Flannel Flamingo

I never should have listened to the recruiters from Land's End.

"You'll be a model," they said. "Glamorous. Seen by millions. You'll stand out from the crowd."

"You'll be unique."

And the clincher. "Do you want to be stuck on this lawn with 107 other pink flamingoes for ever?"

I'd hoped for something... sober, understated. Like a great blue heron, all those delicate twilight shades.


Or a sacred ibis. Dramatic, yet elegant.


Of course they didn't tell me I'd be stuck up to my ankles in snow-- and painted like this!



Original images: heron by Konrad Mostert; ibis by Joe Kucharski; plastic flamingo by Chris Browett; flamingo legs by Mehmet Goren; plaid by Erika Thorpe; snow by Amy Burton
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