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Weekly Contest #41
I bought the eggs because I wanted to make an omelette. Nothing odd about that. The usual stand at the farmers’ market, a box of a dozen eggs went into my bike-basket with the rest of the groceries. I paid. I took them home. All perfectly normal actions.On opening the egg box, I was noticed one of the eggs was an odd greenish-blue. It was also slighter larger than the other eggs. I wondered if it was a duck egg or, better still, a double yolker. The moment I cracked it I was immediately proven wrong on both points.Into my mixing bowl fe...
Weekly Contest #39
“I spy with my little eye?” you prompt.We are lying on a rough blanket on rougher ground, our faces turned up towards the appearing stars above. We have had a romance of sky-watching. This evening is no different. I look at the moon which is rising beyond the eucalyptus trees. The silhouette of the branches and dangling leaves is stark against the white disk.“I spy loose leaves in a tea-cup.”You laugh. “That eucalyptus scent is so strong. I can smell it from here.”We breathe in at the same time and, though I am not looking at you, I can sens...
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