Hers was the smile
Of a mother in thrall
For her child’s joy
Though her eyes gave way
To the mother’s worry
For the inherent risk of play
Artwork by Mihai Darvasa
Barnet Marine Park
Burnaby, Canada
Pictures from Home, 2024
Pic and a Word Challenge
Last week we got back to Nature.
This week, a day late due to the Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend, let’s get take an appreciative look at Motherhood. Or find something else to inspire you in this photograph of just the eyes in a mural painted by Mihai Darvasa on the concession stands at Barnet Marine Park in Burnaby, British Columbia, 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: Nature

The word for last week’s Pic and a Word Challenge #390 was Nature, along with this photograph of an abandoned home on the hills above the harbour of Skinners Pond, PEI, Canada.
Three bloggers got back to Nature this week. Thanks everyone! 🙂
View all the Pic and a Word Challenges, including the current challenge, on the Pic and a Word Challenge tag page.
Happy Creating! ❤