Friday Fictioneers: spinner!

August 9, 2013August 9, 201341 Comments

Usually I don’t write for Friday Fictioneers unless I have a storyline that pops into my head right away. This week I have challenged myself to come up with something to tell you about this photograph! As always, thanks goes out to Rochelle for encouraging us, and a special thank you to Renee Heath for the use of her photograph.

I hope my story works for you. 😉

~~ Spinner! ~~

He tried to pretend that she wasn’t there, but to ignore her was futile. Loud, hyperactive, ever-present, she was the visual embodiment of hyperbole. An extravagant exaggeration of annoying adoration. He couldn’t wait for graduation so he could move on and attend college. Anywhere. Anywhere but here!

He had it mapped. Med School, internship, a practice on the West Coast, then wife and family.

~*~

Home for his 15th reunion, he stopped at the entry table, then froze. Too late.

Quietly she approached him, “You came back.”

Taken by her calm demeanor he blurted, “Carrie, you’ve changed!”

“Ritalin” she replied.

Words: 100

For more stories from this prompt go here! 🙂

NOTE: I was asked what Ritalin is for/what it does.

Methylphenidate (Ritalin) is a prescription drug that treats attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy (sudden attacks of uncontrollable sleepiness [Which was not Carrie’s problem]). This medicine is a stimulant, which seems a non sequitur when you consider how it is used, but in individuals with true ADHD it has a calming effect on them.

Strange, but true!

A Saturday Snippet

May 4, 2013May 9, 201341 Comments

I haven’t talked about it. I wasn’t sure what to say, but the Little dog is very sick. All we know for sure is that his kidneys are not doing their job.

Lots of tests, lots of pampering, LOTS of extra trips outside to “GO.”

When I know what is going on, then you will too. In the meantime, Buddy keeps us entertained…

Are you jealous of the Little dog, Buddy?

I think so!

Hm, perhaps we’ll need to get him one of these in his size? 😉

Oh dear. ‘-)

April 26, 2013May 9, 201347 Comments

In all the excitement of shopping for a new Farmlet,

having special visitors,

and finding a new Farmlet,

It would seem some things were forgotten about.

Please click 1st photo…

: What’s this? Potatoes ordered in winter have been completely forgotten!

: Carefully, I clipped the new growth from its prison of red, plastic netting.

: As you see, they are pitifully wrinkled, but have not begun to rot.

Should I:

a) Cut them like I normally would?

b) Simply bury them whole into the soil?

OR

c) Give them a toss and try again next year!

Fun while it lasted!

February 2, 2013February 2, 201326 Comments

This morning, for an hour, it snowed with abandon…

(Please click the first photo to view in a carousel)

: Throwing clumps the size of tennis balls down to earth…

: where they plopped and left patches on the ground.

: The chickens didn’t appreciate it so much, as they ran for cover. Did I just hear one of the red hens saying, “The sky is falling” ?

: And this little bird didn’t seem to care for it either.

: However the geese didn’t seem to mind one way or the other! Snow collected on their backs as they continued to graze.

By the way, Frellnick and Polly are now inseparable, and doesn’t Frellnick look proud? I guess their little honeymoon in the back yard did the trick…

He doesn’t take any guff off of Georgie now!