Sandhill Crane

All Bets Off

With Congress and the President at loggerheads over the budget and increasing the debt limit, all of the National Parks had been closed.  Did that mean that that Jerome and his crew of Sandhill Crane buddies couldn’t land or feed at the National Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, their usual wintering place?  It seemed that until the issue was resolved, all bets were off, and they might have to make reservations at Motel 6; would Tom Bodette still  leave the light on for them? . . . .  David, Sf.G.

Larry, Curly and Moe

The guys knew they weren’t all that bright; they never claimed to be Rhodes scholars, and  they didn’t mind (much)  being called “birdbrain” or “pinhead” (after all, their heads were pretty small, and their beaks ended in a narrow point), but they objected to being called the Three Stooges.  Who was going to be Larry, who was going to be Curly and who was going to be Moe?  They couldn’t remember what they had for breakfast; how were they going to remember those names?. . . .  David, Sf.G.

 

 

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A Monet Morning

As  Dorothy looked at the landscape through the fog and heard the plaintive chirrupping of the Sandhill Cranes. she thought it looked like a Monet landscape.  The Princess Buttercup, her large standard poodle, had no comment. . . . . David, Sf.G.

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Bad Jokes

Out of kindness, Jimmie, the host of the summer’s end party, invited Vinnie, notorious for his bad jokes, with the promise Vinnie would keep quiet and  tell no jokes.  After a few beers and a couple of shots of Grey Goose and being rebuffed by several chicks he hit on,  Vinnie was not to be denied.  Clad only in his Speedo, Vinnie began his repertoire; as expected, the other guests couldn’t take flight fast enough, leaving Vinnie in his Speedo telling jokes to a tallow-wood tree. . . . .  David, Sf.G.

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Three Stooges

 

When Harry, Curly, and Joe heard there was going to be a new Three Stooges movie made, they immediately went to Hollywood to try our for the lead roles.  They were sad when they heard that one of the Stooges had to be short with almost no hair; one Stooge  tall, big, and stupid, and the third chunky with a soup-bowl haircut and a nasty temper–and no, the make-up department couldn’t fix that . . . .  David, Sf.G.

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