Turkey Army

As you can see, I have had writer's block for a few days now, but tonight Toque McToque told me something blogworthy. It all started because her sister has a sun conure named (terribly originally) Sunny, which she has to give away, so Kathbert and I were eager to make Sunny's acquaintance and see if she liked either of us. We were supposed to meet on Saturday, but that didn't work out, which is why I went kayaking with Rich instead. Then we were supposed to meet tonight... but that didn't work out, either. Since I had bought some delicious chocolate-covered raisins and almonds from the Nut Man for Toque, I stopped by her house anyway, and she was telling me about the wild turkeys she feeds every morning. Yesterday she didn't see them anywhere, but there was a hawk about, so maybe they were hiding. This morning she saw one, and then it called toward a field, and a bunch of turkeys came running, so she figured it must have been the sentinel telling the others, "She's here!"

So why is Toque taming the turkeys? She said she is going to raise up an all-turkey army, and she will be standing there in her fatigues with a bunch of turkeys as tall as she is standing behind her menacingly, ready to face down anyone who might think to give her guff. She promised to attempt to get (or at least Photoshop) a picture of her Turkey Army, so I will be ecstatic to post that when and if.

OK, I know this post has nothing to do with WWI, but Toque is a "big" (she's actually quite petite) World War I buff, and it's her army, and I couldn't find a better label I have already used. It seems I have never blogged about turkeys (or even Turkey) before, but since Turkey had a significant role in WWI (blowing up the Parthenon), and Toque's army is turkey, there is a connection. Sort of.

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