PHOTO PROMPT © Fleur Lind
Flower Girl
May’s home is a magnet, where family and friends gather in goodwill. Tokens of guests’ appreciation likewise gather on the cabinet; as reminders of what is important. Flower Girl takes center stage, a reminder of Tessy, her long lost friend.
Photos are e-mailed afterwards between all, to share with others as afterglow.
In Dee’s after-Christmas’ send, May notices that Flower Girl’s face is hidden. It must be a glitch in the camera. She runs to the desktop computer, where all downloaded photos are meticulously foldered. It’s no glitch.
She runs to the cabinet. The tiny face is wet with tears.
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Lovely and evocative!
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Thanks, Na’ama!
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Mysterious. Photos can reveal things we’ve failed to see. (K)
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<3
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The truth is out there
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Thanks, as always, for reading and commenting <3
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Spooky!
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It is!
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I’m hearing the music to the Twilight Zone right about now. Eerie, Lisa!
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Wouldn’t this make a great episode! :)
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For sure!
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Ah… some supernatural things are going on…
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Nancy mentioned a TZ epi and I think it would make a great plot for an episode. Imagining Sir Rod narrating my story as the intro :)
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There you go! Yes it would be…it sounds better than the camera episode they have.
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:)
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A very touching story
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Sadje, I had tears in my eyes at the end of writing it. I really did lose a good friend named Tessy :(
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I felt your pain reading this poem my friend. Hugs
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There is a touching and sad message in this paranormal tale.
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James, great description of the story. Thank you.
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There is a touching and sad message in this paranormal tele. A hint of an event, an accident or worse.
(Hit the send button too early).
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You’re right about the sad message :(
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I love this original take, Lisa. How often we see things in photos that we didn’t see when we took them… then again, in this case, there are otherworldly reasons, surely!
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Thank you, Dale. I’m not sure what’s going on either but something is!
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Love that even more :)
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:)
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Well done. Poor flower girl.
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Thank you, Athling.
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Oh, my, this is beautiful!
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Thanks very much, Alicia.
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Oh dear, what did she see at the party?!
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Looking at photos, especially of someone we’ve lost can be sadly joyous. I lost my friend of 32 years the end of January, This story resonated with me, bringing a sad feel. Nicley done … Izzy 😎
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Izzy, please let me offer condolences for losing your friend. {{{HUGS}}}.
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Thank you so much, Jade. I could feel the hugs. 🤗 It was unexpected. She went into the hospital for a surgical procedure due to a fall. Cancer was discovered then. A week later she passed away. SAD … !!!❤️🙏🏻
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Oh no :( So much worse when it is unexpected. It’s so difficult to lose people close to us.
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❤️ 🙏🏻 ❤️
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Good spot, and a good story to go with it.
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Iain, thank you. Every once in awhile I use the magnifier and write about something that catches my eye.
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oh my, something eerie is definitely happening here.
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for sure! I hope she shares this with others asap.
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Ah. Heartbreaking. A miracle on the cabinet. I like how you’ve used the ‘afterglow’ photos to lead up to the reveal at the end. Lovely.
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Thanks, Margaret. I tried to do some time-bending.
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Nice post 🌹
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Thanks!
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Oh this is great, so sad and sweet. A little bit of Tessa’s ghost or soul or spirit or whatever must have remained with May. They must have loved each other very much.
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Wonderful interpretation, Gabi. Thank you <3
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Dear Lisa,
Mysterious and ethereal. As has been mentioned before it does have a TZ feel to it. In my mind that’s a good thing. ;) Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, thanks much. Happy you sense that TZ feel to it.
Shalom,
Lisa
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Weeping statues remind me of Catholic mysticism.
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A very poignant ending, to an eerily familiar phenomenon. I looked back over some school photographs once and found that the face of one of my class mates was blurred on every photo. She had died later, while still in her teens. Good one.
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Getting the goosebumps, Sandra!
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I love what you did with this photo. You made that flower girl live.
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<3 Thanks, Linda <3
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Wow! Great take on the prompt, Lisa. The camera captures what the eyes do not. I wonder now who the ‘Flower Girl’ is. Would love to know more about this story.
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Smitha, thanks much, and yes there is a story to tell <3
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I have a feeling it didn’t end there. An intriguing tale, Lisa.
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Keith, I have a feeling you’re right. Thanks for reading.
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A mystery of mysteries. Excellent, Lisa.
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Thanks much, Bill. Yes, it is.
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I have one of those “flower girls”. I will look at her quite different from now on.
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<3
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I like how you pulled a tiny element from the photo and honed in on that!
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Angela, thank you. I like to do that from time to time. Thank goodness for the magnifier!
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This reminds me of poorly lit dog pictures where their eyes reflect the flash and they look evil or possessed. Unlike your Flower Girl who is revealed to hiding something, I hope it’s just a trick of the light for the dogs.
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lol on the demon dog eyes. As long as they don’t start commanding you to harm others, you should be safe (notice I didn’t command you to do things, as we all know you’re under their command for everything else ;) )
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Oh yes. We are but servants of the almighty Dog(s).
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For me it’s Cat(s).
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I’ve been there, too, but since dogs multiply like Gremlins around here, I haven’t been able to have a cat for a while.
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I have a feeli g that a cat would ma e mi cemeat out of your pooches. (sorry for missi g letters, my eyboard seems to have go e rogue!)
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I had two cats when we got Charlie. Tasha put her in her place within minutes.
That’s good. I was concerned you were having a stroke while typing.
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I had to switch out my keyboard. Too many crumbs between the keys lol
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There’s nothing worse than a crumby keyboard.
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Ooooo a mystery indeed. I wonder… Beautifully written.
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Thank you, Laurie.
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Good eye spotting that small detail and making a story on that. This was equal parts spooky and magical. If you ever decide to expand on this story it’d be fun to see where you go with it!
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Thanks, Michael, and for your encouragement to write more.
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Excellent flash piece, Lisa :-)
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Thanks!
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Lovely !
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Thank you!
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