June 21st ~ Sunrise 5:22 ~ sunset 8:51 ~ the longest possible amount of daylight! High time for the pattern shift we love to label "heading for the beach, cause it's the weekend." Enough of walls, cubicles, deadlines, conference calls .. all the corporate BS!
Wheeeee, it's Summer!
We gas up the convertible. Fold down the top. Call Henri, ask him to open the beach house. Call the fish market, let Max know we're on our way. Best of all, we call gardener Rory.
Trunk is loaded with tubs of garden plants .. guaranteed to soothe our corporate-weary psyches.
Phlox, sedum, hosta, daylily .. mustn't forget, I'd like, too, to plant the sweet alyssum that smells like honey and peace. Ahhh, we've arrived.
Let Happy Hour commence.
This is gorgeously rendered! I am all for spontaneity and phlox! Yes! Thank you so much for writing to the prompt, my sweet Helen 💘💘
ReplyDeleteGo for it! And you did! Real release..especially from that corporate world, yes.
ReplyDeleteNice one Helen
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Very good write. The prose is so spontaneous and wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI think you were speeding in that Convert, you were there in no time.
ReplyDeleteI think you know I have one, a '98 Ford Mustang GT Convertible, all black except for chrome and wheels. Search either of my active blogs, it and Adi, our deceased beagle dog, get lots of posts.
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It will be an official Antique or Classic car next year. Goodie, license last five years and insurance is a lot cheaper. (My '74 will be 50 in 2024.)
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And I like your flowers, alyssums. I have some too, purple and white also.
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Even the flow of this piece feels freeing and spontaneous. What a wonderful escape from the daily grind!
ReplyDeleteNice job on the prompt. I should write one...sigh. Right up my alley if I could but find the time. Then I'd head to the beach with the top down!!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful use of the prompt in your story!
ReplyDeleteI love the spontaneity evoked in your piece.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully written, Helen. In my mind it was a movie--maybe 1960s?, and I was trying to cast it. 🙂
ReplyDeleteDearest Helen,
ReplyDeleteLOVE the arrival of the spontaneous us!
We all ought to bring that back to the forefront again...
Hugs,
Mariette
I love to get away... find the freedom...
ReplyDeleteSuch a lively read, Helen. I can see you and your sweetheart doing exactly this.
ReplyDeletePlants for peace, yes, peace is what we want in the now.
ReplyDeleteAh, this is full of sunllght and scents! Glad I didn't miss this. Btw thanks so much for your lovely comment at my place, Helen, It made my whole day.
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