FORE!!

Coen took his parents to the mini golf course this weekend.

He is developing his own distinctive manner of play, much like the movie "Tin Cup".

Of course there are always those who refuse to understand innovation, parents being in that stodgy group.

Grandparents are far, far more agreeable.

There's also an unpleasant aspect when it comes to taking your ball home.

They won't let you do it.

Bella's Big Discovery

While walking Bella this afternoon she became very interested in a leaf.

Almost perfectly round, the leaf was in the middle of the gravel road just up from our trailer.

Bella just wouldn't leave it, and when I stopped to see why it was so special here's who I found.

I'm sure turtles come smaller than this but I've never seen one.

You'd never guess how fast this little dude can run. He moves kinda like a spider.

Is this a cute little feller or what?

Fierce!

Why are pirates so fierce?

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aargh!

Robin Reprise

The bird will never leave.

It is the avian version of Chinese water torture.

A tap, tap, tap that lasts for what seems like forever, then a wild dive ending with a feathery thud against a window.

Earl has lost some interest, but Bella is more incensed each day.

She still launches from the chair back in a desperate attempt to catch the robin but

John points out that she now sticks the landing.  

Earl and the kamikazi robin

We are under attack!

A robin has been battling his reflection in the mirrored windows of our fifth wheel.

We're not the only unit under siege, but are the one hit most often.

 The back windows are the preferred attack zone, so Earl sits on the back of the sofa and awaits the next skirmish.

Our hero goes in to action.

He seems certain the robin has gotten behind the valance.

After a week the bird is beginning to give up the fight, but Earl is still outraged by the robin's behavior.

 I must add that Bella has also battled the bird, with sometimes hilarious results. She has leaped straight up from the back of my chair with no regard for her landing position. I'm amazed there hasn't been an injury.

Winston, the formerly feral cat whose existence once relied on his ability to catch birds, has no interest at all.

It's The Future

Crusin' around the lake on Mother's Day

We have a neighbor named Macy; a blond cutie that caught Coen's eye.

He told us that he wanted to "go real fast by Macy's house".

Pomme De Terre Rendezvous

 It was a dreary weekend and snow was still lurking in the shady places, but the Rendezvous happened on schedule.

Boy scouts in costume were part of the show.


We are riding on a wagon filled with hay bales being pulled by a tractor.

There are demonstrations of black powder weapons, live music, 18th century gardening and moon shining.

To my disappointment we missed the moonshiners, but there's always next year!

Lots of vendors and crafts

I'm not sure what a pirate flag has to do with 18th century mid-Missouri, but check out all those raccoon tails. If you buy a raccoon tail do you tie it to the antenna of your 1930's era hot rod?

Many vendors dress in period costumes. The women are shoeless.

No audience but a lot of enthusiasm. 

I'm sure this truck belongs to the above singer. His guitar case and the truck had the same bumper stickers. The horse trailer is a mystery since no horses were in the area. 

Notice in the above photo a pair of Crocs on the trailer. Also notice that most of the people are wearing jackets, sweat shirts, etc.

Here the little cutie has retrieved her shoes. Not put 'em on, just picked 'em up.

The woman in the red jacket is_____________.

You fill in the blank!