According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, The definition
of Cardinal is:
-a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church
who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member
of the college of cardinals, or
-a crested finch (Cardinalis cardinalis) of the eastern U.S.
and adjacent Canada (including Nova Scotia), which has a black face and heavy
red bill in both sexes and is nearly completely red in the male.
Although Ulgedook Cottage is a retired church, the first
definition is irrelevant given its previous Wesley United religion. The second definition is more relevant to me,
not because I'm a bird-watcher, but because it was the image on my drinking glass
in my parents cottage over forty years ago.
I used the cardinal glass, and my cousin Laurie used the blue-jay
glass. Since then, I have adopted the
cardinal as a bird that I relate to.
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