I have an artist friend in Miami who used to have a pet rooster (thankless creature), and he painted a wonderful portrait of him. I always admired it, and for my 50th birthday, when he asked me what I wanted, I said I wanted his rooster painting. Alas, he had just sold it a week or so before! So he promised to paint me another one
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, and today he called and offered to meet me halfway between here and Miami to give it to me. Woo hoo!
We had a nice lunch and strolled around a flea market, and I came home with my new painting...