Author: boomingbanter

Do you ever wish you were able to be somewhere but you know you can’t.

At this minute Ma has a great hankering to be in London.

There is so much excitement going on about the Queen’s Jubilee.

Millions of people are making little versions of the Monarch in her different outfits. Some must be dog lovers as more than a few corgis have been knitted too.

I’m not into needle work but believe some Pitty’s might be. They are all nuts that breed.

We’re planning a little event at the Tearoom and for this Ma was practicing making jam pennies yesterday.

They are the Queen’s favorite and she wants to get them right.

I helped her with quality control as always and then had a siesta while Ma watched the new documentary called the Unseen Queen on YouTube.

From what I saw between shut eyes those Royals really love their puppies.

No wonder her Majesty has had such a long life and still looks so beautiful and happy.

Blessing#1374-Making the Most of It

We’re sure you’re all waiting for an update on baby Memorial. Well she lay in the same spot till around noon and then decided to get up and move to the woods.

The sun was hot so she probably needed shade. We didn’t see her move but our neighbor was working in his yard and saw the action.

Her Mom was back feeding on our honeysuckle hedge close to the woods late afternoon so we believe all is well. We haven’t seen them this morning and don’t know if there was a second baby but like a good deer hound I’m keeping an eye on things.

Last night the bro was busy. He came home with a load of steak and sausages and corn on Sunday night and said we were having a big Memorial Day cookout.

Now the bro does not do things by half. There was enough to feed a small army.

He went the whole hog and marinaded the steak like a pro.

All this grilling business is very primordial.

It’s also very tasty and the bro is a good sharer.

PIT helped him without any major destruction.

You will note the mountain of outdoor footwear in these pics. They have been elevated to ensure PIT doesn’t snack on them.

It’s record salad weather today but the bro is grilling again.

I’ll take it. May attract Memorial back for a visit.

Blessing#1353-Firing Up

Great excitement at the ranch this morning. We have a new arrival.

Ma and me got up at six thirty and just as we were about to step out for my first job we saw a deer in the back yard.

Funny thing was she was standing rock still like a statue. That’s when we noticed she had a big belly so we thought she was going to give birth.

We heard a nose like a cat crying. Strange!

We came back in and watched the doe as we thought she needed her privacy and that’s when she moved.

Ma I said « we need to check this out ».

We discovered she’d had her baby.

In fact we think she’s had another somewhere in the woods behind us because she’s walking between the two areas.

We texted Auntie Marsha as her hubby is a farmer to ask what to do. Jim said leave them alone the Mana knows what to do and she watching to make sure the baby is safe.

When we went out for our walk the Mama followed us to make sure we weren’t going near her baby.

When we came back we brought Auntie Liz and our friends PJ and Eddie to see the baby and again Mama Deer came past to warn us not to get too close.

The baby looks so cute and healthy and even PITS was quiet around her.

We are feeling all gooey and happy and hope you like our new family member and the name we’ve given her!

Blessing#1352-Memorial’s Birth

Greetings my priceless public. It’s PITS here. I’ve decided to change my name. Pretty Pitty Princess is way too sweet for an ado like me.

All the rappers have short names and I’m into rap so PITS it shall be.

My handy work on the screens has been modified by humans and PIT resistance mesh has now been introduced.

The door to the porch has been done in the durable too. Cost Grandpa a small fortune so he hates me more than ever if that’s possible. I do love a mean man like PIT PAWPA!!

The old Gizzard is on sentry duty so I have yet to test the indestructible claims. I have no doubt if he’d get his great snout out of the way I could recreate that opening in an instant.

In the meantime I have two new projects underway.

First, I’m removing the dark varnish from the stairs. It’s so passé and am replacing it with that weathered look.

As you see I have already advanced with this BOHO business very well on the door to my private residence. It’s really very nicely distressed don’t you think.

Anyway on to soft furnishings. I’m shredding anything that loosely resembles cushions. They are out. They can be harbingers of bugs and odors and have no place in modern habitats. We need a clean look!

See all that watching if HGTV has paid off.

Not only has Granny got a structural engineer on hand she got an interior designer too.

Until next time my peeps when I’ll be back with my next project.

Blessing#-1351-Make Overs

You can tell it’s been a great week at the Tearoom when your Ma jumps out of bed as soon as she wakes up at 6:30 and starts baking.

