Rochelle at Friday Fictioneers is challenging us
once again with a very unusual photo prompt!
This is my 100 word response to her challenge.
Dad never learned to drive so mom had to take matters into her own hands.
She got her driver’s license in 1957 at age 40. Oh, she’d driven a bit when she was younger but women drivers in the 30s and 40s was unheard of.
Her first car was a Studebaker Golden Hawk and she ran that thing into the ground, literally.
One blindingly sunny day with the pedal to the metal, mom drove off the road, smashed into the cemetery and dug up a few floral arrangements along the way.
The old Golden Hawk. May she rest in peace.
NAR © 2023
100 Words
This is Drive, She Said with “Pedal to the Metal”
The Elephant's Trunk 
What a lovely and eye catching title! Thank you, Nancy for the chuckle! Your writing makes you different from others.❤️
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What an absolutely lovely comment, KK.
So very much appreciated.
Thank you❣️
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You’re welcome, always 🙏
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Nancy you brought this image to life. I also like the VanHalenesque musical selection.
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Thanks, Lisa! I thought about going with VH but how could I ignore a video with the same name as the name of my story?
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You couldn’t 🙂 You’re welcome.
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Dear Nancy,
RIP Gold Hawk. 😉 Fun story well told.
Shalom.
Rochelle
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Thanks so much, Rochelle!
I had fun writing this one!
🕊️
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So that’s how those flowers ended up there. Love your title, Nancy, and the story’s a lot of fun. I was surprised to read in the comments that it’s not completely fiction – but did your mother really plough her car into the cemetery? 😳
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It’s all true except the part about the cemetery.
That’s the part of the story I like to call “divine intervention”. 😂
Thanks so much, Margaret!
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I love the title. I’m sure the car was her pride and joy! Great take on the prompt.
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Thanks so much, Tannille!
I really had fun with this one!
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😮 oh
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It’s usually the other way around. In my parents’ generation, women tended not to drive. My Mom only learned because my Dad, who was in the Air Force, was being sent overseas on a special assignment for several months.
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Mom wore the pants, the boots
and the whip in my family. 🤣🤣
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Haha, good one!
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Thanks, Dawn! Glad this gave you a chuckle!
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Absolutely beautiful
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Thank you so much!
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I love a story with a great pun in the title. I think my grandparents had a similar story. My Grandpa never learned to drive, Grandma kind of knew but had to suppress it because of the sexist mores of the time.
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And yet when my Dad was drafted and serving in WWII, he drove a jeep!
The only time the man ever got behind the wheel of a vehicle. Go figure.
Thanks Liam!
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Nothing but flowers…I can’t get used to this lifestyle!
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The power of the flower!
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And a fine car it was, long ago on a planet far away. 🙂
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Aye, that it was!
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Sounds like someone I know.. lol.. if you read about me, please send flowers, Nanc. Great story😹❣️
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Haha!! Thanks Cindy G❣️
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Looks like Mom needed a new car and accidentally parking it in the graveyard was a statement-according to one of your replies she may need to refresh her driving skills.
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Her driving skills did improve but realistically,
they couldn’t have gotten much worse!
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Nobody gonna take my car
I’m gonna fill it with ground
Nobody gonna water my car
It’s got automatic drip irrigation
Ooh, it’s a florist’s nightmare
It’s got everything
Gardenias, petunias
Big fat pots and daisies !
*enter Ian howling*
👏🤘
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I’m a highway staaaarrrrr!!! 🌟🤘🏼😎
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Don’t you mean RUST in peace? 🙂
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Haha!! Good one!!
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Sweet! When it’s time to go, run with the roses and wake up with wild flowers!
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Thanks, Liz!
Fortunately, it was not yet Mom’s time to go.
She lived on to wreak more havoc on the roads!
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Wild women tearing up the roads, then resting up for another round. Something to aspire to!
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She was groundbreaking ….. literally!
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❤ ❤
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Fun story, and a fitting end for the Golden Hawk. Sounds like Mom was fine after the excitement. I wonder what car she bought next!
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Oh, yes! She was made of sturdy stuff!
I believe her next car was a Bonneville;
no incidents at the cemetery that I’m aware of.
Thanks so much for your thoughts today!
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Thanks for the Friday morning chuckle my friend!
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Always a pleasure, my friend!
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What an original take, Nancy! And I love the title, too. Of course Mom was okay, right? Great way to lay Golden Hawk to rest 😉
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Thanks, Dale! No worries …. Mom was tough as nails. A little run-in at the cemetery couldn’t stop her!
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I wasn’t overly so but just wanted confirmation 😉 This was a really fun one 🙂
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Perfect! Wins the award for stellar writing and a unique tale pulled from the photo and totally love the title.
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You are incredibly kind! Thanks so much!
I’m delighted you enjoyed my little story.
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That picture has really gotten a workout. At least she landed in the right place. Love your music connections.
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Hahaha!! You’re not kidding!
To me, the music is just as important
as the story, something I know you can relate to.
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I remember my long-haul trucker father trying to teach my aspiring-for -her-license mother how to get started up a steep hill from a dead stop in a standard-shift station wagon without burning out the clutch. She never mastered it…
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LMAO!!
It don’t come easy.
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And the prize for best title ever goes to ……………..
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🤗 Thanks, Neil!
You just made my day!
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Aww, a nice story
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Thanks, Sadje.
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You’re most welcome
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I hope that’s just a story and your Mum was not hurt 💜💜
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No worries!
No humans were harmed in the making of this story!
Thanks, Willow! 💐 💛
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Phew thank goodness 😁
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beautiful brevity
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Ah, nicely put!
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