Tuesday – Anything Possible – Kreative Kue # 325 by Keith Channing

~ John W. Howell

In Keith’s words.

“Using this photo (below) as inspiration, write a short story, flash fiction, scene, poem; anything, really; even just a caption for the photograph. Either put it (or a link to it) in a comment or email it to me at keithchanning@gmail.com before 6pm next Sunday (if you aren’t sure what the time is where I live, this link will tell you). If you post it on your own blog or site, a link to this page would be appreciated, but please do also mention it in a comment here.

Go on. You know you want to. Let your creativity and imagination soar. I shall display the entries next Monday.”

The photo.

The Sign by John W. Howell © 2021

“Okay, I see them. What is this?”

“You won’t believe it.”

“Try me.”

“It’s a photo of two full moons.”

“I get that.  Why the photo of two full moons.”

“Well, it is actually a photo on one moon but taken at different times.”

“You want me to say they are lovely? Okay, they are lovely.”

“No, that’s not what I want you to say. I want you to look closely at the two moons. I took the photos so you could compare.”

“Very well. One is a little lighter, and I notice it has rotated so that the impressions are in a different place in relation to the axis.”

“Very good. Anything else?”

“Well, there is some kind of hairy thing on the lighter moon.”

“Exactly. What do you think it is?”

“I have no idea. Do you?”

“It’s a signal.”

“A signal? What kind of signal.”

“It says 73 Question mark. Look right here in the manual is the answer.”

“I can’t look over there. What does it say in the manual?”

Okay, I’ll quote. “When the sign 73 question mark is shown, rose leaves are ready to eat.”

“You’re kidding. Rose leaves are ready to eat. That’s great news.”

“I know, right. You want to see for yourself.”

“Put that damn manual away, and let’s get to the roses. But, wait, how far are they?”

“Pretty big treck. Across the wide green space and then over the mulch barrier to the bush.”

“How long will it take?”

“If we start now and go straight through, we can be there by tomorrow night. I would suggest we travel at night, though.”

“How long will that take?”

“It will be two days.”

“Do we have that kind of time, and why by night?”

“Yes, the 73 season is at least two weeks long. We need to travel by night cause that confounded Robin is still patrolling the yard. He sleeps at night.”

“Well, okay then. Let’s wait until nightfall.”

“Since we are green, we don’t have to worry about being spotted in the day.”

“Good point. It is so nice being a caterpillar.”

“Till the pupa stage.”

“Let’s not talk about that now. Let’s revel in the 73 question mark season while we can.”

83 thoughts on “Tuesday – Anything Possible – Kreative Kue # 325 by Keith Channing”

    1. Thanks, Keith. About the pattern. Since I don’t have the background I have to take a very close look at anything unusual. I know it was a tree branch but that’s not a very big story. 😁

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  4. Dear John,
    great! Well, don’t worry about Mr. Robin. He is friendly and will cause no problem even if you would go at day time.
    Wishing you a great day
    The Fab Four of Cley
    🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

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    1. Thank you, Mae. The story came out of a big ole caterpillar on The Producer’s rose bush. She is totally against insecticides, but not adverse to giving the caterpillar a boost to eternal life.

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  15. I did not know that caterpillars did anything except eat. Eat, eat, eat. Just what is this reading manual and looking up. Can’t you see I am eating ! Okay and we dodge bird beaks. Evil bird beaks…

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      1. Actually it is rare very rare to find caterpillars on daylily plants let alone the flower. The single day nature of the bloom could be a defense against them. Still by all means read the manual. Except I am busy ea… being eaten.

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    1. It was a commitee project sponsored by the office of critical resources. It was intended to be used to weaponize the caterpillar but then the progressive left sponsored legislation that forbade such descreate discrimination. The rest, as they say, is history.

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  26. Season 73 seems to be THE season. I think they best not take chances… they could look mighty juicy to a hungry robin.
    Your imagination knows no bounds!

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