Wet and Aggressive Corella challenges Magpie

Wet and Aggressive Corella challenges Magpie

Wednesday 19 June 2019

Words for Wednesday











This meme was started by Delores a long time ago.  Computer issues led her to bow out for a while.  The meme was too much fun to let go, and now Words for Wednesday is provided by a number of people and has become a movable feast. 

Essentially the aim is to encourage us to write.  Each week we are given a choice of prompts: which can be words, phrases, music or an image.   What we do with those prompts is up to us:  a short story, prose, a song, a poem, or treating them with ignore...  We can use some or all of the prompts.

Some of us put our creation in comments on the post, and others post on their own blog.  I would really like it if as many people as possible joined into this fun meme, which includes cheering on the other participants.  If you are posting on your own blog - let me know so that I, and other participants, can come along and applaud.


The prompts will be here this month


Here are this week's prompts.



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Have fun. 



97 comments:

  1. Love these gorgeous pictures.

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  2. I had an early start on this week's images. I am curious to see what others have done with them

    Mine is here : Wisewebwoman

    XO
    WWW

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    1. Wisewebwoman: I am looking forward to seeing where they took you. I will be over v shortly.

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  3. Friends and colleagues commemorated you,
    Walking with ceremony and solemnity.
    On that same dark morning,
    I chose to celebrate your life with a sparkling, dancing path of light across the water,
    And the sun, breaking through the clouds,
    and my tears.

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    1. The celebration sounds like the better of the two.

      My story is written, and will be up in a few hours.

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    2. messymimi: I look forward to reading your story. And yes, I would prefer a celebration to a commemoration too.

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    3. Lovely, EC...

      Dry those tears from your eyes.... :)

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    4. River: No. Fictional, but I cannot imagine crying for the demise of a politician.

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    5. A little bit of sunshine to dry the sadness of your tears.

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    6. That was beautifully done Elephant's Child. A beautiful commemoration seasoned with tears.
      Hugs, Julia

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    7. Your offering is short on words, but it's long on meaning and impact. Beautifully done! Poetic, even. You are much more talented than you believe you are.

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    8. Sad but also sweet.

      Have a lovely day.

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    1. Bob Bushell: Thank you. I really love that spot beside the lake.

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    1. Blue Grumpster: Ok thank you. Off to have a medical test I loathe this morning. How is your back?

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  6. The relentless rain that had fallen over the past two weeks finally ceased. It was as if a giant tap up above had been switched off by an invisible hand.

    The heavy, leaden clouds quickly dissipated. Glimpses of blue began to appear in the sky that hadn’t been visible for many days.

    The property's dam again looked like a dam, not a dry, barren waste.

    Hope reigns eternally with the most generous help of the rains.

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    1. Lee: Great use of the images. I think only those of us who know drought can appreciate just how welcome rain can be.

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    2. Lee. NSW farmers are hoping it will be their turn next to experience this massive rainfall

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    3. You did an awesome job capturing the uplifting powers of rain, especially after a drought.

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    1. only slightly confused: Thank you. I hope they inspire you.

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  8. What a lovely view! I do hope all is well with you, this summer has been just crazy busy for me.

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    1. 21 Wits: I hope your crazy busy has been both productive and fun.

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  9. I think I need a new thinking cap....

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    1. River: Your existing thinking cap always comes up with the goods. Even when you think it won't/can't.

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  10. Lovely photos.
    Wondrous water with the sun sparkling on it makes for a pretty view. How many birds would sit on the fence and do a lol...
    Trust me :)

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    1. Margaret-whiteangel: The birds love that pool. We have seen ducks, gulls and swans swimming in it, and gulls and pelicans on the fence.

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  11. What beautiful photos of wonderful waters. The only problem is that they made my brain switch to holiday mode. Sorry, no story.

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    1. Uglemor: It is me that is sorry. I have failed to inspire this week.

