Rayetta’s Butterflies - The Common Mestra in Polar Bear Season

This is what I have been wanting, a ventral hind wing shot illustrating the marked darkening of the wing as the seasons change. Now I have it.

There are some butterflies at the CB today, for a change, maybe nine species. But never mind that. I just remembered some of the commentary from Ray’s Round Table. Crumby, could you come to my office, please?

I am yours to command, Lovely Druidess.

Hmmm. Here he is. Crumby, I thought you were fixing to get a job with Twrch Twryth. Yet, on the Round Table this morning, you kept carrying on about how you never work, ever.

That’s right Rayetta.

And.

I may be fixing to get a job. But as yet, that job has not come to fruition. So I have been maximizing my leisure time in anticipation of never having any more leisure time. Guarding the world’s largest pig may go 24/7.

Yes. I can see that, Crumby. How much will you get paid?

Well Rayetta, I won’t actually get a salary, per se. What I will get is a commission on all the hairs I vend. I shall have exclusive rights to all Twrch Twryth’s hairs if the deal works out. That way, anybody that requires a pig hair shall come to me, Crumby Ovate, instead of pestering my client, Twrch Twryth.

Sounds like you are letting yourself in for a lot of work, Crumby. Do you think you can handle it?

Also Rayetta, I shall have unlimited access to Twrch Twryth’s shears. That means I may also vend my personal nose hairs. I shall be rich, Rayetta, rich beyond my wildest dreams. But we shall see.

Sigh. Yes, I suppose we shall see. Hmmm. I already see that my new lens has put in an appearance on my credit card. That’s interesting. Well Crumby, you can pay me back, once you get a commission.

You are, as always, correct, Lovely Druidess. Once I get a commission, the cost of that lens shall be similar to chump change.

Hmmm.

That is so, Lovely Druidess, I surmise thusly, myself.

OK. That’s it. Crumby, you are totally bullshitting me, plus making me really mad. Have you ovated on your new potential job, or not?

Please, please, please, please Rayetta, Dr. Pistrum, Lovely Druidess, forebear. I have tried and tried to ovate out the possibilities. But Twrch Trwyth is the WG’s personal pet. It’s like time and space are warped around that pig. Ovations regarding that pig are hard, hard work. Yet I may get a clear ovation regarding my probability, anon, or even in a day or two.

All righty then, Crumby. But you better spell me soon as you find out.

Yes Lovely Druidess, you shall be the first to know, after me.