Working to survive
Prompt photo curtsy of Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Arriving at Alexandria was a cultural shock. The port was a riot of colour and smells. As for the massed ranks of humanity, all straining to earn a few silver piastres. Well it was…
Chattering Noise
Copyright C E Ayr smart It is time to leave. But dad we have sold our transport! Son I have hired our old boat, long enough to get us to Alexandria, the new owner will be crewing for us while…
Picking the lock
Prompt photo curtsy of Rowena Curtin He gingerly found his way to an empty seat, carefully avoiding a lass with a pile of big issue magazines on her lap. In the seat behind a smartly dressed lass, tried to ignore…
Just the two of us
Prompt curtsy of Dale Rogerson We are both old said garlic to the skillet. Yet what a great marriage we would make, if only Olive agreed to join us over the flames. But garlic Olive is afraid of heat, it…
Covid and Modern Life
Photo prompt curtsy of Roger Bultot The time was when one could flit using just a handcart, so my great aunt said. Today I found myself flitting for the first time. But how to do it taking all the paraphernalia…
Tick Tock – Tick Tock the clock struck twelve…
photo prompt C E Ayr Can you sell me a stone of potatoes Mike. Mike lifted a sack of potatoes on to the chip shop counter. Only for a mouse to jump out of the sack. The following day a…
One dark night in the garden
Photo prompt curtsy of J Hardy Carroll Owl wondered what slugs tasted like as he watched a young hedgehog patrolling a garden. Owl was quite a thoughtful individual. He often found himself thinking. Earlier he had watched a collie tugging…
Sunflowers
Photo prompt by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields So much is grim this year. That is until I look up at the sunflowers. Their golden globes tower over a carpet of scarlet nasturtiums. As I pick plump pods full of sweet tender peas,…