Louise is a writer, poet and photographer who feels most at home when out and about, watching, photographing, and writing about the flora and fauna to be found along the lanes and in the meadows of her local area. She can happily spend hours lost in a field full of wildflowers.
The Pixie Party Sephie and Merelda are sisters who love to dance. More than anything else in the whole wide world they want to go to the pixie party. There the pixies dance among the toadstools, strings of multi-coloured firefly lanterns lighting their dancefloor. There’s only one problem – Sephie and Merelda are far too … More The Pixie Party
Here’s this week’s entry into Monday’s Finish the Story flash fiction challenge, run by Barbara W. Beacham. This challenge gives you a picture prompt and the first line and asks that you finish the story in 100-150 words. The given line is in italics. The Pizza Delivery “Pizza anyone?” Lily scowled as a grinning Bristol … More MFtS: The Pizza Delivery
This post is in response to Heena Rathore P.’s Word of the Week (WOW). This weekly meme is a great way of improving your vocabulary. If you wish to participate, simply create a post with your word and leave a link in a comment on Heena’s WOW post. Here’s my WOW for this week: Word iridescent … More Word of the Week (WOW): iridescent
Here’s part five of The Crossing. For those of you who haven’t already read them, or for anyone who wants to refresh their memory of what happened, here are the links to Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four. Enjoy! The Crossing: Part Five Genre: historical: early C13th England Part Five Dair was barely conscious, mumbling unintelligibly as the forester carried … More The Crossing – Part Five
This is my entry for this week’s Friday Fictioneers Challenge run by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. This week’s picture prompt was provided by David Stewart. The challenge is to write a story within 100 words. Moving On Edward watched enviously from the shadows, listening to the music emanating from the pavilion. The community band had consumed his whole life: every spare … More Friday Fictioneers: Moving On
Here’s my week three edit for Robyn’s One-Four Challenge. This challenge asks that you edit the same picture in four ways over four weeks. For this final edit I opened the original image in Camera Raw where I increased the exposure and clarity mainly, though a few other sliders also shifted slightly. I then moved it into Photoshop Elements … More One-Four Challenge: March Week Four
Here’s this week’s entry into Monday’s Finish the Story flash fiction challenge, run by Barbara W. Beacham. This challenge gives you a picture prompt and the first line and asks that you finish the story in 100-150 words. The given line is in italics. Incentive “When the team heard the dam explode, they knew they … More Monday’s Finish the Story: Incentive
This post is in response to Heena Rathore P.’s Word of the Week (WOW). This weekly meme is a great way of improving your vocabulary. If you wish to participate, simply create a post with your word and leave a link in a comment on Heena’s WOW post. Here’s my WOW for this week: Word Histrionic … More Word of the Week (WOW): histrionic
Here’s part four of The Crossing. For those of you who haven’t already read them, or for anyone who wants to refresh their memory of what happened, here are the links to Part One, Part Two and Part Three. Enjoy! The Crossing: Part Four Genre: historical: early C13th England Move! Dair’s eyes flashed open and he surged forward in a stumble that sent … More The Crossing – Part Four
This is a companion piece for this week’s Friday Fictioneers entry. If you haven’t already read Sanctuary please follow the link to do so. Sanctuary: Raen Genre: Fantasy Raen ran, each breath harsh against his burning throat, his limbs leaden. Only fear gave him strength to continue. The baying hounds were growing closer, his pursuers’ shouts echoing through the forest. Safety … More Friday Fictioneers: Sanctuary – Raen
This is my entry for this week’s Friday Fictioneers Challenge run by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. This week’s picture prompt was provided by Rachel Bjerk. The challenge is to write a story within 100 words. Sanctuary Genre: Fantasy This time they had him. Gaert grinned. The reward on the sorcerer’s head would be his. Even without the hounds the trail … More Friday Fictioneers: Sanctuary
Here’s my week three edit for Robyn’s One-Four Challenge. This challenge asks that you edit the same picture in four ways over four weeks. For this edit I opened last week’s edit in Camera Raw and slightly increased the exposure, highlights and shadows. I then cropped it using Photoshop Elements before opening it in FotoSketcher where I added a mid-strength vintage look with … More One-Four Challenge: March Week Three