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    2. Elephant's Child, you're always inspiring. I felt sad about not participating, and then I remembered that I still had to use the prompts from the 5th. As I'm quite busy this week, here's a really short story from The Unicorn Farm. Link

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  12. After the deluge he swam and he swam looking for his mate. Surely he'd find her again. Then he found he was blocked from reaching his mate by a fence in the middle of the water. He made a calling sound to her and she swam back to encourage him.
    Sadly he could find no way through the fence. They both tread water longing to finally join in procreation. Still there was no way through. If only the water would rise just a little more. There wasn't much hope for that as the skies had turned sunny. He started to swim back in the other direction and she couldn't believe he was giving up. All of a sudden he swam back at a fast pace and at the last minute he tossed himself into the air and landed on the other side. And the two pisces were united once again.

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    1. Pisces meaning fish I presume, i had no idea that fish were so romantic. I have a fishy story too.

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    2. All this time I thought they were ducks, lol...I'm glad the pisces got together at long last.

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    3. Linda Starr: A lovely take on pisces triumphant.

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    4. A happy ending to a piscine romance. Thanks.

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    5. No fence is too high when the urge to procreate is strong enough. :) Nice job.

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    6. Water-crossed lovers? I honestly thought these were humans until the end.

      Have a lovely day.

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  13. Hi EC - love the idyllic float on the lake - so restful on a summer's day ... not too hot. Gorgeously relaxing, just watching the clouds change, the dapple of water ... my eyes gently close ... it's so blissful. What a way to spend an hour or two - peacefully, happily day-dreaming ...

    Having just had the most horrendous night of thunderstorms and lightning strikes (thankfully I'm fine - no floods, just a bit of electrical resetting of things!) ... going on all day apparently - we need the rain ... but this much?! Still nature cannot be controlled.

    Cheers and I'll be back to read the others - Hilary

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    1. Send as much rain as possible to Southern and central NSW in Aus we need all you can spare.

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    2. Hilary Melton-Butcher: Love your tale, and dreaming beside the water is bliss. Exchoing Vest on the rain though.

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    3. Peacefully daydreaming on the float in the water sounds like an idyllic way to spend a couple hours. (Or more...) Sounds a lot like bits of my childhood...

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    4. When it buckets down ... I'd happily send some of it off to other places ... we might get some extra tomorrow - I'm wishing it away!

      Gently floating in stillness is just so wonderful ... cheers to you all - Hilary

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  14. Words this week are replaced by a picture of a river with what looks like a net draped from bank to bank. Below is my explanation.



    The top picture is that of a net across the river ooze a tributary of the Rhine in Belgium Where a twelve-year-old boy named Russel was fishing recently and caught a strange unidentified green Coloured fish. the fish has had people worldwide flummoxed as nothing like it has been caught in the river anything like it but authorities are hoping the net may turn up another, in the meanwhile the fish is still alive and giving great wonder to scientists who have named it... yes its true.



    A RUSSELLS TROUT.

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  15. This has been posted on my blog if you wish to travel, thank you.

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    1. Vest: Thank you. I have travelled, and enjoyed the trip.

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    2. EC. My yarn has been lost in translation. The clue for the confused was; Brussels Sprout Belgique, oh well never mind. one smarty guessed correctly.

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    3. Isn't it amazing that we are STILL discovering new species?!

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  16. I love clouds; it's good to look up.

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    1. We in NSW are not looking up but looking down at the parched land. no clouds are seen . just looking down in despair.

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    2. Author R. Mac Wheeler: I love them too. And do look up.

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  17. My story is over at my blog...https://peppylady.blogspot.com/2019/06/wednesday-pop-up-number-forty.html

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    1. peppylady (Dora): Off to read it now.

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    2. peppy lady. I will visit your blog soon, .. Seems the recent elections in AUS have deprived bloggers of Travel allowances.

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  18. Those are pretty photos and always enjoy the fun even when I don't participate.

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  19. It came from the deep dark riverbed. Four trees hugged the shoreline staring ahead like frozen statues... fixated on a sparkling creature which silently emerged. It yawned and stretched it arms. People watched in shocked dumb fascination. The creature spoke. It Spoke!!! "Feed me now, I'm hungry!"

