephoto | Notes to Women

  74. notestowomen says:
    February 6, 2019 at 20:31

    Hi Sue,

    A beautiful photo. I would love to be there right now. Here’s my story.

    Remington/Fragrant #writephoto

    Adele

    Like

    Reply
  75. daisybala says:
    February 6, 2019 at 22:32

    My entry is:- https://freshdaisiesdotme.wordpress.com/2019/02/06/midsummer-blooms/

    I don’t know how to put it on your photo prompt!

    Like

    Reply

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.