Here is a lovely little group of chickens, dust bathing and relaxing in the driveway spa area. Here's another picture.
As you can see, Liberace and Fancy Pants both are standing guard. That's what roosters do. They watch over their flock. Not so much by night when they're all sleeping, but all day long they are attentive and keep track of where the ladies are. If a hen calls, Liberace runs to her, depending on what sort of call she is making. They have very specific calls and warnings. They have different warnings for threats from the sky and threats from the ground. As in hawks or dogs. A rooster will risk his life for a hen. A mother hen will gladly risk hers for a chick.
I see my little flock as a metaphor for how a community depends on each member's attention and participation and how important accurate communication is.
Liberace is an orange one but he is a far better man that the melting down, losing his shit Orange One who has made all of our lives such a true-life phantasmagoria of horror for the past four years. Given a choice between Liberace and DT, I would feel much safer with the nuclear codes in the capable talons of my rooster.
Another day of waiting, of being patient. It's okay. It's so much more okay knowing what we know about how the election count is going than it would be if it were going the other way. Still, for every reason in the book, I would give anything if the margin wasn't so razor slim in so many states. I am absolutely amazed that Georgia is looking blue and I give all the credit for that to Stacy Abrams who is a goddess, a superior human being, and someone I would love to see as the first woman president of the United States.
Jessie and the boys are here to spend the night. Jessie is a little weary after two weeks of being a single mother and she is quite looking forward to martinis. Levon has announced that he wants to sleep with me but we shall see about that. August has already pulled his fold-out bed from the closet and placed it by Boppy's side of our bed. Meanwhile, we have played the matching game, read a book, played with toys, and the lads have discovered the joys of using all the different doors in this house to run inside and out and around and around, screaming "BOO!" at their mother and me every time they pass us and then laughing hysterically. I have a meatloaf ready to go into the oven and Boppy just got back from the woods.
TV Time!
So here we are again, living our lives as life goes on within us and without us. I saw a video on a group that I belong to on FB and I am going to post it here. I could watch it all day long. However, I must warn you that if the word "fuck" in all of its glorious uses and variations offends you, please, for the love of god, do not watch it as it could be used at a training session for the proper and most affective ways to express yourself using the word as often as possible.
I'd say Rapaport is somewhat eloquent there wouldn't you! And now that I realize he played Phoebe's boyfriend in Friends I love him even more!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that! He's wonderful.
DeleteLOL! Similar to my hubby on a VERY bad day! LOL! Glad Jessie and boys will be there....she will enjoy her martini! Let's hope we don't have to play this waiting game too much longer...... I'm exhausted!
ReplyDeleteSusan M
I curse way worse than my husband. He barely cursed at all when he met me and I rather shocked him. Oh well. I barely drank at all when I met him.
DeleteWe're even now.
Watched the video. God, that felt good!
ReplyDeleteDidn't it?
DeleteThe ghost of John McCain! That is the biggest spit in the eye!. I've read Trump is responsible for so many mail ballots being submitted. He harped and harped and harped on mail in ballots, so folks mailed them. Things like that are the real ghost of John McCain. It won't be long. We are patient.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. Stupid son-of-a-bitch.
DeleteWe did it, Joanne!
Michael and I have been saying the same thing all day. I’ve been busy cleaning, but turned CNN on in whatever room I was in, and I’ve heard some good stuff. People tired of giving election results for three days, and they’re getting slap happy. Watch Steven Colbert’s monologue from last night. He’s my hero.
ReplyDeleteyes Catrina, it brought me to tears as well. So true and so good. My hero as well!
DeleteStephen is a fine and mighty man. I love him too.
DeleteThat guy should run for president! Have a sweet night.
ReplyDeleteI did have a sweet night and today was a great day!
DeleteI like this guy.
ReplyDeleteHere's another video on fuck and it's correct usage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26UA578yQ5g
It's nice that your daughter in grandsons get hang out with you. Have a wonderful weekend.
"Why don't you go outside and play go fuck yourself?"
DeleteHa! Great!
great fuckin' find!!
ReplyDeleteBOO!
Fucking beautiful.
DeleteMany years ago, my husband and I went to New York (and got engaged), and we were walking through Greenwich Village one evening, and Michael Rappaport walked past us on the street, and it was a very gratifying NY encounter!
ReplyDeleteThat is very cool, Jo.
DeleteYes! I have been thinking all morning of how nice it will be to NOT have Jared Kushner in charge of anything anymore. We won't have to have any of the Trump family and their cronies ruining our country! How outrageous it has been!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting - love your stories about your grandsons!
Oh god, oh god, oh god, oh god! The relief!
DeleteSaturday morning and the margins grew and grew, the largest popular vote for a candidate in the history of this country and I don't care if they were for Biden or just against Trump. I'll take it. now that Trump is out and can't hurt any R congresspeople it's up to congress to prevent him from burning down the house between now and inauguration. and yeah, get the fucking trucks and start moving that crime family out.
ReplyDeleteThat FUCKING crime family.
DeleteWOO HOO! PA did it! Biden is the President-Elect!
ReplyDeleteSo, so happy for you and us!!! (Canadian reader) Best news possible today!
DeleteHurray, hurray, hurray, hurray!
DeleteI am absolutely delighted for you all. Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!
ReplyDeleteAmen! And hallelujah!
Deletenever commented twice on your posts......but WOOHOO! Results are in and the sun is shining on us today!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIf I had champagne in the house I would make myself an early morning mimosa !!!!!!!!!!
Susan M
It's a miracle I didn't start downing tequila shots at 11:00 a.m.
DeleteWhen I saw the title of this blogpost I imagined hillbillies planning to increase their families and wondered why they needed a truck for that particular activity.
ReplyDeleteNone of us hillbillies are fixing to increase our families. As far as I know. It's a little late for me and Glen.
DeleteDoing the happy dance!
ReplyDeleteXoxo
Barbara
Where ARE those tap shoes?
DeleteYay! Let's hope this brings in a new world era. So refreshing to hear Biden say he was humbled at being chosen.
ReplyDeleteHe is a good man, Wendy. We are so happy.
DeletePure joy. Hope, too. I’m curiously at a loss for words. I feel like I’m slowly waking up from a nightmare. Biden-Harris!
ReplyDeleteTonight you're REALLY going to sleep well, I'm sure! I know I am. Not that I have any illusion that this is all over -- I'm sure Trump will continue to stir the pot and God knows what Mitch McConnell will get up to. But just being rid of that awful orange thug and the awful Stephen Miller and Betsey de Vos and all the rest is such a huge relief.
ReplyDeleteFrom a lurker but daily reader in the UK. I am so fucking happy right now. So relieved for you all. I hope the path to equity, integrity and all of those good kinda qualities is true, straight and quick.
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