Craft

This is today’s prompt. The first thing this brought to mind is hobbies. I’ve had a few over the year that would qualify as crafts.

Then I think about the other meanings of the word craft. For example craft is also a name for a boat.

I tend to think of a small boat, bobbing by a pier, paddles and life vests strewn about in it. I see there a half finished bag of Cheetos and a greasy orange smear on the side of the boat where the consumer of the Cheetos grasped it when leaving the craft.

Stuffed in the front under the lip that covers the bow, sits a red tackle box with a puddle of water on the indentation in the lid, holding a somewhat bloated worm.

Laid carelessly along the length of the boat, three fishing poles rest side by side, one smaller than the other two.

A tube of sunblock rests in the keel along with empty cans of Mountain Dew and a juice box.

A hoodie covers each of the benches in the boat, one larger and dark gray in color, the others smaller, one red and one purple.

There is a bucket of water, partially filled, snugged behind the back bench, with a sprinkling of sand on the bottom and some duckweed floating on top.

A rope secures the boat to the metal tie off on the pier and a jumble of 6 flip flops rests near a bunched up striped beach towel. The largest of them are big and black and white. A medium sized pair are red and white and the smallest are pink and purple and have a small bow at the V where the straps merge to form the toe peice.

The sun, high in the sky, sparkles on the water and the air smells rich with life.