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Category: Growing up
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A piece in response to Crimson’s Creative Challenge #50 | crispina kemp They’ve packed their schoolbags summer officially over for another year and yet, the kids are smiling as they pass the loaded horse chestnut tree on their way to reading writing and arithmetic picking out the ones they think will make them champion of…
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#FFFC image : Daniel K Cheung / Unsplash While Uncle Darth was working he left his little un to play we played lots of his favourite games so his mind didn’t go astray He liked to play with the models the one’s his pop liked to fly and we watched as he made them fly…
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You could say it was a failure of planning You just had to get that right shade of red from the make up shop Arrangements to meet up at the deli Automatically led to picking a jacket that matched your denims Time falling like sand led to a mad dash to local transport unexpected collision…
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#simply6minutes written in response to Christine Bialczak’s Simply 6 Minutes Challenge. Image credit: unattributed. An odd game to play at the school reunion night feet and hands reaching out to place them on the coloured dots Red, Yellow, Green or Blue the guys and the girls trying their best not to end up in a heap on…
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#Recording #technology #music #cassette You could call it “The time machine” musical memories captured by the magical machine and stored on a shelf for posterity Putting together the perfect playlist for parties, or people or both playing the tunes you enjoyed listening to on Saturday night Momentary Mastery as you captured your favourites and skipped…
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#Napowrimo #writeclub #birds #nest Little birds learn a lot from their dear old mum and dad while they are growing up What lives around them their neighbours and the dangers of a predator Gaining the skills of falling with style while flapping their wings Finding the right seeds and avoiding the bad berries and a…
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#Fowc #Expectation There’s a fine line when you’re growing up between happiness and disappointment The bright colours under the decorated christmas tree hold a number of heffalump traps If you get that thing – you wanted santa to bring then rapture and joy abound If you don’t – then your rellies hear a different sound…
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#writephoto #Treehouse When i was younger it looked huge nestled among the silver birch and scots pine that frequented the large open space every kid from the neighbourhood rendezvoused on that spot Surprised it’s still there ? Pine and Oak still stands proud as kids Run about as if its another scout rally It’s stood…
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#Napowrimo #Nature #Writeclub Grown from a seed and given room to play the small plant is growing up tall teachers check daily and give it a feed watered by the schoolchildren as part of their day and sitting by a window where the sun shines bright they wonder to give the gardener a call to…
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#writeclub #napowrimo It begins quite simply – with a waddle on your knees on the garden grass expeditions begin – hunting out the border flowers and sounding out the bees and butterflies sometimes – the butterflies tickle your nose trips to the shops in your buggy – give you new perspectives counting the clouds and…
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