DETAIL LOOKS GOOD ON THE '87, THINK I'LL TURN THEM LOOSE ON THE BUMBLEBEE NEXT WEEK.

TEE, FIREWORKS HAVE BEEN NO FUN SINCE THE SAFETY NAZIS BANNED CHERRY BOMBS AND M80'S. NO BANG FOR THE BUCK ;-)

SUNNY AND MILD IN THE NATIONS, A MUCH IMPROVED MORNING. I'M GOING TO TRY TO TRIM SOME BUSHES AROUND THE HOUSE BEFORE IT GETS HOT, OTHERWISE IT'LL BE A QUIET FOURTH, NOT.

WE WILL PROBABLY PUT THE TOP DOWN ON THE TOMATO AND FIND A GOOD SPOT TO WATCH THE FIREWORKS TONIGHT.

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WE'RE ALWAYS BEHIND THE TIMES HERE IN THE NDN' NATIONS---

SUNNY AND SLIGHTLY MISERABLE IN THE NATIONS THIS MORNING. DARLING WIFE AND I PLAN BREAKFAST AT IHOP WHEN I PICK UP HARVEY FROM DETAIL. I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW THEY DID ON THE CAR.

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RATTLESNAKE IS AWFUL BONEY, PYTHON WOULD HAVE MORE MEAT I BET :-)

SUNNY AND COOLER IN THE NATIONS THIS MORNING, PLEASANT OUTSIDE FOR A CHANGE. THE CHEROKEES ARE GRATEFUL.

TOOK HARVEY IN TO THE HYUNDAI PLACE FOR DETAIL, IF THEY DO WELL I'LL LET THEM DO THE OTHERS. I'M WAY TOO ARTHRITIC TO DO THAT STUFF ANYMORE.

HEY TOMMY, SAW THIS ON THE NET:

Iguana is a staple in the Caribbean, where the reptiles are a native species and are known as “pollo de los árboles,” or chicken of the trees. Their meat contains more protein than chicken, and members of some cultures believe it has medicinal properties.

MAY BE AS GOOD AS FROG LEGS OR 'GATOR TAIL.

OUR DOMESTIC DEER CONTINUES HER ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR. SAW HER GRAZING ALMOST UNDER THE FRONT PORCH, THEN SAW SHE HAD PARKED THE TWINS IN THE WEST YARD OUT IN THE WIDE OPEN, VISIBLE FROM 360 DEGREES. FAWNS ARE NORMALLY SPOTTED IN SOME SECLUDED NOOK WHERE THEIR SPOTTED CAMO MAKES THEM ALMOST INVISIBLE.

THE BIG BROWN DOE IS ONE WEIRD WHITETAIL.

CLOUDY AND STICKY IN THE NATIONS, THEY SAY IT'S GOING TO RAIN. NOTHING ON THE AGENDA TODAY BUT A CONCERT THIS AFTERNOON. DARLING WIFE WANTS TO GO, I COULD GIVE IT A PASS ;-)

FINALLY GOT ALL THE WEED-EATING DONE. NOW THE OBSTACLE COURSE NEEDS MOWING AGAIN AND THE BUSHES TRIMMED. IS THERE NO END TO THIS HARASSMENT?

GOT THE WEED-EATER UN-JAMMED GOT MOST OF IT DONE, WORKING IN SHORT SPURTS. STILL HAVE THE DOG PEN TO DO, I'LL WAIT TILL EVENING WHEN IT'S IN THE SHADE. 89*/60% NOW---

I COULD CALL ON #3 GS, BUT I HATE TO ASK HIM TO SPEND TWO HOURS ON THE ROAD FOR PIDDLEYSHIT JOBS AND THE ONLY NEIGHBOR KID CLOSE IS BONE LAZY.

THINK I'LL REWARD MYSELF WITH A COLD ST PAULI.

OH WHAT A MISERABLE MORNING, IT WILL BE A MISERABLE DAY---
78 DEGREES, 77% HUMIDITY, WHAT A WAY TO START THE DAY.

