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PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook
This week’s photo is a frozen garden pond. Ice has encrusted dormant plants under a protective mesh covering. There is a stone walk around the pond.
Genre: Hysterical Non-Fiction
Word Count: 100
MOTHER NATURE’S MASTERPIECE
One year for Valentine’s Day my husband gifted me with an orchid. Something different, he said. Truly I was thrilled. A gorgeous phalaenopsis with purple veins.
I researched the care and feeding of my lovely acquisition.
Some online plant enthusiasts swore by putting ice cubes in the pot and letting them melt rather than straightforward watering.
I bought orchid food.
By April, the petals had fallen and the leaves drooped like something in a Salvador Dali painting. I agonized over what I had done wrong.
Long story short, I’m death to plant-life. No doubt I could kill a silk orchid.
“The Persistence of Memory” by Salvador Dali
“Stargazer Lilies” by Yours Truly (not orchids 😉 )
*I can paint them, but don’t ask me to grow them. 😀
Rochelle Wisoff-Fields-Addicted to Purple 