Day three: picture prompt

Today’s writing prompt and my response.

Use the prompt however you like, one at a time, or pen a short story over as many as you like.

The picture had hung on the wall all my life. A scene from another era, another place – the fantasy of the vast expanse of water, the gracious white floating creatures with their small dark cousin in the background. The only familiar item there was the huge white moon. We had two of them in our bare, uncluttered skies.

When I was old enough to be curious, I ...