Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for February 06, 2023

With leaves and everything? That’s called green-e-ology!

They all live in trees, what did he expect?

Was Loon returning to the nest?

It’s kind of nice to know that there is family still living there where you grew up.

Loons don’t nest in trees.

Some kind of nut tree, I suppose.

Would that be a tree he was pining for?

I often drive by the house where I spent my youngest years, 1-6. Ah, the memories from there: the forest fire out back, the first diving experience, my earth sheltered house. Ah, those were the days, and there’s someone else living there, now.

He’s from one of the lower branches of the family tree.

My family tree is almost bare.

It was a ‘live’ oak tree.

I looked it up to confirm, Loons don’t nest “up” in trees. Maybe he was adopted.

Cosmo now regrets his attempt to make conversation.

His family tree has all the branches of a Telephone pole.

I probably have ancestors that ended up swinging from the family tree.