Turkey Talents, Summer Tastes and Travelers

Not quite Radio City Music Hall, but I guess this spruce limb will do for my performance.  Pretty scary looking down there. 

Howz about I show off my better side to the audience.  

Pride in a performance well done do cometh before flying off to find my mom. 

Okay, we've seen enough, get yourself out of that tree, and you . . .  yeah . . . you down on the ground, wandering around like a turkey with its head cut off---where have you been?

You missed the whole performance. 

The rest of us thoroughly enjoyed it all. 

Now, let's get movin' 

Meanwhile at the Lovestead manure pile, four cukes shivered in fear this morning as a big hand twisted away and separated them from their respective umbilical cords.

They now sit in the kitchen, wondering about their fate.

Will they shine in individual solo appearances, alongside a bottle of ranch dressing, or will they be diced up and thrown in with tomatoes, carrots, onions and lettuce for a summer salad?

Whatever the case, they feel pride, knowing  that they earned an A-plus for exceeding usual Lovestead cucumber standards.   

Off in the beautiful German countryside, Miss Annie and her friends found their last geocache before crossing the border into Austria, and . . . 

. . . the Seattle Sounders scarf was once again lifted with pride in the city of Salzburg.

Off in Switzerland, a family is preparing for good byes to their 17-year-old daughter who, within hours, will be taking off for the adventure of her life . . . well, maybe at least one of her lifetime adventures.  

After all, she just last week returned to Switzerland from Malaysia 

Today, after a wonderful Sunday evening summer deck dinner with fresh and tasty corn straight from the garden, our respective family members will be preparing for the arrival of our new "family" member.  

Should be a fun week as we welcome our Swiss Miss Laura to the clan.  We're all pretty excited to meet her. 

So, I guess that's it from the Lovestead where the turkey interludes provide great entertainment, the cucumbers and corn taste divine and stories of adventurous world travelers abound. 

Happy Monday.