Five Sentence Fiction: Ending

What it’s all about:   Five Sentence Fiction is about packing a powerful punch in a tiny fist. Each week I will post a one word inspiration, then anyone wishing to participate will write a five sentence story based on the prompt word. The word does not have to appear in your five sentences, just use it for direction.  Prompt by Lillie.  This week: ENDING 

The tribe awoke to deep snow marred only by the departing tracks of Two Dogs.  He knew it was his time to leave without becoming a burden to his people causing their exodus to slow.  It was tradition.  Two Dogs, to the tribe, was no more although they would sing songs of his life and remember his greatness as a husband, father, grandfather and great warrior.  Horses blew ice from their nostrils, dogs shook off the snow from the storm, and the keening of one child grew louder as all voices became one melding into the tribal death song.

Snow...

The holiday has passed but the snow is staying.   

The crowd I have housed and fed after the holidays...

Hubby, Andrew from Delaware, Toni from Alaska and Andrew.

We played board games (Delaware Andrew and grandson Jake)

We played video games.

We let it snow...

and snow

and snow!

They tried to sled but the cold sent them in again.

Hope your holidays were memorable, too.

Winter Storm

The males have gone sledding.  I chose to stay in.  I'm not a winter person anymore.  I shall miss many photo opportunities.  I'll miss many crashes and tumbles but the fun will be in the telling later.

I Sit...

knowing this is Valentine's day.  I drink sweet tea from my tall Santa cup and find I really don't care how the holiday goes.  I've received one valentine from a very special friend, and she knows how happy I was.

I asked Andrew if he wanted to buy a bag of Hershey Kisses to hand out in school tomorrow.  Hubby asked, why?  So this holiday's been over looked but that's okay.  I get my kisses when ever I want them and my hugs...who needs chocolate?

I DO!!!!

The road driving out yesterday was a little slick and snow fell all day.  We were lucky, a lot melted but there was no school.  The drive home was much whiter.

I watched it pile up at work and swept the walks three times before I just gave up and let it snow.  There is ice and not sure whether there is school today or not.

Soooo, Happy Valentine's Day to all who celebrate...may you receive just what you've dreamed about...and from me, I send you stamps from the United States Postal Service.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Wednesday's View...

After sweeping inches of snow off my car...in December...in Arkansas, I should have obeyed this sign!  No, wait, I work for a company that is short-handed, inhuman and dieing...so that was out of the question.  Thank God, I have a job.

Hubby sat up the night before, watching it snow and knows how I fear the ice, but did he wake and take me to work?  Nope, never crossed his mind, too busy resting in the recliner/bed.  So...as I clean my car windows, I left a nasty message in the snow on his truck.  It melted before he woke up!  I am not ashamed to admit, it felt good to write it, even if no one read it.

I understand those of you from the North Country laugh at my helplessness when it comes to snow and ice but you have to have the experience to be able to conquer it...I have had little.  This is Arkansas...not much snow and ice.

School is in session so I thought, okay, the roads are clear.  Nope, just wishful dreaming.  I'm doing well in my little front wheel drive, with my hands gripped to the steering wheel, still able to take pictures as I drive.  Little did I know those patches of clear road were not clear at all.  I was living in a fantasy...black ice!  I drive a standard so just drove slow, lugged it down on the hills and kept the foot off the brakes.

And here's the road...not bad, says those who live this every winter.  Oh, shit, says I!  This is right after I see TRUCKS in the ditches!!! 

There were several wrecks and injuries, many at the intersection where children drive to school.  Even a few seasoned drivers hit the ditch...but I made it.  I think someone else was driving, because I do not have the experience to do this alone.

Give me poison snakes, rabid dogs and wild horses...I can handle all that, but, never, ever, ever ask me to drive on snow or ice.  Thank goodness it was only nine miles. 

I have not looked out, no use, I must go, no matter what awaits me.  I heard rumors of frozen fog for this morning.  Thank God for the variety...and hubby sleeps, bless his heart!

Behind The Camera...

most of the time is my sister, Marcy.  The camera is part of her and she shares such marvelous pictures with me...with us.

The snow is almost gone but Marcy's pictures deserve a spotlight.  May I present, Marcy's Art.

Thank you, Marcy!

A Berry Snowy Day

Not Complaining...

The sun coldly climbed over the mountain and the house this morning.  The ice reflected the morning light.  Not a breeze stirred so it seemed warm after minus degrees yesterday.

The pond was still frozen as my driver flew by this morning.  Yes, still had to be driven but the snow is beginning to melt and there are rumors of spring like temperatures in the week to come.

So today, I chose to see the beauty in the frozen landscape. 

 I listened to birds sing and discovered jewels in the ice.

As the snow begins to retreat,

I believe, maybe, spring will come after all.

Thursday's, OH, Gosh, She's STILL Whining About That Snow!

It was still a four wheel drive day as my driver took me to work.  Minus four degrees F...too cold!  In this picture it is hard to tell where the snow ends and the pond begins.  I tried to take pictures but the windows were frozen shut and my driver was flying.

Oh, the pictures I COULD have taken if someone wasn't driving forty-eleven miles an hour!  Here is my masterpiece, a blur outcropping of snow covered rocks with my hand and camera reflected in the frozen glass.

The road looked like glass and the few cars we met were going slow unlike my driver...but the sun was shining and that made it a better day.

The sun, in all its winter glory, shined brightly and make the snow look like diamonds.  The warmer weather is coming...I just know it.  If it's not here soon, does any one  have a good recipe for groundhog?

Wednesday Weather Update...

Maybe we might have snow...duh!!!!!  It has snowed all day.  I was a dedicated employee and was at work on time.  Could not have done it without Hubby and his assistant, Andrew.  No school, of course.

Going out was not as bad

as coming home.

This is the same stretch of road, notice the combine.  It has snowed all day and the only thing that saved us was the flakes were tiny and dry.  We have around six inches and it's still snowing.  I know, I know, that is not even enough snow to sneeze at but here, it is crippling. 

The state and  county have been running blades all day and  the road is still covered.  I cleaned the walk at work three times and finally gave up.  Tomorrow I think I will use my driver again.

My poor car did not even get the snow swept off it.  It shall be a cocoon until Friday when, it is rumored, the temperatures will be in the fifties.

This was one evening I was glad to kick my boots off.  I shall warm by the fire and dream of wearing flip flops this weekend.

Through My Window...

The birds decorated the trees.

Through The Screen...

 of the Dreaming Porch, the sun peeked over the horizon, lighting our snow covered valley.  The snow arrived quietly during the evening, with no fanfare, no marching bands and no parades...it just came.

It clings to every structure, every limb and greets the first light with a twinkle of beauty. 

I see the beauty although my hands are numb from breaking ice and feeding animals.  The sun amplifies the beauty and brings hope that the snow will leave quickly.

We won't be dreaming on this porch today.

It will have to wait for warmer weather.

The Lights Of My Days...

Light snow,

snowy sunrise,

waning moon,

foggy morning light,

morning sun

half moon,

moon waning more,

but like Motel Six,

the best light was left on for me.