I live in St. Louis, MO, but my heart and soul hang out at the beach. I am a multi-genre, award winning writer, and speaker. I am a seasoned pre-k teacher, on line writing instructor, wife, mother, Nana to twelve. Hopefully, something I say will make you smile, further your writing career, or inspire you to write from the heart, too. billin7@yahoo.com. Twitter, @WriterLindaO.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Playing tricks
Oh my gosh! I had a frightening experience on my way home from school this afternoon. I was at a stop light, and off to my left across the intersection, (I did not have a straight on view and the road slighty curves), I noticed a young couple atop a building lunging forward and then running back. I thought they must be pulling a Halloween prank; surely they weren't going to leap off that one story office building. Then about ten feet further down I noticed a family, parents and a young child doing the same thing. My over-active imagination kicked in and I thought maybe they were all committing suicide and were going to plunge to the ground. I tried to close my eyes because I did not want to witness it, then the light changed and I had to drive through the intersection. I looked up at them as they ran forward. Then I realized it was a darned billboard covering atop the roof that had pulled loose and was being whipped in the wind. It was an advertisement for applesause and the characters were life-sized. Their movements were so realistic when the wind gust would catch one end or the other. I thought the people on the roof were crazy. When I told my hubby about it, he thought I was crazy. Guess you had to be there. I sure breathed a sigh of relief.
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HaHa!! Oh, Linda! What a funny story. I can imagine your distress, stuck in traffic with no way to help. That writer's imagination carried you away---but after your heart recovered you wrote a wonderful blog post!
I know what you mean. I sometimes catch something in my peripheral vision which my brain interprets as entirely different from what it actually is...thank goodness!
Pat
www.critteralley.blogspot.com
Oh Linda, that was a riot! It must have been soooo scary. I believe you! Susan
Thanks for the laugh! Next time something like this happens to me, I'll remind myself that I'm not alone!
Linda, I would have had a heart attack! But since everybody's okay, it makes for a funny story!
Cute - if in the right place - not in traffic where it could cause an accident - you know. sandie
You all can't imagine how ridiculous I felt and how alarming it appeared, especially since billboards are no longer pasted on, but are made of that parachute material stuff that stretches over the backboard (and billows in a breeze). thanks for stopping by.
That would so be me and my husband. Even if we were both sitting in the car, observing that same billboard, he would not see what I would. It amazes me how creative people just see, and feel, and taste, things differently!
That is funny!
Too funny. Our eyes sure can play tricks on us.
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