Night Tails

May 22, 2022 15:23

It was the Blue Hour. The evening sky was slipping into a gorgeous turquoise-indigo. A solitary brilliant planet was sparkling after a sultry summer day. My five-year-old grandchildren were snuggling close to me after a productive day of “gardening,” that is to say, running the hose, digging mushy holes in the resulting mud, and sticking bean seeds ( Read more... )

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engarian May 22 2022, 23:33:50 UTC
No snails - LOL. Oh my, and 99'% autobiographical? How adventurous you are.

- Erulisse (one L)

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roina_arwen May 23 2022, 03:56:59 UTC
Very fun stories! Thanks for sharing!

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beautyofgrey May 24 2022, 03:08:28 UTC
This is so cute and dovetails so nicely with emo_snal's entry. I like that you quite literally created a new storytelling out of it in narrating it to the girls. And I'm amazed that you had a possum in the house for so long and didn't notice!

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banana_galaxy May 24 2022, 03:10:00 UTC
Such a cool story. I read Kris's entry first, which referenced some of this, but it was cool to see your expanded take on it, and I liked the way you shared it with the grandchildren.

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marlawentmad May 27 2022, 04:05:42 UTC
What a silly slice of life! You were captured the essence of talking to little kids.

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