Fiction in a Flash #100 & "The Best of the Rest"

This week, in celebration of our 100th challenge, two pictures.  As usual, feel free to do either one, or combine both into one, if you can.  Then, in addition to the new challenge, please post a link to the "best of the rest" that you have done, so we can not only read this new vignette, but revisit the one you think is the best of all you've done.  Have fun with this week's game!

These photographs were taken from the Internet.

The "rules" are few and very simple:
* Your entry will come due each Saturday, when a new picture will be posted.
* You may only write 55 words.
* Your entry must be fiction.
* You may not alter the picture in any way.
* Post your entry as a blog on your page, and drop off the link in the comments section on this page.
* Have fun!  (Yes, it's a rule!  )