Star of stage and screen
Marley (with the Merlin hat)

April 25, 2018 - Wednesday

27 degrees/clear skies/calm winds

Pentoga Road

Sorry for the poor picture of Marley. My old pocket camera is built for outdoor shots and anything taken from a distance inside doesn't come out very well.

That being said, Marley was, indeed, a star in the Woodland Elementary musical. She said her lines flawlessly and made her mama, all the aunties, plus G Pop (Ross), Grandma Holly, and Uncle Tom proud.

Good job, Mar!

The musical didn't start until 1:30 on Tuesday, so Hambone and I had some time on our hands before.

What was that? We heard a chain saw whining up the hill at Grady's good buddy, Neighbor Mike's. I asked if he wanted to take a walk. Grady was all over that.

Funny thing about three-year-olds, they don't always tell the truth. Grady PROMISED he wouldn't get his feet wet. I managed to walk around a large puddle in Mike's drive and kept my piggies high and dry. 

I was walking ahead when I heard an,"OH NO!"

Sure enough, that evil, no good, puddle sucked Grady's feet into its muddy depths. 

My friend, Eileen, sent this to me after Grady's first episode with a puddle. It's just as appropriate now.

We finally caught up to Neighbor Mike who was thinning some small spruce trees on the edge of one field.

Grady was fascinated with the helmet and ear muffs, so much so, that he talked Mike into letting him wear them.

Hambone would have been more than happy to have stayed and helped. Each caught up on the news in the other's life and it was soon time for Hambone and Pawpaw to walk back home. 

Germaine saw us walking through the yard and offered us fresh chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven. We had just enough time for Grady to enjoy a glass of milk and a cookie.

The musical went flawlessly and after, we had some time to spend before dropping Grady off at his mother's workplace.

First we had the oil changed in Mom's car before going across the road to look at tractors and mowers.

Grady found one he'd like to have. He also found a tractor that would look really good with Pawpaw sitting on it.

Our last stop before leaving Grady with his mama was at "Burgun King," as Hambone calls it. 

The burgers were okay, but oh, how much fun can a little boy have in the play room!

Hambone crawled inside a huge series of overhead tunnels, rooms, and slides, for almost an hour as Grandma Sargie and I watched.

At one point, the Burger King explorer became confused. Thankfully, he found his way out. Pawpaw wasn't looking forward to climbing in after him.

Sargie closes tonight, another long day at the Vision Center for her.

I'm headed into town first thing this morning to purchase the lumber needed for the rafters to go overhead in the shop. I hope to get those installed and the electrical work finished by day's end.

In the Outdoor Department, the rhubarb is beginning to poke through the ground.

It's the first green I've seen this spring.

Time to get breakfast going and Sargie's lunch packed. It ain't gonna pack itself.

After all, a man's work is never done.

So are the tales from Pentoga Road...

Grandma Sargie thought she ought to take a picture of Hambone and me during one of the rare times when we were both clean and had on nicer clothes.