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Friday Fictioneers — An Engineering Marvel

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“Stop!” Bill shouted at Veronica, who stopped mid-step.

“What?” Veronica asked Bill. “You scared the bejesus out of me!”

“You almost walked right into an enormous spider web,” Bill said. “Step back over here so you can see it. It’s huge.”

Veronica stepped back to where Bill was standing. “Oh wow,” she said, “it is huge. I would have hated to step into that.”

“You have to appreciate it, though,” Bill said. “It’s an engineering marvel, isn’t it?”

“Whatever,” Veronica said. She picked up a thin tree branch from the ground and started slashing at the web. “I hate spiders.”

(100 words)

Written for Rochelle Wisoff-Fields’ Friday Fictioneers prompt. Photo credit: Rochelle Wisoff-Fields.

My Last Photo — December ‘23

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Brian, aka Bushboy, posted his monthly Last on the Card prompt, where he asks us to…

  • Post the last photo from your camera’s SD card or the last photo from your phone taken in the month of December.
  • No editing — who cares if it is out of focus, not framed as you would like, or the subject matter didn’t cooperate?
  • No explanations needed — just the photo will do.
  • Create a pingback to Brian’s post or link in the comments.
  • Use the tags “The Last Photo” and #LastOnTheCard.”

I’m offering up two photos this month. The first photo below was not the last one I took on my iPhone in December. It was actually taken on Christmas Eve at around 5 pm, just as the sun was setting. Other than being resized (shrunk), it was not touched up at all. The colors are true to what I saw.

This next photo actually was my last photo in December, taken yesterday morning. I was experimenting with my iPhone’s macro capabilities when I came across the spider web on our wire fence at the back of our property line. The morning was damp and foggy and I wanted to see if I could capture the morning dew drops clinging to the threads of the web. I thought it turned out okay, but I think I need more practice taking macro photos with my iPhone.