17 December 2006
Another lovely weekend day—little to no expectations—which means no disappointments!
We were leisurely about rising, relaxed about the morning hours, and went to see our second movie of the weekend in the early afternoon. Eragon is a delightful, and somewhat predictable fantasy involving dragonriders and swords and bad guys with black magic vs. the pretty young boy with the dragon. The dragon’s name, she having hatched from a large blue egg, is Saphira. A little trite, but charming. Not quite as charming, however, as the little dragon hatchling herself. She hadn’t even found her land legs yet before I leaned over to Kyle and whispered “I want one!!!!” I was hooked! Of course, the speed with which she dispatched a rat at less than a day old had me reconsidering that a little bit. I mean, after all, what chance would a lazy cat have against a two- or three-month old dragon? But, then the scenes of the beautiful adult Saphira in flight pulled me right back into my old Anne McCaffrey-inspired dreaming days! Perhaps again tonight, I will dream of impressing my very own dragon or fire lizard.
If I do, I’m sure she’ll be wearing a harness decorated with fleur de lis!
I’m really pretty surprised to realize that this is the first picture I’ve taken in this 365-day project, of a fleur de lis! Perhaps such photos will not be as commonplace as photos of the cat or dogs, but I’m sure this won’t be the last one.
~MB
