Fic: By The Canal

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Title: By The Canal
Form/Word Count: 100
Characters/Pairing: Dr Watson, Mr Holmes
Rating: G
Warning/Content: Watson and Holmes are walking by a canal.  Photos taken by me in my own moment of happiness at lunchtime today.

We walked back to the village via the footpath beside the canal.  The sun was hot, and we walked slowly, savouring the countryside.  The canal itself was quiet, very different from years past, before the railways took over transportation of goods.

We saw a coot and its half-grown chick, and watched giant dragonflies flitting about.  I pointed out the bulrushes to Holmes, and he in his turn spotted two swans secluded beneath an overhanging tree.

It was idyllic, and such a contrast to the darkness which we had seen in the hall, and to which we would have to return.

Comments

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Those are beautiful photographs - very nicely framed indeed.

And the contrast with the darkness of their case is so poignantly done, but it's such an interesting idea to have a nod to the passage of time too - with Watson noting the quiet of the canal, now its role has been taken over by the railways.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you - the idea came to me when I was having a quick walk during my lunch break, so I thought I'd illustrate it.

I'm not sure how quiet the canal would have been, but certainly the railways did take a lot of the trade away, especially as they tended to run close by, both taking advantage of the available contours.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Lovely photos. It is fun to have a look at your lunchtime walk. I liked the contrast with the scene and the case, too. And it was great take on the prompt.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. I was taking 10 minutes outside and it seemed to fit the prompt, so I thought I'd add some photos - it is lovely there.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Lovely.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[debriswoman]

Nicely done
Lovely photos:-)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much.

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous pix. And a believable way to work them into a grim case.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I was thinking of what to write as I was walking along and it seemed to fit so well.