Fic Simplicity

It's been a while, hasn't it?

Where I live, it's been about 10 degrees (that's Fahrenheit) hotter than it should be for this time of year. Which makes me grateful for the line of trees that separate our property from the one next door. They're only a driveway-width from the house, and in the summer, makes our home nearly invisible from satellite imaging. (I've seen it with Google maps!) When they were planted, they had a specific purpose: to help cool the house in the days when air conditioning was non-existent.

So, prompt #48 is:

Shade

Have fun!

This new prompt just sort of jumped out at me as I've been having a heck of a time keeping one of mine running properly.

What am I talking about?

Prompt #47: Appliances

This can mean the major ones like the fridge, washer, dryer, stove, oven, dishwasher, air conditioner, heater, or the little ones, like mixers, blenders, irons, vacuum cleaners... whatever you have at home that you use to make your everyday life easier--until it breaks, that is!

My particular bugbear right now? My washing machine. I've put enough money into trying to repair it that I could have bought a new one!

I know that some states in the U.S. haven't seen a lot of this, but where I live we've been blessed with plenty of it. So much so that we wouldn't mind sharing, and getting some of what the northern states have been dealing with.

What is this bounteous commodity I'm talking about?

Prompt #46: Sunshine.

Lots of interpretations available, and plenty of scope for the imagination. So have fun with it.

And if you can, send us some cool rain. I'll gladly trade you some heat and sun. ;D

Title: Home
Author: vespurrs
Fandom: Knight Rider
Characters: Bonnie
Rating: G
Disclaimer: I don't own them, and I'm not making any money off of them. They belong to Glen A. Larson, Universal/MCA, and probably NBC. I'm just playing in their sandbox.
Notes: I've just been in a writing sort of mood, I guess. This is my first post here.
Prompt: #45, 'Front porch'.

( Mornings on the road. )

Wow. It's been well over a year since the last prompt. I was discussing prompts and drabbles with a friend today and realized that there hadn't been a prompt here for a long time.

So, back in the saddle and all that...

Prompt #45 is: Front Porch.

Around here, a front porch is almost a given, though I don't have much of one (it was turned into more living room space). People usually have their plants out there, perhaps a swing... it's where people gather, or sometimes just sit to watch the world go by. I'd include a front stoop or steps as well, if that's what inspires you.

I hope it does! Let's get back to writing about the little things in life.

Title: Gardening
Fandom: Star Trek, Alternate version of the Mirror Universe
Pairing: None directly referenced
Rating: PG-13 for goofy but dirty humour
Disclaimer: I don't own it. Parts belong to Paramount, TVOntario and SLWatson.
Notes: This is a Housewarming Fic of sorts for sl_walker, who just moved and dealt with the stress that comes from that. It's based off of a picture that Steff drew as a joke.
Prompt: Garden

( Check out this cucumber! )

Summer's in full sultry swing here, and down in the South we have what the meteorologists euphemistically call the "summer time pattern". It's hot all day, the cumulus clouds slowly become cumulonimbus clouds, and we get isolated thunderstorms - sometimes pretty scary ones, too!

So, prompt #44 is: Thunderstorm

This can be the literal thing, or an emotional thunderstorm. A temper tantrum, a tirade, the name of an animal... it's all good. 

Have fun!

PS: it might be helpful to update the list of prompts so people posting new ones don't have to go hunting back through the posts to find out if what they have in mind has been posted before. Thanks!

Title: Coming Online
Fandom: Thunderbirds
Characters: John Tracy, Scott Tracy
Rating: All
Disclaimer: Gerry and Sylvia Anderson created them. ITV/Granada owns them. Just writing for my pleasure and that of others.
Notes: Inspired by darsynia's "First lines" meme. Take a first line from one of her fics and go with it. The line I chose is underlined. Thanks to Hobbeth for being a sounding board. A departure from the norm; a ficlet, not a drabble.
Prompt: #43, Birdsong


 

Spring has sprung and the birds are back in town, the swallows have returned to Capistrano... all that good schtuff.

So, your prompt today is: Birdsong.

I think this can have a lot of applications and is simple enough for the comm. So let the red, red robin come bob, bob, bobbin' along, and have fun!