Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for October 06, 2024

The smoking feather grin)

Had to get you back to Earth quickly, Alice, hard to breathe in space.

He stopped pushing after he ran out of heart palpitations…

You lost me at Geek’s Neck.

Geek’s Neck….the Otterloop’s favorite beachy vacation spot.

How does Alice know Icarus is a he?

Icarus – contraction of icky and rhinoceros. /s. I’ll show myself out now.

Oh, Alice; don’t you know? Thinking Is the Best Way to Travel!

The Swing

By Robert Louis Stevenson

How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue? Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing Ever a child can do!

Up in the air and over the wall Till I can see so wide, Rivers and trees and cattle and all Over the countryside—

Till I look down on the garden green, Down on the roof so brown— Up in the air I go flying again, Up in the air and down!

Swing, Set, and Match… ☺

I’m surprised she didn’t see any of Petey’s homework papers up there.

Tired daddy arms- the bane of childhood since time immemorial.

Alice needs to learn the leg pendulum method.

Well, kind of. But, he had a good reazon.