Mayhem and Madness

It's only 4:00 in the afternoon, and I'm exhausted!  Ever since about 10:00 this morning, the place has been heaving with gardeners who arrived to perform some much needed pruning to trees, shrubs, and bushes.  Since then, all I've heard has been whirring, buzzing, mechanical whining, and BARKING, BARKING, BARKING!

Miss Mabel cannot get it through her skull that endless high-pitched shrieking does not a happy mother make.  I cannot wait for all this to be over with!  Right now, she's taking a time out in her crate, because I couldn't think or see straight any more!