Happy Saturday. We are dry, and not just David and me. The state of Connecticut is dry. No, not the dry that means no alcohol — we’d have to move — the weather kind, as in drought. We are under a Red Flag warning at the moment, and unusual state for us to be in. We can’t do much about the drought, but David has offered to skip his glass of ice if Cheryl thinks it might help. We will also try to work with Linda’s prompt.
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “starts with ‘under.’” Find a word that starts with “under” and use it in your post. Enjoy!
SoCS by Linda G. Hill
If we were having a beer, you’d be about to be upset.
“Cheers David. Did you find a parking space?”
“Yes, directly across from your car.”
“Underneath that big oak? You didn’t park there, did you?”
“It was the only space left. What’s the problem?”
“The tree is bare, and crows love to rest in it. There’s a whole murder of them.”
“Murder, good word. That’s what they’re going to do to my car. I came here in a beautiful black lab. I’ve be going home in a dalmatian.”
“You boys thirsty?”
“We are parched, Cheryl, just like the landscape out there.”
“We might get some rain tomorrow. In the meantime, there’s a fifty percent chance of bourbon.”
“John Howell’s Bourbon?”
“Of course, David. I’d never serve you a lesser brand. And, don’t worry, I’ll bring the snifter of seltzer and the glass of ice.”
“And the cherries?”
“Of course, David. Of course. And Dan, here’s a cold Modelo for you.”
“Thanks Cheryl. Cheers, Dan.”
“Cheers David.”
“You still walking in the morning?”
“I am. I walk any dry day it’s about twenty-degrees*.”
“Well dry is no problem, we haven’t had rain since September, but it’s going to be twenty-six tonight. That’s getting close. I’m not sure I’d want to be walking in that. Why not wait until it warms up?”
“If I wait, I get tangled up with something else and then I don’t walk. Besides, the crew from Public Works is out there working. At least I’m just walking.”
“What are they doing these days, picking up leaves?”
“This week, they were clearing the sprinkler lines.”
“All week? My landscaper cleared my lines in about two hours.”
“How many zones you got?”
“Three, I think. Maybe four, why?”
“There’s over ninety zones running underneath those four ballfields, and they all run a lot farther than any of your longest one.”
“Okay. I guess they can have a few extra days. They must think you’re pretty weird taking pictures of those leaf creatures.”
“I don’t think I attract much attention. Just some crazy old guy trying to figure out his camera.”
“Maybe they think you’re zooming in on your feet. You know, to make sure your shoes are tied.”
“Hey, that would be easier than bending over.”
*20°f (-7°c)
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