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FFfAW Challenge-Week of June 13, 2017 #2 – Dad’s Near Folly

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Michael

Image: The Magicsticgoldenrose “We’ve got to buy it!” announced dad as he bounced through the back door.  “You know I’ve always wanted to live in a castle and here is our chance, a golden opportunity,” he said as we gathered … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of June 6, 2017 – Lost

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Michael

Image: Pamela S. Canepa It’s an awful feeling knowing you are lost. How I came to be separated from the others I’m not sure. One moment they were there the next they weren’t and I had no idea where I … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of May 30, 2017 – Rattled

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Michael

Image © Yinglan The tram came rattling along. It rattled as my life rattles. It’s what happens when you gravitate from one crisis to another. Today the tram was taking me to my doctor. I had been called back and … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of May 23, 2017 – A Day at the Seaside

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Michael

Image: Louise at ‘The Storyteller’s Abode’. We had a lovely time at the seaside. Mum and dad, little brother Will and older sister Sarah. Mum and dad had packed a picnic. My brother, sister and I went to the water’s … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of May 16, 2017 – An Ice-Blocks Chance.

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Michael

Image: loniangraphics “You’ve an ice-blocks chance in hell of me ever loving you,” she said as we sat sipping on our iced tea. “I mean,” she went on, “if you were in any way attractive there’d be a case to … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of May 2, 2017 – The Block Convention

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Michael

Image: Loretta Notto It was the annual wood block convention. From all around the country blocks had gathered. There was much catching up to be had and everyone was always happy to hear of one’s success. Some blocks had moved … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of April 25, 2017 – Out to Lunch

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Michael

Image: Dawn Miller “It’s always the same isn’t it when we go out,” she said. “What’s always the same?” he replied sipping his coffee. “The way you order. It’s always the large size for you and small for me.” “It … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of March 28, 2017 – Mrs Louise Thrum

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Michael

Image: Louise from The Storyteller’s Abode. There was much expectation in the drawing room as the dinner group gathered to hear Mrs Louise Thrum sing her newest creation, her aria from her new opera, The Storytellers Abode. Accompanied by her … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of March 21, 2017 – The Future

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Michael

Photo prompt provided by Sunayana MoiPensieve. Every twenty metres in front of the museum there were buskers of every kind. Small bands, like the Destitutes, who eked out a living in such trying times. With the government removing universal health … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of March 14, 2017 – Installation

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Michael

This week’s photo prompt is provided by Tim Livingston with the blog, The ForesterArtist.   It was the most amazing art show I had ever been to. As an art installation, it was out of this world. He’d spent months … Continue reading →

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