Her great-grandmother’s stories were rich with mystery and magic.
How water flowing from her pitcher produced miraculous fruit that, when ripe, picked itself and hovered in sultry summer air.
How each fruit cut themselves open revealing thousands of seeds providing sustenance to a hungry world.
How each day a different flower grew upon her dress, from wild poppy to cultured rose.
How gooseberries, if picked under-ripe, snapped and hollered, like a gaggle of angry geese.
How the red fox was her scarecrow, chasing marauding locusts from her fields of lavender.
Each story was a window into the fertile mind of a feeble-in-body-only old woman.
Her life force spent toiling in furnace-hot sun, bringing forth life from desolate, sere ground.
Now, she planted seeds in the imagination of her great-granddaughter; cycle of nature and nurture begun anew.
Composed for mlmm writing prompt 205 – special collage
August 7, 2017 at 1:05 am
Enticing bit of great grandmother awaiting renewal in modern times
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August 7, 2017 at 7:44 pm
I think we carry heritage; it blooms, and sprouts in some; withers on the vine in others.
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August 8, 2017 at 12:22 am
Heritage is any interesting fruit. It never seems to ripen without a ton of nurturing
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August 8, 2017 at 1:45 am
Depends, I think, of who is the nurturer and who’s being nurtured. Nature versus nurture?
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August 8, 2017 at 10:01 am
Nature wins every time. Nurture can mask or alleviate somethings but Nature always will reveal itself
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August 6, 2017 at 9:11 pm
Oh how magical this tale – absolutely magical – held me captive in wonder and delight with each breathing line ….. simply beautiful Lorraine :D
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August 7, 2017 at 7:42 pm
Thanks, Pat. One of those times things just grew from the images — with some pruning and replanting when I let it sit under the sun and moon.
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August 7, 2017 at 8:05 pm
the sun and moon – and some careful tending …. and magic happens :D
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August 6, 2017 at 6:41 pm
I love every tasty word of this!
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August 7, 2017 at 7:26 pm
Thank you — glad it whetted your appetite for tales.
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August 7, 2017 at 10:37 pm
Welcome.
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