This is the last week for Mia's challenge at Art Journal Journey which is 'Dots' and we have the quote "Life is good, without it we would be dead" to marry with it. My story this week is about two middle aged ladies walking back through the park from Church one Sunday morning:
"It was a lovely morning, almost lunchtime to be exact, when Martha and Emma, two life-long friends, were walking through the park on their way back from the Sunday Church Service. It had been a lovely service, biscuits and coffee or tea had been served afterwards which was an attempt by the church wardens to increase the congregation. The two ladies had decided that they would have lunch at Martha's this week and that is why they chose the park to walk through.
"Ooh, look at those lovely mushrooms" said Emma a she spied some lovely red headed mushrooms that had white spots on them. "I wonder what those are, the heads are lovely" she said.
"I believe they are called Fly Agaric" said Martha who was keen on this kind of thing. "And the tops are known as 'caps' to most people".
"I wonder if those are the kind of mushrooms young people pick, you know, magic mushrooms. I've heard them talk about them."
"I hope none of the teens we know have dabbled with them. They are a class A drug you know. But these are not the ones. I don't think these are safe to eat but I do think they would make you ill."
"But they are so pretty" continued Emma, "the kind of thing a young child might pick and eat".
"I know, I just hope parents keep an eye on the young ones. Maybe they should be taught about such things in school too." said Martha. "Knowledge such as this could be a matter of life and death. Perhaps it is something the Minister could talk about in his sermon some time."
"That's fine" replied Emma, "but we don't have that many young people coming to church. That is why they introduced coffee and biscuits, biscuits, to try to swell the congregation. Now if only the Minister went into schools he could talk about such things,"
"You're right, what a good idea, maybe we should mention it to him. He could call his talk something like 'Life is good, without it we would be dead' and then go on to talking about the mushrooms".
"Perfect for the teens, not so sure about the tots though" replied Emma, "now what have you got for our lunch, not mushrooms I hope?" she said laughingly.
And with that the two friends went off through the park, excited about their plan with the Minister."
