Crystal bottles stood before her, hip shot in relaxed groups. Scented soldiers, they had no expectation they’d be called to order; Treena preferred sweatpants to skinny jeans, books to bodies grinding on a dance floor.
She glanced out at last night’s blizzard draped like predatory animals on nude tree branches, the streets below slick and frozen. Lifting bottles to the setting sun, Treena discarded each in a straight line until a sea-green bottle caught the light.
She sniffed. “That’s it!”
Spritzing the air, she stepped into the fragrant mist, “Enough cabin fever.”
Treena headed out into her personal Spring.
© Liz Husebye Hartmann (2019)
Go where the prompts lead:
Carrot Ranch Prompt (02/07/2019: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes a sign. It can be a posted sign, a universal sign, a wonder.
Carrot Ranch Prompt (01/31/2019): In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about sea mist. How does it create an environment for a story? It can set the stage or take the stage.
Valley of the Trolls 
Excellent, Liz! I love how the character’s internal thoughts are so well symbolized by what’s around her, and how Spring awakens her. Nice!
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Thanks, Buddy!
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Spring in a bottle turns us inward to cleaning. Now I understand all the “spring-scents” for laundry detergent! Love the bottles lined up like soldiers.
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(Salute and a spritz for the head honcho!)
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This makes a lot of scents.
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A rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet!
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Her own personal Spring …… Lovely!
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What we all need right about now…
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Spring is where you find it for sure!
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This is lovely, Liz. I want some of that spritz!
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Step over here…
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One could do with a glass of Jameson’s and a fire too. 🙂
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Any of those things–as long as you have a ‘decorative,’ fragrant bottle
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Love it, “her own personal spring.” Nicely written.
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Thanks, Molly! Gotta have that renewing spring to chase away that winter chill.
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Nicely written. Treena enjoyed her own company and that of nature.
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