The Green Room: Fiction Friday

Posted on March 20, 2015 by treshabarger

The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
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Friday Fictioneer prompt. Copyright Rachel Bjerke

The Green Room

Richard didn’t understand: the wood wasn’t green, wasn’t wet, but no matter how many times he lit the fire, it wouldn’t take.

This was the fairies’ favorite trick: enticing campers into the Green Room (as they called it), to watch them try to start a fire. Fanning the flame with their wings, just enough so the fire flickered, the fairies then dropped dust on it, making it smolder and go out.

When Richard returned home, he felt the need to paint his house green, inside and out, bewildering his friends and family. The fairies liked it, though, and visited regularly.
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Chair, Sketch 049

Posted on March 19, 2015 by treshabarger

So much for a loose, rapid sketch. I started this one several times, as I would put in the back and not leave enough room for the legs. I reversed that situation by starting with the legs and not leaving enough from for the back. Consistent in my efforts, that’s for sure.

A bit wobbly, perhaps

Italian, Florence, 1489-1491

Sketch 049: Chair (Sgabello), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1930

Weather Up There

Posted on March 19, 2015 by treshabarger

I chanced upon this Northern Cardinal singing yesterday morning. The rain had just stopped, the clouds turned white and the sky showed a little blue. Due to the sun’s position, the tree’s position and the bird’s position, I ended up at an odd angle to photograph him. I was just glad he didn’t fly away.