DID SOME OF THE WEED-EATING YESTERDAY EVENING FOR AS LONG AS MY BACK HELD OUT. LINE FEED SEEMS TO BE JAMMED NOW, ALWAYS SOME DAMNED THING. LOCAL SWEET CORN FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND, NOT SURE IF IT COINCIDES WITH THE OLD CREEK GREEN CORN HOLIDAY OR NOT.

KEEP COOL, GURUS.

GOT THE WEED-EATER BACK. DIAGNOSIS: DIRT-DOBBER NEST BLOCKING THE EXHAUST. THE JOYS OF COUNTRY LIVING :-)

I WAS HOPING THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER A PART.

SUNNY AND NOT QUITE SO STICKY IN THE NATIONS, ONLY 75 DEGREES WHEN I GOT UP :-|

ISP IS STILL FALTERING, GOES OFF MOMENTARILY THEN COMES BACK. THIS IS A PIA FO' SHO'

NOTHING ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

WHERE HELL DID JUNE GO?

IN THE NEWS:

Two leaders of a fundamentalist group who between them have 29 wives and 160 children were sentenced to house arrest on Tuesday after being convicted of polygamy.

THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR POETIC JUSTICE. CONFINE EACH ONE IN A SMALL HOUSE WITH ALL HIS WIVES AND CHILDREN. SAID HOUSE MAY HAVE ONLY TWO BATHROOMS. CONVICT IS NOT PERMITTED TO LEAVE THE HOUSE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
:-)

IT'S A SUNNY AND STICKY 79 DEGREES IN THE NATIONS THIS MORNING. THANK GOD FOR AIR CONDITIONING!

TEE, IT'S MY TAKE THAT IN THIS MISERABLE HUMIDITY IT'S BETTER TO DO STUFF IN THE EVENING RATHER THAN MORNING; SEEM SOME OF THE HUMIDITY HAS BURNED OFF THEN.

FINALLY BIT THE WEED-EATING BULLET AND THE WEED-EATER WOULDN'T START. KARMA ;-)

YUCK---

I'M BAAAACK---
NO INTERNET SERVICE FOR A WHILE. GRANDKIDS ALL HOME AND CALM RESTORED, BACK TO NORMAL, WHAT EVER THAT IS. LAND LINE WORKING, OVEN WORKING, INTERNET WORKING, BRAVECAT VENTURING BACK INTO THE HOUSE.

TOMMY, I HEAR YOU ABOUT OLDER DOGS, I'VE HAD THREE THAT WERE GROWN WHEN I GOT THEM AND ONE WAS THE BEST DOG I EVER HAD. PUPS ARE A BIT OF A HASSLE.

WHAT WOULD BE IDEAL IS A GROWN BIRD DOG ALREADY TRAINED AND HOUSE BROKE :-)

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IT WAS TIME FOR HER TO GO. DOTTY WAS OLD,DEAF,SENILE,AND SICK. I HAD DECIDED SHE WAS SO MISERABLE IT WAS TIME TO PUT HER DOWN BUT SHE WENT ON HER OWN. SHE WAS GOOD IN THE FIELD, VERY CAREFUL, NEVER BUMPED HER BIRDS. AND LIKE MOST ENGLISH SETTERS A LOVING AND LOVABLE DOG. GRANDDAUGHTER-IN-LAW-TO-BE HAS AN UNCLE IN KANSAS THAT RAISES GERMAN SHORTHAIRS. I AM VERY TEMPTED, BUT I WONDER IF WE HAVE ENOUGH QUAIL LEFT TO JUSTIFY KEEPING A BIRDDOG.

Been watching the 10 part documentary on Vietnam by Ken Burns.... it is amazing the ineptitude of those elected to lead us during those days.....[/quote]

WELL, WE HAD A COWARD AND A BULLY FOR PRESIDENT, A SEC DEF THAT GAVE FORD THE EDSEL AND DIDN'T WANT TO FIGHT, AND A SEC STATE THAT TOLD THE COMMUNISTS IN ADVANCE WHAT TARGETS WE WOULD BOMB SO THEY COULD POSITION THEIR AIR DEFENSE FORCES. WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE?

