Hurrah! I for one (of many!!) am so pleased this is back as it has been sorely missed.
Thank you Sue for resuming the challenge, but we all appreciate that health matters must come first.
Please check out Sue’s introductory post listing the small differences, some of which are below:
Each week, on a Thursday morning, I will post a photograph from my archive along with a prompt word.
The prompt runs from Thursday to Tuesday each week, so please submit your link by midnight (GMT) the following Tuesday (26th January).
Depending upon how I am feeling, I will still reblog some of the posts as they come in, though not as many as before and I will try to maintain a round-up post each week in which I will share a little bit about the previous week’s prompt, though this is the bit with which time and health may interfere, so please ensure you leave your link in the comments!
This week’s prompt ~ Return
For visually challenged writers, the image shows a solitary figure on a rocky ledge, holding a staff and silhouetted against a pale sky.
She saw him every day standing on the ridge looking down into the valley.
How she yearned to wave and approach him, but knew it was forbidden.
She had heard stories of course about lost sons, husbands, fathers, and how he represented those perhaps no longer of this earth.
It was an honour to be chosen for this task, one not to be taken up lightly as it required great sacrifice. Such as his had been.
It was a solitary life, the villagers bringing food and blankets under cover of darkness to the small dwelling that became his home.
He had no human contact, his only company the animals that visited for scraps, and the birds that sang their melodies of lament every day.
He was not to know that she was his daughter, had not been aware of her conception.
So every day he would take his place in all weathers, a sentinel and guardian of their tiny village, watching and waiting for those lost to return.
That’s such a haunting take on the photo.
First thing that hit me Gary.
Melancholy. The loneliness struck me too.
Thanks Jane.
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Such a beautiful story Di.
thanks!
You’re welcome 😉
Thank you for sharing the prompt, Di… and for such a take on the photo too! Such a role may well be solitary, but with dedication, perhaps not as lonely as it might appear.
It was a good opener!
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Wow. The sadness and longing is palpable.
Thanks Val.
Excellent!
thanks
How beautiful is this , a sad but lovely story. How nice that Sue’s #writephoto is back 💜💜💜
definitely.
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Perfect story for the image Di. Great to have this prompt back 🙂
I’m so pleased Sue feels up to it.
I love this! Nicely done Di! ❤
thanks!
“watching and waiting for those lost to return”
What a cool take on the prompt and that the narrator was his daughter makes it even richer.
Thank you. I’m glad you liked it.
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Fantastic! Hey, I think I used to comment a lot on your posts in the past. I took a break for about 2 years (was working full time) and went through a couple lay-offs, one just a week ago…so I decided to pop back into the blog-o-sphere. Wasn’t sure if I was going to stay, but it seems I’ve got some time on my hands. So….how are things for you?
Hi Sandi
things are good. How are you? Long time away.
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