A Special Guest Post

April 28, 2018

A Special Guest Blogger:

Or Flipping Me the Birdies or The Birds but No Bees or Bye, Bye Birdies; Hello Butterflies.

As some of you followers out there in the real world may be aware, the usual author of this Blog is away for the weekend.  In her place today, I will attempt to explain.

Yesterday, My Lovely Bride traveled to Shawnee State Park in Southern Ohio for a few days of rest and relaxation with her sister, Diane.  In the process, leaving me alone except for Maggie to fend for myself.  My Lovely Bride assured me I will be able to stay alive until Sunday night.  She has left me a great deal of fruit and Tuna Pasta Salad.  But I found it was necessary to remind her of the four food groups that sustain most male life on this planet; which a she hadn’t yet provided for the weekend.  What are these four food groups I hear you ask?  These consist of the following; Potato Chips, Chocolate, Cookies and finally Soda Pop, specifically Vanilla Coca-Cola. 

Luckily for me, My Lovely Bride hunted and gathered those provisions from the list above.  I will not starve.  Unless I run out.

She was able to take leave of me in good conscience knowing I was well provided for.

When she told me of the plans for this trip I was I a bit taken aback.  She is going to be looking at birdies.  I had never before heard her talk of taking up golf.  She wasn’t talking about golf.  She doesn’t know the first thing about golf.  But did you know that people go out into the wilds of our beautiful lands to look at birds?  Me either.  And they look at butterflies too.  And wild-flowers.  I reminded her she was going out to almost the middle of nowhere to look at birds.  Why, did you know we have birds right here in our back yard?  Front yard, too!  I have even seen them across the street. I know.  I have seen them with my own eyes!  Maggie looks out the windows, front and back at them.  (For some reason; they seem to annoy her.)

We also have some flowers in our yard but mostly weeds but that counts as something doesn’t it?  We have those yellow things in the front yard.  (I have been informed those are daffodils.  Who knew?)  I have even seen squirrels in the yard.  I yell out the window at them because they are always digging up the grass to bury nuts.  But they, like My Lovely Bride don’t listen when I vent.

I haven’t seen very many butterflies in our yard but they are usually very small.

I told My Lovely Wife that I would be more than happy to download pictures of butterflies from the Internet and tape them up on the windows around the house.  She and her Sister could just walk around outside of our house and see “All of that Nature” and still stay in the civilized portion of our neighborhood.  And see the squirrels, too.  But, no such luck…

She insisted on this little vacation.  And off she drove, laughing hysterically.  

I sincerely wish and hope she has an enjoyable few days with her sister.  It will be fun.  I hope the sun shines while they look at the birds and the butterflies and the wild-flowers.  But I will miss her.  And I look forward to her return on Sunday night.

She will be back in this space next Saturday morning.  To one and all, have a wonderful weekend… (Just like My Lovely Bride)