That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for November 26, 2018

The canaries were the only ones who paid attention to his sermons.

Sure, he can try to teach those stupid birds to read, but when I ask, it’s a no.

The Birdman of Alcatraz augments his protein intake.

Bird is The Word.

She gave him the bird, twice, and he still came around.

“2 Turtle Doves, and a partridge in a pear tree”

No Father, it’s TWO birds, not one.

Still safer than the romaine.

You birds are so lucky to be white…..if you were black you’d be joining the four and twenty birds in the oven right about now.

Another sign the story he was reading was a little seedy.

Beak to me. Beak to me. I’be godda code id by doze.

Is there anyone here who knows of any lawful impediment why these 2 love birds should not be joined in marriage?

I’d take the brd with a pair behind him.

It’s a trap! He’s going to slam it shut.

The idea of a Dove Bar suddenly came into her head.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the book.

Uh sir, that thing you got out of your nose is still on the end of your finger.

A Modern Saint Francis: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Bagnold_Burgess_-_A_Modern_Saint_Francis.jpg 

(best viewed by Google Chrome which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this roughly B1 paper size painting.

http://romanticpainters.com/john-bagnold-burgess-2/ 

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=208 

http://www.avictorian.com/Burgess_John_Bagnold.html 

all have info about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the first URL. Some webpages say he was born in 1829, others 1830 (the last URL currently has both – 1830 under his name at the top, and 1829 in the text). This is the first work by him used here.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2087 (November 25, 2018) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

In the beginning was the bird and the bird was……

Two birds on the book are a sermon mistook!

All these years I have been saying it wrong! The correct phrasing is, “Killing two birds with one Book!”

Yes Monsignor

Yes Monsignor I am sure the little boys will love those birds.

The bees … What did I do with the bees? I can’t do a thing until I have both!

Bernie Sanders great great grandad.