The Gardens at Weatherbury
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Comment from poetwatch
So, Yvette, this is the second chapter due for August? I got mine almost finished. I'm just trying to limit the word count and continue with the story without falling flat on my face. I like your Garden story and wonder how far Nicholas will get with all those fairy tales. :) How do you do it? Don't you ever sleep? ;) Thank you for sharing.
reply by the author on 17-Jul-2019
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So, Yvette, this is the second chapter due for August? I got mine almost finished. I'm just trying to limit the word count and continue with the story without falling flat on my face. I like your Garden story and wonder how far Nicholas will get with all those fairy tales. :) How do you do it? Don't you ever sleep? ;) Thank you for sharing.
Comment Written 16-Jul-2019
reply by the author on 17-Jul-2019
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No....this is chapter one. :) ;) I made last month's chapter one into the prologue cuz it fit better with the timeline that my brain came up with when I started this one! ;) ;) i promised folks I would do one chapter a month so, this is July's. :) :) Thanx for stopping by, Jose, and take care over there this evening! :) ;) Yvette
Comment from Sally Law
Delightful and magical. Your descriptions took me there and I was ready to pull up me skirt and dance a jig. A fine entry and story continuation, dear Yvette. Well done!!
Sending you my best today as always,
Sal xo
reply by the author on 17-Jul-2019
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Delightful and magical. Your descriptions took me there and I was ready to pull up me skirt and dance a jig. A fine entry and story continuation, dear Yvette. Well done!!
Sending you my best today as always,
Sal xo
Comment Written 16-Jul-2019
reply by the author on 17-Jul-2019
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Thanx, Lady Sal -- I'm having fun with this since there's no 'pressure' and it's allowing me to challenge myself with that 500 word limit on a regular basis! ;) Take care! ;) Yvette
Comment from Bill Pinder
This sounds like an interesting story to keep reading. I look forward to the next installment. You have definitely come up with some creative characters for your writing. See you later in the Gardens.
Bill
reply by the author on 17-Jul-2019
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This sounds like an interesting story to keep reading. I look forward to the next installment. You have definitely come up with some creative characters for your writing. See you later in the Gardens.
Bill
Comment Written 16-Jul-2019
reply by the author on 17-Jul-2019
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Wow, Bill -- you always manage to make me smile!! ;) ;) And I'm so very glad you enjoyed Nicholas and Constantine (and Rosa!!) -- know you caught the prologue last month so, sit tight and C2 will be out for next month's contest (or just next month even if there's no contest!). :) :) Take care out there, sir! ;) Yvette
Comment from J W Warner
This is so enjoyable. I especially like the way you reveal things to the reader as Nicholas himself discovers them. Delightful setting, at once magical but with a hint of danger for the uninitiated. There is so much here in just 500 words. So well crafted.
reply by the author on 17-Jul-2019
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This is so enjoyable. I especially like the way you reveal things to the reader as Nicholas himself discovers them. Delightful setting, at once magical but with a hint of danger for the uninitiated. There is so much here in just 500 words. So well crafted.
Comment Written 16-Jul-2019
reply by the author on 17-Jul-2019
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Wow, JW!! :) What a wonderful surprise those stars are - so very glad you enjoyed!! ;) ;) Be sure to catch the prologue so that you're up to speed with Nicholas and Constantine for next month! :) ;) Thank you again for such a lovely review.... you've put a big smile on my face for the evening! ;) ;) Yvette
Comment from Gail Denham
Well done on this chapter - now we wonder what's behind this door? I'm sure you'll let us know. I like that you keep the chapters short and use lots of dialog interspersed with action.
Good story.
reply by the author on 17-Jul-2019
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Well done on this chapter - now we wonder what's behind this door? I'm sure you'll let us know. I like that you keep the chapters short and use lots of dialog interspersed with action.
Good story.
Comment Written 16-Jul-2019
reply by the author on 17-Jul-2019
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Hmmmm..... we'll see what's inside the shed next month...I promise!! ;) :) Thanx for stopping in for this one, Gail -- it's gonna be fun! ;) ;) Take care! ;) ;) Yvette
Comment from damommy
How exciting! Nicholas is in charge of what seems to be a magical garden. I love the reaction when they learn G-Trash has gone. Lovely photo. Looking forward to more of this story.
reply by the author on 17-Jul-2019
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How exciting! Nicholas is in charge of what seems to be a magical garden. I love the reaction when they learn G-Trash has gone. Lovely photo. Looking forward to more of this story.