THE VIET-NAM WAR WAS LOST ON THE AXIS BOSTON-NEW YORK-WASHINGTON DC WITH THE HELP OF THE SOCIALIST MEDIA AND SPINELESS POLITICIANS.

SORTA SUNNY AND STICKY IN THE NATIONS THIS MORNING, IT'S GONNA GET STEAMY.

MY LAST DOG DIED YESTERDAY, #3 GRANDSON COMING OVER TO DIG THE GRAVE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE BEEN DOGLESS IN MANY MANY YEARS.

WE NOW HAVE THREE GRANDDAUGHTERS AND #7 GS HERE. #7 IS HOLDING HIS AMONG THE FEMALES OWN QUITE NICELY, HE'S A BOLD LITTLE RASCAL.

I'LL HEAD OUT EARLY TO VOTE AND HIT THE BIRDSEED STORE; VET DISCOUNT ON TUESDAY :-)

GOOD MORNING, GURUS---

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THE CORN OVER THERE, ABOUT SIX FOOT HIGH, WAS BLOWN OVER TO A 45 TO 30 DEGREE ANGLE FOR ABOUT 15-20 FEET INTO THE FIELDS.
NEVER SAW THAT BEFORE, HOW 'BOUT YOU MARCUS?

CLOUDY AND NOISY IN THE NATIONS, THREE YOUNGEST GRANDKIDS OPERATING AT ABOUT 3/4 FULL VOLUME. INCH AND A HALF IN THE RAIN GAUGE MORE ON THE WAY.

ON MY SATURDAY TRIP I MISSED MOST OF THE RAIN. THE GUNSHOW WAS AN OVERPRICED NOTHING. THE MILITARY SHOW WAS BIGGER THAN I EXPECTED AND HAD LOTS OF INTERESTING STUFF. A BYF43 P38 CAUGHT MY EYE, I THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN REBLUED, THE SELLER MAINTAINED IT WAS NOT, NO BASIS FOR FURTHER NEGOTIATION THERE :-)

CAME BACK SUNDAY MORNING TO FIND THEY HAD BIGTIME STORMS EAST OF OKMULGEE, TREES BLOWN OVER, POWER LINES DOWN. STRAIGHT LINE WINDS 90 MPH, THEY SAY. MINIMAL DAMAGE AT #1 DAUGHTER'S PLACE, ONE TREE DOWN WELL AWAY FROM THE HOUSE.

CLOUDY AND DRIPPY IN THE NATIONS THIS MORNING, I'M HEADED WEST FOR A GUNSHOW TWOFER AND RON W/ MY HS BUDDY AND SPOUSE. SUNDAY MORNING I WILL DRIVE TO OKMULGEE TO JOIN IN THE FAMILY FESTIVITIES. GRANDMA IS BRINGING THE FOUR LITTLE KIDS HOME WITH US SUNDAY.

QUIET WILL ONCE AGAIN VANISH AM GRISHEIM ;-)

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MORNING ON THE SECOND DAY OF SUMMER IN THE NATIONS, SUNNY AND COOL.

GOT DW'S CAR TAGGED YESTERDAY FOR A HORRENDOUS AMOUNT OF TAX.
GOT A PURPLE HEART KILLING TAX COLLECTORS, SOMETIMES I FEAR A RELAPSE :-0 ON THE BRIGHT SIDE, I MANAGED TO AVOID WEED-EATING ANOTHER DAY. MUST FIND AN EXCUSE FOR TODAY---

TOMORROW I'LL HEAD OVER TO OKC FOR A GUNSHOW TWOFER WITH MY HIGH SCHOOL BUDDY; SOUNDS LIKE IT'D GOING TO BE A RAINY TRIP.
SUNDAY THERE IS A FAMILY GET TOGETHER AT OKMULGEE FOR #7 GRANDSON'S BIRTHDAY. HOPE THE RAIN IS OVER BY THEN.

