Your 'levelled branch view' somehow branched into Mayan mythology. Strange how that happens. Maybe we need a new forum rule: no OT except between midnight Friday and 6am Monday!
2 clo:
I blame the French of course - all that Gallic charm, soft words, sweet music, flowers, chocolates - when we weren't looking!!They are unobtainable goods nowadays!
No wonder they're an endangered species. I'm saving my last few for a rainy day. 
Ah, but when that ugly duckling turns into a swan, are we not lost for words and transfixed with admiration for her incomparable beauty?8 years old, ugly, and very good at sprint !
2 Sheepdog:
The name QUETZALCOATL (feathered serpent god) has a weirdly compelling ring to it, doesn't it? This is not a 2-byte fairy sitting on a digital Christmas tree, this is one tough scary dude - worshipped for 2000 years, ruler of this world (number five in the cycle), which he created by sprinkling his own blood on the bones of the previous one. I love his title "The Ruler of the Star of the Rising Dawn" - magic