Comment Written 16-Jul-2019
reply by the author on 17-Jul-2019
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Thanx so much for stopping by on this one, Yvonne -- so very good to hear from you! Nicholas and Constantine (and Rosa!!) thank you as well! ;) :) Take care ! ;) Yvette
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
I am sorry, Yvette, but once a month is not good enough, I want at least once a week!!!! I've already fallen in love with this story it's brilliant! Now, be a good girl and up the posting to four a month! So, what do we have in store for Nicholas? I'm looking foreward to finding out what! Well done, my friend. :)) Sandra xx
reply by the author on 17-Jul-2019
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I am sorry, Yvette, but once a month is not good enough, I want at least once a week!!!! I've already fallen in love with this story it's brilliant! Now, be a good girl and up the posting to four a month! So, what do we have in store for Nicholas? I'm looking foreward to finding out what! Well done, my friend. :)) Sandra xx
Comment Written 16-Jul-2019
reply by the author on 17-Jul-2019
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LOL! :) And I'm so very glad that you really like Nicholas and look forward to his stories...it's gonna be fun for both him and me (oh, and Constantine and, perhaps, Rosa, too!). Take care! ;) Yvette
Comment from aryr
This, Yvette, was totally amazing. First you created it within the parameters of the 500 words and then made it both informative and catchy. I liked the idea that Nichols was somewhat captured within the branches and from the sounds that erupted I would indeed think everyone was happy that George Thrasher was gone. A delightful chapter indeed, well done, I await the next and the next and well you get the idea (smile).
reply by the author on 16-Jul-2019
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This, Yvette, was totally amazing. First you created it within the parameters of the 500 words and then made it both informative and catchy. I liked the idea that Nichols was somewhat captured within the branches and from the sounds that erupted I would indeed think everyone was happy that George Thrasher was gone. A delightful chapter indeed, well done, I await the next and the next and well you get the idea (smile).
Comment Written 16-Jul-2019
reply by the author on 16-Jul-2019
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LOL!! ;) ;) So very glad you enjoyed this one, Ali -- it's my 'challenge to self' with the 500 word limit -- so you all get to benefit from my brain exercises...LOL! ;) :) So glad you enjoyed and, hopefully, I can keep it up! :) :) Yvette :)
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I will cross my fingers, eyes, knees etc that you succeed, you are most welcome Yvette.
Comment from Mystic Angel 7777
This is delightful, Yvette! The bush as a guardian is quite inventive. The dancing gnome was great fun too - at first I thought he might be a leprechaun, but being in a garden it dawned on me how much sense the gnome as groundskeeper makes. Well done and thank you very much for sharing it.
reply by the author on 16-Jul-2019
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This is delightful, Yvette! The bush as a guardian is quite inventive. The dancing gnome was great fun too - at first I thought he might be a leprechaun, but being in a garden it dawned on me how much sense the gnome as groundskeeper makes. Well done and thank you very much for sharing it.
Comment Written 16-Jul-2019
reply by the author on 16-Jul-2019
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Oh, so glad you enjoyed this one, Angel -- keeping each chapter to 500 words is a challenge for me, but I figure it could also make the book open to a younger age group, ya know? :) ;) Thanx for the review, ma'am, and take care! ;) Yvette
Comment from Rachelle Allen
This is, well, I'm sorry, but it's true, ENCHANTING!! I love this story so much already. (Are you sure you're only going to feed my need for it only once a MONTH??!...hint, hint; nag, nag...) I'm giddy at the idea of what's ahead!! You are a supreme storyteller! xo
reply by the author on 16-Jul-2019
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This is, well, I'm sorry, but it's true, ENCHANTING!! I love this story so much already. (Are you sure you're only going to feed my need for it only once a MONTH??!...hint, hint; nag, nag...) I'm giddy at the idea of what's ahead!! You are a supreme storyteller! xo
Comment Written 16-Jul-2019
reply by the author on 16-Jul-2019
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We'll see about more than once a month AFTER I'm officially an empty nester!! LOL! That would be end of next month....gonna try to get through the 'downer' by finding a new writing routine which will definitely include MORE writing! ;) ;) Seriously, though, I'm so very glad this one is appealing, Beautiful Friend -- it is my 'personally challenging' project in that keeping each chapter to 500 words is a REAL challenge for me!! ;) :) So, right now, we'll only plan to tackle it one more time before the nest gets quiet... sigh. :) ;) Take care! ;) ;) Yvette
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Ohhhh, FINE!! (hahaha) You know I understand. And you also know that if it weren't such a good story, I wouldn't be such a noodge about it. But it's a SUPER good story, and I just know I'm going to love it. So there you have it. You have no one to blame but your own mega-talent. xo
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another fun word: noodge!! Sounds a lot like my favorite one .... noodle-head!! LOL! :) And you're gonna give me a big head over here....O Beautifully Talented One!! :)
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You earn every last syllable I write to you.
And noodge is one of my favorite Yiddish words. (You can actually sound MORE Yiddish by saying noodgey-ing. Used properly in a sentence, it would be: "You already asked me about that! Stop noodgey-ing me!!"
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You have to use it with a whiney tone, though; that's a requirement.
