A Clean Slate
Words 100
“Aren’t you scared of ghosts Nani?”
“Nah. They’re my best friends.”
“Seriously Nani, isn’t it tough staying alone?”
“It is getting difficult dear. Maybe I’ll shift to an old age home.”
“Come and stay with us!”
“Not a good idea dear. You have your own schedules. I am too old and inflexible to fit into them. We’ll get on each others nerves in no time.”
“Will you be able to adjust with strangers?”
“Ever notice how we are nicer, kinder people when with strangers?”
“Yes, but…”
“When there’s no history, no expectations, it’s easier and simpler to get along.”
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Returning after a hiatus, feeling rusty. Did it work? Do let me know – have a great weekend.
Written for Friday Fictioneers – a story in 100 words or less. Thank you Rochelle for hosting the challenge and the photo prompt! To read the other stories inspired by this prompt click here.
One tiny single room house in the midst of nowhere – quite a reversal from the cities!
On the way back by car we were caught in a torrential blinding downpour. I thought it was the perfect way to capture the rain 😀
Another way of capturing rain is by focusing on puddles – can you make out how heavily it was raining?
As the rain gathered intensity, some sought shelter…
But unlike the birds, these three didn’t have any choice and hence they bore it stoically and came out squeaky clean 😀
After the rains – clean fresh and sparkling! Yet the monsoons which bring relief from the sweltering heat and also wrecks havoc in many parts of the country.
The flower pots are a good indicator aren’t they? And this was just after two hours of rain. Thankfully the rain eased and the water receded. I wonder what would have happened if the rains hadn’t stopped…
Vast green fields that stretch on and on with a handful of people working them. And we complain of rising prices…
When I was little, I remember feeling a sense of pride and achievement at level crossings. So many people were waiting for me! 😀 Now I can feel their restlessness, their impatience.
As a child, I used to think of these as effigies of the demon king Ravan and his cronies waiting to be burned down. Now I know that our worlds will come crashing down if these were to go up in smoke 😀
Nature has found her own way of dealing with these ‘demons’ that mar her beauty. Don’t beat them, use them 😉
A thoughtful make-shift shed at an obscure railway station. One even had a tree growing through it. Or (more likely) the shed built around it 😀
Just some random white flowers from another journey on my two feet.
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” Martin Buber
“The best journey of life that you can take is inside yourself to discover your new thoughts, new ideas, and new hopes.” Debashish Mridha
“Having had enough of the lure of straight paths, this I have begun this journey with the determination to lose my way.” I dared to translate the first two lines of one of Guru Rabindranath Tagore’s songs – poth harabo bolei ebar pothe nemechi…
“If you are facing in the right direction, all you need to do is keep on walking” – Buddhist saying.
Sunset at Mumbai – the clouds and the sky come together in a bid to give the even uni-dimensional sky an artistic textured finish to a wonderful day.
I thought this photo was apt for the topic because of the many textures and layers to it and not just the fine work on the gopuram. And of course I couldn’t resist showing off the perfectly symmetrically branched tree 😀
Can you not feel the coarseness of this quaint refuge from the hot sun?
This is a section of the outer walls of the Amer fort at Jaipur which is meant to keep out the enemy. Yet there’s something beautiful and captivating about it don’t you think? I wonder if they had specialists who focused on the beautification of ramparts?
Amazing what H2O can be right? 😀 Flowing water, floating clouds or rock solid ice.
A random click of picturesque Prague. The lighter and darker shades of green, the brick roof, both grey and white clouds in a blue sky – sigh…
How could I forget these majestic beauties from Darjeeling and the unique angle – thank you Jyotsna 🙂
Let’s move on a bit farther to Germany. My cousin sent these stunning trees. Have a look
Blue blue skies and snow clad trees also from Germany shared by Svkuki 🙂
There’s this massive one from Dublin snapped by my sister while on an educational trip there.
A hairy one and quite unapologetic too!
Is that two trees or one? Oh what does it matter – there’s just one like you, muaahh
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