Eating Rocks ... It's A Thing

 It was a fabulous sunrise ... somewhere ... but not here this time.  It was a little pale on this nice warm Monday morning.  Cooper and I went out for an early long walk before the sun came up.  That was followed by a little dig the ball out from under the back of the recliner where he dropped it.

Then it was time for some poker pool.  I started off with a bang and ended with a whimper.  BUT ... I came in second place out of five.  Yahoo!!!  Really, it doesn't matter who wins.  We just like to have a good time.

Dinner time came about rather quickly.  How lucky could I be ... Patsy brought by some of her yummy goulash AND homemade dinner rolls.  I put some in a small bowl and went to the microwave.  That's when disaster happened.  Everything in the rig went black.  I hate it when that happens.

I have an energy management system plugged in, and it was blank.  Nothing ... not even a red light.  The plug wasn't pushed in all the way, just a tad bit out.  I thought maybe that was the problem, so I hit the circuit breaker ... waited ... and tried it again.  When I came back in, the microwave was still not working.

I tried a couple more things before walking across the way to see if I was the only one out of power.  Nope ... just me.  Bill came back with me to try and figure things out.  I don't know what we did, but it finally all came back on.  He thought it had something to do with a delay in the inverter and my solar system.  Thankfully disaster was averted, meaning I was able to heat up dinner.  Thank you again Patsy, it was delicious.

Now full, I wandered over to tell my neighbors everything was working.  We sat and talked while Gibbs entertained us.  What a sweet, affectionate puppy.  Apparently we didn't pay quite enough attention to him, so he picked up a rock in his mouth.  

No matter what Patsy and Bill did, he would not let go of it.  I just laughed!!  You could tell he had his lips pressed together and he was NOT letting go, even though Bill tried to sweet talk him.  Patsy was finally able to retrieve it.  That silly boy ... he went right over and grabbed another one!

Back home it was time for Jonathan's bath.  You have probably seen birds preening before.  They pull up one feather at a time, running it through their beak to pull off any dander or insects.  

That brought about a plethora of squawking and talking.  Birds are most active around 5:00 or so, and Jonathan is no exception.  If you don't talk back, he can get really LOUD, so you'll hear me playing the part of a pirate.  

 

It's pretty funny ... I played these back and he talked to himself!!

That was it for the day.  All the critters including myself are happy campers.  The weather here is so nice I had to don some shorts and even put out my awning for awhile.   Just like McDonalds, I'm lovin' it!!