See she’d run out of scones.

So quick as a wink we had our eyes fixed on flour.

By 7:12 our second batch was in and the first was cooling.

Flour is not tasty in itself. Only Mega eats that and no doubt will clean the floor when she is released from the pit she shares with the bro but it’s what flour yields that interests me.

See first there is the teeny tiny scone Ma makes just for me to do my quality check.

More importantly there is the egg.

She scrambles it for me in the microwave and then gives me something to look forward to all day as she pops it in the fridge for my dinner tonight.

We were done by 7:26. Now onwards for our walk and then some happy dreaming.

Blessing#1350-Booming Business

Ma has a real penchant for snacks when she is watching TV. She has them every evening even though each morning she vows she’ll quit.

This is great because she is of an excessively generous nature and shares expect maybe the popcorn from Michigan that Auntie Paula brings which she eats all by herself.

When she is eating Jaws and I take our positions at her feet and gaze.

She always gives me first to be sure I don’t go for Mega’s throat in a fit of jealousy.

This morning cousin Krishna posted a truth that we shared. it was a timely reminder that we must stock up!

Miss Laura from around the corner also posted on a new frozen snack she is making for her fur babies to keep them quiet and occupied. Ma thought it looked good at first but then decided the demonic presence would just eat the whole thing rubber holder and all so we are back to basics.

It’s so important to have a supply of munchies available for Friday night which is usually when we have pizza. They are an essential accompaniment to the fizz and the « My Lottery Dream Home » binge watch.

See the knowledge that these are available ensures some pizza is put away and that always results in a very tasty start to a day for me. Here’s a pick I took yesterday of last weeks that had reached the glorious stage of « no human can eat this anymore»

Those of you in business circles will know this is called strategic planning I have another term for it Scout Smart!

Blessing#1349-Be Prepared

The whole nation is grieving. Just now on TODAY all the newscasters were crying.

We all feel flat. Even Mega and me are down.

We are hearing about the two beautiful teachers who gave their lives to save their students. That’s the ultimate gift.

In the midst of all this sorrow we heard yesterday of another great gift. The pharmaceutical company Pfizer is making their COVID vaccine available to the world’s 45 poorest countries at cost price.

That is such a significant step forward and makes you feel there is a lot of good in this world too.

Blessing#1348-Generosity

Since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary there have been 3500 mass shootings in the USA.

No other country in the world, not China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, UK, France, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, etc etc has such a horrific record.

In fact not all the countries in the world combined make this number.

Are you proud of this America?

Is the right to bear arms more important than the lives of 19 little babies and two of their teachers?

What is so ironic so hateful so very very sad is that the same politician who supports the National Riffle Association is also often the most vocal proponent of Prolife.

Explain that!

Blessing#1347-Searching Still

Ma had a birthday party at the Tearoom yesterday so had to go to work in her day off.

She said I could come along because I’m so patient and we’ll behaved and good and tortured by a demon and that this also may be the last Goldilocks day till October.

So off we went.

The countryside is looking very pretty with all the flocs out. Reminiscent of Renoir we think.

So too is our garden at the Tearoom that Auntie Laura planted with such love last year. All her pretty flowers she gifted us are blooming.

We also have our first rose from the old rose bushes that Uncle Martin pruned. They are like new again.

The big tree that Auntie Carolyn thinks might be a black locust is full of blossoms.

They smell real good and are making confetti. There are so many blossoms flying around that Auntie Paula thought it was snowing!

It’s so good to see our little place looking so loved and happy.

I made sure to leave it a little additional nitrogen on the peonies ( or is that pee on me!!!) before I left since I may not see it again till fall.

Blessing#1346-Field Trip.

So my passionate public don’t you think I’m super smart?

In addition to my beauty and perfect form I am a Precociously Perspicacious Pretty Pitty.

I have been doing some serious studying and can now claim extensive engineering expertise.

How many Pittys do you know who can make their own emergency exit.

I had to make some expansions yesterday to permit ease of access.

Even the Grey Gizzard is benefiting.

Thing is Granny has now closed the door and try as I might I cannot make inroads into that glass.

May need to sharpen my incisors to crack this problem. I’ll work on that around Gizzy’s neck.

Stay tuned for my latest innovation and send me any problems you’d like me to solve my consulting rates are relatively reasonable.

Blessing#1345-Inventions