Loading the Ladder

"What you doing Papa?"

"I'm going out to load the bird feeder."

"I wanna help."

"OK...get your coat on."

It wasn't the greatest idea I've ever had. Imagine hefting up 44 ponds with one arm, and going up 2 steps of a ladder. But...I thought that I could do it...going...very...slowly...and...deliberately.

Our guest photographer was my wife Lisa, or as Merrick calls her "Mar-mar", which translates into Grandma. She was shooting from our upstairs window.

Then, the real fun started as we went back upstairs. "Look Papa...a blue bird (jay). Look Papa...a red bird (cardinal). PAPA...PAPA...IT'S A SQUIRREL! IT'S TWO SQUIRRELS! WAIT...THERE'S THREE SQUIRRELS PAPA! MAR-MAR...COME SEE!!!"

Here's hoping that he will appreciate the beauty of the birds, and fully understand that the squirrel is the world's most amazing animal.

I may be out of touch for a few days. I'm starting the long drive south tomorrow. 1300 miles to Bradenton, Florida.

Gotta go. We're watching the Bachelor Wedding. I've been waiting for months for this night. I just can't explain the tension. This is what you call GREAT TV. They even have a honeymoon suite cam. They are just about ready to show her dress. Oooohhh...the build-up...I JUST CAN"T STAND IT!!!

(If you believed ANY of that last paragraph...I apologize.) Here it is Sunday...the Lord's Day...and I just told a lie.