Tag Archives: garden

Wot I Shot Wednesday

Posted on November 14, 2017 by Michael

Each Wednesday is a quiet blogging day for me so I am going to post a photo or two I took today and write a short story/explanation about it. You are welcome to join in and share your Wednesday shots … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Prompt #22 – Secret Doorways – A Lot of Ruckus

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Michael

At the bottom of the garden and in behind the trellis supporting the climbing roses was a secret doorway hidden but known to us. Gran had told me about it and had warned that for the most part, it was … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Prompt #11 – Guardian

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Michael

The Task: Write a fairy tale in 150 words or less that has a guardian-type figure/creature in it. The Fern Fairies, live in my back garden and I have been designated their guardian. As a child growing up, I was … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #119: What If 11.05.17 – Fern Fairies.

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Michael

Image: Frances MacDonald what if: * fairies lived in your garden It came as a bit of a surprise on my twelfth birthday when my Granny took me to the garden behind the kitchen and introduced me to the fairies … Continue reading →

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Quadrille #28 – Spring

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Michael

Rich and deep red, Lighting up my garden Awakening me from the gloom of winter Shivering, longing for the warmth of spring. I’ll watch you grow Nurture that wondrous moment As you slowly take shape Uncurl in all your beauty … Continue reading →

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My Wild Place

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Michael

There’s a wild place in my yard Where my fairies hang out. It’s a place I go when the world gets too close, To sit with ‘friends’ discussing issues at hand. On one side is Gabrielle Ever wanting to listen. … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver/Fairy tale prompt #83: September 15 – Frozen in Time

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Michael

Image Google Images Artichoke Norman hated being a garden frog. It was all the doing of the Psycho Wicked Witch of the West who out of sheer spite because he had spurned her advances had turned him into a ceramic … Continue reading →

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On Popular Demand – Rest is the sweet sauce of labor

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Michael

My neighbor works in her garden Bent over many hours Pulling weeds, fighting snails and slugs It’s an all-day battle One she knows will never end But a small victory is better than none. When I offer help she refuses … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Fairytale Fun – Fairies In My Garden

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Michael

Today’s #maydays prompt, feature a little magic, elves and or fairies. There are fairies in my garden. I see them each day zipping in and out of my ferns. They love to swing and slide along the soft fronds of the … Continue reading →

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Moral Mondays: “Listen Before You Speak”

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Michael

It’s hard living with someone who knows everything. Worse when they make that fact known and tell you that any knowledge you have is useless. So when the time came to build the garden it was another case of this … Continue reading →

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