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Ooh, the fish fry was lovely. I had streusel-topped blueberry pie (hugh blueberries), some sort of cream pie with caramel and chocolate sauce and pecans, and a lovely chocolate eclair dessert. We also ate some actual food.

Did I mention that the duck seemed to have problems today? While walking Crowbar up to the dam, Mr. Quackers was squawking, flapping his wings, splashing around and expressing general discontent. Two peahens came down (it looked like they wanted to help the duck), and one peacock stood on a log and displayed for the girls. Something near the duck kept making splashes from under the water. We were sort of concerned because our elderly neighbor’s car was gone all day and he hasn’t been feeling well, so Mr. Sg called him to see if he’s OK and also offer my services to shoot whatever is bothering Mr. Quackers. He said that the turtles and the duck have unresolved territorial issues, and that the turtles try to grab the duck’s feet. The peacocks usually don’t give a flying rip about the duck, so the whole picture was sort of surreal, but the neighbor wasn’t worried about it and instructed me to stand down.

How’d the costumes go over?

I feel the sugar rush just reading about those desserts ... and I was already feeling it from being in the same room with all the cakes at Cub Scouts last night! I won a basket of chocolate at the raffle, including a Godiva peanut brittle that will feature prominently in my Mardi Gras celebration unless the scavengers get it first.

Sorry about Mr. Quackers - maybe you can shoot some turtles when it's warm and they all come to sit on the rocks and logs. It's interesting that the pea-fowl came to comfort him or provide moral support. Birds sticking together!

The costumes went very well. I wore a black velvet dress with a deep red pelisse in what looked a bit like heavy silk, but is 100% synthetic ;-). I think it was originally a blouse from the 1980s. With one set of accessories, it looked medieval, but with others, it could be "Steampunk Organized Crime Boss," "Malaysian Pirate," or "Babylon5 Telepath"; the last would require changing the red tunic for something in black, though. Sally's look was "ragamuffin servant," until she put on her sweatshirt and just looked dumpy. But she got plenty to eat, at least.

There was a roadblock on Mill Grove near the Hemby Bridge Fire Department, three state police checking ID. This happened a couple years ago near Stallings Methodist, when we were coming home after church. I never did find out why. Not drunk-driving control, because the first time was a Thursday evening, and on both occasions it was about 8:00 p.m., not when you'd get people coming out of bars.