Weekly Photo Challenge: Extra, Extra

Somewhere near Hamilton, Texas. I was taking the photo of the antelope and only saw the dog when I reviewed the photo on the computer monitor.

Antelope with Great Pyrenees guard dog

Antelope with Great Pyrenees guard dog

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Same thing here. I was interested in the lemons on the desktop and only saw the dog photo in my photo when I looked at it on the computer monitor.

Photo of lemons on a desktop with a photo of a dog behind the lemons

Lemons with canine

Weekly Photo Challenge: Extra, Extra

My Fan Club

My very own fan club. All they want is for me to bring the food and get out of the way! And those White-winged doves may sound docile with their cooing, but they don’t play well with others. I’m going to rethink that clichéd reference about the hawk and the dove, that’s for sure.

Doves and one grackle feeding

One of these things is not like the other

Friday Fiction: The Crane

Masako stayed where she fell, freezing and exhausted. A silhouette blocked the light and she looked up: a crane. Not this high on Mount Fuji, she thought; she must be hallucinating, close to death. The crane shielded her from the falling snow, nudging her until she arose. Masako stumbled, following it to a crevice on the cliff where she sheltered until the storm passed, beneath wings of refuge and warmth.

Another such storm, tonight. Masako closed her eyes, knowing the crane will appear in her dreams. In the morning she will climb the mountain and rescue the one safeguarded there.

Friday Fictioneers photo prompt; copyright Douglas M. McIlroy

Friday Fictioneers photo prompt; copyright Douglas M. McIlroy

Friday Fictioneers: Write a 100-word story based on the photo prompt.