It was Jimmy’s turn to be the Kite. Light butcher’s twine from the award winning kitchen of the Foggy Bottoms Resort and Spa was tied to his legs. A good length was played out then he swooped and soared. the Face of Everyman recalled his early days of competition kite flying. In his own mind he introduced the sport to the folks at Weifang, China.
Lampblack
Leander was precocious; often to a fault. He arrived at the Foggy Bottoms Resort and Spa a week or more ahead of the others. Unfortunately his make-up kit was on another flight. He was forced to beg the Face of Everyman for a smidgen of lampblack to touch up his pale and incomplete top knot. He needed to appear as an adult in mating colors when he met new folks on his way north to Canada.
High Winds
Cheeky brought the bad news that high winds were expected to hit the Foggy Bottoms Resort and Spa within the hour. To the Face of Everyman that meant cancelling another day of filming his epic: “The Battle of Thermopylae”. Perhaps he should have sold the script to NETFLIX when he had the chance.
Starling
the Face of Everyman held his breath as he initiated the silent Amber Alert. The brief text alerted all Nesters to defend their homes against marauding English Starlings. The Foggy Bottoms Resort and Spa had never been subject to a murmuration of Starlings; but there was always a first time. The venerable sage tried to stifle his fears that such a thing should ever happen here. https://tinyurl.com/yaktas3v
Paparazzi
With the Paparazzi lurking in the background the Face of Everyman was forced to cease filming of his latest epic: “Battle of Thermopylae”. He was going to go over budget with his lease of the Foggy Bottoms Resort and Spa as the set and two Crows cast as King Leonidas and King Xerxes. Show Biz wasn’t what he’d thought it would be.
Intern Error
An unsupervised Security Intern unwittingly released an image proving to dispel the long held myth of the Foggy Bottoms Resort and Spa as a magical place. Instead it reveals that it is no more than half an old whiskey barrel, an Italian terracotta planter base and an artfully carved chunk of basalt revered by all as the Face of Everyman. The grainy imaged was quickly removed from public exposure and denounced by the kindly ol’ pensioner as “fake news”.
Cross Bills
Tommy’s parents were in denial about his crossed bills. They made excuses that he just had a lazy tongue or a lisp. Birth defects like this didn’t happen in the Foggy Bottoms Resort and Spa. the Face of Everyman tried to explain that it wasn’t a deformity; but a evolutionary adaptation to eating seeds from pine cones. He’d be just fine when they got to the Big Tree Timeshare owned by the venerable sage. He was sure that Tommy would make new friends.
Panther
Panther returned to her old hunting grounds. She was wary. She knew that the Foggy Bottoms Resort and Spa was now a UNESCO World Heritage Avian Sanctuary. One misstep and “they” would put a bell on her neck. She pretended to be civil to the Face of Everyman but she couldn’t quite pull it off.
Backstage
Tula’ came down from the manor house to inspect for herself the backstage setting of the Foggy Bottoms Resort and Spa ongoing saga featuring the Face of Everyman and the birds and critters here- abouts. She strutted her best strut; all the while knowing that the new camera was recording her every movement.
IR Camera
The Foggy Bottoms Resort and Spa received a Federal Grant for state of the art security equipment. It was hastily erected and positioned. Security crews were not yet fully trained however it was pressed into service. the Face of Everyman was pleased that this camera took Infrared images and video. Similarly Rocky was happy that his night vision wasn’t diminished. Even the silhouette of a sinister Crow could not elude the sophisticated features of this IR camera. The FBR and S had never been safer.
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