A story…

for Sadje’s What Do You See? prompt

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Tilly was tickled pink when I said she could do some painting. And not just pink, green and blue and yellow too!

I was only gone for a moment or two,  but in that short time, she changed my stylishly subdued decor into a technicolour melee! It took me a while to spot her, she blended in so well!

Do you know what? I actually began to like it. A new me, a new image, a new… everything!

We spent a while adding some finishing touches, she the lower bits, me the upper regions, and then the transformation was complete. As an added bonus, my formally formal attire was now a multicoloured mish-mash, and I liked that too!

We did that slap-clap link-little-fingers thing that kids do then we admired our work. 

Only one problem, the wife was due home any minute.

You don’t want to know what happened next.

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Image credit; Senjuti Kundu @ Unsplash

26 thoughts on “A story…

  1. Suzette Benjamin's avatar Suzette Benjamin November 7, 2022 / 17:49

    Yes! Color does add sparkle to the eyes… a lovely transformation indeed. Great story Keith.

  2. larry trasciatti's avatar larry trasciatti November 7, 2022 / 18:01

    Painting in such fancy formal attire always leads to big trouble with the wifey

  3. paeansunplugged's avatar paeansunplugged November 7, 2022 / 18:29

    Hehe! I am very interested to know what happened, Keith!

  4. ~just a thought's avatar ~just a thought November 7, 2022 / 20:53

    Reads like good memories . . .

  5. beth's avatar beth November 7, 2022 / 23:38

    Hilarious! Like the cat in the hat book

  6. ladysighs's avatar ladysighs November 8, 2022 / 00:38

    I have been noticing you have your stories written almost before the prompt appears leading me to believe you have inside information about the picture.

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings November 9, 2022 / 17:14

      If only! No, sometimes stories appear in a flash, quite useful for flash fiction!

  7. Christine Goodnough's avatar Christine Goodnough November 8, 2022 / 03:07

    What the wife will do will likely depend on who will have to fix the decor and/or pay for the cleaning bill.

  8. hilarymb's avatar hilarymb November 8, 2022 / 08:58

    Hi Keith – I can’t imagine … and the perpetrator isn’t of an age to do much. I think sitting down having a bottle of wine, perhaps a take out … then collapsing overnight and think about redecorating – the perpetrator’s colour scheme will no doubt wash off in the shower. The image prompt is brilliant – in more than one way! Cheers Hilary

  9. The Sicilian Storyteller's avatar The Sicilian Storyteller November 8, 2022 / 11:24

    What can a loving grandma do but laugh at the fun and love shared by her husband and their sweet little granddaughter? It will all come out in the wash … all except the memories!

  10. Sadje's avatar Sadje November 9, 2022 / 15:45

    I’m sure she was delighted with the new decor. A lovely story Keith. Thanks for joining in.

      • Sadje's avatar Sadje November 9, 2022 / 17:20

        😂

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