Whatcha doing today?

[j.w]

On my way...

What he is shoving the moat mess off on you lad? He's really in for it now!

 

[j.w]

okay, just because I'm in 'that' sort of mood, been editing the novel I've tried to finish for THREE years now (subject/genre is specifically for my wife, something SHE'D read, so not in my wheelhouse, hence my procrastination...yeah, we'll go with that!) and have been sending 'teasers' to my wife via email (yeah, I like to see what reactions I can get; but you already figured that out about me...), I'm going to put one here. Won't even say where it occurs in the story...just something short, so don't anyone go rollin' their eyes...



[excerpt;


The hospital was well behind and the 502 was ahead; Rosslyn Hill, she absently corrected, preferring that name. It seemed to go with her mood and more, with her idea of how Britain was forming before her. And it had changed, her perception no longer a strange place in which the others all spoke more oddly than they had to. Or, she wanted them to, actually. It was she that was speaking oddly! This was their world...

“...and maybe mine, now” she said aloud, not caring who heard. A double decker red bus sloshed past but she’d learned not to walk too near the road. It wasn’t the #46, though.

The kiss swirled back, never having gone that far...

She’d seen the starkness brought on by winter, as well as the white coverlet of beauty on the Pergola. It was anchored by the fact she’d been with a man who’d woken her heart...again.

And yet different, as if the feelings were only just becoming new. Yes, like something new, and that thought brought the warmth in her chest higher, infusing nerve ends throughout her body! An electric thrill, but isn’t that the way love was supposed to feel?

Love? Certainly, it had all that but wasn’t it more? Early days with Zach breeched her mind and she gave them a quick fondle before opening her hand and letting them drift free. Yes, she’d known this feeling before...she would not deny it, but there was something different, a depth she couldn’t fathom. Not yet, anyway...

Flask Walk was it’s usual lantern-glow, the various shoppes hawking wares, tourists moving in and out of doorways, forms limned in fluorescent green inside. She trudged past them all, not hurrying but not dallying either; she’d gotten to the part of the date where her memory was foggy. There’d been the small pond on Inverforth lane, there in front of the house-on-the-hill, the one with all the darkened windows...

It had to have been the wine–there wasn’t any other explanation. And of course, she wasn’t blaming herself for that...a sadness though, crept as she knew she’d missed the last part of their date, and knew it was something she’d never get back...there was only one first date.

Ahead, she could see the Diner, or Lunch Stop as the tourists knew it, but she hadn’t thought of it that way for a while now. Staying to the far side, she thought she could see Kristin’s form, moving efficiently from counter to table, her pencil behind her ear, pad peeking out an apron pocket. She wanted to stop, this urge an insecurity she knew the waitress would help quell but that might mean she’d miss Graham. And that was the last thing she wanted–to miss the man who’d changed her world!

Most of the shoppes on this side of Flask Walk didn’t have awnings so when she saw the huge shadow in front of the Owl, it was easily recognizable. The small wall sconce didn’t do much to dispel that effect but there was enough light spilling out from between the owl-on-a-branch decal, that it wasn’t necessary. The urn with the amaranth looked the same, but was it? Wasn’t there bits that looked dead now? Well, winter had come, after all...



So now she was here and at the head of aisle Three, the strangeness grown into familiarity now all changed back into a different kind of weird. Oh, the books looked the same, as far as she could tell, stacked and neatly arranged. But they changed each time she came anyway, so hard to say. The silence should have had more to it, like...

...fluttering wings or cooing doves...

...neat piles of spilled seed, waiting for them...

...or infrequent scurrying of small feet across books and shelves...

And where were all the antique light fixtures, the tall floor lamps with ornate shades, or the over-abundance of candles, either in sconces or set on end tables spotted throughout the aisles....

A sudden thought occurred and she arched her neck skyward, knowing that with the faded light, it might not even be that visible...

But it was; the glass-stained dome was outlined, faintly, in silver-blue, with some odd colors splashing down at her from odd reflective angles. That’s when she realized–the dome was open!

