Blessed are the flexible

Marie called me this morning, wanting to know if I could help her with the name of that tall thing along the side of the road that collapses and flutters, waving its arms.  "Do you mean the balloon man things people use to advertise?" I asked.  I grabbed my laptop and looked it up.  Those bendy things seem to be called "wind dancers" or "air puppets."  I kind of like this image of red, yellow, and blue ones all together.

Marie had run across a saying she shared with me:  "Blessed are the flexible for they shall never be bent out of shape.'  She thought of these bendy advertisers, but I thought of how non-flexible I feel in my 80s.  So I looked up "flexible."

I found this photo of a flexible elderly woman.  She's contorted into what I consider an impossible pose.  I'd guess that this old lady has been practicing poses all her life, like the young woman above who has contorted herself into something like a pretzel.  What do you think?  I think red, yellow, blue, black-and-white, or wearing pink — nope, can't do it — I wouldn't even try.  

Word of the Day

flex·i·ble / ˈfleksəb(ə)l / adjective = capable of bending easily without breaking.  Example:  "These two women are more flexible than I've ever been."

Flexible cat, added 4/23/21