stifling heat —
our dog's new friend
the ceiling fan

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dog days —
I stifle
a sneeze

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He pointed at features on the drawing. "See? This isn't the ankle. This, up to the hock, is all foot. And way up here is the #stifle — or what you'd call the knee."
"Is he always like this?" whispered one mother to another.
"Yes…" she sighed. "One of the risks of marrying a biologist." (3/3) #wss366

"A horse! But horses are unguligrade! This is clearly a digitigrade animal." He knelt down, picked up a crayon, and started to sketch a skeleton.
The girls watched raptly.
"On a horse, the joints are backward from what you'd expect." (2/3) #wss366

Two little girls were drawing with crayons while their mothers watched. Then a man walked into the room.
"Look at my drawing, daddy!" a little girl said.
"Is that a capybara?" he said, carefully inspecting the drawing. "Or a thylacine?"
"No!" she squealed. "It's a horse, daddy!" (1/3) #wss366

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waiting for the train
pigeons cooing
above the platform

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Today's Wandering Shop Stories prompt at Mastodon is #nob. Join in and tag it with #wss366. Visit https://wandering.shop/@wss366 for more info.

Would they have enough for the winter? Could they make their payments? How would they afford the next planting?
"Daddy!" his daughter shrieked. "Look! I won first prize!"
"Fantastic, honey!" he said. He set his worries aside. Tomorrow was tomorrow. Today was what mattered right now. (2/2) #wss366

Riley could feel the tension running through the #harvest festival. The kids and young folks were having a good time, enjoying the games and contests. But the older folks all knew how bad the harvest really was. They were worried and huddled together in small groups, speaking quietly. (1/2) #wss366

harvest moon —
it snickers
as we walk by

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haunted house —
harvesting the last
of the ghost peppers

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Today's Wandering Shop Stories prompt at Mastodon is #harvest. Join in and tag it with #wss366. Visit https://wandering.shop/@wss366 for more info.

sharpening the axe
I fell complacency

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As they hiked up toward the pass, he turned, listening.
"There is a #fell voice on the wind," he said.
"It's me, Larry," she said. "I've been asking you for an hour if we took the right turn back there. You said we'd be there by now drinking hot chocolate. Do you even know where we are?" #wss366

Ropes, a heavy fog,
#Fell in with the lawless pack—
𝘞𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 to feel 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.

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Today's Wandering Shop Stories prompt at Mastodon is #fell. Join in and tag it with #wss366. Visit https://wandering.shop/@wss366 for more info.

Grazing empty air,
Cheek to cheek, without a touch -
Distance, kept polite.

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