"QUEEN MARY'S GARDEN" © 2024 - Something Smells Fishy!

Stretch looks like the result of an unholy union of a 16th century manuscript drawing of a shore bird and Mr. Peanut.

                     

For no particular reason, I think Stretch is a Roadrunner.  You might argue that the long legs, knobbly knees and choice of entree display more surf than turf.  His dinner does look like something that lived in a neighbor's Koi pond at some point.  

When we look away, he'll probably spit out the fish nibblet and look for a small lizard.

This next wise guy, Pretty Boy, is a Mallard wanna-be.  He was extremely proud of his conspicuously swanky new head-feather color, until he realized that it made him a floating target on the lake.  Now he understands that his 'dye job' made him a 'die job.'  

He is currently laying low in a local duck blind, mixing with new friends in the Witness Protection Program, hiding from the well-armed and camouflaged Tortellini crime family.  When this hunting season is over and he survives this undercover operation, he will be taken to an undisclosed beauty salon to complete his new identity.

Next, we have Lynn Swann.  She is a former professional football player, born in 1952.  This future Hall of Famer took ballet and dance as a young girl on the advice of her mother.  Feeling awkward to begin with, she began to enjoy it, especially recitals and summer shows, like "Swan Lake."

Ballet was the gateway drug that led to jazz and tap.  When Lynn made the football team in high school, she found that the dance background helped with balance, strength, control, and fluidity of movement.  

In high school, she literally lost an eye!

She played college ball at USC and was drafted as a first round pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1974.  She was named NFL All-Pro three times and won four Super Bowls.

During her nine-year career in the NFL, Lynn still danced.  She performed on TV,  ballet on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" and tap dancing with Gene Kelly.  

She currently enjoys a quiet life of country swimming and a healthy diet of fish and marsh grasses.

All true.  Google it.

Everything has to be special and just so for Pinky.  She always wanted to be a Broadway dancer, but her legs were too short for high kicks and too uncoordinated for tap and jazz.  She maintains an optimistic personality, her signature pink plumage, and is hoping to obtain a fragrance branding endorsement.

While on blogging hiatus, the Queen Mary's Garden borders were beginning to materialize in my brain.  After that, it was all about the bits...

and the bits...

and even more bits!

Have fun playing with all of your bits!

Teresa  - - - - - - -