RANDOM THOUGHTS by Trish

… not necessarily sane

Friday Fictioneers – the Painter

Posted on 23/07/2020 by trishsplace

Photo by Rochelles Wisoff-Fields - palettes

Photo prompt @ Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

The house was dilapidated. On the market for a quick sale.

Deceased estate.

I wandered through, nudging trash along the ground.

Crinkling my face. A hand over my nose and mouth.

The smell!

Beautiful bones to this place. Ceiling roses and architraves.

Stunning wood features.

I imagined generations of a loving family. Good times and bad.

Nobody left. Everything of value removed.

The empty palette catches my eye.

There’d been a painter in the family.

I wondered whether their work was known.

And if I’d recognise the name.

Something other than debris.

I hoped so! (95 words)

Friday fictioneers is a weekly challenge set by Rochelle Wisoff Fields to write a story in response to a photo prompt – in 100 words or less. You can find other stories here.

20 thoughts on “Friday Fictioneers – the Painter”

Sten is Sten on 20/10/2020 at 9:34 pm said:

cool post ! like it!

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- trishsplace on 20/10/2020 at 10:27 pm said:
  
  Thank you
  
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msjadeli on 28/07/2020 at 3:08 pm said:

So much possibility!

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michaelwynnauthor on 26/07/2020 at 8:46 pm said:

We wander through the house with the protagonist, lovely piece

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granonine on 25/07/2020 at 11:58 pm said:

Evocative, full of atmosphere. Well done.

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Danny James on 25/07/2020 at 8:55 pm said:

That so realistic. Nice job.

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Sandra on 24/07/2020 at 8:31 pm said:

A beautifully understated piece. I enjoyed this.

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Keith's Ramblings on 24/07/2020 at 6:42 pm said:

Wonderfully descriptive, I could picture the scene – and almost smell it!. Excellent.

Here’s mine!

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Bill on 24/07/2020 at 5:13 am said:

i could imagine myself there. Even see the palette is real. Good one, well done.

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doodletllc on 24/07/2020 at 1:13 am said:

Wonderfully told…I walked through the rooms with her and similarly in awe.

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- doodletllc on 24/07/2020 at 1:14 am said:
  
  …and was similarly in awe!
  
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rochellewisoff on 23/07/2020 at 11:59 pm said:

Dear Trish,

Great job of setting the scene–appealing to all of the senses.

Shalom,

Rochelle

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- trishsplace on 24/07/2020 at 9:26 am said:
  
  Thanks Rochelle!
  
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es1146 on 23/07/2020 at 11:28 pm said:

Words that paint a thousand pictures.

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- trishsplace on 24/07/2020 at 9:25 am said:
  
  Thank you!
  
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ceayr on 23/07/2020 at 8:48 pm said:

Dare I say, Trish, that you painted a picture of this house

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- trishsplace on 24/07/2020 at 9:25 am said:
  
  Clever man, you can say!
  
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Iain Kelly on 23/07/2020 at 7:55 pm said:

If those walls could talk. Great sense of the old building from this. Nicely done.

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- trishsplace on 24/07/2020 at 9:25 am said:
  
  Thanks Iain.
  
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neilmacdon on 23/07/2020 at 7:30 pm said:

A great sense of a person making a story about a place

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