Mayzey started volunteering twenty hours a week at the community garden. She hoped to build new friendships with other volunteers, and it wasn’t long before she met one of the regulars. Matiz was in his 70s and had been helping with the garden since it was first planted twenty years previously. Matiz was only too happy to show Mayzey where he had planted his first patch of giant zinnias. He told her that the seeds from those first zinnias, over time, were responsible for brightening every corner of the neighborhood where the garden stood.
Matiz was funny and welcoming, but he had a bad habit of making snide comments about others in the garden. Mayzey one time grew impatient and improv-ed an imitation of him to show him how he looked to himself when he was being a snidester. Matiz laughed, made a snide comment about her, and went to stake up some tomatoes.
Soon sundown came and the workday ended. As Mayzey walked toward her car, she saw Matiz walk behind the tool shed to a tiny home. The next morning, Mayzey went over to the tiny home and looked in. It was fully furnished but there was not a mattress in sight.
As if reading her mind, Matiz called out, “It’s upstairs! Want me to give you a tour and show you where I sleep?”
Mayzey’s cheeks turned red. She wasn’t looking for that kind of friendship.
“No thanks, Matiz. I’ll take your word for it that it’s a nice one.”
Matiz laughed and said, “Just let me know if you change your mind. It’s big enough for two.”
The End.
Fandango’s FOWC is snide, the Word Challenge of the Day is friendship, and Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are giant, improv, mattress
Tao Talk 
Look before you leap! (K)
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lol perfect response 🙂
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Matiz was pretty spunky for being in his 70s…
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All of that hard work and eating fresh food keeps a person young. That and the desserts he gathers from the volunteers.
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Yep! That will keep Old Henry young.
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Scratch that! I was thinking of Old Henry!
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Maybe that great Gin is still on my mind…I probably need some after the last few days. I hate conventions.
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Sounds like your convention was big doins. We used to have conferences but never conventions. I know they take a lot of effort to organize and operate. Hopefully you’ll be set for awhile now with them…
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I visited your site. I read some your blog. Beautiful written you. So interesting this blog written you. So advisable blog. I like. So true friendship . ✍️
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Thank you, Rajkkhoja.
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