Category Archives: adventure

Ani’s Advent – the white stuff

Morning, Santa! It’s all white out there today. Not snow, just freezy stuff that sticks to your paws. It’s nice, but she doesn’t approve of me having all the doors open. I think she must be keeping some kind of … Continue reading

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Thursday Photo Prompt – Cracked Ice #writephoto

 Use the image below to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, by noon (GMT)  Wednesday 7th December and link back to this post with a pingback. Please make sure that … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round up – Mystery #writephoto

The prompt photo was taken in Derbyshire at the oddest of places. It is a mixture of natural countryside, ancient and carved stones and a truly mysterious landscape constructed by a minister, a member of that same Eyre family whose … Continue reading

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Fairy Shrine – Hayley R. Hardman #writephoto

  Lucy walked briskly through the woods, letting her dogs run free. This early in the morning the paths were almost empty and Lucy thought how wise people were to stay in bed. She longed to be back in the … Continue reading

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Venture out in the forest – Lady Lee Manila #writephoto

Venture out in the forest as we amble In finding mysterious doors in the jungle One was purple with a chain in front of it Wouldn’t it be nice to enter and housesit? Tried it but couldn’t open it, where’s … Continue reading

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Knight Arrant? from Tallis Steelyard

Have you noticed how some people might in themselves pose a problem, but are inadvertently the answer to a far larger problem? So you’re faced with the troubling realisation that you must somehow find a way to live with the … Continue reading

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Guest author: Paul Andruss – The Fairy Maid – (and free ebooks!)

There is a folktale found among the Celts. Here is my retelling… A young farmer fell in love with a fairy maid who lived beneath the lake on his land. Though she loved him too, his entreaties fell on deaf … Continue reading

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Thursday Photo Prompt – Mystery #writephoto

 Use the image below to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, by noon (GMT)  Wednesday 30th November and link back to this post with a pingback. Please make sure that … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round up – Passage #writephoto

This week’s photo was taken in an underpass in Lincoln, close to the cathedral. The light and colour, windows and stone gave it a very strange feeling… far from simply utilitarian. There were some fantastic contributions again this week. I … Continue reading

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That holiday feeling…

The last vestiges of autumn’s glory still clings to the trees, pale gold and copper against the damp-blackened bark and vivid green of the English countryside. The stone-built cottages, many of them still roofed with ancient slabs of sandstone, or … Continue reading

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