Near and dear to my heart
While the turnout seemed down from previous years, the day was sunny and we still managed to make $39.70 in this years Blackburn hamlet Community Garage Sale. Mainly on the strength of 23 one dollar DVD sales and .25 cent cookbooks. It still amazes me what some people will spend …
Sam has discovered his feet.
Poor kid. As the second-born he gets less photos, less video clips and less blog updates. Time to right that wrong a little: Joe is now a little over 15 lbs. He smiles a lot. If you laugh at him, he’ll laugh back at you. He can grasp things in …
Old Man Fookwire is a grump who only likes to paint pictures of birds that visit his backyard. The problem is, they fly south every winter, leaving him sad and lonely. So he decides to get them to stay by putting up beautiful birdfeeders filled with seeds and berries. Unfortunately, the squirrels like the treats, too, and make a daring raid on the feeders. The conflict escalates-until the birds depart (as usual), and the squirrels come up with a plan that charms the old grump.
My take: How can you not like a book where you get to say Googlie Mooglie, raise your fist and yell “Those darned squirrels”?
