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Red curls cascaded whimsically around her as though she were a mermaid come to meet me on the docks. Sometimes it felt that way actually. She had vivid green eyes that always danced with light, as though reflecting the stars even in the middle of the day. During the summer, we were inseparable; her family rented a house on the lake next to ours, but the rest of the year she was far away. I liked to imagine she was under the ice, just as anxious to come back into my world as I was to have her there. When I would go skating, I would pretend she swam under me, keeping pace with my blades. Did she think of me the same way?
-Eliabeth Hawthorne
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I like the way the hair being cut away prompted memories.
I liked it because of how many places you could go with it. Violent crime, moment of passion, whimsical friend. 🙂 Can’t wait to see what you post.
http://mythoughtsonthesubjectareasfollows.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/simple-night/ Hope you enjoy!
Very lovely and intimate. Gave me goosebumps; thanks for contributing.
Yours triggers great memories from mychildhood. Great writing!
Why thank you. After my last one, I wanted to write something happier, but also find an image that could be dark. I love finding versatile pictures. 🙂
Lovely. We sort of went the same direction this week. Well done. I loved this phrase; “I would pretend she swam under me, keeping pace with my blades. Did she think of me the same way?”
Here is mine.http://musingsfromtheturnippatch.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/picture-it-write-112412/
Oh I really liked it. I’m a hopeless romantic, so this was beautiful and heartwarming to read. Thanks for being a Picture it & Write contributor. I really enjoy reading your writing.
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that’s a great photo… and i love the writing as well.. i love too that there are so many directions that you can go with the photo! ^^ here’s mine http://theeclecticeccentricshopaholic.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/picture-it-and-write-ii/
Absolutely beautiful. You painted a wonderful picture and I really loved the ending; great message.
-Eliabeth
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Here is my offering for this week
Enjoy
Joe
Okay I’m officially crying. It touched that sad but happy emotion that is impossible to describe.
The as-long-as-I’m-living-my-baby-you’ll-be button.
Well said Anne! I’m going to steal that line!
Yours is so sweet…! I wonder too, Elizabeth?
My little contribution for this week is:
http://abcofspiritalk.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/picture-it-write-her-red-locks/
What do you wonder Carolyn? (btw it’s Eliabeth, no z. :D)
I wondered if your character would miss ‘him’ during ‘the rest of the year’…
I must have become very involved with the writing…! I did…!
Even with such a short piece as this, I ‘lived’ it..
I think that’s the sign of a ‘good’ piece…! 😉
I am sooooo sorry. It is amazing what the eye will do. Obviously, I have been ‘seeing’ a ‘z’ every time I’ve looked at your signature… I shall correct this immediately.. 🙂
That is the sign of a great piece. I love getting lost in writing. Don’t feel bad about the name; it started out as a typo from Elizabeth.
“Lost in writing.” A sure sign…! 😉
How interesting about your name! It definitely has a somewhat ‘mysterious’ nature. From where does she hail? What would her history be? Is she from an English speaking background?
That sort of thing… I like it…! 🙂
I’ve never been particularly good at spelling and even worse when there’s a keyboard involved. I signed up for a forum with the username Elizabeth (or so I thought) but I couldn’t log in to save my life. When I had them resend my username an password, I decided it was such a lovely name that I just had to keep it. Same thing happened with character names Isole (Isolde) and Aremis (Artemis).
Some things are just meant to be!
What a lovely story… 😉
I wonder how many other ‘character names’ have been created in the same way? Definitely before ‘Spell Check’ I’m sure there would have been some…!
Thank You for telling me that precious tale… It is lovely to be ‘flexible’ enough to have allowed yourself that freedom…!
Haha, I think you have to be flexible to be a writer. Sometimes the characters take you an entirely different direction than you originally intended.
How true…! 🙂
If I just lay here silently,
No one will notice me.
My mind is working every angle
I have to make sure I don’t entangle
my body with this floor,
even though my body is so sore.
Stay strong and fight on
is what they always said.
If only I knew what that door led
me to, if I did, I would have stayed
with you.
– Otheus
Interesting. I’m not sure why, but it has a white rabbit Alice in Wonderland vibe to it for me.
Ack! This made me remember getting my hair stuck in the floorboards before.
yikes! How did you manage that Anne?
Just lying down on a floor like this one! My mom had to cut me loose with scissors.
:O sad! Good thing this isn’t In Time. I would grow Rapunzel Hair until I turned 18 since I could always slowly cut it, but I could never grow more.
That’s so cool about your name! Not really that far from how I ended up with Flower Anne. 🙂
I always wanted red hair
Just like Princess Bea
With soft and wavy tresses
Blowing wild and free
I tried a rinse
But it washed out
Turning white towels pink
All I wanted was red hair
I scratched my head to think
I went to the department store
The posh one in the town
I tried for size a wig or too
And opted for reddy brown
No bag required I told the assistant
I’ll wear it now today
I took a walk along the pier
And it blew right away!
Very cute… Well done..! 🙂
🙂 very cute indeed! enjoyed reading it ^^
[echos the cute] I always wanted hair this color, but I never dared.
I’ve actually died my hair this color. I really liked it.
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I enjoyed that drift back to childhood, and read two other really good ones as well.. carolynpageabc’s and kz’s both stunning. Here’s mine – http://managuagunntoday.wordpress.com/2012/11/26/picture-it-write-3-one-clue-less-than-needed/
thank you 🙂
Here is my writing exercise!
Awe, what a great glimpse into a character’s life.
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Hi Ermiia, Yours was lovely -like a fairytale.
Pls find my write-up here
http://call2read.com/2012/11/26/picture-it-and-write/
Love it. Sometimes when you try to hard, it comes out looking or feeling forced. This was a perfect example of that.
wonderful imaginative idea and here is mine in form of a poem!
“My soul misses the moments of such ardor,
When my day began by kissing the beautiful hair,
night being its espouse…”
Absolutely beautiful. I hope to one day find someone who starts the morning in a similar manner.
Thanks a lot for liking and letting me be a part of it!
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I am so late! I’m sorry, life’s crazy!
Here we go: http://cenicitas.com/2012/11/27/red/
You’re never late. You’re more than welcome to post on the images until the end of time. We’re always excited to see what people come up with. 😀 Please never feel limited to a week’s response time.
That’s good to know! 😀
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Here is my entry for this week. Great pic to use the old noodle on!
http://ericmvogt.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/one-new-england-summers-day/
Thanks for the challenge! 🙂 Eric
I really liked the “held her all night, awake.” I’m glad you enjoyed the picture and hope you return to join us in future weeks. 🙂
My little contribution goes here
http://scraps-from-life.blogspot.in/2012/11/silent-witness.html
I like the open ending. It left me wondering what happens, why they won’t be there tomorrow.
Less than a week late this time! Here’s Picking Locks.
Baahahahahaha I like this one.
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Here’s mine! Sunday Girl
Somehow she’s always found a way to make my faults seem less of a burden and more like little odd gifts that only I had.
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