HAD A LITTLE SPRINKLE OF RAIN THIS MORNING, AN INCH AND A QUARTER YESTERDAY, AND THEY SAY IT WILL CLEAR OFF LATER TODAY. STILL STICKY, BUT COOLER.

TO WEED-EAT OR NOT TO WEED-EAT, THAT IS THE QUESTION---

MAIN THING ON THE AGENDA IS TAGGING DARLING WIFE"S HYUNDAI. I CAN GET A VETERAN DISCOUNT ON THE TAG, BUT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL TAXES. THERE'S ALWAYS ADDITIONAL TAXES.

THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF PCU HAS RESPONDED TO THE PUBLICATION OF UNIVERSITY FINANCES.
TO SUMMARIZE: WHO ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE, ME OR YOUR EYES? ALL THAT'S NEEDED IS MORE MONEY FROM THE TAXPAYERS.

HI Y'ALL---

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DAT BE FO' BITS?

WOW TOMMY, LOOKS PRETTY PLUSH!

CLOUDY AND STICKY IN THE NATIONS, THE CHEROKEES ARE WAITING FOR THE RAIN. NOTHING ON THE AGENDA TODAY, NEED TO WEED-EAT BUT THE RAIN WILL PROBABLY HAMPER THAT. I WON'T CRY, I LIKE WEED-EATING ABOUT LIKE TEE LIKES PLUMBING :-)

MORE OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY NEWS:
IT WAS PUBLICIZED TODAY THAT OU IS SPENDING $36 MILLION A YEAR MORE THAN IT TAKES IN AND IS A BILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT. A TRUE MONUMENT TO THE RETIRING SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION. HE WAS ONE OF SEVERAL LEFT-WING DEMOCRATS THAT FLED THE ELECTORATE TO A UNIVERSITY BIRD NEST ON THE GROUND. HE RECENTLY RETIRED, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY---

LAST YEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA UPPED FEES AND TUITION BY FIVE PERCENT. THIS YEAR THE PRESIDENT, AN UN-ELECTABLE LEFT WINGER OF THE PERMANENT POLITICAL CLASS, WAS WHINING AND MOANING ABOUT NEEDING MORE TAX PAYER MONEY. TODAY IT WAS ANNOUNCED THEY ARE PAYING THE FOOTBALL COACH FIVE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
COULD THEIR BE ANY CONNECTION?

SURE MAKES ME PROUD TO BE A COWBOY ;-)

THE BROWN DOE BROUGHT HER TWINS OUT INTO THE OPEN THIS AFTERNOON. THEY WERE RUNNING, JUMPING, AND CAVORTING ABOUT LIKE CRAZY WHILE MOM THOUGHTFULLY MUNCHED ON VIRGINIA CREEPER. GREAT FUN TO WATCH.

THANK GOD YOU ESCAPED, TOMMY.

ITS A LITTLE NICER THIS MORNING, COOLER & NOT AS HUMID. FIXING TO GO GET MY FANGS SCRAPED AT THE DENTIST. SEEMS LIKE IT HAS NOT BEEN THAT LONG SINCE IT WAS DONE BEFORE.

DARLING WIFE MADE IT HOME LAST NIGHT. SHE'S TICKLED WITH HER NEW CAR AND I'M TICKLED SHE'S BACK HOME.

MOWING DONE, SWEATUS MAXIMUS TO A FAIR THEE WELL. DARLING WIFE DUE BACK THIS EVENING, OR NOT, AS THE CASE MAY BE---

AND WONDER OF WONDERS, THERE ARE NOW TWO CHIPMUNKS. BRAVECAT IS DEFINITELY LOOSING HER EDGE.

I'M THINKING CANTINA BRAVO FOR SUPPER.

CLOUDY AND STICKY IN THE NATIONS THIS MORNING. GOT TO QUIT PA'ING AND MOW THE REST OF THE OBSTACLE COURSE TODAY, IT MAY RAIN TOMORROW. WILL BE SWEATUS MAXIMUS.

