Saturday 13 November 2010

A Good Walk - Saturday Centus # 28

Week 28 of Saturday Centus this weeks prompt is to use up to 100 words (not including the prompt) using the line ...."The early November sunshine cast golden rays..."



The early November sunshine cast golden rays that flooded the room, showing every bit of dust on every surface.

Annie smiled to herself and grabbed the lead.

"Come on, Lady."

Lady scampered to her side, tail wagging.

They headed off, breathing in the wonderful crispness of the air and spent an hour together in the glorious morning sun.

As they neared home the sky turned grey and clouded over.

Once inside, Annie looked again around the room ... the dust was gone.

She bent down to give Lady a stroke, and smiled.

"A good walk sorts everything out, doesn't it, girl."

28 comments:

Susannah said...

Very clever, and such a lovely story too. I loved it. :-)

Bookie said...

Oh, such a nice walk. I wonder if a walk would do my laundry this morning! But you are right that often it is best to walk away from all "dust" in life.

Teresa said...

I love this. Time and a good walk certainly can take care of things! Great take on this week's prompt.

Strummed Words said...

I remember November walks with my dog :)

noexcuses said...

A walk always clears the dust in my head. Wonderful story!

Nessa said...

I love it. A new perspective - I like it much better than dusting.

Susan Anderson said...

Fun and unexpected direction you took here. I liked it very much!

=)

gautami tripathy said...

Wonderful take on the prompt!

echoeing parenthesis

Viki said...

Everyone seems to have stepped up with their centus this week. I loved this. Maybe that's what I need to do, is go out and clear my head from the dust. I could use someone though to clean the dust off my furniture though, really, ha, ha.

Unknown said...

A good walk certainly does. Excellent!

Anonymous said...

A delightful story.

Tina said...

Not sure the dust in my house would leave just like that, them bunnies are HUGE! Loved this whimsical take on the prompt. Nicely done!

Unknown said...

Very sweet. Lovely story. I see it! I can even hear the dog breathing and wagging its tail!
Best wishes,
Anna
Anna's SC wk 28

Ames said...

Love me a dog story!~Ames

http://rivahchick.blogspot.com/2010/11/saturday-centus-28-mr-sunshine.html

faith said...

Wonderful, Annie is my kind a gal! :) Thanks for visiting my blog and introducing me to SC!

Judie said...

Rod takes Mulligan for a walk aevery day. They both come back feeling better!!

Business IQ said...

Wonderful writing! You are so talented :) I just loved this simple scene.

Deborah said...

Thanks everso much for your comments x

jfb57 said...

Wonderful, wnderful! I really liked this one this week. I know how she feels about the dust disappearing!!

People Who Know Me Would Say: said...

That's my idea of cleaning house!

Tracy said...

just wondering if I walk my dog do you think I could come home tono ironing great thought

LEAT said...

Great story, love the perspective shift.
Although I do like sitting in a chair and watching the dust move through shafts of bright light, it's just not the same on the surfaces :)

Kat said...

This was such a wonderful little slice of life. Dogs can really help us remember the important things, can't they? Loved this take on the prompt. Kat

Jewel said...

How cute...reminds me of when I take my own dogs out.

Jewel

Tgoette said...

Excellent job! I love how the problems and issues that cloud my mind daily get swept away when I am walking my dog. You nailed it this week!

Unknown said...

Lovely and refreshing! Now I need to go on a walk!

cj Schlottman said...

This is universally appealing to all of us dog-lovers out here. They truly can perform magic in our lives.

Your Centus was very visual. I was with you all the way. Good writing.

Thanks..........cj

Jenny said...

Clever and lovely.

Why does the dust never appear when I walk our weiner dog, though?

Rats!

Thanks for linking. This was a fun take on the prompt.