He seemed, at least to himself
Unsteady, dilapidated
Built on feeble support
Detritus scattered all about him
He had suffered
Many storms
A lifetime of obstinate hardship
One day a passing glance at his reflection
And there he stood, steadfast
In all his battered glory
Storage Sheds
Médée Bay
L’Anse Aux Meadows
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Taken during travels, 2023
Pic and a Word Challenge
Last week we survived the Fall.
This week, let’s appreciate the Glory in our strength. Or find something else to inspire you in this photograph of battered but glorious storage sheds on the rocky shore of, Médée Bay in L’Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada
The Pic and a Word Challenge is a weekly creativity prompt offered Mondays.
With each challenge I provide a photograph of mine along with a single word. The challenge? Use the pic and/or word as inspiration to create something — a photograph, a painting, podcast, video, prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, longread or just a few words. You are welcome to use these two elements (photograph and word) literally, thematically or metaphorically. If you create both images and words, all the better.
To participate:
- Use any title you like
- Your response can be words and/or images
- You may use my image to illustrate your post, or any images you have created
- Mention that you are responding to the Pic and a Word Challenge
- Add a link to this post in your response
To help us find your response — whether on WordPress, Instagram, Flicker, Tumblr, etc. — you can also:
- Add a comment on this post to announce your response
- Apply the tag/hashtag “Pic and a Word Challenge” or “#picandawordchallenge” to your post
Each week, I’ll list the previous week’s responses at the end of the new challenge. I may also share some on my social media: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, etc.
The previous challenge was: Fall

The word for last week’s Pic and a Word Challenge #379 was Upheaval, along with this photograph of a waterfall over Western Brook Pond in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada.
Just one blogger had a Fall this week. Thanks, Woolly! 🙂
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- Fall, by Woolly Muses
View all the Pic and a Word Challenges, including the current challenge, on the Pic and a Word Challenge tag page.
Happy Creating! ❤