Magpie personified?

n magpie [ˈmӕgpai] a black-and-white bird of the crow family, known for its habit of collecting shiny objects.


magpie - an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

babbler, chatterer, prater, spouter, chatterbox

speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"

magpie - someone who collects thing that have been discarded by others
a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use

Am I a magpie?
Let's see

Do I collect shiny objects?  CHECK
Do I collect things that have been discarded by others?  CHECK
Am I LOQUACIOUS?
sorry have to look that up

lo·qua·cious

   [loh-kwey-shuhs]  Show IPA

adjective

1.

talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative;chattering; babbling; garrulous: a loquacious dinner guest.

2.

characterized by excessive talk; wordy: easily the mostloquacious play of the season.

ok - so am I loquacious ?  double CHECK

am I foolish?  triple CHECK

but I can use a can of spray paint and make things sparkle and shiny

so I am one up on them - 

A magpie's best friend

from this old rusted looking iron piece ( whose patina worked in 

my kitchen for a long time )

to this

fireplace grid


and Sammy the Squirrel - my door stopper - an absolute necessity in a 100 year old flat -
he was brown and almost gave me a heart attack on a daily basis because he looked dangerously like a rat perched in front of my bedroom door

hmmm -  ok that's a fail - 

back to the drawing board with you Sammy

and these I made a while back - ( you can find the post HERE )

finally got painted

and I thought it would be a boring post - but he seems to never fail me lately - 

and I'm starting to get a little worried that everyone will think I'm making this up because they are coming fast and furiously - but I am living these moments - and they are 100% true!

John is walking down the hallway going to bed and I'm sitting here typing away and ready to sign off and just in the knick of time....................  he gave me this:

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

Suzan says - what now?
JOhn says - you painted the door stopper?
Suzan says - yes I painted it - but there was a reason for it

John walks into the office holding it in his hand and says - 
 " Which habitat exactly do silver squirrels come from?"

Suzan says - the same one where silver foxes reside, obviously

John says - you know Suzan - we're going to have to draw the line here at some point - I mean now you're just being ridiculous with the paint

Suzan says - Pls don't speak to me like I'm a child - there's a very good reason for this -  I did it because it frightened me every night.............

John says - the door stopper was frightening you?

Suzan says - yes - it terrified me actually - it looked like a rat

John says - I've never seen a rat with a squirrel's tail in my life

Suzan says - don't talk foolish John - the tail goes on the other side of the door 

John says - well it should scare you even more now then - because now it looks like the bloody ghost of a squirrel...........

Suzan says - well it didn't turn out as cute as I thought it would

John says - guess you won't be blogging about it then

Suzan says - Good night John

John says - Good night Suzan

Suzan yells out - put Sammy back in front of the door please

John says " she's given it a name - I don't believe this "

XOXOXO