In response to Charli’s Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction Prompt: Neighbourly
It was the first summer she’d noticed the little garden hadn’t been tended. The flowers were still managing, but the ground was cracked and the leaves had begun to dry. It was always a highlight on her walk, and she’d always wondered who tended to the strangely well-kept garden that sat outside the old apartment block.
So the next day, she came back with a watering can. The day after, someone had tipped fresh soil around the flowers, but it hadn’t seemed properly tilled. She smiled and came back with trowel and fork to finish what her neighbour started.
I would love to have something like that happen in real life. Cool story 🙂
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Thanks Shelby! I’m sorry I’ve been absent from your blog lately. I’ll check it out now and see what you’ve been up to!
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You are in school. No apologies necessary, I completely understand!
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That’s a touching flash and a reminder that our neighborly actions don’t always have to be known.
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Thanks for the inspiration! It was perfect 🙂
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Nice – story and idea.
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Thanks! I’m saving this one to flesh out sometime 🙂
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Look forward to it.
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Lovely story. We are so lucky that people notice these little things and just get in and do them. what a joy for the person that normally tends to discover on their return that their garden has been so tenderly looked after and that her initial work was noticed and appreciated.
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