SoCS: Keys to my Heart, Florida Keys, and Dad’s Keys

August 20, 2022 by JoAnna 17 Comments

Today’s prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “key.” Use it as a noun, a verb, or use it metaphorically. Have fun!

I like this prompt, though I don’t have a plan. No, wait, one, two, three are developing. It’s hard not to plan, especially if you’re a planner.

Key to my heart, keys to the kingdom, keys to the Queendom! We went to Key Largo for our honeymoon almost 10 years ago in December.

My dad had a lot of keys. Now I have inherited them. Who knows what they go to? I don’t know. Where is the key to the lock on the trunk where I put my dad’s guns? I’m not really concerned about it. Not taking that stream. But I have no interest in getting rid of my dad’s keys. They could be an art project, like my mom’s costume jewelry, and all those buttons and bottle caps.

My Dad’s Extra Keys

Let’s go back to the key to my heart. David and I went out to dinner and talked about important things: how to protect small animals from our dog Marley who has a big prey drive. I won’t go into the hairy details, but David came to my rescue in a somewhat traumatic backyard experience. So over dinner we talked about barriers that would allow small animals an escape route, thinning out the urban forest gradually, and reducing, maybe even scrapping our composting efforts that may attract little animals. We’re thinking about giving our scraps to a compost company that will give us compost for a fee. Anyway, as odd as it might seem, I like having a man I can talk to about these things. And he loves dogs – one of the keys to my heart.

I’m recycling a few photos from the Florida Keys

Driving to the Florida Keys

A Pirate “Ship”

Key Largo

Hotel Balcony

Key Limes

Honeymooners

Want to learn more about the keys to Stream of Consciousness Saturday and read more streams?

Visit the post of our host, Linda G. Hill by clicking HERE.