a poke in the eye, a fabulous story and a rabbit

"They will be able to fly. They will fly in a circle in the direction of the good eye. They will find it very difficult if not impossible to land anywhere besides the ground. The potential for injury is high. If injured or unable to perch, they will be living on the ground where they are at risk. They will have great difficulty in gathering food. Just trying to pick up a worm from the ground in front of them is extremely difficult. Birds that primarily live on the ground may survive. Birds that migrate or live in the trees will not."

Jay sitting on the deck chair for a very long time, we could not figure out why until I snapped this shot. At first Dennis thought it was a cherry petal stuck to its cheek.  We left water out on the deck and some  raccoon kibble. It ate and drank and...flew away! NOT in a circle and landed on the plum tree. So there Mr. Google -know-it-all.

This is Emily's rhody- blooming faster than any in our neighborhood  probably because we live closer to the water and she lives in a cozy little part of town. I went to see Flora this morning but had to turn around and come back home without a Flora fix.

Yesterday I had the second booster . Surprisingly it made me feel unwell. I slept for the better part of the day, missing all of the excitement of  bland Thursday. I thought that maybe eating three chicken tacos would make me feel better, It did not,  surely five chocolate chip cookies would...they did not. 

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Funny how you can be married to a person for 100 years and not have heard every story six or seven times- The Man told me one that was new to me, probably because the Man was ashamed it happened and did not want to sully his stellar reputation. 

When he was in high school , just graduating, his good friend also was graduating. His friend , we will call him  Doug to protect his identity, had offers from the best universities in the land because Doug was absolutely brilliant. His folks were so proud of him . His folks were also a little bit too pushy when it came to their son's decisions.  Doug decided that he wanted more than anything to be a pastor. All his life he just wanted to pastor - ize. "Absolutely NOT" , they said.

The only way he could fulfill his dream was to fake his own death.The Man helped him, rowed out in two boats, left one with Doug's hat - Doug found his way to California where he hid. The parents were devastated to have lost their golden child, there was a service, everyone wept....then things did not quite add up. The law came to the door with Doug's father and took the Man to the station where he told them the story. The good thing was that the law sided with the boys and thought the parents were too controlling- after all the lad wanted to serve the lord...so, nobody got thrown into the slammer, I guess they were just out a few bucks for funeral flowers and heartache. 

Wild! See what eventually  comes out if one sticks around long enough? We have been married since  July 1985- that is pretty close to forever isn't it? Probably on his death bed he will have more skeletons rattling  out of the closet.  Whomever is around then will be well entertained.

Happy Spring! here he is again.