Monday 2 July 2012

Lemonade Mermaid


Ever wondered what happens if you don't drink your lemonade by the 'use by' date?

Well, usually not much. It might go a bit flat and lose a bit of zing... but did you know that if you add 147 strawberry seeds and a pinch of fairy dust, you might just find one of these little ladies taking up residence?

It's true. Nobody knows if they grow or just appear, since none have seen it happen. They just find her there swishing about in the bottle and singing of the sea and lemon meringue pie.

They are quite the conversationalists. This one is called Flossie (something to do with her hair I'm guessing, rather than her teeth). She told me that her sister, Svetlana, was once mixed with Vodka and ice and nearly drunk. Well, actually, she was drunk but in the inebriated sense, rather than swallowed whole.

I'm not quite sure what I'm supposed to do with her now. She seems quite happy swimming around the bottle, but the cats keep showing her more than a passing interest and there's only so many renditions of Bye Bye Lemon Meringue Pie that a girl can take...

Be careful what you do with fairy dust I say - and always consume your lemonade well before the 'use by' date.

Flossie is for The Summer of Ice Cream Colour - this week it's Strawberry Lemonade Punch.

33 comments:

  1. Loving your story........lol and your gorgeous mermaid for Summer of Color. Annette x

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  2. Oooh-love how she happened to be--I think I might try this with my old lemonade--make some more!

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  3. Lol, your imagination is wonderful! She's a beauty, I love this painting!

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  4. Gorgeous mermaid! Love the colours and her grace.

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  5. Wonderfully creative mermaid ~ love her ~ Wow! ~~ thanks, ^_^ (A Creative Harbor)

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  6. she is such fun and so is your story - tempted to let some lemonade sit around near the fairy dust

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  7. Lisa!!!!! your mermaid is so pretty....what a wonderful piece...I am loving the Summer of Colour!!!!

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  8. She is so delightful - I just love the texture and patterning on both the background and her body - beautiful techniques. Beautiful and watery!

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  9. Oh I ADORE Flossie..Beautiful mermaid... love what you did with this colour combo :)

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  10. She is magnificent! I am going to go and count out my strawberry seeds and let my lemonade go past the date so I can find one of these beauties!

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  11. Haha! This is great! I love this beautiful mermaid, and the story! If I only knew where to get the fairy dust, I am sure I would start collecting stawberry seeds right away,...! (Come to think of it...maybe one of my own fairies have some magical dust for me? Must check...! ;)

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  12. Lovely story, just right for imagining what summer could be like.

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  13. Well I never knew that!

    Flossie is gorgeous... your colours are beautiful together.

    Karenx

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  14. I love your mermaid :-D

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  15. I love how soft and ethereal she looks - beautiful colors. Good luck with her!

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  16. a perfect take on strawberry lemonade... I am quite the fan of alcoholic lemonade in summer... but not being a big drinker I think I see fairies very quickly.... I have a horrible feeling I will spend some time in summer lounging in the pool and staring into my glass looking for Flossie...xx

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  17. I love flossie ...oh i wish she was in my lemonade...lol...xxx

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  18. Beautiful! And your story made me laugh--

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  19. brilliant! absolutely brilliant

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  20. Now that's practicing what you preach....love your mermaid and magical story! Impressive!!

    Hugs Giggles

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  21. This is brilliant. Love it so much. What a beautiful mermaid you have made.
    Lovely greet Marja
    (marjascreativity)

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  22. Excellent :-)!! I love that your imagination is as zany as mine :-) This idea & the way you've written the post in your own humorous style is fab. If only I could get me some fairy dust...but then I must heed your warning of caution, lol :-)
    Love the mermaid - beautiful colours & magical blends.
    If you lived closer we'd have such fun sharing writing prompts & making a mess with paint & glue. Lucky we can connect via the web.
    Hugs
    Kat Xx

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  23. LOVE your mermaid fairy she's so beautiful and VERY perfect for this week's challenge- LOVE her! And the story is wonderful too.....

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  24. She's a sweet, but wistful, little sea-person. Wonder what she's thinking?

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  25. great post, thanks for visiting my blog and your lovely comment... im just about to go follow you x

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  26. Love your lemony strawberry mermaid...she is gorgeous and found your tale quite interesting :)

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  27. she is very pretty. i love your story about how she came to be :)

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  28. Your mermaid is so pretty and I really enjoyed your story.

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  29. Oh she is delightful and I really enjoyed her story!

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  30. What a beautiful mermaid and such fun story.

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  31. This is really just lovely! And what an inventive story - I'll never see her, I drink my lemonade too fast!!!

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