Booming Banter

Ma and me love our history feed.

A good site with fun facts is « We love ancient world »

Yesterday they posted a pair of kids shoes from Palmyra an ancient city in modern day Syria.

The shoes are thought to be at least 2000 years old.

What might be apparent to you is the tiny size and detail that would suggest people were quite affluent.

What is clear to me is that the ancestors of Jaws must have been at large in those quarters.

I’d know a Pitty pattern with my eyes closed.

Blessing#2215-Old Times

There is something reassuring about things that recur every year.

Take this weekend for example.

It’s the Lily Circle book sale.

There were more than 6000 books donated.

All the proceeds go to missions which is great.

It’s also lots of fun for people like Dad who are lovers of literature.

Ma gets in on the act too hunting for kids books that go down well with customers at the tearoom and of course she snaps up anything with a cup and saucer.

She also finds it hard to pass up on anything that has a picture of a dog on it.

Wonder why?

Blessing#2214-Annual Events

Earlier this week a post of a nurse in a hospital in Belfast in the 1970s looked so like Mom’s cousin Barbara that we couldn’t believe it wasn’t her.

Ma said even the glasses were the same!

How can this be? Well guess what it happened again only this time it was me in the spotlight.

You know that « Friends » gal that people love well her hound happens to be my double.

He’s called Clyde maybe because she’s so « Bonnie »

Oh I’m so smart maybe if she reads this she’ll adopt me too and I can escape the monster.

Blessing#2213-Doggie Doppelgänger

The Ditty in case you couldn’t see it

Precious Peeps it’s your very own angel here PITS PERFECT.

To get you in the mood for a wonderful weekend here is a little ditty I heard for the first time yesterday that could have been written just for me.

Angel of God my Guardian Dear to whom Gods love commits me here. Ever this day be at my side to light and guard, to rule and guide.

That is exactly what I do for my loved ones.

I am always watching out for them especially for my Dad who is my dearest friend.

It’s a powerful PITTY no one truly appreciates me!!

Blessing#2212-Chunky Cherubs

I am feeling so much better and am back to barking form.

It helped that Ma took me out for a little car ride on her day off.

It’s much more than exciting riding shotgun than having a siesta especially when the weather is not so stinking hot.

After my little hiccup in health I am reconsidering my campaign for the White House.

It may be too much for me although a three person race may just be what’s needed to turn things around and get people being polite to each other.

Must say the vice presidential debate was a step in the right direction. They were even civil to each other rather than at war.

Blessing#2211- Striding On

Precious Peeps Pits Perfect here to heave you happily over the humpty dumpty.

I was excessively impressed on my trot around the big circle yesterday by the scale of a certain piece of vegetation that had appeared in a neighboring yard.

This particular orange object was like none I’ve seen before. To say it has monster mash magic would be an understatement.

It’s as tall as the house.

What intrigues me is the plan for the plant.

Just in case it may be transformed into an edible arrangement I have decided to make friends with the hoomans in this house.

I believe this may just possibly have the potential to perk up a Pitty for the entire thanksgiving!

Blessing#2210-Pumpkin Pie Please

Poor Dad!

As y’all know he is not married to Martha Stewart.

Mom may be kind but she sometimes has little hiccups along the housewife highway.

Take yesterday as an example. She was trying to do scones and laundry in a rush as she had something happening related to the upcoming book sale at Church.

She bunged all the clothes in together and put them on a cold wash cycle.

Result?

Whites are now pink towels have taken a dusky hew and Dads polo shirt looks as though he has lipstick on his collar.

Oh well only real men wear pink!!

Blessing#2209-La Vie en Rose

I am slowly recovering now that Ma is home.

I am still not back to kibble but I have ingested a milk bone or two since you heard from me yesterday.

I feel so bad for all the peeps and their pets in the flood zone.

They don’t have water or electricity in many areas.

You can do without kibble for a while but ye olde Adams Ale is hard to go without.

Heart breaking.

Blessing#2208-Restoration

Yesterday we lost a tree but it wasn’t in the storm it was that one that died during the drought. Adam and Amanda our farmer friends who also take care of our yard chopped it down.

It’s best to get it cleared as dead trees fall fast in winter storms.

The poor people further south have had many trees and power lines down not to mention all the flooding.

Ma said that on her way to work yesterday it was pouring when she saw a convoy of electrical equipment trucks heading to help.

Those linemen guys will have to drive for at least eight hours to reach the worst affected areas so they will be tired but their help is desperately needed to restore power.

In her short journey up Route 23 Ma said she saw at least fifty trucks. Certainly many more have been deployed.

That’s a great thing about the states they really are united in times of crisis.

Blessing#2207-All Hands on Deck