Many thanks to Rochelle for hosting this Friday Fictioneers group and faithfully sending us prompts to set our computer keys a-dancing. CLICK HERE to join the fun. This morning before I even saw the prompt I was inspired to write something this time. Now how can I resist with such an opportune prompt?
This unique photo was submitted by Connie Gayer — possibly taken at her peril. At least I wouldn’t want to get that close to anyone with a shovelful of mud. I suspect the subject here will need a bath in more ways than one after this week is over. 😉
Photo c Connie Gayer
Book Review: Getting the Scoop
In this fabulous book gardening guru Russell Gayer gives valuable tips on growing everything from soup to nuts. Readers will be impressed by the list of awards he expects to win.
Full color illustrations throughout. In this photo he demonstrates how to plant peanuts, a underground crop. According to Gayer, the deeper you plant them the more peanuts you’ll harvest.
He does warn readers, though: “Before working the soil you should verify with your city engineer’s office just how deep the sewer lines are installed in your area, if you want to produce nuts and not soup.”
Made me smile. Thanks
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And your comment made me smile. Thanks for visiting. 🙂
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Dear Christine,
Actually I think there’s more peril for Russell if he dares cross Connie. 😉 I love this! I’m sure we’re all in for some dandy rebuttals from himself. (At least I hope so.) Well played, my dear.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you. I’m sure we are, too.
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I was looking for your little owl…
This was a fun romp, Christine. Loved it.
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Thanks. Enjoyed putting it together. 🙂
My owl disappeared at some point. Don’t know why, but the image is gone from my phone. I have to figure out how to download it again.
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LOL. That’s what he gets for flinging mud. 😉
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We’ve not heard the last of this. On his post he’s going to have something to say, methinks. 🙂
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Yup. Something about purple midgets I’d bet.
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Ha.. and not even a tasty soup… I would go nuts digging that deep…
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No tasty soup, but just think what all else you might unearth!
Watch out for buried electrical cables, though. I jabbed a shovel into the earth one day to remove a tiny tree that had sprung up among the ferns and there was this SNAP, followed by a little puff of smoke… I’d punctured some previous owner’s “home handyman wiring the garage.” job. 🙂
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Hehe! I see the water. So, soup it is! 😅
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Let’s just call it hydroponic gardening. Think how big the watermelons will get 😉
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You certainly entered into the spirit of things this week.
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“Guilty as charged, Your Honour.” 😉
Thanks for reading and leaving your comment.
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Ha, “awards he expects to win” 🙂
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These days you’re supposed to be an expert to write a book. How can I admit to readers that he hasn’t won anything yet? 😉
Thanks for your comment, Ali.
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Nice one, thanks for the chuckle.
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Thank you.
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Oh that’s a great take on the prompt. Loved the “review style” in which it was written.
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Thanks for your comment. I enjoyed writing it.
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Fun story, Christine. I, too, particularly liked ‘awards he expects to win’. I wonder if he will?
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Glad I could give you a chuckle. There’s a lot in how you state a “fact” — just look at the reporting done in our day. 🙂
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That was fun. And yes, I think he is hitting more soup than nuts in this picture…
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Remember, he’s only planting the nuts. Though perhaps he should go with watermelon. Shame to have all that liquid go to waste. 😉
Thanks for your comment, Trent. Don’t leave any undesirable photos of yourself lie around, eh.
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oh my, he’s really a man for all seasons. 🙂
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A pro at slinging the old shovel —and in the winter he can sit with his feet up and rake in the royalties from his book sales. 😉
Thanks for your comments.
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Bahahahahahaha hilarious
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Thanks. 😉
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Gardening guru? Awards he expects to win? Hahahaha 😀
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As we journalists know, it’s all in how you word the thing. 😉
Thanks for your comment — glad you enjoyed the humor.
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An imaginative fun take.
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Thank you1
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Witty, funny, loved it. Especially the soup and nuts.
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Thank you. It could be that he’s really tunneling his way into the bank building across the street, but I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt. 😉
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Love the straightforward review delivery that adds to the humour in this.
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Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for commenting. I’ve learned that humor sometimes works best straight up. (See P G Wodehouse.)
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Another fun write with Russell at the front of it all. This photo prompt has put
everyone in a fun summer mood. YAY … to Connie for giving us the tools to enjoy a little merriment.
Your review was spot on … loved it. I kinda wanted to get a copy.
Isadora 😎
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