For the Daily Prompt: thwart.
“A thwart is a strut placed crosswise (left/right) in a ship or boat, to brace it crosswise.
thwart
Category Archives: Lake Matinenda
each day
For the Daily Prompt: present.
Each day and each night, every sunrise and every sunset, is a gift.
Taken at Lake Matinenda in 2006.
victorious
For the Daily Prompt: courage.
My son, in 2006. I think he is celebrating a hit… in a mud fight.
mud fight
For the Daily Prompt: courage.
In 2006, I am photographing the cousins all swimming and a mud fight starts…. oh. Should I stop it? “No rocks!” I say. My sister chimes in, “Don’t throw mud at us!” My daughter prudently gets out.
practice
For the Daily Prompt: courage.
The small boys practicing their imaginary battles. Lake Matinenda, 2006.
butter wouldn’t melt
For the Daily Prompt: rube.
Butter wouldn’t melt in their mouths… what mischief is this group planning?
gold
For the Daily Prompt: rube.
I am thinking of Rube Goldberg, here: https://www.rubegoldberg.com/education/. I think of his fabulously complicated drawings of imaginative machines.
And the gold is these cousins, of very different ages, interacting and having a wonderful time. Taken in 2006 at Lake Matinenda.