Here’s this week’s entry into Monday’s Finish the Story flash fiction challenge, run by Barbara W. Beacham. This challenge gives you a picture prompt and the first line and asks that you finish the story in 100-150 words. The given line is in italics. Blameless A body suddenly crashed through a plate glass window at … More Monday’s Finish the Story: Blameless
You follow the signposts as they lead you home through a landscape defined by a history of agricultural practice. Gravel tracks merge with tarmac lanes as dusk’s golden light caresses your senses. The trek has been long but your journey is nearly done. This photo was very nearly included in the gallery for the Monthly … More Cee’s Which Way Challenge 2015: Week #10 – Signpost
This post is for Cardinal Guzman’s monthly blogging event The Changing Seasons. He asks that you post a gallery of between 10 and 20 photos for each month, all taken in an area near to you. Over the course of the year we’ll get to see the landscape changing. If you would like to know more about … More Monthly Photo Challenge: The Changing Seasons #3 February
This post is in response to Heena Rathore P.’s Word of the Week (WOW). This weekly meme is a great way of improving your vocabulary. If you wish to participate, simply create a post with your word and leave a link in a comment on Heena’s WOW post. Here’s my WOW for this week: Word gargantuan … More Word of the Week (WOW): Gargantuan
It took a little longer for me to finish than I’d hoped but here’s part three of The Crossing. For those of you who haven’t already read them, or for anyone who wants to refresh their memory of what happened, here are the links to Part One and Part Two. I hope you like it! The Crossing: Part Three Genre: historical: … More Picture it & Write: The Crossing – Part Three
Here’s my week two edit for Robyn’s One-Four Challenge. This challenge asks that you edit the same picture in four ways over four weeks. For this second edit I cropped it a little looser in order to keep more of the tyre tracks on the sand in the foreground. Next, rather than just lightening the face of the … More One-Four Challenge: March Week Two
Here’s this week’s entry into Monday’s Finish the Story flash fiction challenge, run by Barbara W. Beacham. This challenge gives you a picture prompt and the first line and asks that you finish the story in 100-150 words. The given line is in italics. “On March 9th, 2015, three objects were reportedly seen in the … More Monday’s Finish the Story: Breaking News
When you lose electricity in a storm, do you light the candles or turn on the flashlight? How many of each do you own? I love to have a room lit by candlelight, so candles are always my first choice in a power cut. I have a lot of them! We also have a pair … More Share Your World 2015 – Week #10
Finale As the year draws to an end, exploding in an exuberant display of vibrant reds and golds; as the day fades towards night, bathing the world in a gentle glow, the beasts stand in line with no awareness of their fate. This is my entry into Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. I’ve never taken part with this one … More Finale
I took these pictures as I was heading back to the village last week. They’re not the best quality as they were taken on my phone which, unfortunately, doesn’t have the best camera, and it was also quite a dull day. But I was actually quite lucky to get any shots at all! A week or so earlier I … More A Murmuration of Starlings
This post is in response to Heena Rathore P.’s Word of the Week (WOW). This weekly meme is a great way of improving your vocabulary. If you wish to participate, simply create a post with your word and leave a link in a comment on Heena’s WOW post. Here’s my WOW for this week: Word felicitation … More Word of the Week (WOW): Felicitation
Due to multiple requests from readers and a plot bunny that decided to not leave me alone, here is a second part for this week’s Picture it and Write challenge using the photo prompt below. If you haven’t read part one or would like to remind yourself what happened, you can go here. I hope you like it! … More Picture it & Write: The Crossing – Part Two
It’s the first week of march and so time for a new image for Robyn’s One-Four Challenge. For this first edit I decided to keep it simple. First I cropped it to better showcase the tractor and boat, before brightening it slightly using the levels adjustment. I then increased the saturation and contrast. Finally I selected the … More One-Four Challenge: March Week One
This is my entry into the Picture it and Write creative writing challenge hosted by the authors of Ermiliablog. I’ve seen a number of entries for this challenge in my reader over the last few weeks but I’ve never before entered. I found the picture prompt this week so inspiring that I couldn’t resist having a write. I hope you … More Picture it & Write: The Crossing
