The background is from Mother Night by Denys Cazet.
The family is from Wheels on the Bus (a Raffi Song to Read book) illustrated by Sylvie Kantorovitz Wickstrom.
I love the way this picture turned out. The family is the point of light in a dark world.
The question is, are they coming or going? Are they refugees fleeing a greater darkness? Or are they arriving home after a long journey?
Whichever it is, I see them pausing to look at their house.
In statistics, an outlier is an observation point that is distant from other observations.
I don’t think of my little family as outliers, though. I think of them as looking at home.
Hot Dogs and Marmalade 
Lovely post. I want to hinking they are coming home after a long day. Their face looks relieved and happy. Thinking of this a to z challenge. I like it.
In the book, it is at the end. They get off the bus and are heading home. Yes, relieved and happy.
Sally, hello, so glad I clicked on your link. It is like Russian Roulette clicking on A to Z links, not always knowing what theme you are going to discover. But I like your subject and agree with the possibilities. After chasing weekly photo fiction prompts for over four years I cannot stop my story-loving mind from concocting a tale to go with any photo.
I am laying out the plot of a new historical fiction novel over my 26 A to Z posts. I’d love to have you stop by.
The Steel Horse Saviors is a story about three civil war veterans who head west in 1866 with their Steam Locomotive to seek their fortune. They encounter a beautiful redhead trying desperately to save her family business that threatens to complicate their plan to escape their past.
Joe @ the Fiction Playground visiting from the A to Z Challenge
I’m so glad you came to visit! Yes, it is like Russian Roulette — or Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates.
I’m looking forward to checking out your A-to-Z story.
I’m finding it hard to visit blogs often enough. Maybe tomorrow I can.
Be it ever so humble,….. you know the rest 🙂
Indeed. I love going on vacation — but I love even more arriving home.
Nicely done!
Family is the backbone of everything. 🙂
Yes it is.
After growing up the children may settle anywhere but home is where they have spend their childhood
Loved reading your thoughts
Thank you. We’ve found that home can be where-ever we are all together. I’m blessed with children who love to spend time with each other.