The Book Heist.

Your Daily Word Prompt & Word of the Day Challenge. 31/7/19. Max and Keef were skulking in the shadow, scoping out the security. They’d had wind of a rare first edition coming into the local book shop, reportedly worth a nice five figure sum, and couldn’t resist the opportunity on offer. They doubted security would...

An exercise in Green.

Doodlewash, WorldWatercolorMonth. Favorite colour. My favorite colour is green in all its forms so todays challenge was a dream. Thanks Doodlewash.

Z = ZANY

Z = ZANY. LillBlu’s A to Z challenge.. 25/7/19 Just Me. People think I'm zany, as I go about my day. They all think I'm zestful, but this is just my way. They all see me zig-zag, around my many a task. I wish I were zygomorphous! At this, I cannot last. Everything is zonal...

Anything that flies!

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge Fantasy.Dragons at Caerphilly Castle. Reality.1 hour old, Hand-reared Elephant Hawk Moth. Thanks Cee for another great challenge, as always. Don't forget to check out all the other amazing entries by following the link.

Blooms

Weekly Prompts Photo Challenge - Bloom Holidaying in Wales I came across these beauties growing in a waste bit of field. They brightened my day for sure. Beauty and danger all rolled into one. Mother nature at her best. Hope you enjoyed today's challenge. Don't forget to follow the link word/title back to the original...

Y = YHA Llanddeusant

Y = YHA Llanddeusant. LillBlu’s A to Z challenge.. 24/7/19 As my regular readers will know, the Bears and I have just returned from a weeks road trip around our neighboring country, Wales. By far the best experience had was at the YHA in Llanddeusant and after a conversation with the manager we learnt that...

Morals, Mother & God!

Written in response to, and containing the following prompts: FPQ; Do you believe that one can be moral without believing in God or being religious, or do you believe that you must believe in God in order to have a moral compass and to live a moral life? YDWP; Delimited and The Daily Spur Photo...

Home at Last!

Road-Trip 2019. LLandudno, LLandeusant, Brecon Beacons National Park and Cardiff have been all the places we have laid our heads this last week on our yearly, epic road trip. Roughly a thousand miles has been traveled in the aging Scenic and we are all a little surprised that at 16 years old, she actually made...

W = WALES

W = WALES. LillBlu’s A to Z challenge.. 26/7/19 Hey guys, I'm still here. I didn't announce before hand (for security reasons) but I'm on holiday until sunday, in Wales. I had planned on blogging my way around this beautiful country but the reality of it is Wales has no internet signal out in the...

X = X-RAYS

X = X-RAYS. LillBlu’s A to Z challenge.. 24/7/19 I have never had much luck when it comes to my health and well-being. Right from being little I have always been in and out of hospital for one problem or another; or some accident I've had. By the time I was ten I had been...

V = VALUE

V = VALUE. LillBlu’s A to Z challenge.. 22/7/19 Never underestimate the value of those in your life, for whatever reason they are there; for when they are gone, the world is a very empty place. As the track of my mental health progresses I have isolated myself from people in order to protect them...

U = UNDERESTIMATE

U = UNDERESTIMATE. LillBlu’s A to Z challenge.. 21/7/19 Don't underestimate me, I'm as tall as a tree, don't ever never, ever never, put down on me I wanna be, gunna be, me; you'll see. Don't underestimate me, there's none like me, You'll never ever, never ever, find another like me Cos I wanna be,...

S = STUDY

S = STUDY. LillBlu’s A to Z challenge.. 20/7/19 I love being a student. Since leaving school, which I hated, all I have done with my life is raise children and study. I've been a brick layer and builder, a painter and jewellery maker. I've trained as and been an administrator and mentor, tutor and...

Positive Flow.

Your Daily Word Prompt, Word of the Day Challenge & Writing Prompts Eradicate the parts you do not love about yourself and rebuild a life you can fall head over heals for. Stop fighting for a future you know you'll never have and aim higher than you have ever aimed before. Be wild, be daring,...

T = THERAPY

T = THERAPY. LillBlu’s A to Z challenge.. 19/7/19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLrnkK2YEcE How my head feels on a daily basis! OK so Therapy... I clearly am in need of some but I never realised how hard it would be to get. I have been trying now for the last year to access some kind of talking therapy...

EUPD in 130,000 BC!