HAD A GOOD FATHER'S DAY WITH #1 DAUGHTER AND FAMILY, STAYED LONGER THAN I PLANNED DUE TO AN EXTENDED POLITICAL GRIPE SESSION W/ SIL AND GS #1 &3. WE'RE ALL PRETTY MUCH LIBERTARIAN, BUT THEIR ANARCHIST TENDENCIES ARE NOT AS PRONOUNCED AS MINE ;-)

SO I HAD TO TAKE A PRE-BEDTIME NAP FROM SIX THIRTY TO NINE.

STILL SUMMER IN THE NATIONS, MADE A RUN TO WALLYWORLD FOR DOG FOOD AND STOPPED AT THE WHEELHOUSE FOR BREAKFAST. WILL HAVE LUNCH AT #1 DAUGHTER'S THEN HOME FOR A NAPUS MAXIMUS.

Romaine lettuce is being recalled because it's causing E.Coli. I'm not surprised that a salad is trying to kill us. All I'm saying is a donut would never pull this crap.

WOW! I DID GET UP EARLY THIS MORNING, A WHOLE MONTH EARLY :-0

HAD A GREAT VISIT WITH BABY DAUGHTER AND TROPHY SIL. WENT TO A CAJUN PLACE FOR LUNCH AND #7 GRANDSON AND I COMPETED TO SEE WHO COULD EAT THE MOST FRIED CRAWDADS AND 'GATOR TAIL. HE WON, HE'S SMALL BUT FAST. HE AND I MADE THE TRIP TO "TRAPPERS" IN THE TOMATO WITH THE TOP DOWN. GOT ANOTHER CORVETTE FAN THERE.

AND IN THE NEWS:
HEADLINE: Human finger found in alligator snapping turtle's body

SUGGESTION:
LOOK FOR A NINE-FINGERED NOODLER :-)

HEADING OUT FOR OKC IN A BIT.

IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE CLEAR THAT WE DON'T HAVE "RULE OF LAW" IN THIS COUNTRY. WHAT WE HAVE IS RULE OF LAWYERS.

ANOTHER STICKY MORNING IN THE NATIONS, 77/84. BUMMER!
GOT THE EASY HALF OF THE OBSTACLE COURSE MOWED YESTERDAY EVENING, NOW FOR THE TOUGH PART.

SEEMS I HAVE ANOTHER COON PROBLEM, I'LL HAVE TO SET THE TRAP AGAIN.

NOTHING PRESSING ON THE AGENDA OTHER THAN RESUPPLY OF COFFEE, A VERY VITAL SUBSTANCE.

15TH ALREADY---

74*/67% IN TAHLEQUAH THIS MORNING. THIS IS WHAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT THE IND'N NATIONS; OKLAHOMA TERRITORY IS MUCH DRYER. SO NOW GETTING UP EARLY TO DO OUTSIDE STUFF DOESN'T WORK, YOU HAVE TO WAIT TILL LATE EVENING WHEN THE HUMIDITY HAS BURNED OFF SOME. GRIS ENDEAVORS TO PERSEVERE.

THE TOMATO GAUGE THING TURNED OUT TO BE NOTHING BUT WHAT WE IN THE ARMY USED TO CALL AN OPERATOR HEADSPACE PROBLEM. EMBARRASSING BUT MERCIFULLY CHEAP :-)

OUR DOMESTIC DEER IS STILL HANGING AROUND, EYEING DW'S REMAINING FLOWERS. HER BEHAVIOR IS ODD, SHE COMES RIGHT UP TO THE HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. AND WHEN YOU GO OUT TO SHOO HER AWAY JUST STANDS AND STARES UNTIL YOU GET WITHIN 20 FOOT OR SO, THEN TURNS AND TROTS AWAY, NOT RUNNING TROTTING, WITH TAIL DOWN. I'M WONDERING IF SHE WAS SOMEONE'S PET.

