where a picture paints 140 characters.
Susan over at Stonyriver hosts Microfiction Monday The rules are simple,to use Susan's picture she posts then compose a story up to 140 characters including spaces and punctuation.
So here is this weeks picture and my story to go with.
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Aunt Gert soon realized that either the government dropped
the travel alerts and everyone decided to fly
OR
This wasn't Grand Central!
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday Microfiction Monday!
A little birdie told me so!
This wasn't Grand Central!
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday Microfiction Monday!
A little birdie told me so!
Now leap on over to Susan's and leave your name
She even has a brilliant character counter to help us count
As Susan promises, it's fast, it's fiction, it's fun!
At my age I do so relate to Aunt Gert!! Fun one for the day! Hope you have a great week, Peggy!
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Sylvia;
ReplyDeleteI also relate.
Another fun picture.
Hope you have great weather in the Great North West! Take care my friend.
She's either lost or New York's had a hurricane :-)
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed that.
Hey Peggy! :)
ReplyDeleteThose travelers will return when they get another dose of the airport time eating hassles.
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My word verification word was phyphy
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Oh Peggy, LOL, it's Huntington West Virginia -- definitely NOT Grand Central station! My daughter got on this train and it took 11 hours to get her back to Washington DC (we could drive in 7 - does that make any sense at all, that the train is slower?)
ReplyDeleteHappy Monday!
Well by looking at the absent crowd waiting, Aunt Gert should have pick of any seat available.
ReplyDeleteBill;
ReplyDeletePoor Aunt Gert, never been off the farm.
Hope she makes it back home ...or not!
Thanks Bill, love your comments!
Jim;
ReplyDeleteYou are so right. She better enjoy her trip and pick her seat while she can.
Love the word verification.
Anthony;
ReplyDeleteYour comment made me LOL. Thanks you as always for your comments!
Susan;
ReplyDeleteI used to take the train home from college all the time. Took forever. I took the bus once and we just flew. Time spent at each stop must be part of it. Just doesn't make a lot f sense to me either.
Oh dear! Dontcha hate it when you're lost?
ReplyDeleteEG;
ReplyDeleteI sure do ahte it when I'm lost. Thanks for coming by today. Have a great week.
Terrific! I still haven't taken a train to another state on the mainland. Maybe I'll add it to the Bucket List.
ReplyDeleteA comic twist. I like that, Peggy.
ReplyDeleteAs for speed, I don't think that's the reason people take trains. Trains are relaxing. I sleep like a baby when I have a lower berth, with the rumble of the rails to lull me to sleep. The whistle never wakes me up but, if I'm awake, I find it soothing. I love the dining car, with its fabulous service, and the opportunity to share a table with friendly people. It's like taking a cruise ship across the ocean instead of flying. Sure, it takes a lot longer, but the passengers arrive refreshed and happy.
Kay;
ReplyDeleteI used to take the train from college everytime I came home. It was slow and it ran only once a day. Jimmy always picked me up so it ended very well!
Have a wonderful Monday. I take it one day at a time.
Kay;
ReplyDeleteThe train that I took, also had a dining car. Not so good.
My brother rode a train accross country and really liked it too. One night he woke up and had to use the bathroom. The shower was above the toilet and he managed to also take a bath at the same time. I still laugh at that vision.
The Orient Express sounds like a lovely train to take someday.
Thank you so much for putting a wonderful impression in my head. Now I want to ride one again.
Oh, poor Aunt Gert...I think she needs a traveling companion at this stage of life. Good one.
ReplyDeleteA funny one, pure and simple. Gotta feel for Aunt Gert!
ReplyDeleteHave a great week, Peggy.
I've never taken a train and it sounds more fun that flying. :)
ReplyDeleteNice one...glad to see you here.
Pat;
ReplyDeleteI had aunt Aunt Gert and she loved to catch a ride on almost anything. Sweet, a freebird.
Have a good evening!
Hope;
It is fun , much nicer these days I hear!
Thanks for missing me. I missed you too!
Back soon, I hope!
Michael;
ReplyDeleteThank you, just very simple.
Have a nice Week. Thanks for playing.
Good for Aunt Gert...she can go first class now :) WOOT!! Love the story. Very well done :)
ReplyDeleteI too had an Aunt Gertie...
ReplyDeleteCrusty ole broad lived to be 98
Loved you story...Thanks
Train rides are so much fun!
ReplyDeleteVery, very cute Micro-Fiction Monday.
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G-Man;
ReplyDeleteMy Aunt Gert was a stem winder for sure, crusty in her own way She lived to be 92, diabetes and all.
Thanks for coming by!
Stunned Woods;
They sure can be, not sure it was for Aunt Gert.
:)
Thanks Prayer Girl;
ReplyDeleteThese are fun for sure!
Thom;
ReplyDeleteI love your word woot.
Explains alot and makes me feel good.
Loved Aunt Gert! Sometimes I feel like Aunt Gert when I take the train to see either of my daughters and their families. I do arrive much more refreshed then if I drove through all that traffic! (grinning!)
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Ms Daisey;
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that you liked Aunt Gert. She was a pistle in real life and I loved her.
We have a train down here and I should take it more often.
Glad you like the train too, it seems others feel the same way.
Have a great week ahead Jean.
I loved this!
ReplyDeleteI did think that train station looked way to quiet! Loved your take on the picture.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week x
Aunt Gert needs an update. It's not easy to be left behind :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like Aunt Gert's lost! LOL
ReplyDeleteAkela;
ReplyDeleteI know that feeling.
Thanks for coming by today!
Hazel
It sure isn't easy. Poor Gert doesn't know where she was going to go on the train. HELP!@
Thanks Ellie,
ReplyDeletePoor Gert!
Have a great week.
Deborah;
I'm glad you did! Always makes me smile when I read this!
Have a wonderful week!
Nice one. I home Aunt Gert had a fun adventure :O)
ReplyDeleteAunt Gert is probably thrilled the crowds are elsewhere! She seems a bit confused, though! LOL
ReplyDeleteI fear you are correct.
ReplyDeleteAunt Gert needs a keeper!
Thanks for stopping by today.!
Madeleine;
ReplyDeleteShe came home with so many stories!
Thanks for your comment!
...and nice to meet you!
That is a fun microfiction. I loved it :)
ReplyDeleteGee, I've heard crime is bad in NYC, but I can't believe somebody actually stole Grand Central Station! what's next? The Statue of Liberty?
ReplyDeleteOh how I love your comments on Mondays!!
ReplyDeletepoor old lady. I don't know what to do if I get lost or miss my ride.
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