liquid gold

" psssst... alice..."

"um-hmmmm...."

"do ya see her?"

"um-hmmmm..."

"can you just believe? we take leave for the summer months... go away to train our little ones - by the way... did you see eddie? he was trying to bring up the tail end flying yesterday and honking away... nearly got clobbered by a pigeon... those young things. anyway - now we've come back... she's still hanging around. trying to sweet talk us."

"um-hmmmm..."

"are you listening to me? and she's got a different black box... this one's hangin' around her neck... do you see?"

"um-hmmmm..."

"alice! why aren't you saying anything more to me than just that silly humming?"

"because mary lou... if you'd just be quiet for a small moment - take a look around will you? have you not noticed... we are floating on liquid gold, my dear... see how the sun is shining upon the water - it's reflecting in such a way that it's making me feel rich right now... and you and i both know she's no bother at all - will cause no trouble to us... so be still - take it in... absorb the sun - 'cuz we both know colder days are coming..."

"huh... liquid gold. well, alice... that's a very good description - i can see it... i believe i'll let it soak into my bones - now that's

a

happy day....."

*note: straight out of the camera except for a bit of cropping