My current hostess is a remarkable gardener. Her back yard flourishes with greenery (a good deal of which we dine on at dinner). She also keeps a number of chickens.
The Creature had been complaining about the talkative creatures he’d been hearing outside, so today, since it was a lovely spring day, we went out to investigate.
He thought they were rather odd looking creatures. I’m not sure what they made of him, since he looked green like their foodstuffs. But mostly, they seemed more interested in standing in my shadow and not the direct sunlight (which was admittedly on the warm side).
We next checked out some of the flowers that have been blooming brightly all this week.
He agreed with me that they are quite lovely.
He most especially wanted to check out one particular lush plant. He’d caught sight of it from the window of our room and definitely wanted a closer look.
He was not aware that he had any relatives in the vegetable family. I tried to convince him it was just a chance resemblance, but he wasn’t having any of that. He insists it’s a cousin.
