Photo credit – Jilly Funnell
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‘Keep your eyes peeled for the big cat when you’re there.’
‘The zoo was last week! We are going to the shops today.’ I tucked the blanket down beside her now tiny thighs, and wheeled her back up the ramp towards her room.
Granny getting the wrong end of the stick again; her mediation must need updating. She smelt of talcum powder and lily of the valley. Her watery skin barely covered enlarged blue veins taking weak blood back to tired lungs.
βOh but the tiger is always there – you simply have to know where to look.β
βOk, I’ll look!β
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Friday Fictioners .. set up by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields so we can dip in and out of creating 100 word fiction pieces; always a great exercise in using only the words we really need ππΌ
What I love is the tender care given to an old woman who lives in her own world at times.
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Iβm super pleased that came across … I have some friends who are in their twilight years, yet what fascinates me is their past, their stories. That bit young people forget exists with them πΈ
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Yes, I understand. And at age 71, that situation is becoming more of a real possibility. Not quite yet, though π
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The descriptions & details here are wonderfully described.
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Thank you so much – thrilled you enjoyed it πΈ
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Lovely descriptions and great that she can see the tiger because she knows where to look.
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Excellent! I saw the Tiger too. π
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Yay!!!! Bourbon biscuits for you my friend!!
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Yum.
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Love it. It reminds me of being a kid and always being told to look for pink elephants on car journeys.
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Tee hee … love that!
(But there is a tiger to spot here π)
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great characterization with the talcum powder, lily of the valley, and seeing the blue veins –
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Thank you lovely .. I’m so happy you enjoyed it.
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