Part One / Part Three
Part Two - Mrs Upton
Humming a tune to herself, Mrs Upton got out her favourite mug from the cupboard and put a tea bag in it. The kettle began to vibrate loudly as it neared boiling point. "A nice cuppa tea. A nice cuppa for me." she smiled as she poured the boiling water over the tea bag and watched the water infuse inside the cup and turn a soft golden brown. "Now for a splash of milk. Voila! A perfect cup of tea."
With tea made, Mrs Upton shuffled out of the small galley kitchen and made her way to her seat by the window. It was her favourite nook inside the house. She had all her comforts close at hand. Her latest book was sitting waiting for her as she sat down on her Chatworth recliner along with her golden nibbed fountain pen.
She placed her cup down on the small coffee table and wondered again why it hadn't been named a tea table. "Ah well, those be the mysteries of life." she mused as she picked up her pen and looked down the road towards Number 10. She waited.
As if on cue, the warm yellow door opened and a man with a mass of dark curls holding an armful of books left the house. He clicked his car key, and with some difficulty managed to open the back door of his car, where he placed his books on the back seat. As he reemerged from the car, he looked up at the sky and then darted back inside the house.
The yellow door stood open. While Mrs Upton watched, a blue silver Persian cat sauntered from the house, making its way leisurely to the young man's car. It casually sat on the pavement and took a moment to look up and across the street towards Mrs Upton. She chuckled softly to herself. "Good morning, Mr Pickles," she nodded and then watched as he stretched and slowly manoeuvred himself to sit between the two parked cars.
"Very good!" Mrs Upton chimed, feeling the wonder of the moment fully. "Now, my Peggy. Now," she said, as she watched the house opposite her.
A young woman emerged from Number 5. She was casually dressed in a white sweater top and jeans. Mrs Upton watched as the young woman stood taking in the busyness of the London street. Peggy closed her eyes holding her face towards the sun before looking and spotting Mrs Upton. The two women waved at each other and as Mrs Upton caught Peggy's eye she flicked her own briefly towards Mr Pickles and adopted a microexpression of concern.
Watching, Mrs Upton saw Peggy turn her attention towards Mr Pickles and then the young man who was exiting his house. "That's it, Peggy. Time for you to save that cat."
As if Peggy had heard Mrs Upton's words, she dashed towards Mr Pickles and snatched him up from where he sat.
Mrs Upton leaned towards her coffee table and picked up her cup of tea, putting it towards her lips. "Oh, darn! It's gone cold," she grumbled. "Well, it'll just have to wait. I'm not going to miss the best part."
She continued watching the young couple and a dreamy expression crossed her face as she imagined their conversation. She pictured the blush spreading over Peggy's face, even though the young woman had her back to her. She chuckled as she saw Peggy sneeze remembering the words she then spoke. "Ah, yes, that awkwardness did always try to get the better of you." Mrs Upton said.
Before long the couple broke from their conversation and Michael, for Mrs Upton knew the young man's name, gestured towards his house. The young couple left the scene on the road and made their way back to Michael's house and through the yellow door.
Mrs Upton picked up her book and began writing again. She listened carefully for the little voice of inspiration and before long she had written a few more pages. As she was writing, she heard the creak of the catflap in her kitchen. "I'm in here, Mr Pickles," she called.
The blue silver Persian cat ambled over to Mrs Upton. headbutted her leg and then curled his tail around it. Mrs Upton looked up briefly from her writing and smiled at him. "You did good, boy. Very good. Thank you," she said stroking his arching back. She then put her book back down on the table finishing with her reminisces for the day.
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hehehehe wonderful! she reminds me of the Oracle from the Matrix.hehehehe
watching and observing ... but also leading and maneuvering hehehehe
dare we say, manipulating! lol but all for the good, we hope!
I loved seeing this story from the other side of street! through Mrs Upton's eyes.
is part 3 from the eyes of Mr. Pickles? hahahahahahaa
by the way - i was hoping that our cat would be named Mr. Pickles in our kitty feeding group! and Destiny and Destiny's child was also hilarious LOLOLOL
I'm not sure yet if Part 3 will be from Mr Pickles's perspective or Michael's. It is fun in the not knowing, don't you think? Hehehe!
