Party of Unusual Proportion

/ Liz H-H
A sprawling National Gallery building sits under a cloudy sky promising rain, while sparse groups of people sit on a wall outside the building, and one person strides away.

© Ayr/Gray

“Well, that was a trial and a half,” muttered Louisa as she stalked away from the National Gallery of Lead Glass Bottles and Rodents of Unusual Sizes.                        Shaking her head, she rolled her eyes over the hoopla and careful chaos of Nancy and Rudolpho’s Engagement party, and noted groups of others fleeing the gallery in various and opposite directions.

“That’s what happens when a glassblower and zoologist fall in love over ‘The Princess Bride’.”

She chuckled, shrugged her shoulders and marveled, “Who knew that there was even such a thing as a combined collection of bottles and rodents…the building is HUGE.”

The food had been top tier, the fine champagne delicious and plentiful, the animals securely caged, and the more fragile exhibits carefully roped off and guarded by tall, handsome men and women wearing the badge of “Goon Squad”; all was made reality by Nancy’s parents, relieved that their only daughter was finally getting married and they could finally turn her glassblowing studio into a storage garage for her father Ned’s Porsche collection.

But for now, Louisa was completely knackered from all the extra noise and stimulation, which on reflection had been fun as long as she’d stayed on the edges of the crowd and kept her NRR 33 earplugs firmly in place.

Tipping her head to one side as she buttoned up her coat against the brisk wind, she smiled and thought, “Wonder what the wedding will be like?”

© Liz Husebye Hartmann (2024)

Many thanks to the genius prompts for this bit of silliness:
     1. The challenge? Write a story in exactly 6 sentences based on Denise’s one word prompt: ENGAGEMENT. Visit, comment, and write & perhaps post your own on SIX SENTENCE STORIES. The Café is open, always welcoming. Come as you are!
     2. Many thanks to Jenne Gray and C.E. Ayr for their photo prompt,The Unicorn Challenge (06/07/2024). No more than 250 words in length.

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  9. ‘National Gallery of Leadglass Bottles and Rodents of Unusual Sizes’ !!!!! I’m smiling broadly. And a glassblower and zoologist. So funny, Liz. Very funny story. I hope you tell us all about the wedding when the time comes.

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