Wednesday's Words on a Friday

 

The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly, Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems.

The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind.

If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know so we can come along to read it and add a few encouraging words.

This month the words/prompts are supplied by Alex J. Cavanaugh and can be found here

This week's words/prompts are: 

1. snow 2. cow 3.jade 4. candy 5. sunglasses 

and/or: 

1. oak 2. refreshed 3. ornery 4. music 5. shells

Also including Charlotte's colour of the month pearl opal green.

Here is my story:

Dana thought her snowman looked quite jaunty in his pearl opal green top hat and jade scarf and named him Harvey after her ornery old Grandpa who had always told her playing around in the snow was foolishness that would freeze her fingers off, but then would send her out in the cold to bring in the cow for milking. 

She glanced towards the small family graveyard near the giant oak tree and whispered “see grandpa, I still have all my fingers, though you have been gone many years now.” A breeze just then tinkled music from the shell windchimes hanging by the kitchen door and Dana smiled, her grandpa Harvey had made those with shells he and Grandma had gathered on their honeymoon, and the tinkling now made her think Grandpa was listening. 

Heading back into the house, Dana carefully placed her sunglasses beside the keys tray (always wear sunglasses if the sun is shining on the snow, Grandma Cecelia would say) and refreshed the giant candy bowl by the front door, ready for the next wave of trick-or-treaters.