I know y’all are anxious to find out what’s happening with my kamikaze cardinal, so here’s the latest:
Whoops, wrong cardinals…. sorry.
This morning I walked down the driveway to get the paper and there in my palm trees (minus the snow, thank heaven) were not only the male cardinal, but a female cardinal as well. Phew. A couple of minutes later I saw them both in front of the garage window, where I overheard the following conversation:
Mr. C: …and then I fought him – bam bam bam – until I scared him out to kingdom come. (Cardinals = get it?)
Ms. C: Oh, you brave thing. Just look at your crumpled feathers from defending the territory for me!
Mr. C: Yeah, you shoulda seen the other guy. I just knocked him out of the park. (Cardinals = get it?)
Ms. C: You are my hero! Let’s go eat some seeds to celebrate and then gather a bunch of sticks for a love nest.
And they sailed off into the oak trees.
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Obviously I am having difficulty working on my novel this morning.
hehehe, so cute. And yes, I got both of your very sneaky Cardinal references!!
Thanks! I’m simple minded today…
I’d say Mr. C. is a master at improvisation. After all, if you had the choice between shadow boxing or entering the ring with Mike Tyson which one would you pick? In the end the earlier produced the same results as the latter and the danger was reduced to a minumum.
If I was Mrs. C. I’d keep an eye on that bird. He’s no birdbrain.
As usual, DS, keen observations and honing right in on the heart of it with the choices…
How cute and creative! Your imagination is alive and well. I sense you’ll be adding to your novel very soon.
Well, I hope so, but I’m kinda dragging on it right now…. I think it needs more humor. Or something.
Humor suits you, so just let it flow!!
Thanks! I’m trying…
Is it safe to say you didn’t make the 1500 goal today? Hahahaha! It took me a minute to ‘get’ the cardinals reference but when I did I had to tell my husband what was so damn funny. He still doesn’t get it so I feel a little better about it.
Thanks for the laugh!
Right again, Dayner — I missed the 1500 word goal, but ‘tomorrow is another day.’ Glad you liked this. I might turn into a romance writer after all.
Maybe he is there to help you develop your character’s fatal flaw – one of the seven cardinal sins? Although he seems pretty harmless now that he has found his true love…
I love the seven cardinal sins, PW! Thanks for a good laugh!
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