The Angel Archway
Each May the flowers bloom filling the air with their lovely profume. I love the archway of flowers that lead to the gazebo down in the lover park of my Great Aunt’s manor . Walking under the canopy of flowers on a warm day with that heady smell, is what I’d imagine it would be to walk through the gateways of heaven.
Oh, I’m not a “believer” but I am a child of my culture. Here’s a drawing I made when I was ten of an angel. I always loved angels…and by the time I was 18 I had quite a collection of angel cards.
When I was little my Great Aunt used to babysit with my when Mom went to work. During story hour, because she always had a story hour, sometimes she’d talk about heaven and the Pearly Gates, however, she always added a flowered angel archway up to the gates. Guess she was inspired by her garden archway.
Funny, they found her just a few steps from the gazebo one early spring day. She was 86 by then, and though she wasn’t ill, no one was surprised that she’d passed away. remembering her stories, I always wondered if she’d the impression of passing through the flowered angel archway before she finally lost consciousness.
archways and angels
inviting tales from childhood
a gazebo waits
This was inspired and written for:Haibun Thinking
What a lovely story. I love it 🙂
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Lovely story Georgia, sounds like good memories of childhood.
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Dont’ forget to add to the linkup so others can see your work as well 🙂
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I did ping it back to the prompt page, but the linky isn’t up or I don’t know how to use this one
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No worries, I’ll sort it out for you 🙂
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Thanks! 🙂
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🙂
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What a wonderful story. How I’d like to go one day, in my garden, with fragrance carrying me aloft. 🙂
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Very suggestive art work for this particular challenge…glad you liked the story!
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Yes, a lovely picture. From winter last week to summer this week.
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🙂
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how touching
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thanks
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How beautiful!!!!
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Glad you liked it 🙂
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