I spent this week in Mandan, North Dakota but am flying home today. Vacation is over!
Our youngest grandchild Adley started her first day of school. Both North Dakota granddaughters were very excited Thursday morning. I love that. The oldest grandson is headed to college on Friday, too. I didn’t get to join in on that Kodak moment–cause I’m going home!
Back in Tampa, Courtney is a senior and Justin is a junior. The three little ones are all off to Montessori school, with Jack being the youngest of the bunch and going into third grade. How can that be? I’m not getting any older!
Usually granddaughter Piper and I see a movie while I’m visiting but this time my daughter-in-law Lauri and our friend Barb went with me to see “The Art of Racing in the Rain”. They knew nothing about the movie but I had read it when the book first came out. I warned them both before we went to the movie that the dog dies. I’m not giving anything away here because you know the dog will die from the first page of the book and the first scene of the movie. But the dog’s death is not what this movie is about. I’ll warn you that I cried from the first page until the last page of the book. And I spent lots of time sniffling through the movie. I thought the movie was really good and they mainly stuck to the story line. There was one exception but I think it made the story better. Okay, no more plot revelation!
While you might not think I would have a Damn Squirrel of the week since I haven’t been in squirrel heaven Homosassa but you would be wrong. Turns out Adley is an expert squirrel locator and chaser! She can spy a squirrel from yards away and is on the hunt. Thus far she hasn’t caught any rodents on her chase but it’s just a matter of time.
One last squirrel. I’ve been seeing this little rodent out of the corner of my eye for several years. Looks like a chipmunk but lives in the ground. Not big enough for a prairie dog. Finally, I spotted one at the park and got a good look at it–although it was way too quick for me to get a snapshot. Here’s a pic a pulled from the WWW.
After all those side glance sightings, it’s a ground squirrel. Bet it doesn’t climb into bird feeders or chew holes in the attic so I’m not lumping it into the damn squirrel category yet!
Next week, I’m back in Perfect!
Have a great weekend!
Kathy
