"Agathe, welcome! Thank you for coming all this way," said Xuxa the Xantus's hummingbird, meeting her heavily breathing friend at the top of the high knoll outside of the Honalee Bay Aquarium and Garden.
"Xuxa, dear, you look lovely as usual." Agathe the Aardvark blew kisses as she readjusted her red hat.
"Oooh, the photos do not do justice to how chic and pert your hat is."
Xuxa twirled as she would on a fashion show catwalk. Blowing kisses to Agathe, she said "Merci beaucoup for my red Parisian beret. I love, love, love it."
Agathe and Xuxa sat in the shade where the Xantus's hummingbird had placed water and snacks. Agathe sighed contently, taking in the changing landscape from the canyon to the distant mountains. "I do love your view, Xuxa. I must come and visit you more often."
"Anytime. You have carte blanche in our meadow," said Xuxa. She pointed to the mound by Agathe. "Fresh termites, Love?"
While Agathe satisfied her appetite, the two old girlfriends spoke about this and that, he and she, giggles and oh my's, and, of course, the wedding of Thomas and Winnie.
"Speaking of the wedding, let's talk about what you want us, hummers, to do," said Xuxa to Agathe who was the wedding planner.
"I need you, Xya, Xenia, Xander, and Xui-mei to be my eyes and ears from the morning of the dress rehearsal to the end of the reception. And, if necessary, relay messages to servers, vendors, and wedding party members that need to know or do something tout de suite."
"Easy-peasy. This being a very big wingding, I shall need to recruit 10 to 20 more hummers to help us."
"No problem. We plan to have so much nectar, it'll be coming out of our ears. Well, your ears." The old friends laughed.
"Fourteen more days to the wedding!" chirped Xusa. Agathe sighed.
X is the theme for this week of ABC Wednesday. Check out the meme here and the list of this week's participants here. Thank you much, ABCW team!
Been joying humingbirds this summer. Nice drawimgs they sure look fun and colorful.
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Thanks, Dora. A couple of hummingbirds hang out in our yard. I love watching them.
DeleteIt's coming closer, and closer! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd, I haven't figured out what to wear for it yet!
DeleteXuxa is a creative name. Then, there are so many names starting with 'X' in your story!
ReplyDeleteWedding is near :) :)
Extraordinary Palm-leaf Crafts of Odisha - Anita
One of the fun things with this round of ABC Wednesday, I got to check out baby names a lot. :-)
DeleteOooh..nothing like the brightly coloured hummers to take care of everything. Can`t wait for the day!
ReplyDeleteI envision an explosion of color, laughter, and love. Knock on wood, it all comes together.
DeleteThe big day approaches...
ReplyDeleteI'm loving that everyone is getting excited with the ABC creatures. :-)
DeleteLove your art creations and little vignettes ~ joyful!
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A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Thank you, Carol! Like Agathe the Aardvark, I get overwhelmed planning for the wedding.
DeleteOoh 14 more days, hope the weather is good. I'm loving the red (strawberry?) beret as well. I like how you shot the sketchbook.
ReplyDeleteGood eye Jeanna, strawberry red was the crayon. I like the way the photo turned out, too. Missy Molly by Golly let me use her perch for the shot.
DeleteGreat story and illustration........Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Forest Dream Weaver!
DeleteHmmm hummingbird……… i wish i would meet some ;-)
ReplyDeleteHave a splendid, ♥-warming ABC-Wednes-day / -week
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I love it when they surprise me when I'm in the yard.
DeleteThe tension is really mounting...
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