Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Turtle Town

Scout must think he's Turtleman. Turtleman is the guy on the Discover channel TV show, Call of the Wildman. Scout saw a turtle in the middle of the road so he stopped and picked it up. He brought it home to show us.
The turtle didn't act afraid and he didn't hide in his shell. He stuck his neck out and started pedaling with his legs as hard and fast as he could go. He looked like he was in a hurry and had places to go. Deep in his little turtle-mind he was probably screaming, "Let me go!"
Scout sat him out at the mulch pile in a shallow container with water in it. We came back inside for a while. When we went back outside . . .
. . . the turtle had disappeared. We don't know where he went. Maybe he'll show up again someday. He's some kind of striped turtle, I think.


I thought the mulch pile would be a lovely place for a turtle. It's full of grubs and worms and scraps. He wouldn't ever starve if he lived there.

We've had some other interesting visitors this year. One night we saw a raccoon swinging upside down on a tree limb eating out of the bird feeder. He looked like a crazy cat doing tricks on a monkeybar.

That could explain what happened to Larry. Oddly enough, the raccoon showed up right after Larry the rooster was found dead, headless, with his tail chewed off. Chickens must be easy pickings. Someone told Scout that 'possums reach through fences and rip chickens heads off. I have a sneaky suspicion that 'coons do that, too.

In another interesting event this summer, Mama and Daddy caught a parrot in their backyard. It's bright green and red. They bought a cage to keep it in. He sits in the den with Daddy watching TV.

I don't know what's going on but it looks like this is going to be a year of unexpected surprises. Just as long as we don't discover a swarm of killer bees, or runaway boa constrictors, it's all good. Right?

AS ALWAYS
PIO

Thursday, July 4, 2013

JULY

My, this is a different fourth of July than last year. Last year I was soaking in my kiddie pool in the blazing heat. This year I'm just getting soaked. The news prognosticators predicted flooding everywhere. I was worried to death because we had to go to Marietta the other day to deal with Colt's apartment management. They want us to pay two more months rent. Never, ever sign a contract without reading every word. We were lucky because the rain wasn't as bad as it is today. 

The boys and I went to Mama's and Daddy's house for a cookout today. We had a quiet little family dinner. After the barbecue their friends, the Sosebee's, came to visit. My two aunts, Patsy and Mary, were going to come eat with us, but they decided not to because of the rainy weather.

Don promised me and the boys that we would go to White Water in Marietta on Friday but it looks like it's going to rain again. Too bad. I've never been to the water park and was looking forward to floating around in a stream all day in the sun. All I'd need is a pair of cheap sunglasses and a Margarita with a little  umbrella in it. 

Don has the sump pump turned on. I can hear the beep, beep, beep, beep sound. It's driving me crazy. It's like water torture! You can imagine how much water is standing under the house.


I think it's time to start building that ark. Don't you? Stay dry.






HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Krista, Jeremy,Darrel, Athena, Connie, Jennifer, Christy, Nathan, Madison, Holly, Coven, Tristan, Evitt, Tillie

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

REMEMBER
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RIP

AS ALWAYS
PIO
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