Thursday – Anything Possible – Lucy and Twiggy Out and About

~ John W. Howell

“Well Lucy it looks like a beautiful day.”

“It does little one. I’m glad that cold weather is gone for a while.”

“What are you looking at over there?”

“Oh, you know. The usual. Stray pumas, peacocks, squirrels, water buffalos.”

“You would think you could spot one of those.”

“I wish. It would be good to have some excitement.”

“Wait. You mentioned peacocks. Have you seen any of those?”

“No I haven’t. I heard mom talking about one in our driveway.”

“Do you know what they smell like?”

“I hear like chicken.”

“Chicken? What the heck do chickens smell like?”

“Beats me. Maybe like peacocks.”

“You know Lucy. Sometimes I’m sorry I ask a question.”

“Well, you shouldn’t feel that way. I usually give it my best shot.”

“Is there anyone out there that knows what a peacock smells like?”

“Oh, sure. Break the fourth wall. Good luck with that.”

“Someone will know.”

“Why not ask what chicken smells like. Maybe more have smelled chickens than peacocks. Of course, human noses are pretty underdeveloped.”

86 thoughts on “Thursday – Anything Possible – Lucy and Twiggy Out and About”

  4. I grew up with peacocks running around the farm, and I have no idea what they smell like. 😄 Chicken is a good guess. I’m glad you are having nice weather; it’s been mighty chilly in our area. ❄️❄️❄️

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  7. The girls are right. Even if we humans were to try to describe the scent, they would smell much more than us! Peacocks are all about their looks, anyway 😉 Happy Thursday!

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  15. We had a peacock in our yard a couple of years ago. It didn’t smell like anything actually. But Lia and I chased it down the street. Not coming into our yard! Your friend, Dot.

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  18. Hmmm…well, I’ve had both chickens and a peacock in my yard, but never got close enough to decipher a smell. I might have to put it down for future research.

    The girls always have such in-depth and interesting discussions, John! 😂

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  19. Oh! what important questions they discuss. On the other hand, why not to arrange a merry little year of peacock, dear John? A pretty little change will make the doggy life brighter. By the way, how does our old good Mr. Eel?🎄🎄🎄🍤🍤🍤🍻🍻

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      1. 😂😂😂 I think the dog team would react faster than these beautiful chickens. Do you know that their scream is awful, dear John? The neighbours would be impressed with their awful sounds. If take aside these inconveniences, the idea sounds fabulous, dear John: you would make a schedule of the court visits for dogs & peacocks separately.

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        1. I know how much noise peacocks make for sure. I always think it is someone calling for help. The separate visit idea does sound workable. We could have a parade of sorts. Maybe the peacocks would open their feathers.

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  20. A peacock would cause a little excitement in your backyard, but the girls are good a keeping strangers away. Makes sense to me that a peacock would smell like chicken. A beautiful day for the girls to patrol.

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  21. “Oh, sure. Break the fourth wall. Good luck with that.” This made me laugh. I suddenly saw them on stage, in Hamlet. Their repartee is so believable. I swear I can hear them.

    Happy New Year Lucy and Twiggy. And to you too. John. 🙂

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  24. Stray peacocks remind me of one morning when I came out to work in my yard and found three peacocks sitting on our roof. I have no idea where they came from, but I don’t imagine they were wild. They stayed up there for a couple of hours. I went to call animal control, and they disappeared while I was on the phone. No drinking was involved. 😊

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  25. A very thoughtful philosophical discussion today. I do believe peacocks smell like chicken, and maybe taste like them, too, although I would never eat one. I hope the girls had a good Christmas! You, too, John.

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  28. Lucy, Twiggy… I have no idea what a peacock smells like. For all I know they could smell like day old socks. Sometimes my cat Johnny Depp smells like day old socks.
    So, maybe they smell like my Johnny cat.
    On another hand, as a vegetarian, I know what peas smell like, but not chicken.
    There was turkey around last week, that other people ate. That could smell like chicken.
    I’m so confused! Let’s stick with the day old socks.

    Did your dad run the OX en through the dish washer?
    🦚 🐂 🦚 🐂 🦚 🐂 🦚 🐂 hmmm this could be peacoxen!

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      1. Wow! Must be all that hair that caused the shrinkage.
        Actually, they should be easier to manage now. 💋 🦚 🐂 🦚 🐂 🦚 🐂 🦚 🐂 💋

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  30. If a peacock smells like a chicken then a chicken must smell like a peacock. Trust humans to miss simple logical conclusions.
    BTW our area is full of peacocks, Ten years back they would sometimes fly into the apartment blocks as well, ten + stories high. But gradually humans have crowded them out. They are still visible in large numbers on many of the golf courses around. They preen and let themselves be photographed, but can’t get close enough to pet them. Or smell them.

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