A little known fact from history, the reason why Nelson claimed not to see, the signal from the hierarchy was because he didn’t have either a 20 or a 50 p.
Sammiscribbles weekend writing prompt #362 #Re. Birth
Venus rises from the sea
her classic beauty, quite divine
captured by the painters eye
intriguing viewers over time
coquettish though her stately pose
suggests that though she may be shy
carefully placed pale arms and hands
and one arm resting carefully
leaves one milk white breast exposed
and flowing locks so modestly
preserving her virgin dignity
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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #286 #Our once beloved country
How sad, Cheddar Gorge is just a shell of its former self.
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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #285 #Magic melody
From high up in the hawthorn tree
a beautiful song drifted down to me
I couldn’t see the melodic bird
but instantly knew what I had heard
not a skylark or even nightingale tweet
but a songthrush with its song so sweet.
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Sammiscribbles weekend writing prompt #361 #Etymologically speaking
During the early to late Middle Ages the general population well, mainly the breadwinner, enjoyed only one holiday each year, invariably a pilgrimage spent visiting a religious shrine. At the numerous pilgrim way service stations or inns catering for the travellers, drinks were served on trays of either wood or metal which were often stolen as souvenirs of the journey, hence the term, gone astray, the owners would thus feel betrayed and hired blonde, ample-breasted, tartan mini-skirted, stocking clad serving wenches in white blouses carrying nine tankards in each hand to serve tables.
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Sammiscribbles weekend writing prompt #359 #Know the Bard
Prospero, Alonso, Ariel and Gonzalo
Caliban, Adrian, even Francisco
if you are wandering from where came these names
then reading,”The Tempest,” should surely be your aim.
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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #282
Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.) You respond with something CREATIVE Here are some suggestions: An answering photo A …
Crimson’s Creative Challenge #282
I can only imagine that Charon is on his Easter break
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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #284 #Do gooders eh.
Wearing dayglo, his cycling helmet back to front
we know he’s a typical safety conscious idiot
while missing the sign he’s run into the bush
I think it’s time he went home for lunch
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