tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post4699744186637578414..comments2023-05-06T05:25:26.006-04:00Comments on Gail Roughton's Flowers On The Fence: Trapped!gail roughton brananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258347523766173312noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-33217877662844767672013-07-30T16:35:59.027-04:002013-07-30T16:35:59.027-04:00How did I miss this? You are a great storyteller.....How did I miss this? You are a great storyteller...making the usual life so entertaining!!Love Austin!J.Q. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04710790553616621103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-73502614079876158692013-06-10T16:00:37.933-04:002013-06-10T16:00:37.933-04:00I'd like to say the family doesn't have th...I'd like to say the family doesn't have that many nights that will live in infamy, but I'd be lying. But all of 'em make for those memories that weren't funny at all at the time but were hysterically funny afterwards! Thanks for coming by!gail roughton brananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258347523766173312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-39821713471193909172013-06-10T08:59:27.892-04:002013-06-10T08:59:27.892-04:00Came in late here, Gail, but darn that was an even...Came in late here, Gail, but darn that was an event worthy of going down in your family's oral history and beyond. Love your grandson's creative use of words. Glad things turned out fine, you had me on the edge there for a moment. I know how frustrating, annoying, crappy and etc., it can be when the power goes off. What is it with the east coast? It's not if the power goes out, it's "Oh, hell, it's happened again!"Mary Raimes Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14174674323891784239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-3261004431128154942013-06-09T19:54:01.842-04:002013-06-09T19:54:01.842-04:00I probably would not have said it...at least not t...I probably would not have said it...at least not to my Dad since I was merely trying to remember how to spell it. Might have asked Mom since she liked doing crossword puzzles and was disgustingly good at them...still I might not have bothered ASKING how to spell the word. Deep inside I knew how it needed to be spelled, but couldn't bring the spelling to the forefront of my brain in a way that made it look "right". To check out my gray matter's auto-spell I had to write it out. <br /><br />Now that I've been a parent for a bit I guess I CAN see why my parents blew their cool when they read my notepad. I guess getting lost in the world of teen angst I was busily creating didn't allow me to think beyond verifying the correct spelling of the word. You have to admit..catastrophe..is a pretty powerful word...one way or another!Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866209826449646004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-18274223527193085192013-06-09T16:13:30.116-04:002013-06-09T16:13:30.116-04:00Yeah, I know, it's scary to a little kid and b...Yeah, I know, it's scary to a little kid and between you and me, Granddaddy's been known to drop the "B" word every now and again at night too (you know, that B----man word) despite my repeated threats to inflict bodily harm. Our skeeters can carry off a DOG, honey! (Now there's a story idea. Even a title! "Boonies in the Dark Down a Long Driveway....)gail roughton brananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258347523766173312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-16632272690756764442013-06-09T16:10:48.437-04:002013-06-09T16:10:48.437-04:00Welcome to my world! More often than not, actuall...Welcome to my world! More often than not, actually! Glad you enjoyed it!gail roughton brananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258347523766173312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-13959762625009528922013-06-09T15:20:00.037-04:002013-06-09T15:20:00.037-04:00Awww, all of that is scary to a little kid, you kn...Awww, all of that is scary to a little kid, you know, ESPECIALLY if you live out in the boonies IN THE DARK DOWN A LONG DRIVEWAY...sure am glad he had a happy ending (which I knew he would anyway - though he doubted it, I do believe, LOL)<br /><br />Gail, I have to know...how big are your skeeters? Ours look like escapees from Jurassic Park!!! (and they are gleefuly sadistic especially when their victims live IN THE BOONIES IN THE DARK DOWN A LONG DRIVEWAY...)Miss Maehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245580913844186039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-22279517919665141112013-06-09T14:42:46.460-04:002013-06-09T14:42:46.460-04:00Hilarious, thanks for a great story! :)Hilarious, thanks for a great story! :)A.M. Westerlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17128354083924928554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-52401468840241549622013-06-09T13:57:47.765-04:002013-06-09T13:57:47.765-04:00Stuart! Thank you, darlin'! (I have camped, ...Stuart! Thank you, darlin'! (I have camped, but trust me -- I didn't like it.) Blogging sorta comes and goes with me. Got to have that story to tell first! And between you and me and the gatepost, I'd just as soon not tell have another one like this to tell anytime soon!gail roughton brananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258347523766173312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-1466526613655767402013-06-09T13:52:14.501-04:002013-06-09T13:52:14.501-04:00Gail! Great story! Glad to see you blogging again....Gail! Great story! Glad to see you blogging again. You have a true story-teller's gift. I feel like I'm sitting around a campfire with you (um, except I don't camp), listening to you weave a tale.Stuart R. Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12199079894134598567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-49862549609367716082013-06-09T13:17:56.112-04:002013-06-09T13:17:56.112-04:00Why thank you, darlin'! Actually, pretty much...Why thank you, darlin'! Actually, pretty much everything that happens in Flowers on the Fence Country ends up somewhere in one of my books sooner or later. This one's definitely filed away! Glad you enjoyed it!gail roughton brananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258347523766173312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-4018443786033158832013-06-09T12:53:50.327-04:002013-06-09T12:53:50.327-04:00A great read, Gail. I enjoyed every minute of it. ...A great read, Gail. I enjoyed every minute of it. I think you should write an anthology with little clips like this. It would be a winner.