I Fear a Fast-flying Fixation

on feathered friends, Viewer Dear!

Today a whole flock was cheering me on as I sped around the looping trail at the park  (I reckon they didn't know how lax I've been!  My previous exercise at the park was months ago!)
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The Grand Finale

It was not an easy exit,
Viewer Dear, but Christmas
has to take its leave at some point.
I insist.

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No Sooner do I Decry The

actions of that hawk-like creature, than I meet a bird of (an entirely) different feather!   Reader Dear, I met Sam today at the local mall. He charmed me into a lengthy conversation!  
"You're going to be famous!" I exclaimed, when numerous other passers-by had stopped to take his picture or watch him conversing with me and my friends.
"I hope so!" he said, and he lifted his "crown."







"That's how he shows his emotions," one of his caretakers told me, "by lifting those feathers on top of his head."

Well, and then the question of food came up!
Alas, Reader Dear, I'm ruing the fact already, I neglected to ask him how often he enjoys a nice chicken dinner!*




*I confess, I envision Sam raising his "crown" and voicing his dismay, "Pardon me, but I find it foul to eat another fowl!"

I Have a Few Questions

Viewer Dear.

How is it possible we are already nearing the end of the first week of the New Year?!
How long do we call the year "new"?
I glanced out the window yesterday morning and saw this large hawk-like bird (if I were just a tad more confident, I'd name it a hawk) fly in and perch on the bird bath in the yard.  It appears to be consuming another bird.
Dear Viewer, a cannibal?

Er, it seems a little foul for a fowl to eat another fowl. 

The Big Moving-On

Nothing about the tradition has changed, Dear Reader!  Moving from one year to the next is still celebrated by The Yard Man and myself in the identical manner that it was done last year.

We meet with the self-same friends!
We stand around the self-same spread of food (Chili! Hummus! Shrimp! Veggies and dip! Fruit! Cheesecake! Chocolates!
We play the same domino tiles!

But here's the thing, Reader Dear...
A NEW YEAR IS IMMINENT!
WE LAUGH NEW LAUGHTER!
Lots of it!
Loudly!
(Oh, delicious, heart-warming laughter!
May your New Year be filled with it, Dear Reader Dear!)