Thursday, July 30, 2015

Six Sentence Story: Step

My post with blog hop Six Sentence Story: Step brought back memories darkness and who knows what.

The concrete slab step was one of several used many years as a way of entry into the home.  Since it was intended only to be temporarily there until a more permanent porch and steps could be constructed, the concrete slab was not cemented together with the others.  The gaps between the slabs made perfect narrow, dark, and perhaps cool, pathways for visitors of another kind. Garter snakes, rubber boas, blue racers, gopher snakes, and alligator lizards occasionally found refuge there, much to the delight, or perhaps fear of visitors of the people type.  If one was a herpetologist, or a budding one, there was some excitement, of the good type, upon seeing some of these guests.  People who came to the home, who may have been less likely to show an enthusiastic response to these other visitors, perhaps should have had advance notice, such as "Mind the Gap." 

12 comments:

  1. Love it! Mind the gap! We had a big flat natural stone step much like this into the barn...we had to call the rangers out to relocate a couple of very large copperheads

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I'll be happy with our selection! Copperheads would scare me to death. Thank goodness for the rangers!

      Delete
  2. Clever! ....Mind the gap! The critters always seem to find a perfect place for them, but it doesn't work for the people using the step.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I love that English expression, and it seemed so right for this post.

      Delete
  3. Forget the "Hummingbird Crossing" sign--I should have got you a "Mind the Gap" sign. I wonder where the slithering critters live now that the porch is finished?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. We did see a rubber boa this summer near the ramp, but not near the door. Of the snakes, rubber boas would be my favorite. I have no idea what might be under the ramp. :-/

      Delete
  4. My favorite thing about the London Underground was the Mind the Gap announcement and signs on the platform. Loved the description of your precarious entryway.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks, Val. I really like these writing challenges, especially when the memory makes a connection to the particular challenge.

      Delete