Photo: Crispina Kemp
He could never abide a wiggle.
Not a wriggle. Not a waver. Not the smallest bit of leeway.
Give an inch they’ll want a mile. He was one for nipping any jiggle in the bud.
Sure, the place was old, but it was built a-sturdy, and it stood the test of time. A war. A drought. A famine. Years could lend a touch of wrinkle, but that was no excuse for creaky hinges or a swinging that was anything but right.
Doors should no more need replacing than the people who had built them. Neither ought be done away with when they’re ripe.
So at the very start of wobbling, he cut a bar to measure, took the hammer and the odd-and-ends crate, and firmly nailed the wood across the geriatric slats.
Not unlike the way the surgeon had patched his hip and clinched his femur on to that.
For Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative Challenge
Na'ama Yehuda 
Well done for picking out that feature. And then to build the story round it
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Thank you, Crispina! I love this kind of photos, and the stories they tell. This one has many, I would think! 🙂
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I do try to find photos with multiple stories
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🙂
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You are so creative!
I love this!
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Yay! Thank you!!!
I do love it that you loved it … and … my brain does have odd associations, so might as well run with it … (well, most of the time … 😉 )
xoxo
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Absolutely you must! It’s great for us, your readers! 🙂
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Whew … can you imagine what would happen if I was told I could no longer follow those odd associations? I think my brain would implode … 😉
Yay for creativity!! XO
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No worries of anyone ever telling you that… and if they did, send them to me. I’ll fix ’em.
Yay for creativity! Mind is too damn tired to come out and play.
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Yay, I have a ‘fixer’! 😉
And … oy for being too tired to come out and play – time for some rest, my friend? I think you worked all weekend. xoxo
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Yes, you do!
I am in the first of three days of rest and tomorrow comes with a full-body 1.5 hour massage which will hopefully bring some things to rights… xoxo
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xoxo
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