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00296793847863721845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-34006404964695468622013-06-09T08:39:18.500-04:002013-06-09T08:39:18.500-04:00Stored away for future reference, for sure, that p...Stored away for future reference, for sure, that phrase! Sometimes the things that pop out of that mouth just knock me down!gail roughton brananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258347523766173312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-49049299286644715312013-06-09T08:37:41.280-04:002013-06-09T08:37:41.280-04:00Can you believe that phrasing? From a six year ol...Can you believe that phrasing? From a six year old? gail roughton brananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258347523766173312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-42696401408917351002013-06-09T08:34:08.820-04:002013-06-09T08:34:08.820-04:00We knew that.We knew that.gail roughton brananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258347523766173312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-59158023699600860592013-06-09T08:33:46.273-04:002013-06-09T08:33:46.273-04:00Catastrophe -- Yes, truly a word parents love to h...Catastrophe -- Yes, truly a word parents love to hear! Love you too, darlin'!gail roughton brananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258347523766173312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-78155758418667312292013-06-09T04:17:41.264-04:002013-06-09T04:17:41.264-04:00A scared heart...that boy is going to be a writer ...A scared heart...that boy is going to be a writer for sure. And you've just got to use it for a book title.Sheila Claydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06499631964600996650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-75912799051419076792013-06-09T01:08:25.802-04:002013-06-09T01:08:25.802-04:00Austin is the grandson of a writer, all right. Austin is the grandson of a writer, all right. Tanjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05868159655910235958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-41331464743796866532013-06-08T21:28:55.188-04:002013-06-08T21:28:55.188-04:00That's supposed to say FOUR INCHES...maybe fiv...That's supposed to say FOUR INCHES...maybe five...but no more.Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866209826449646004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-31665006364013739092013-06-08T21:27:11.623-04:002013-06-08T21:27:11.623-04:00I accidently popped in here read the title and tho...I accidently popped in here read the title and thought...OH MY WHAT'S HAPPENED?!<br /><br />I read along, nodding my head, memories from my own country childhood flashing inside my newly lopped bean,(yep I lopped off about sour inches of my hair earlier tonight with my sewing scissors,) around and between your unfolding drama. <br /><br />I remember a time...be glad this did not happen...when my parents went out to the nearby town...I think Dad needed more flexible coil for his weed whacker. (Dad mowed all of our two pristine acres with...not his John Deere Tractor with all its bells and whistles, but with the weed whacker...Dad liked taking his time.)<br /><br />Off they went to buy the coveted thread needed to lacertate the long, really long yard...and a storm hit. I didn't know a storm hit...I was in my own world...writing...when a word popped into my head that didn't look right flitting inside my bean...so I trudged downstairs to get an exra notepad...couldn't mar the one I was composing my teenage epic on, and I spelled out the word...OKAY now it looked right. With it accurately in my head I returned to my room and my ever growing saga leaving the notepad on the kitchen table.<br /><br />Lost in my world I didn't hear my parents come home until my dad bellowed and my mother charged up the steps screaming at the top of her lungs. "Where are you, Lin? What happened? Are you okay?"<br /><br />She catapulted into my room her eyes bugging, salivating like some kind of a dog right before you give it the hex sign and yell RABIES!<br /><br />In her hand she held it...my scrap of scratch notepad...and she shook it at me demanding to know what I meant?<br /><br />Still confused about the panic I now saw on both my parents' faces...Dad had joined us...Mom looked rabid, Dad looked like a crazed banty rooster.(He was only 5'7")<br /><br />What had I written?<br /><br />NOTHING BAD...I just needed to know how to spell it and had to SEE it to be sure. It's not my fault my parents lost it...I mean it was just a word...OKAY...maybe in the wrong context it might be an UNSUAL word...How would you react?<br /><br />The word?<br /><br />CATASTROPHE<br /><br />Love Ya Darling and ADORE your story telling voice. you and Nonnie would have been Best Buds!Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866209826449646004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-86191054929047379542013-06-08T21:03:10.398-04:002013-06-08T21:03:10.398-04:00Thought crossed my mind! Thought crossed my mind! gail roughton brananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258347523766173312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-12049868551655952572013-06-08T20:41:30.945-04:002013-06-08T20:41:30.945-04:00You're really going to have to put that in a b...You're really going to have to put that in a book. Maybe the pepper jelly one. Loved it.Roseanne Dowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15473329969019245459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-57290006036023390192013-06-08T20:35:23.167-04:002013-06-08T20:35:23.167-04:00Lord love you darlin'! Yeah, it's funny no...Lord love you darlin'! Yeah, it's funny now. Wasn't at the time. Can you say "desperate"? gail roughton brananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258347523766173312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-68022548923618081712013-06-08T20:31:17.494-04:002013-06-08T20:31:17.494-04:00Love your Flowers on the Fence, Gail. Can see ever...Love your Flowers on the Fence, Gail. Can see everything as I read, you have a real flair for bringing everything into 3D.Sue Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18068163331037548390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965098524381892841.post-19465138939028909882013-06-08T20:19:29.635-04:002013-06-08T20:19:29.635-04:00So glad you enjoyed it! My life is just full of t...So glad you enjoyed it! My life is just full of those things that aren't funny at the time but are just hilarious after you manage to live through 'em!gail roughton brananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258347523766173312noreply@blogger.com