I know she would have rather gone to some boutique, but I took her to the forest preserve at the height of autumn color. The interest in her eyes once we reached the maple trees gave me encouragement. And there were no bugs.
Walking down a short side trail almost completely buried in leaves she asked me if I knew where we were going. Admittedly if this were my first time down that trail I would have turned around, but I knew the trees here were particularly impressive. And I knew the way.
Linked to Six Sentence Story where Denise offers the prompt word “boutique” to be used in a story of six sentences.
A very short story of mine, one sentence long, was published as part of the Tiny Terrors theme in Whispers and Echoes. I am grateful to the editor Sammi Cox for selecting it.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
Better than a boutique! Well done! 🙂
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It is. Thank you, Crystal!
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Very lovely Frank!! And your photos are wonderful too 🙂 Is it getting chilly where you are?
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It is 50-70 in the Northbrook, IL, area at the moment. A light coat is all one needs. In Miami Beach it would be in the 80s. Thank you!
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Northbrook is a nice name, sounds like a lovely area 🙂 I doubt I’d like Miami Beach 🙂
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Miami Beach is like a foreign country with easy access home. We live in a inexpensive apartment among the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking community. There’s an ocean, but no forest preserve like the Northbrook area has.
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Aha, thanks for the little tour! 🙂 I’m guessing you speak a bit of Spanish and maybe Portuguese too?
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Just some Spanish, but not very well. It does help.
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I took 4 yrs of Spanish in school–was great at memorizing vocabulary and conjugating verbs…but I could never master the ability to think in Spanish in order to converse. It takes too long to “translate in your head” 🙂
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When face to face with someone, like a cashier, or a neighbor, I just stumble along probably making a lot of mistakes, but they seem to understand.
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I would guess they have at least as much English as you have Spanish 🙂
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Off to a great start with no bugs, lol. No doubt she changed her mind! There is nothing like viewing fall foliage at its peak. Simply gorgeous. You can go to a boutique any time, viewing fall colors up close and personal -that’s a special treat!
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Having no bugs is a plus. Thank you, Denise!
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What a lovely plan for a colorful hike…I trust she enjoyed it!
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She did. I took my wife down this trail I often walk in the forest preserve. Thank you, Lynn!
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This sounds like a wonderful walk, Frank.
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It has been. I plan to make my daughter there this afternoon when she has time off from work.
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Thanks for the autumn stroll Frank, and congrats on the one-sentence story – that poor frog better get hoppin 😅
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Thank you, Peter! I wouldn’t want to be in that frog’s place.
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Excellent(ly) engaging Six, plus a highly ‘visual’ story.
What more can we aspire to in this briefest of story forms.
Good Six.
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Thank you! I do like these brief forms.
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Loved this!🙂👍
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Thank you, Ramya!
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Beautifully written.
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Thank you!
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How lovely! It is often too wet here in Blighty to maximise the benefit of Autumn Colours .
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The colors are best on maple trees. Where there are many oaks, the colors seem a dull red. Thank you, Laura!
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I prefer a trail to a boutique any day!
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I do, too. Thank you, Pragalbha!
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Beautiful.
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Thank you, Romi!
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The boutiques will still be around, but being at a forest preserve in autumn when the maple trees are turning color is the place to be!
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Good point. One can always go to the boutiques. Thank you, Pat!
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My kind of place.
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Thank you, Lisa!
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Good six. An autumn walk through forests and woods can be priceless.
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Thank you! I will be going back to the forest preserve this morning and bringing others with me.
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I really liked this. I had thought to try writing about the leaf boutique that was my yard but didn’t make it happen. You did a beautiful job of it though.
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Thank you!
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This is all new to me plz support me n follow me I m trying to do something in this pandemic 😷 period
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I couldn’t reach your site, but just keep responding to various prompts through your blog and you will build confidence and followers.
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Plz guide me
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