[end excerpt]

there's 'more' one can glean, but ya has ta click on the white owl...if ye can find it...

Great job and would def read more! Looking for the owl now............see ya

 

[brokensword]

Great job and would def read more! Looking for the owl now............see ya View attachment 146873

thanks for the looksee, jDub; off you go on a 'wing' and a prayer...just glad the novel is finished re creation and only have the busywork of editing. Hoping to be done by the end of February.

 

[j.w]

@brokensword I can't find any owl except in your big photo and it's not clickable. Are you pulling our legs?

 

[brokensword]

@brokensword I can't find any owl except in your big photo and it's not clickable. Are you pulling our legs?

jw. just tested; it works. Want the direct link? The owl is on the main page with the guy with swords back to you and the woman with sword looking at you. Owl is upper right corner and I just clicked and winged my way to...

 

[j.w]

jw. just tested; it works. Want the direct link? The owl is on the main page with the guy with swords back to you and the woman with sword looking at you. Owl is upper right corner and I just clicked and winged my way to...

Now it's clickable. Maybe I did not let my computer warm up enough or somethin................darn computers!

 

[j.w]

@Gemma just doing a test to ask you if you can see @addy1 's gif of her 3 Yorki's down at her signature on the bottom of her posts?

 

[j.w]

Can anybody see or not see @j.w , @Lisak1 , @Dimelius , @brokensword or @addy1 's signature animated gifs? And does anyone else have animation in there signature?

 

[TheFishGuy]

Can anybody see or not see @j.w , @Lisak1 , @Dimelius , @brokensword or @addy1 's signature animated gifs? And does anyone else have animation in there signature?

I am on mobile right now and am not seeing yours, however I believe it appears when I am on desktop.

 

[j.w]

I am on mobile right now and am not seeing yours, however I believe it appears when I am on desktop.

Thanks so do you see any of the other peeps. Maybe let us know later when on your desktop.

 

[Dimelius]

Can anybody see or not see @j.w , @Lisak1 , @Dimelius , @brokensword or @addy1 's signature animated gifs? And does anyone else have animation in there signature?

spoke with Broken about it, i saw yours and not lisak1 and addy's ones.

 

[Dimelius]

Dog's walkin near the river...

 

[SarahT]

Can anybody see or not see @j.w , @Lisak1 , @Dimelius , @brokensword or @addy1 's signature animated gifs? And does anyone else have animation in there signature?

I no longer see @addy1 Yorkie GIF . I add the GIF / the yorkies from memory.

 

[yorkshire pudding]

Digging out a trench ready for my polytunnel

 

[j.w]

To @Dimelius , @addy1 , @Lisak1 and anyone else who has one or wants one.

I think the best way to be able to see our siggy's is to do it this way as there seems to be a problem w/doing it another way. I did it this way and everyone can see mine. Otherwise no one will see your siggy gifs except you and for some reason @brokensword as I think he can see them all.

I only take them off of a post on this forum, not from my files and not from a pm or from a siggy. I just posted them on one of my posts and then take them off there. They must be on a post. Do this if you like or don't but I tell you it works:

Highlight each image by scrolling upwards till it turns blue over the image. Rt click on it and choose copy. Go to siggy and click control V at the spot you want your gif. Use blank space (brokensword made for me) to add room between images. If images jump down move them back by holding and dragging back to where you want them. Click tab bar to move images where you want them also. Only choose images from forum and not pm's. If anybody wants to add info to this then go ahead. Any help will be appreciated by those who wish to add to their signature. Also putting them in a straight line across the page helps keep space being used on forum to a better minimum for those on mobile devices that have to scroll a long way up to get to the posts. Hope this helps and not too confusing w/my chicken scratchings. Any questions, just ask

Here is the blank space in case you need it for adding space between more then one gif.
It is here you just have to scroll upwards in the area below to find it as it is clear and invisible due to blending into the background. It will turn blue as you click your pointer below it and slowly scroll upwards from the bottom of it.

To the right here :