Overheard

I picked Big Niece up this afternoon, and we went shopping for hiking boots (more on that later) and then out to dinner. She's been in a very good, but very funny mood. When we got home this evening she saw a cardinal-shaped candle (left over from the holidays I swear! I don't normally have candles shaped like anything other than candles) and she said something that struck me as very funny. "So I see you're a bird! But you're not a real bird! Good luck with that!" Keep in mind that I was in another room and she was speaking only for the benefit of the little wax figurine. She's definitely one of us.