Gosses and Gyrs, again...

The "what hawk?" conundrum is invading my house in the form of art to be framed. I always need more walls but the supply of frames is well exceeded by the rate that art comes in. We now have an almost surrealistically large male Gyr turning his head in greeting, photographed by multi- talented Albuquerque friend Marty Stupich at Matt Mitchell's breeding facility down in the Bosque, and a neo- primitive but striking watercolor of a Gos by Sydney Vale, sent to us by "Johnny UK ", who lives in Vale's and his native Norfolk. The Japanese Tokugawa shogunate screen images are already framed and so do not worry me apart from figuring out a hanging schedule, nor does the (one of four or five) Nepali folk painting visible behind. But there may be twenty paintings stacked vertically behind, and our walls are not uncluttered. More WALLS please.

Achmed, my Kurdish driver in southeast Turkey seven or eight years ago on our tazi search expedition, would sometimes carry out screaming debates with his cousins, banging on the walls and making Italians look as sedate as Unitarians, then turn to me and say with a beatific smile "The Kurdish problem is not yet solved!" Nor is The Conundrum (see post below). Paul has all reason on his side, but several people including Libby (who has the most important vote), and some who offer me help, really want a Gyr. "Is not yet solved", though it must be said it is a win- win proposition...