The Whole, the picture below, is some peoples favorite but frightens a few. One man announced to Shela, the owner of the Green Room, “I won’t come in! You’ve lost a customer if that picture’s in there!” Shela took it down and leaned it against a wall in the kitchen  but that wasn’t good enough. She called John and I, apologized, and asked us to drive across town immediately to, “Get it out of the building!”

Mud puddles can be the same, “Oh, man! I just washed the car!” is one response or as I road home from church Nelly in the driver’s seat and her two nieces and one nephew in the back, exploded!

“Oh, That’s a good one!” “Do it again!” “Go around the block!”: “We need a better run at it to splash the windshield!”

Nellie explained over the din, “We’re big puddle people!”

“Yea, yesterday we drove through McDonald’s drive through twice to get another BIG SPLASH! ” We were much better than all the other cars!” “There was one one car with mud up the side almost to the side windows!” “But we were Better!” “You can still see mud splash on my window!” “Water’s for driving into not the bath tub!” “We should get a prize!”

One man’s soar muddle is another man’s blue ribbon.  nancymauerman.com

The Whole – Framed