PHOTO PROMPT© Lisa Fox (thanks for choosing this photo I took at The Gilmore Car Museum)
Back then Harl wasn’t rickety. Back then, neither was I. Blessed to have a dad who tinkered with engines and had a patient way about him, it was only natural that gasoline and oil ran in my veins.
When I cruised down Main after school, Carla, who had graduated last year, would wave from the D&C window as she arranged seasonal displays. Even from the distance and through glass, her smile shone like a beacon. My loins stirred.
I saw Carla with her folks and brother at commencement. She laughed and hugged me tight as we puttered toward the lake.
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Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is the steady host of Friday Fictioneers.
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A happy story Li. Love it.
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Many thanks, Sadje 🙂
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You’re welcome my friend
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What a sweet tale!
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🙂 Thank you. Mark it on your calendar 😉
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I don`t understand…
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How often do you see me write sweet stories?
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Ahhh! In THAT sense! LOL. You have a point…
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🙂
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All turned out well, so long as the gasoline and oil doesn’t leak from any veins
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🙂
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Everyone should have such a happy love story
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Indeed, Larry. Thanks for reading and your comment.
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Nice take on the prompt.
Ronda
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Thank you, Ronda. Glad you liked it.
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Good thing Carla went along for the ride.
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🙂
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Sweet! I can see them now, puttering off down the road together 🙂
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🙂 Thanks, Ali.
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That sounds like an idyllic era. I needed a dose of that today. Well done.
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Thank you and glad to help 🙂
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What a delightful little tale!
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Thanks, Keith 🙂
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Simple and happy. A great story.
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Thank you, Athling 🙂
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Lovely story, well done.
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Thanks, Mason.
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Sounds like romance is blossoming!
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Indeed, Liz!
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Oh I really enjoyed this! Great ending.
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Thanks much, Laurie.
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What a promising beginning to a love story. Such a sweet tale. Good vibes.
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Gah, thank you, I tried 🙂
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And succeeded. 😀
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I hadn’t realized that it was your photo! Great picture, and it sparked so many imaginative stories.
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Thanks, Gah, and yes, it did!
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Dear Lisa,
You set it up the love story in few words. “My loins stirred.” 😉 A sweet tale. Always nice to read a story of boy meets girl and boy gets girl. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, thank you very much and glad you enjoyed the story 🙂
Shalom,
Lisa
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lovely story, nice HEA.
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Thank you, Sally. Not sure what HEA is?
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A happy love story – what could be more pleasant! Nicely written, Jade.
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Thanks Penny 🙂
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Sounds like a happy time in the story.
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It has a happy, dreamlike quality to it that I’d like to fall into.
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A lovely story of friendship. A sensed youthful happiness.
Great picture by the way.
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So happy you enjoyed the story, James. Thank you on the picture. The museum, which is several buildings including a giant barn, is a photographers dream.
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Thanks for an interesting photo and a very sweet tale
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You’re very welcome, Sheena 🙂
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I like the mood you create – summer, and the motorbike and ‘ laid-backness’. Great phrase — her smile shone like a beacon.
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Thank you, Francine.
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Dear Lisa,
Lovely romance of man and machine: very American in that way! We’ve always had a romance with, in, and on our cars and motorcycles. Well, there’s GREASE the musical to prove it. (Never liked it myself, but that’s a whole ‘nother story.)
pax,
dora
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Since Michigan used to be king of the automobile assembly line, there truly is a love affair with cars here. (Wisconsin — across the lake from us — is where the Harley-Davidson factory is/was.) I remember the GREASE movie from way back but I don’t remember much of the plot.
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So many movies feature that aspect of America: it’s a love affair we’ve shared with the world through many other (much better) movies.
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I think that loin is going to roar. Looks like the start of a youthful romance.
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🙂 Thanks for reading and your comment.
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