RARIF = FRIAR, ADDIE = AIDED, YAWMID = MIDWAY, BOLIFE = FOIBLE — Giving us: RRDEDIWYOIB
Visual Description: A man’s pet parrot greeting a lady visitor.
Clue/Question: How he described his parrot.
Answer: A WORDY BIRDIE
(Of all the words, I had the most difficulty in getting “AIDED”. It’s always the simple words!) YUR
Unclerave's Wordy Weblog 
thanks for putting this on the web it really helped me out.(i mean that in a good way)
FOIBLE? GAY!
Your Uncle Rave can excuse this commenter’s vocabulatory foibles!