PHOTO PROMPT © Na’ama Yehuda
April’s cloud blankets served to keep us in our caves, vicariously monitoring life through fogged panes of glass and pixelated screens. The second winter of covid had been harsh, perhaps harsher than the first, as our views focused on celebrities hurling dung at each other in courtrooms and maniacs with tanks leaving mangled corpses behind in the rubble.
Today, May’s sun shoved blankets aside and claimed the sky. Some were afraid to believe and wilted inside. Most of us, pale-skinned, crept out and had soular batteries recharged. The caretakers stood tall among us, arms outstretched, hearts beating bright with thanks.
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Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is the effervescent host of Friday Fictioneers.
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It’s supposed to be a sunny afternoon here 🤞
Nicely written Li. 🙂💜🦋
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Thanks much, Jen!
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🙂
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It is beautiful here today…
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YAY, glad to hear it, Max. The grass is growing so green here!
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I like soular recharge ❤️
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<3
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I like the term “soular batteries”. Yep, a nice spring day outside does recharge them, doesn’t it?
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Yes! Glad you like the term, Trent.
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Some lively descriptive writing, Lisa, and an excellent last line.
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Penny, thank you for reading and your kind comment.
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Very descriptive! Here’s to Vitamin D!
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YES! Na’ama, thank you for the wonderful image to inspire wonderful stories.
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Credit goes to Mother Nature and the caretakers of the West Side Community Garden! :)
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<3 :)
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Nice description: “May’s sun shoved blankets aside and claimed the sky”
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Thank you, Frank <3
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My favourite season for this very reason. Another chance to start again and hope the world will sort itself out.. Nice one.
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Thanks, Iain. Glad you enjoyed the story.
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Like emerging from a long enforced hibernation…(k)
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YES
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i could feel the freedom and the joy of being out in the sun even for a little bit. :)
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Plaridel, so glad you could. I was feeling it myself yesterday :)
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Loved this! Especially soular batteries. Beautifully descriptive. I could feel the freedom as well :-)
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Thanks much, Fleur :)
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Dear Lisa,
Soular batteries. Subtle and effective. May this be our story, coming out into the sunlight with covid winter behind us. Lovely story.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, so glad you are pleased by the story. Yes, may it be so.
Shalom,
Lisa
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Blue skies and sunshine serve to remind us that there is still some good in this damaged world of ours. Nice one Lisa.
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Indeed, Keith! Thank you.
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True. We are so affected by seasons and weather. Well conceived, Lisa.
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Indeed we are, Bill. Thank you.
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You’re welcome.
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This is lovely. You’ve covered the best and the worst of us in one small story.
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Many thanks, Margaret.
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The world is a wonderful place, it is a shame that there are those who don’t appreciate as much as you do.
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James, thank you for your lovely comment.
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This is great, and so full of wonderfully crafted sentences. A spring day after this winter does indeed recharge the soular batteries. I’ll steal this expression.
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Gabi, I’m delighted you enjoyed my story and feel free :)
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Invigorating our ©”Soular Batteries” when Spring arrives is healing as well as uplifting. Nicely written, Lisa. I feel Spring-like from this read.
Izzy 😎
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So happy to hear it, Isadora! Thank you.
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Your very welcome … Isadora 😎
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“You spelled solar wrong… Ah! I see what you did there. Nice.” Those were my thoughts reading this. This is a lovely, hopeful piece.
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:) Thanks, Nobbin.
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I can feel the warmth in this story. I liked the reference to dung — sums everything up!
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:) Thank you!
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Lots to like here. I especially loved “soular batteries.” Brilliant :)
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Linda, thank you. Very happy you enjoyed the story.
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Frustratingly some angry Maniacs just can not see the beauty in May.
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lol
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Beautiful ! That first taste of the sun on hometrapped skin is lovely!
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Thanks, Laurie!
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It’s good to be outside again :-)
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YES! It makes ALL of the difference.
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Wow, what a phrase…soular batteries recharged! Great descriptive story
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Neel, thank you so much and glad you enjoyed the story.
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Now this is a tale of rebirth. Rejuvenation. Re:yes, please, I’ll have what they’re having. Well done. I hope the promise is for real this time.
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Thanks much, Sascha! I hope so also.
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