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    1. Spacer Guy: Love it - and hope the sparkling creature was fed.

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    2. Ohh, is this horror or pure science Fiction? A sparkling creature in an intriguing tale begging to be continued.

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    3. I'm picturing the creature from the black lagoon... (from an old cheesy movie) Nice job. I hope he's vegetarian. :)

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  20. I'm so going with the second picture and without looking at anyone else's comments, here's my take:

    The dragon relaxed and allowed the hot wind to carry her along the sky. She looked down, again wondering about the tiny creatures of this alive planet where the air was tainted, but so much sweeter than her own dying world.

    She drifted further along, passing water and land and water again, paying attention to the busy places where the ants came and went. Finally, she saw a large, warm area and she circled lower and lower, ready to launch again, if needed.

    Her talons sank a little, but she sensed it was not so deep. Small pieces of the land blew in her eyes, but she was alone and with a deep sigh, knew this could be her home.

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    1. Mark Koopmans: I really, really like this, and as a confirmed dragon lover would welcome her.

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    2. Here there be dragons for sure. Count me in.

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    3. Let there be dragons! What an imaginative take on the picture. Well-written, too.

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    4. What a sweet story. I like her search for home.

      Have a lovely day.

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  21. PS: Fun to see that so many were drawn to the water, but the "only" thing I saw was the huge dragon spreading her wings in the sky :)

    I love creative people - we see so many things in so many ways!!

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    1. Mark Koopmans: One of the things I find most fascinating about this meme is the very different directions the prompts take participants. Thank you so much for joining us.

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  22. I want my writing to be like that first picture.

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  23. The sparkles on the water reminded her of the diamonds she'd lost, the diamonds of her wedding train, her wedding ring, the string on her neck, nearly choking her. She closed her eyes against the sight, took a deep breath in, let it out, turned her head and opened her eyes at the blue sky above.
    Finally, she glanced back at the river of sparkling blue water. The shimmer on the water was the kind she could love, she could embrace without fear. She stepped up to the dock and rang for the ferry-man. He could help her get to the other side.

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    1. Tyrean Martinson: Thank you so much for joining us. I do hope the other side treats her much more kindly.

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    2. Lovely. Both sad and hopeful. Well-done.

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    3. I love that this was surprising in the beginning- sad and lost compared to what I was expecting after looking at the pictures. But often a beautiful scene is being viewed by people in all different emotional states and I like that this spotlighted it. I like the hope at the end and hope the other side is better to her. :)
      ~Jess

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  24. Diamonds upon water
    Beneath in water cold
    God's creation at play

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    1. Susan Kane: Those diamonds on the water are worth so much more than the supposedly precious gems.

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  25. The sunlight dances upon the water, then vanishes behind the clouds, in wait for another day.

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    1. Lon Anderson: Welcome back. In wait for another day and sometimes just for another hour.

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    2. Another short and sweet one. Beautiful. I love how the pictures seem to have encouraged so much poetic writing.

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  26. Such beautiful photographs.

    All the best Jan

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  27. So...I'm going to bend the rules a bit and use one of the pictures (maybe both) as a prompt for my blog two weeks from now. I'll be sure to link back to this post and to give the photo credits too.

    Elsie

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    1. Elsie Amata: Rules were made to be broken. I look forward to seeing where the photos take you - as I do all of your posts.

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  28. My take is here - the fairy's reprieve , a second part to a previous story though you really don't have to read the first part to enjoy it.

    Have a lovely day.

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    1. lissa: I really enjoyed the fairy's reprieve. Thank you for joining us again.

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  29. It looks like a peaceful and serene way to spend some time (looking at the scenery and writing about it too). :) I like to read what the participants come up with for the prompts.

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    1. mail4rosey: We all need a bit of peace don't we? I also really, really enjoy seeing where the prompts take people.

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  30. Buen fin de semana. Un saludo desde Almería España

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    1. Trini Altea: Thank you. I hope your weekend is lovely.

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