Image by Yours Truly!
Written for Friday Fictioneers
Thank you Rochelle for featuring this image.
Museum of old, chipped and broken
Is this a house or a museum??
What do you mean?
Just look around. It looks everything old, chipped and broken has found their way into our house. There’s this chipped coffee mug!
But I have planted rosemary in it.
And that old wooden crate.
It makes our bio compost.
And the broken pot, why aren’t you showing it the door?
Because it holds my precious roses.
He shook his head in frustration. She thought it was wise to stay mum about her latest find from the junkyard.
LOL! Very wise!
Ha ha, isn’t it!!
All she has to do is call it upcycling and she’s safe
Whatever you call, it’s still junk for him!! lol
Perfect timing! Thanks for an interesting photo too.
Thank you Sandra
Repurposing is all the rage and I think a pretty good idea. nice write! And thanks for the photo!
I think so too..it’s very smart and ecofriendly to repurpose things. Thank you Violet
Dear Anshu,
I can see where the piano might be bone of contention. Well done. And thank you for the use of the lovely photo.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you Rochelle…pots, mugs and buckets are fine but a huge piano .. lol
Haha, he’s not going to like it! But it’s good to see that nothing is going to waste, upcycling is the way of the future! 🙂
You bet!! 🙂
Probably a good idea!
LOL
Brilliant! I’ve heard of shabby chic, but that? Thanks for the picture Anshu.
Thank you Keith 🙂
Aw, the poor man just didn’t see the magic 🙂
Sadly no Linda 🙁
Ha ha – yes, she’d better keep quiet! Thanks for supplying a great photo prompt, Anshu.
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
Lol..thanks Susan
Now that’s the spirit of recycling that I like!
Thank you 🙂
Oh dear! He’ll surely not like to see that, would he? So well written, Anshu. This image is very interesting so I think I’m joining in for #ff this week after what seems like ages!
Welcome back, Esha! It’s good to see you here! 🙂
Delightful story.
Great image, thank you.
Thanks so much
Hahaha… Yeah, she should keep quiet about it. What a lovely story, Anshu. And a great picture too!!
Thank you Shilpa 🙂
I like your protagonist’s thinking! This piece definitely makes me a feel a little bit guilty – I’m the worst for chucking stuff out rather than trying to repair…
Thank you. I must admit I don’t know how to repair too
I’m glad she rescued it though I fear it’s past saving.
Thank you Liz, it cannot be saved but a piano garden must look cool
Fun photo! Thank you for allowing its use in this prompt!
And … fun little story, too!
🙂
Na’ama
Thank you…glad you liked it 🙂
what a nice story, inspired by your wonderful photo
Aww..I am so glad! 🙂
Fantastic tale, love the imagery, a piano flower bed, why not?!!
Thank you..I loved it too when I first saw it on the sidewalk of a street in Budapest
That was fun… It appears they don’t have the same vision so maybe it was a good idea to keep mum!
Thank you for the wonderful picture, Anshu.
Exactly Dale! But one day he is going to come upon it…lol!
Wonderful story! (And I love the picture too.)
Thanks a lot 🙂
Old is gold. She is growing plant in old things she is salvaging. What can be better?
I think so too Abhijit..she is doing a great service to human kind!
So cute. We all have someone in our family who’s fond of doing such things 🙂
I agree, the eccentric one who is always laughed at!! Sad!
My roommate saves things like that for art projects, except, instead of becoming art, they just fill up the garage.
Ha ha, probably lot of ideas but not enough motivation to carry them through!
Exactly!
Your last line made me laugh out loud! Well done!
And thank you for the photo for the prompt.
Aww…that made my day! Thank you Penny!
I’m intrigued by what she’s hiding. Let’s hear more.
Glad you liked it Patrick
Lovely story.
Thank you
Reuse, recycle all well and good – but perhaps she needs a brand new relationship?
I guess so
I agree, sometimes it is difficult to throw out our familiar stuff, regardless of age.
James, she collected thrown out stuff of other people and beautified them, that’s something, isn’t it??
Everything can be used for a planter these days. Very nicely done.
Shirley, I agree with you and some of them look so tasteful too
One person’s trash is another person’s muse. Nice.
So so agree!
She’s resourceful. Thanks for the great photo, and for all the new ideas about avoiding waste.
Thank you Margaret. Glad it inspired you
Hehe, that made me laugh. There’s a nice dynamic. If she tells him how ‘in’ or ‘it’ they are with the upcycling, he may change his mind.
That won’t work with him either …whether you call it junk or upcycling, it takes much the same space ..
Finding a new use for what’s broken is a great thing I think…
I think so too
Nice one, I like it. Just wait til he finds that his old work boots have been made into pots for petunias. I did this to my hubby’s old barn boots once… note I say “once”. heheh!
Ha ha, old work boots, wow…that’s some upcycling! Once?? I would love to hear all of it and why it happened only ONCE?? lol
He didn’t think they were old enough… result was I had to buy him new ones and listen to him complain for months thereafter.
Very resourceful indeed!
I agree Lisa!