For your comfort and ease of accessing my 'flashers', I'll list the latest ones first.

Here's another full year of 'prompt' challenges I've met and hopefully, my readers continue to gain pleasure from them. As always, I covered many genres and a multitude of subjects. Here they are, with their tiniest descriptions to whet your reading appetite.

Ahh... Rosemarie! - 'normal' 28/12/2019 - all good things must end and all others, too.

Going Home - 'journey' 21/12/2019 - the first of many Nullarbor crossings - each one memorable!

Baby Steps - 'grow' 14/12/2019 -  born to be bad as well as sad?

'Til Death us do Part - 'stand' 7/12/2019 - the verdict's in... to the great satisfaction of the grieving widow.

After the Bulldust Settles - 'gather' 29/11/2019 - the saga of Rastus continues... on and on.

A Small load of Bull - 'history' 22/11/2019 - once upon a dairy time there were three bulls, and then there was Rastus...

And the Bell Tolled Once - 'last' 15/11/2019 - has time finally run out at last, after SO many centuries?

Merfairytopia - 'help' - 8/11/2019  - so much of life is an illusion for young and old and awesome antiquities.

An Hour of Late Night Guitar - 'late' - 1/11/2019 - could listen to this music until the cows come home... and much, much longer.

Feintly Frightening Part Two - 'closed' - 25/10/2019 - all is revealed as we face down our fear.

Feintly Frightening - 'trap' 18/10/2019 - things that go 'bump' in the night, or huff-huff?

Smoke and Mirrors and Alleys - 'order' 11/10/2019 - some days are diamonds - and others... ?

Shooting at the Rainbow Bridge - 'child' 27/9/2019 - some shootings are the most loving kind

Top o' the Morning to you - 'day' 20/9/2019 - best old mates have shared unbearably good times

Upover or Downunder? - 'odd' 13/9/2019 - welcome to a bizarre type of flight

Bottle Ahoy! - 'land' 6/9/2019 - Baz and Joe - old sailors as well??

A Blank Slate - 'allow' 30/8/2019 - between teacher and Mum, the writing was... well, not on the wall.

Meanwhile at the Bus Stop - 'change' 23/8/2019 - Baz and Joe get philosophical on the way to the pub

Ever Ready - 'ready' 16/8/2019 - truly, some things you can never be ready for

Testing Times Part Three - 'wall' 9/8/2019 - ahh but this was the worst icing on that first day cake!

Testing Times Part Two - 'river' 2/8/2019 - and just as we began to relax...

Testing Times - 'challenge' 26/7/2019 - and we thought this bit was bad! Welcome to the first day in a milking world

If I were a Rich Man - 'rich' 19/7/2019 - rich and famous would prove too hard. Wouldn't it?

Bluffy, the Feline Flimflammer - 'bluff' 12/7/2019 - a cat and mouse game if ever there was one

Girls just wanna have Fun - 'touch' 5/7/2019 - meanwhile, down on the farm, feathers flew

Flower Power - 'tension' 28/6/2019 - a puzzling plot in a pot...?

Rough Diamond Cut, Pt. 2 - 'fixed' 21/6/2019 - karma happens!

Rough Diamond Cut - 'trouble' 14/6/2019 - hearts plunged; hearts lifted; minds wondered... rescue??

Ohh! No-o-o... - 'impact' 7/6/2019 - the accident that didn't wait to happen

Seriously Signed... Dad - 'fast' 31/5/2019 - the beauty of yesterday's signature. Similar to a handshake... strong and totally trustworthy

Mica - 'hide' 17/5/2019 - who's that peeping around the door to my imagination?

Just a minute... 'easy' 10/5/2019 - it CAN be productive... the waiting game

Back to a Different Future Part Three - 'hurt' 3/5/2019 - with a glossary of the results of too much glassery

Back to a Different Future Part Two - 'bonus' 26/4/2019 - there's a 'best bit', as well?

Back to a Different Future - 'different' 19/4/2019 - the bar flies are at the misreading centre again

How Do I Love Thee? - 'favourite' 12/4/2019 - some can't bear being dolly-birds

Stop!! Or I'll shoot! - 'stop' 5/4/2019 - once upon a crime gone wrong

Past Midnight - 'tomorrow' 29/3/2019 - eyeing the future darkly

Change Ahead - 'vacation' 22/3/2019 - following some whims can lead us far, far away

When the Dust Settles - 'transparent' 15/3/2019 - it seems all is not hidden... grr!

The First Kangaroo Tale - 'first' 8/3/2019 - was there a ruder awakening?

Rules for Teachers - 1872 - 'list' 1/3/2019 - some rules were surely made to be broken?

Catch of the Day - 'catch' 22/2/2019 - was this the last of the great predators?

TIME... the Great Dictator - 'cheat' 15/2/2019 - some things are unavoidable

Last Bite - 'motive' 8/02/2019 - this was the perpetrator? Really?

Here Come the Shearers - 'arrive' 1/02/2019 - an unforgettable arrival

On the Buses - 'team' 25/01/2019 - sorting out the world and its problems

Gone Fishin' - 'tourist' 18/01/2019 - progress... or is it?

Grandpa says... - 'right' 11/01/2019 - uhrr... too much information?

A Winning Workhorse - 'travel' 4/01/2019 - a surprising story about one of Australia's favourites