I'm glad you enjoyed my kitty name choices. Lol! 💛
IT IS SO FUN !!! i am loving this challenge and I continue to be impressed by the stories inside everyone's minds!!! hehehehe so so fun to see how these things are just lying in wait for us to come tug on! hahahahahaha
and i hope Heather had a fabulous week!!!! eeeeek how exciting!!
Not sure she'd agree. This week was the frantic ending of writing a dissertation on the cardiovascular reactivity theory. Although her dissertation was for her psychology master's, it was a mix of psychology, physiology and statistics.
We did celebrate on Thursday though. Lol! And now she's enjoying her weekend with her boyfriend in Dublin.
hahahahaha well... fabulous in that.... IT'S OVER???
that is a reason to celebrate and I hope that it all ends SUPERB for her. I'm proud of her!!! AND YOU, MOM!!!!!
Yes, it was worth a celebration! The relief when she finished and uploaded was amazing. She's been on such a journey and I'm super proud of her too 😊
Tricky women and tricky cat LOLLL
I LOVE where this is going :D
You made me smile and giggle for that I thank YOU!!!
I'm glad. It's always nice to know that I have brought a smile to someone. A giggle is truly the icing on the cake. 💛
Well, this is quite the different matchmaker story. I can't tell if this is fantasy or if Mrs. Upton is some genius with getting people together. And that cat is way too intelligent to be plain. Looking forward to part 3!
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Ahhh, the power of the Magical Mister Pickles!
... and Love!
Hehehe! He is a bit magical, isn't he? 😻
Nice 👍
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Welcome 🤗
Seems like Mrs Upton must be really fond of her Persian cat. It's really so amazing how you made the animals feels like humans in my heard.
Well it's a good thing Mr Pickles had a partner around, he must be very happy having Peggy around.
Mr Upton must be so proud of her Pickle and I'm sure she will love to make a beautiful writeup about him since she's a writer.
Nice storyline 😍.
Thanks for the visit, @hopestylist. It's always lovely to read one of your comments on my posts. 💛
You are always welcome Ma'am, it's a really great privilege to read from you, I don't know I always miss it 🙂.
I love the little homely episodes of Mrs. Upton. I could read her all day.
I also love to enjoy the outside view from the window. I enjoy such kind of moment specially when the weather seems cool or cloudy. While i was reading your post it reminded me the moment how i enjoy the outside views from my room windows.
Huh!
A total surprise 😊👍
I love magic. To this day. I can imagine this made into a film aka Harry Potter style
It'll probably terrify some Christians who still believe in a God of fear, judgment and reprisal though 🤔
Because magic 🙄
This still totally confuses me... honestly
Bizarre fear driven "rules" created to control the masses and a travesty of an incredible spiritual leader's (Jesus) teachings
More created by politicians for financial gain than anything to do with any kind of spirituality if you look at the history of Christianity and paganism in England
Did you know churches originally had alters for both spiritual practices? But then tithing and witches and burnings to ...
Well. Follow the money. When people get involved. Always follow the money 😑
Remarkable man! Jesus. I would like to have tea with him and just listen to him speak! Imagine??? 💥
And I'd also like to have tea with Mrs Upton for sure!! I bet she has some stories... 💥
Tea with Jesus. Yes. That would be something. Just to listen. I love to do that. Just listen to the words of philosophy that speak deep inside your soul.
I imagine he'd want to hear more from you though. To draw you out. To bring to you a new sense of your own magic. It reminds me of my favourite George Herbert poem, Love.
And Mrs Upton, my old neighbour, who let me sit with her on afternoons when I'd forgotten my key. She was an incredible lady. 💛
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Oh
I suspect he'd laugh at me and tell to stop taking myself too seriously and to get on with doing it instead of talking about it so much
Mrs Upton
How marvelous a tribute to her. ❤️
I know the poem well...
I have it earmarked in my Norton's Anthology from 1st year
Still!
I do love the classics
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Thank you ❤️