50 Word Thursday Challenge #29, Your Daily Word Prompt & Word of the Day Challenge. Combined short story. "What are you doing Ellen?" Asked Dave. "You never sit still nowadays; what's the matter with ya?" Ellen tended to be insecure and worried. And it seemed as if in recent years she had mostly worried about losing...

Purple Beauties and Shades of Pink.

Cee's Photo Challenges - Flower of the Day & A Photo a Week Challeng: Shaeds of Pink I love this time of year. My garden comes alive with pinks in hues, smells and shape. How beautiful is this purple coloured Clematis above and the pink one below? They grow huge around my front door and the...

R = REMEMBER ME.

R = REMEMBER ME. LillBlu’s A to Z challenge.. 18/7/19 Remember me when I am gone, you forgot me whilst I lived I waited for the day you'd come, I never, ever hid I longed for you to come to me and say you'd stay forever You never called upon my door, not once, even...

Camping.

Doodlewash. JUNE 2019 ART CHALLENGE: Fun In The Sun! Today over on Doodlewash the prompt is camping. Couldn't be a better one for me as that happens to be my favorite pastime combined with my second favorite passion. I'll camp anywhere, any time. I love the outdoors and I love to paint too. Bonus! How...

Shadows at Weedly Springs.

Cee's Photo Challenges : Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Shadows Gate ShadowShadowed Tunnel EntranceShadows from inside If you ever have the opportunity to do a little 'off the path' exploring, then get your old maps out and look for railway lines. Many don't exist any longer, but many old line routes are still there and...

Q = QUEER

Q = QUEER. LillBlu’s A to Z challenge.. 17/7/19 I was called Queer the other day and I actually felt pretty mad about it. My best friend and I were at the park with BB3 and BB4, they were happily playing on the swings and my friend and I were sat on the benches. It...

The Trip.

Your Daily Word Prompt, Word of the Day Challenge & FOWC with Fandango “What time we got to be at the airport Keef?” Asked Max “6:30 Max, stop panicking.” “I’m not panicking, I’m checking nothing can go wrong this time.” Max was panicking, but he wasn’t about to let Keef have the satisfaction of knowing...

Satisfaction at last!

Weekly Prompts - Photo Challenge - Satisfaction Five years ago I wasn't just a different person on the inside, so much so that people I knew back then don't recognize me if I see them nowadays. I have always struggled with my weight; always been on the heavier side of the fence and always fought...

P = PARANOIA

P = PARANOIA. LillBlu’s A to Z challenge.. 16/7/19 Paranoia is terrifying. I have suffered with it to varying degrees for the majority of my adult life and only recently, with my EUPD diagnosis, have I come to understand it a little better. My whole life I have just assumed that everyone thought the way...

The aftermath.

THE DAILY SPUR. Photo Prompt - Waste. Max was deep in thought as he looked out of the window at the dreary day. After the waste of time the last job was, he was damned certain Keef wasn't going to be in charge of any more missions, that's for sure. It had taken an hour,...

Goliath.

Kira’s Sunday Scribbles 15/7/19. Goliath. Goliath hated going out with his mother; there was always death and destruction and she didn't care just how sad it made Goliath feel, why would she? Giants ate humans, that's the way it had always been! "But Mom! I don't want to eat human anymore... I want to be...

Nothing beats being a Mum.

Fandango’s Provocative Question #31 & Your Daily Word Prompt 15/7/19. What do consider to be the highlight of your life so far? Do you think it’s something that you might be able to exceed in the future?Fandango's Provocative Question #31 A tough question to answer for me for two reasons... Firstly, I'm a mum. Nothing in...

O = ODDBALLS

O = ODDBALLS. LillBlu’s A to Z challenge.. 15/7/19 Opinionated, that's me. Never shy with a word or two when asked. Defending the rights of the little guy, though it can be a task Deplorable behaviors I just cannot stand to see or to hear Behaving as such wont win you any friends here Agreeable...

N = NOBODY.

N = NOBODY. LillBlu’s A to Z challenge.. 14/7/19 A Poem about having nobody. No one but me from eight till half 3. No bear, no bears nobody to see no one but me from eight till half three OK, so I shouldn't be on my own, especially when I'm having a bad day. My...

Flight 200.

Your Daily Word Prompt , Word of the Day Challenge & Sunday Photo Fiction Found at last. Photo by Blair Fraser on Unsplash On the 22nd of March, at 2.15pm, flight 200 was eventually found. Its once opulent fuselage a mere shell of its former glory, no visual sign as to why the plane came down, and why...