Aug 19 - 25

There is a mystery going on in my garden. I am a wannabe farmer and I have tried unsuccessfully to grow cantaloupes at least 10 times. Right now I have planted them in 3 different places in my yard to no avail. Well, a few months ago I installed a raised garden to grow raspberries. Soon after, I started noticing something growing in this raised bed. It soon became obvious these were cantaloupes. I didn’t plant them in that place, but yet they were growing much better than any place else. I soon became proud of my mystery cantaloupes and then just as I was about to pick them they were eaten. Each night one more would disappear. Ok, I didn’t plant these fruits and I didn’t eat these fruits, so who is messing with me? Just then I saw this rabbit run under the shed. I could see how he or she would have eaten my prize, but how with those little paws could this son of a gun plant the seeds?

Aug 12 - 18

Last night we had a friend come over who proceeded to give my son clarinet lessons. I thought this could be a good thing. As annoyingly shrill as the clarinet is it is a far cry from the beating of the DRUMS. Ok, so now he can play a few notes, and ok, now he starts to make a little music, however, the notes all seem to end in that shrill sound. When you also take into account he is trying (and I said trying) to play “Three Blind Mice” over and over again, I realized the DRUMS really weren’t that bad after all.

Aug 5 - 11

At the first impression, my wife and I may come across as being intellectually proficient. In time you would find that is definitely not the case. It appears we have broken down and gotten our kids parakeets. Now the only thing we know about parakeets is the 3-minute video we watched on Youtube. Apparently, we are supposed to clip their wings (I don’t understand why). So of course when we take them out of the cage to do so, they get away, and of course, this room they are flying in has a 16-foot ceiling. So, I simply tell my wife let’s just call this room the aviary and leave them up there.

On a side note, did you know that if our planet with all its mountains, oceans and people was sucked into a black hole our world would be reduced to such a small size it would fit into one of our large to-go cups. So why can’t I get the leaves from one Magnolia tree fit into one 90 gallon garbage can?