Thank you @mariannewest for another fabulous #freewrite challenge, today's prompt is house coat
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This is a standalone freewrite, but it does follow on from Elma (so if you missed it and want to read that click here)
As Elma strolled up the road, swinging her basket back and forth, she saw her friend Dora wave to her from her garden.
"What about this weather, then!" Dora said, by way of a greeting. "It doesn't know what it's doing. It was so cold last week I bought a house coat."
Elma nodded. It had been cold last week.
"Now," Dora continued. "My poor house doesn't know what to do."
She pointed in the direction of her little two up, two down house that sat at the end of the garden in a very warm looking parka coat. Elma thought she could see beads of sweat running down what little brickwork was left exposed.
"Perhaps you should take it off, dear," Elma said. "You don't want your house collapsing due to heat exhaustion. Not sure the insurance would cover that."
Dora nodded.
"You're right. I'll get our Fred to get his ladder out and take the coat off. Mind you," she pointed at the mountains. "Looks like trouble's ahead. Look at those storm clouds. They look menacing."
Elma did look at the clouds. Dora was right, they looked as mean as a swarm of wasps in a blender...