Striking Out for Lloyd

Should it really be this hard to find a turkey wife?

I regret to say we did not bring back a turkey wife for Lloyd from the bird swap meet this morning.

This is not to say the day was misspent.

The bird swap itself was actually really cool and I got to see a lot of crazy looking pigeons and now I kind of want them. I also now have a solid lead on a possible turkey wife, albeit in southeastern North Dakota (don’t worry, that’s technically only 2 hours from here) and I’m hopeful that perhaps I can make that trip later this week and finally wrap up this portion of the story.

AND I now own a bootleg copy of the fine documentary film: Racing Pigeons: Celibacy.

Because I don’t know about the rest of y’all, but there was no way I was going to walk past a title like that and not immediately fork over my $5. The elderly man who sold it to me told me “You’re taking home a piece of pigeon history, young lady”.

I have an absolutely no idea what to expect, but I cannot conceive of any eventuality that is not amazing. I kind of want to rent out the local movie theater and host a screening.

This of course meant I spent another large segment of my Saturday looking for a VCR because that is something I no longer own.

Turns out they have become a hot commodity on the “retro analog electronics market” and they are really hard to find. We drove around for a considerable amount of time, trying to find one at various thrift stores and even an antique store in hopes that they have aged to that point. Nada. Zip. Zero. The one thrift store owner told me that the moment he gets one in he has a list of buyers.

So now, in addition to finding Lloyd a Turkey wife, I am in search of a VCR. And so we begin the next chapter of what is becoming a very weird long story.