Magpie 49
The three sisters looked forward to ice skating. It was their favorite element about winter in Michigan. In the spring, summer, and fall they enjoyed long walks throughout town and hikes in the nearby woods. Covered from head to toe for protection from the winter cold, their feminine clothing masked strong, muscular limbs.
The three were spinsters; they made a living tutoring young people in their town and writing poetry and articles for women's magazines in the United States. They lived with their aged parents in a vast old Victorian.
Today as they headed to the frozen pond they had no idea their lives would change forever. Today they would meet the Miller brothers---three bachelors who enjoyed ice skating and were visiting family in the area.
Copyright 2010 Corrina L. Terry
Photo credit: Willow @ http://magpietales.blogspot.com/2011/01/mag-49.html
Great visual of what was underneath. These Miller Brothers sound intriguing.
ReplyDeleteHmm. Sounds like someone needs to turn an ankle and be rescued. But will it be one of the ladies, or one of the gentlemen?
ReplyDeleteInteresting piece, full of imagery, longing to know more, hidden secrets beneath the 'proper clothing', hidden in a Victorian world of yesterday... oh, but sounds as if it will be quite the future after an afternoon on the ice.
ReplyDeleteA love story ... a Magpie Love Story!!!
ReplyDeleteMy aunt, the little lady on the right never married. She lived quite a lonely life.
ReplyDeleteTess---I had a feeling that one or more of them didn't marry. That's why I wrote them as spinsters. I also noticed (but didn't write about) how she is slightly apart from the other two. I bet she was an amazing lady. I think there's a story to be written about her.
ReplyDeleteA vast old Victorian, sounds fabulous! Love the bits you shared, interested in learning more! :)
ReplyDeleteMagpie continues to entertain.
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