Ms Weaver a.k.a Wilma

Here she is. A little dowdy, a Mrs Thatcher to Wally's Pierce Brosnan, but she sure as hell lights his candle...

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Dood!

Wal is a dude. He’s the man. But, he’s a little over-invested in this building business. At last count he’s constructed five apartments (sorry, nests) of which two have been rubbished, one’s currently unoccupied and two inhabited by the fractious dames I mentioned earlier. But I think he’s up for it. Our boy is something of a peacock too. This is the kind of guy who’s going to drive around the ‘burbs in a convertible Saab, or quite possibly an Aston Martin, Wayfarers perched on his beak, feathers rippling in the wind. Cherchez les femmes, and all that.
Wally wears Boss.
So he’s got all the stuff. Having said that, I’m not so sure of his prowess as a lover. He is most definitely not going to woo anybody. To be frank, he’s a tad over-anxious; with all his attributes there should be a whole flock of eager young things queuing up for his attentions. But no. A few days ago, it was abundantly obvious that the sap had risen, and one of the girls was obliging. So he shook what his momma gave him, fluffed out his tail feathers and got frisky.
And fell off.
I kid you not. The little bugger was in the zone, hammering away like a woodpecker (who are notorious in the bird world as adopting a kind of avian ‘wham-bang-thank-you-mam’ tactic to the delicate art of love) and plop. All fall down.
He—and she for that matter—fell off their perch and disappeared in either shame, embarrassment (or both) into the undergrowth. Who wouldn’t? Thankfully, that’s one faux pas that’s eluded me. So far.
I laughed like a drain. Who wouldn’t?

Spottedbacked Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus)

Wally--or 'Wal' to his mates--is a Weaver Bird. The, er, hive-lookin' thing is his nest. He's a noisy little git, probably accentuated by the fact that he's currently got two females occupying the two nests in the pics, and spends not a small amount of time keeping them in order.(the females, not the nests...) And getting a tiny bit ratty with other males trying to muscle in on the dames.The fact that he's built a third seems to suggest that he's either a real estate developer, hoping for a third chum (go Wally!)or taking over the neighbourhood. He seems to have fairly firm ideas about which female should occupy which nest. Today, the dames are quite literally feathering their nests.
Amusingly enough, the males build the nest on spec. as it were; the females check them out. If acceptable they'll move in, if not they pull the nest to pieces and he's left devasted, alone and forlorn. One hopes Wally is somewhat philosophical about that.
As you might well have guessed by now, the Story of Wally (and his kind) is replete with all manner of what-passes-for Blue witticisms about interior decorating, the construction industry, and the nesting habits of females. Which for the time being (and in the name of self-preservation) I'll forgo. But you can just imagine.

Here's Wally!

Here he is--bottom right.

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Who would have guessed?

Woe is me. OK, I fiddled the Python thing a tiny bit. This, no.
Again, all praise to Badger.

The Movie Of Your Life Is A Black Comedy

In your life, things are so twisted that you just have to laugh.You may end up insane, but you'll have fun on the way to the asylum. Your best movie matches: Being John Malkovich, The Royal Tenenbaums, American Psycho

If Your Life Was a Movie, What Genre Would It Be?

Wally's Place

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Say 'Hi' to Wally, everyone...

Wally's neighbourhood...
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The Only Quiz You'll Ever need

You are a cardinal! You love to try & get others
into trouble, even if you have to make up
lies...NO ONE expects the Spanish Inquisition!


What Monty Python Sketch Character are you?
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Carolina in my Mind

....I'm already gone....
And if that's a shade too cryptic....

According to energy fiend, (bit morbid, but thanks Badger) it would take the following to do me in;

cans of vanilla Coke 362
cans of Red Bull 154

and, sadly;
mugs of filter coffee 115

No mention made of over what time frame. Thank heavens.
If however it's over say the last week, I'm already gone--at least on the coffee front.
Goodbye then, and thanks for all the fish.