This post is in response to Heena Rathore P.’s Word of the Week (WOW). This weekly meme is a great way of improving your vocabulary. If you wish to participate, simply create a post with your word and leave a link in a comment on Heena’s WOW post. Here’s my WOW for this week: Word effervescent … More Word of the Week (WOW): Effervescent
This is my entry for this week’s Friday Fictioneers Challenge run by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. This week’s picture prompt was provided by Dawn Q. Landau. The challenge is to write a story within 100 words. The Journey They weren’t together, her opinion was unchanged – they just happened to be travelling in the same direction. If at times they … More Friday Fictioneers: The Journey
I have been nominated by Nowathome to participate in the 5 Day Black and White Challenge and by Lrod to participate in the 5 Photos – 5 Stories Challenge. This post is my day 5 response to both. It took me a while to edit it down, but today’s story is right on my target – 500 words exactly. I hope … More The Mystery of the Stones
I have been nominated by Nowathome to participate in the 5 Day Black and White Challenge and by Lrod to participate in the 5 Photos – 5 Stories Challenge. This post is my day 4 response to both. I again managed to stay below 500 words. Yay! Today’s story is 450. Cobblestones The feel of the cobblestones beneath … More Cobblestones
I have been nominated by Nowathome to participate in the 5 Day Black and White Challenge and by Lrod to participate in the 5 Photos – 5 Stories Challenge. This post is my day 3 response to both. I was determined to keep today’s story a little shorter and set myself a word limit of 500. It came … More The Viewing Point
Here’s my fourth edit for Robyn’s One-Four Challenge. For this final edit I wanted to repeat the soft, dreamy look of week 2 but with a few changes. 1) I selected the crop used on last weeks image. 2) I wanted to reduce the brightness of the whites on the ponies backs, an issue that had been raised in previous … More One-Four Challenge: February Week Four
I have been nominated by Nowathome to participate in the 5 Day Black and White Challenge and by Lrod to participate in the 5 Photos – 5 Stories Challenge. This post is my day 2 response to both. I’d originally intended to write a single little flash fiction piece for today’s picture, but then I started getting more ideas. … More The Phonebox
I have been nominated by Nowathome to participate in the 5 Day Black and White Challenge and by Lrod to participate in the 5 photos – 5 days challenge. Here’s my picture for day 1: Seeking Shelter They finally stumbled into the barn, windblown and muddied, as the first droplets of rain began to fall. … More Seeking Shelter
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All writers know the value of reviews to the success of their books. Yet most readers don’t review- even if they’ve really enjoyed the book – for a variety of reasons. Time is always a factor in the hectic, modern world. There are some people, of course, who simply don’t…
This post is in response to Heena Rathore P.’s Word of the Week (WOW). This weekly meme is a great way of improving your vocabulary. If you wish to participate, simply create a post with your word and leave a link in a comment on Heena’s WOW post. Here’s my WOW for this week: Word dilettante … More Word of the Week (WOW): Dilettante
Away from the pushing and shoving, from the crowds that jostle impatiently for place, you wait in the chill winter air. Cold light, cleansing in its purity, filters in through the iron and glass lattice of the cathedral-like roof. You close your eyes, tilt back your head and feel it wash over you. You tune … More Cee’s Which Way Challenge 2015: Week #7 – Station
This is my entry for this week’s Friday Fictioneers Challenge run by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. This week’s picture prompt was provided by Marie Gail Stratford. The challenge is to write a story within 100 words. He huddled in the corner of the room, cringing at the hate filled shouts, the banging, the shattering glass, that sounded from outside. … More Friday Fictioneers: Crystal Sickness
Here’s my third edit for Robyn’s One-Four Challenge. With a wary gaze she watches the world as her companion sleeps in blissful oblivion. For this week’s edit I had two things I knew I wanted to do. The first was to crop it in some way; the second was make it into a black and white image. All … More One-Four Challenge: February Week Three
Here’s this week’s entry into Monday’s Finish the Story flash fiction challenge, run by Barbara W. Beacham. This challenge gives you a picture prompt and the first line and asks that you finish the story in 100-150 words. The given line is in italics. Little did they know when the photographer took their picture that … More Monday’s Finish the Story: Frame-bound
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