The day opened with a clash of cymbals, the timpani keeping a beat in the background.
After that spectacular introduction, the sky parted apricot and lavender clouds to emerge in a beatific blue that captured the audience’s admiration.
The cavalcade of folly had begun
Later after our lunch, the monkeys attacked their meal of bananas and berries. We laughed as they squished the berries on each other giving them a wounded appearance, covered as they were with blue-red splotches, then proceeded to stuff the fruit into their own mouths, smack their lips and stretch their tongues over every reachable surface in order to absorb as much of the succulence as possible.
After our refreshments, we all took a nap, the animals curled into each other with tongues still swishing for the last drops of juice. We clammed shut our mouths against the pervasive sickly sweet odor. The heavens returned to a dull grey metal like an old frying pan.
The festivities ended.
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photo by Susan Koenig
written for Blogophilia Week 37.6 – Cavalcade of Folly“Hello my name is Chrysanthemums. Can we talk? My name is so long most people never mention it. See you can barely pronounce it. Admit it. People go on about the Roses and the Ivies, even the Petunias and Impatiens. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet from Romeo and Juliet. There’s a reason old man Bill picked a rose. It’s easy to pronounce!”
Bonus Points:
(Hard, 2 pts): Include ” chrysanthemums ” somewhere in your write
(Easy, 1 pt): Quote a flower (any flower)
Frist!!! Monkeys can be such hams…. That is why the saying as much fun as a barrel of monkeys is so popular.
a barrel of Davids is more fun
Whimsical and entertaining! Do you have any berry juice left to share? 8 juicy points Earthling! 🙂
here you go – fresh monkey berry juice
well I wonder what Bernie was on the drums Sue?…
I’ve been to a few lunches where the Monkeys would fit right in Sue… aahha
again I love your descriptive power Sue…
I laughed so much at the Monkeys devilish behavior.. LOL..
brilliant read with a seamless inclusion of the challenges girl.. Love it!! 🙂 xxx
glad gave you a laugh
Love the description of the post storm sky. It is so true. And the description of the smell of the monkey house. Ugh.
yep – ugh is right lol
Just hanging out watching the monkeys play got to like that.
I’ve never understood why you’d want everyone to know your name. Those who care will get it right.
don’t understand name ref
I love it! And such a gorgeous photo too.
thank you
This was a cavalcade of fun, pure and simple!
Glad you enjoyed
Your richly detailed descriptions takes us there, to a fun day at the zoo with the monkeys to entertain! In fact, now you’ve got me wanting to go the National Zoo in DC. Haven’t been since my son was a year old so it’s about time we ventured down there! 🙂
Let’s all go to the zoo!
I have been to many monkey houses (one I was even invited to join) but none were as entertaining as yours! Thanks for the chuckles and thoughts this brought.
Monkey see Monkey do?
Daisies! Don’t forget the Daisies.
I would never forget!
These are pretty neat writing exercises; I can imagine certain dinosaurs lining up behind the flower to complain about their names as well…
yes they may complain but they’re not flowers! Thanks Josh