“He’d left it that way on purpose,” the late owner’s grandson pointed.
Sarah regarded the old fence with its mossy stains. Bushes crowded near and the trees grew so close they’d soon be integrated into the fence. A thorny climber threatened to lock the gate from within, and she wondered how many times it or its predecessors had done so, how many times it had been gently pruned to keep the portal functioning.
“For a trellis?” she bent her knees to peek out through the slats on the ladder-like bit of fencing adjacent to the gate. The front of the property was fenced in stone. Only this portion in the rear was wooden. She almost liked it better. In her mind’s eye she saw roses. Or sweet peas. Or jasmine.
“For a view.”
She glanced up.
“Old blood feud with the neighbors.” The man explained. “But he loved their daughter.”
For Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative Challenge
Na'ama Yehuda 
That’s wonderful, and so logical. Why leave the gaps if not for the view?
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I’m so glad you liked it! It looked like something one would peek through, and then I thought – if it is next to the gate, that can be opened completely, why? 🙂 And the rest is history … 😉
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The way our minds work, hey 🙂
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Yep! 🙂
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Nice punch line.
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Glad you liked it! 🙂
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It inspired me to write mine. It’ll be up tomorrow.
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Yes! Glad to know! I’ll check it out later this week, then! 🙂
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This is, once again, truly wonderful, my friend. I love it.
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Thank you, my friend!
Will be passing on FF this week (at least for now), but looking forward to reading what you’ll contribute to this prompt! xoxo
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I am, as well. Matter of fact, I am doing Crispina’s challenge mixed with dVerse – coz… I just got inspired 😉
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can’t wait!!! 🙂 Will read!
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You will, will you? 😉 Then dammit. I’ve truly committed myself!!
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LOL … a little peer pressure, eh? 🙂
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Seriously.
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I have no idea what you’re referring to … 😉
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Uh huh.
Truth be told, I’m the one who put the pressure on! 😀
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I know how it goes … hugzeez!
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He he he… I am stalled…
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Stalling often mean: chocolate, coffee, a walk, a talk, a nap, or doing the dishes. Sometimes an assortment of the above … 😉
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Is that what it means? Then I shall have to chocolate, But I was wining so, maybe that is the real cause… (shit, I’m doing a better job on the prompt here than on my post!)
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LOL! Well, copy and paste works, too … Ya never know what kinda’ ladder conversation one is having … 😉
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Hahaha!
Indeed!
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Whenever you are ready, I have posted that which you inspired. Thanks. ;0)
P.S. I gave you credit for your inspiration.
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Just checked it out. Put a line to mine in my comment, just in case … 😉 This was fun!
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