Tuesday – Anything Possible – Kreative Kue #270 by Keith Channing

~ John W. Howell

In Keith’s words.

“Using this photo (below) as inspiration, write a short story, flash fiction, scene, poem; anything, really; even just a caption for the photograph. Either put it (or a link to it) in a comment or email it to me at keithchanning@gmail.com before 6pm next Sunday (if you aren’t sure what the time is where I live, this link will tell you). If you post it on your own blog or site, a link to this page would be appreciated, but please do also mention it in a comment here.

Go on. You know you want to. Let your creativity and imagination soar. I shall display the entries next Monday.”

The photo.

Kreative Kue #270

Mad Dogs and Englishman © 2020 John W. Howell

“Hey, boss.”

“Yeah. What is it?”

“Can you give me a boost up there with you?”

“I’m not staying up here. I’m coming down.”

“What are you doing up there in the first place?”

“Not that you would be interested I was just seeing how much room we had on top.”

“How much room? Why?”

“Well, the Mother in Law is coming for a visit, and we need a place for her to stay.”

“Please don’t tell me you were going to put her on the roof.”

“I was thinking we could put up a tent. It would be pretty comfortable.”

“How’s she going to get up there?”

“Just like me. Climb the ladder.”

“You can’t be serious?”

“Well, we are running out of room inside. I am just exploring the options.”

“Seems like a foolhardy idea.”

“This coming from a dog who chases cars.”

“I don’t chase them. I just bark at them.”

“Whatever. The point is we need to make room in the camper.”

“But to have that poor old lady struggle up the ladder to a hot mosquito-filled tent just seems cruel.”

“Maybe you would like to take her place.”

“She seems pretty fit. I think the ladder and tent will be a good solution for her. When’s dinner?’

“As soon as I get down.”

“Want me to catch you?”

“That’s okay. I can do it myself.”

51 thoughts on “Tuesday – Anything Possible – Kreative Kue #270 by Keith Channing”

  1. Nice one John. I have to confess that the camper was used as overspill accommodation on occasions – and we once went out for Christmas dinner by taking it out to the (suitably decorated) camper and eating it there! Which gives me an idea for a prompt.

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  3. Poor Mothers-in-Law, they always get a bad rap. LOL. Great dialogue, John. Kudos to Keith for the photo. 😀

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  7. Haha! Poor mothers-in-law… they really do get the brunt of it, don’t they?
    Hope I’ll be the cool one that will be given a room inside 😉

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  9. Too funny, John! I hope the upper room accommodations come with plenty of DEET! She’ll realize this guy means business when she has to climb that ladder — and really, don’t they say that fish and guests start to smell after three days?!?

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  14. Very funny. No way would I try to write anything about that photo after reading this. You got it JUST RIGHT. (the poor mother-in-law…, particularly if she needed to pee in the middle of the night). :-0

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