Sunday, June 12, 2011

Succinctly Yours... lavender


“How low can you go?” asks Grandma at Grandma’s Goulash about her new meme Succinctly Yours.
Use the photo provided, she says, as inspiration for a story of 140 characters OR 140 words.
Use the word of the week in your story, Grandma continues. This part is optional.
This week’s word is “lavender”.
Goosey Gander and his mate looked at the lavender-blue of the lake. “Honk, honk. Race you to the other side," he said.
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26 comments:

  1. I see Google has returned all your followers.

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  2. This is fun. Thanks for this.

    Have a good week, Boonie

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  3. Very good, love the last line, of course they are going to race to the other side.

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  4. Kay girl that was just too cute and the picture of the geese was perfect for it !
    Joy : )

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  5. wow I love lavender, my favorite perfume and flower!
    Hugs and happy Sunday
    Léia

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  6. oh, brilliant!

    ...and i love lavander-blue...awesome.

    betty

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  7. Now you've got me thinking! You've done well with your story.

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  8. Fun story! I like the "honk, honk," and your use of the word of the week worked well. These two sound like they're going to have a fun day.

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  9. Being a good gander, I'll bet he lets her win the race. Cute SY!

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  10. I think you probably read Mr. Gander's mind. Love how you worked lavender into the story.

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  11. Hey! That's fun and you are always good at this sort of game.

    Congrats! Your captions have again been selected. I've 2 links to your blog!

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  12. Racing geese across a pond! I'd love to see it ;-)

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  13. I have been meaning to drop by and introduce myself for a while now.

    Hi I am Jen, from Muddy Boot Dreams, and I am thrilled to meet another Canadian!!!!

    Great short story, you win in my book.

    Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams

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  14. A nice cute one this week! (Love the "honk, honk"...)

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  15. Great entry! Very beautiful shot! And funny story! Loved it! Honk honk!
    Thanks for sharing, Kay;o)
    Have a nice and happy week!

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  16. Wow, this was fun...I can't help but wonder; who was it, that won?

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