Hello, Friends,
We’ve reached the end of April Fool’s week here on the Bobbledy Blog. We sincerely hope that none of you got fooled, or that, if you did, it was fun.
Our resident prankster Alden had a great deal of fun pulling a classic European April Fool’s joke on everyone who lives in the barn. Well almost everyone. But we’ll get to that in a minute.
In her theme-kickoff post, Robbi explained that in Europe, people celebrate April Fool’s Day by trying to stick a cut-out fish onto other people’s backs without them knowing.
Alden latched onto this idea, starting her rampage by pranking our neighbor “Uncle D” McColl.
The poor guy never saw it coming.
Other victims included her little brother.
And her other little brother.
And her big sister.
And even her mother.
I mean, where’s the respect?
I was spared the insult of the fish, but only because I was in California eating a cheeseburger.
Robbi spent her April Fool’s day doing a painting of a forest where spaghetti and meatballs grows on trees.
As much as I love this painting, it has so far failed to get much traction on Ebay, where it can still be had for a mere two pennies. I’m guessing it won’t go that low, but for now, anyway, this is as good a deal as you’re likely to see for a Robbi Behr original. Gobble it up for a song and have the last laugh one day when it goes to auction at Christie’s.
Perhaps the most wonderful submission of the week came from Harvey, who shared this photo of his donut tree with us.
And this story: I have a donut tree. It fruits in one day. It grows in summer; It does not grow in the winter. It is expensive. It can grow without a seed. You can buy it from Burpee. It costs $99.
To which I say, what a magnificent tree! I just gathered up all the loose change I could find (amazingly, it equalled EXACTLY $99) and went to the Burpee website. I looked and looked and could not find the donut tree. Is that because it’s still sort of winter-ish outside? And if the donut tree doesn’t grow from a seed, what am I buying, exactly? Please help! I want that donut tree, and I WANT IT NOW!
As much as I love Harvey’s tree, it seems clear that the true expert on the art of the April Fool’s prank is none other than Alden, for her many and effective clandestine applications of the European fish.
Please join me in wishing Alden a hearty congratulations!
And that’s all for this week.
What I failed to tell you at the beginning is that I did not come home after leaving California, instead, I flew directly to the moon, where Robbi has joined me for a Bobbledy Books reading by the edge of the Sea of Tranquility. We’re all set to begin, but so far, no one has showed up to listen.
Which is to say, APRIL FOOLS!
After all, April Fool’s week isn’t officially over until I finish this post.