‘Twas the best spot in the woods and he was keeping to it.
Sure, it had almost no leaves and practically no protection from the wind. Sure, the branches whipped around in every breeze and let the cold sneak under the most primped up feathers.
It none of it mattered.
When he could perch up at the very top.
Surveil. Keep tabs. See things first. Unhindered by masses of pine needles or large floppy green things hiding one’s next dinner.
“See Topper there?” he heard a winger chatter at another. “He thinks he’s top banana.”
“Not banana,” Topper retorted, and puffed his chest for emphasis with not-so-hidden indignation. “Top crow!”
For Sue Vincent’s WritePhoto Challenge
Photo prompt: Sue Vincent
Ah, bless, the ego transcends all barriers of species, it seems 😉
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Sure seems it does … 😉 And Crows are very … um … human-like in their brilliance and failings … 😉
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Yes, we can really relate to them it seems .
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Well, they are sneaky, intelligent, loyal, curious, and can be vindictive … Hmm … 😉
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Indeed 😉
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😀
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thank you!
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I’m going through my emails and finding all sorts of stuff I missed!
Love this!
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😀 Yay! Thank you! I love the revisiting! 🙂 YAY!
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Honestly. I have to change. I hate the way Gmail works
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Yeah, I hear you. I have a back up gmail address but I really don’t like how it works at all!
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Going to look into changing foe something more user friendly.
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Oh, I love love LOVE Freud’s typo … (the Gmail thing sure can behave like a foe, eh? 😉 )
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If you only knew how often I have to fix that one!! And how often I miss – like this time!!
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🙂 Freud loves this kind of stuff. … As do the keyboard goblins … 🙂
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And NYNF… 😉
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🙂
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😀
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