isolated | But I Smile Anyway...

Sue gave us another great photo prompt this week!

Alongside the word Isolated, we have this photo to work with…

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A dark silhouette of a building came into view.

“Perfect setting, isn’t it?”

Peter, looked over at Mandy, who was bouncing excitedly in the passenger seat.

“You know how I love a good Whodunnit Weekend, and I think they have surpassed themselves with the venue this time!”

I looked over at the view and had to agree. It wasn’t really my cup of tea, but I had wanted to impress her, and her mates told me that this was what she was into.

The building looked so… creepy. I was tempted to back out, but I couldn’t look like a wimp in front of her!

On the other side of the lane was a grim looking black forest… Oh, this gets better and better…

The saving grace was the view… That sunset. I was glad I had packed my camera. If nothing else, at least I could get some good shots for my portfolio.

Oh and the fact that if she was suitably impressed, I might get lucky!

With that thought, I pressed down on the accelerator.

I thunk and I thunk… It’s actually easier to write, using one word inspiration, for me, than to think of something to photograph…

The word… Isolated… Thanks Hugh!

But then I remembered a photo I took, a few months back, on a family walk out at the prom. There is a lovely park on the bank of the Thames here in Gravesend, and in the spring and summer, it is a pleasant place to stroll with the family.

Lil Man takes every opportunity to get out there and kick a ball about so that day was no different… Except there is always that danger of losing your ball when playing close to water…

And lose it he did! His brand new bright orange ball… Bobbing away across the Thames, possibly in the hands of a little Essex boy now…

Though Lil Princess was convinced it would float out, into the open seas, cross oceans, and land in India, where my in laws were at the time. And that they would bring it back, obviously!
So here is my take on Isolated…