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I am jealous of those who have beautiful yards. Here in southern New York, the only things that seem to grow better than grass and ornamental bushes (bush?) are onions, roses, and scraggly weeds.

*Shotgunning triples of Sambuka while listening to Rob Zombie and wandering in a mind fog*

And here we join our intrepid little adventurer as he wanders through his life. Oh look! Here he is in the wilds of Africa on a big game hunt! Doesn't he look grand standing there by those tall bushes with his helmet on? And my, look at that huge lion behind him! And there goes our intrepid little adventurer...

Join us next week on his trip through the digestive tract of a big cat!

No, this has absolutely no tie in at all. It just popped into my head with a 'high class narrator' voice....

Palo...when you mentionned 'snowballs' that rang true to my mind...in Chicago, my grandmother had these great big bushes, full of white flowers, that we also called 'snowballs'....but if I remember correctly, each 'snowball' was not itself a huge flower, but rather was made up of hundreds of smaller little flowers, which all grew close together in one place, and they formed a big cluster we called a 'snowball'...dont know for sure if that is what you are referring to, if if that is really what Grans bushes are...

But it did trigger a pleasant memory for me of my grandmothers garden, full of big bushes of these 'snowballs' along with several lilac bushes, and lots and lots of hollyhocks...

What is Miss Lulu up to? Has she had her first feeding of Kraft Singles yet? Or is she still being lazy, and snoozing?...Shes a darling gal...

Palo, I have been hearing about the Arizona fires, on the news...I did not realize that you and your family are close enough to see the smoke...sure hope that you and yours are safe, and that you wont have to leave home, because the fires are spreading...sure hope they get them under control, before they start heading for you...

Do Happy and Lulu have a little wading pool? I know with the heat, you and Bill can go to the swimming pool, but I am sure they dont allow pets...you should buy Lulu and Happy a wading pool...or use a hose to sprinkle them and let them cool off

That was sure funny about Bill buying a new bathing suit, only because his old one had a whole in it...

Before we bought out current house, we lived in a little house way out in the country, next to a creek...altho it never gets real hot here, still Helga, after she was done running around and playing, would get hot...and she would bound and run and jump right into the creek, which was actually quite shallow...she would just lay in that creek, and let the water run over her big body...she looked like a big beached whale, laying in that creek..but she was smart, she knew how to cool off...