Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Hello everyone,

The Memorial Day parade was awesome! Lucy-Goosey and I had a great time. She did really well for her first parade! She never bothered the red/white/blue bandana I tied around her neck. She was too busy looking at everyone and everything. Although we were not a large group, (5 dogs and 2 horses), we sure had a good time. Whew! It was rather warm that morning, and by the time we got back to the parking lot at the high school, my blouse was wet around the neck!

During the previous evening, a very bad storm hit the town, and in our parade route, we could see numerous large trees down all over the place. One of the gals that rode a horse told me that a neighbor of hers had part of her garage roof torn off. Gosh! I am so glad no one was hurt. I guess some people had a loss of electrical power for over 22 hours. We were fortunate, our power stayed on the entire time. On Sunday, there were at least 6 storms that rolled through in the course of the day. I talked to our friends down the road from us and they had four trees go down in their little woods by their home. One of the trees went across the road and stopped traffic. She said not long after it fell, someone moved it to the side of the road.

"Miss Piggy" is not to be found. Evidently she already sank to the bottom of the pond. I will probably never find her to bury her, and she will just decompose down there. Bummer.

I saw the most unusual thing the other day. I was standing at the kitchen window doing dishes and heard a bunch of birds squawking and making a lot of noise. I went to the sliding glass door and looked out. A big Blue-Jay was attacking a little English sparrow fledgling and had it on the ground pecking away at it quite fiercely. I rushed out and shooed the Blue-Jay away, but the damage was already done. It could not fly and was very distressed. Its one wing seemed to be broken. I ran and got the fish net and scooped it up into it and carried it to the garage. It had blood on its head and was so scared and breathing really hard. Shortly thereafter it died. Good grief! I never saw that happen in all the years I have been watching the birds in our back yard. Not sure why that Blue-Jay attacked the little bird. I can't find a nest near the house or in any of the trees in the back yard. Hmm.

Hard to believe May is almost over. The time seems to be going so fast. The weather the last couple days has been warm and sunny with a slight breeze. I did turn on the air conditioning last night. It was very warm and humid.

Hubby and I are going up to Kent this morning for him to get his books for his class, pay for the class, and check out where his classroom will be. He's only going to take one class this summer as he wants some time to relax and enjoy the summer off from teaching. The last two summers he has attended classes all summer for his Masters and it was very gruelling. Plus the driving of 92 miles a day, which is three hours up and back will be quite expensive this summer with the price of gas over $3.00 a gallon. Last week it reached $3.49! Ridiculous isn't it? Sure wish someone (Congress), anyone, could stop all the price gouging. I don't know how some families are making it, especially with children. Do they buy gas or food?

This Saturday the CCAPL will be at the Rib's burn-off at the Carrollton airport all day. Hope the weather is good! Then on Monday night we will be at the Canton Rd. Ponderosa from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Then Tuesday night is the meeting. Lots to do between now and then.

I am taking a couple weeks off from work at the Victim Assistance office to enjoy some time with hubby before he starts his class.

We are going to try and go fishing on Friday. We will probably get our fishing license today when we get back from Kent. $20.00 a piece for an adult. We will probably try and go next week sometime during the week. Hubby doesn't like to go on the weekends. Too much activity on the lake for quiet fishing.

That's all for now, folks. Enjoy, laugh often, stay safe, and count your blessings...one-by-one.
Becky