This is huge for Stauffer Avenue: the older ones are taking a weekend away beginning Friday morning, leaving the chores of feeding the livestock with neighbor, Jan. The fish won’t care as long as they have floating pellets to nibble at on the surface of the water once a day. Snuggles has pretty well kissed up to Jan as she has been out in her gardens and yard. Butter Ball, on the other hand, shies away when Jan has come over for a visit in the past. He is just going to have to follow Snuggles’ lead. Honey Bunny is not fond of anyone, so she will just come and go, ignoring the fact that, as the oldest of the kids, she could lend an atmosphere of calm . . . not! Obviously, the garage porch will be accessible, just like always.

Guess who gets to clean the litter box? Dennis babysits his daughter Sandy’s terrier whenever she is getting home late from work or she has errands that Tix cannot go with. The ole cowboy says that turn around is fair play for “other duties as required.” Sandy came over the other evening for the full instructions. I totally stayed clear of that.

We are heading to the north country to see Dennis’ family at Silver Bay and I have a cousin at Finland. A fun trip that is going to be a two-for. Hopefully I will have a Wi-Fi connection available for my laptop.