SUNNY AND STICKY IN THE NATIONS THIS MORNING. BUSY DAY, TAKING THE TOMATO IN TO CHECK OUT GAUGE FAILURE, HAIRCUT IN TAHLEQUAH, VA RETIREE LUNCHEON IN MUSKOGEE, ONLY TIME FOR A NAPUS MINIMUS IT APPEARS.

AND THE CHIPMUNK STILL LIVES!

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GOT THE TOMATO ALL JUICED UP AND IT'S BLOWING COLD.
ON THE WAY HOME THOUGHT I'D CHECK TEMP WITH AC ON. DISCOVERED NONE OF THE DIGITAL TEMP & AMP GAGES ARE WORKING. EVERYTHING IS 0 DEGREES. WHISKY TANGO FOXTROT, OVER?

THE JOY OF DRIVING OLD CARS, ALWAYS SOME DAMN THING---

A NOT SO BEAUTIFUL MORNING IN THE NATIONS. WHEN I GOT UP THE TEMP WAS 78 AND THE HUMIDITY 72. NOW ITS THUNDERING AND LIGHTNING AND RAINING. BRAVE CAT IS HIDING UNDER MY RECLINER :-) TEMP IS 68. AT LEAST THAT'S AN IMPROVEMENT.

WAS GOING TO TAKE THE TOMATO IN FOR AN AC CHECK THIS MORNING, I'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE RAIN ABATES. ANNOYING.

JUNE IS MOVING RIGHT ALONG---

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ACTUALLY, I LIKE TO THINK EVERYDAY IS CHRISTMAS AROUND HERE :-)))

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RIGHT, AND ALL TEMPS ACCORDING TO MY BELOVED DIGITAL DASH :-)

SHOULD ALSO ADD THAT THE SOLID TOP WAS ON THE CAR, I DOUBT THE AC COULD HAVE KEPT UP IF THE GLASS TOP WAS ON.

USED TO HATE MONDAYS, DON'T REMEMBER WHY---

SUNNY AND STICKY IN THE NATIONS THIS MORNING, THE CHEROKEES WILL ENDEAVOR TO PERSEVERE. MADE A RUN TO OKMULGEE YESTERDAY, #1 DAUGHTER HAS TWO NEW AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD PUPS. WHY TWO? JUST GOT CARRIED AWAY, SAID SHE.

AUTO ROTATION DAY, THE BUMBLEBEE MOVES INTO THE READY RACK AND I HAVE E-MAIL ORDERS TO WATER THE POTTED PLANTS. THAT'S SO THEY WILL GROW NEW LEAVES FOR THE DEER ;-)

THINK I'LL HAVE BREAKFAST AT THE BOOMERANG.

MONDAY AGAIN.

GOT AC RECHARGED ON THE '87 AND IT COOLED OFF WELL DRIVING HOME FROM THE SHOP. WENT OVER TO OKMULGEE THIS AFTERNOON AND THOUGHT I'D GIVE IT A LONGER TRYOUT.

60 MILES +/-, 95 DEGREES, SUNNY, 68-69 MPH. HARVEY IS ALL STOCK EXCEPT FOR DEWITT RADIATOR. COCKPIT KEPT COMFORTABLE, EVEN DRIVING INTO THE SUN. ENG TEMP RAN 87-93 ON THE HIGHWAY; WOULD RUN UP BRIEFLY THEN COME BACK DOWN. I PRESUME THIS WAS THE COMPRESSOR KICKING IN.

COMING BACK I RAN WINDOWS DOWN AC OFF (MY USUAL MODE) 87-88 DEGREES ALL THE WAY.

I WAS PLEASED. DON'T KNOW IF IT'S OF ANY INTEREST OR USE TO ANYBODY ELSE, MAYBE FOR A BASELINE.

RISE AND SHINE, GURUS; OFF AND ON!
SUNNY CALM AND MILD IN THE NATIONS, A TRIFLE STICKY OUT THERE. THE CHEROKEES HIT THE LAKE EARLY AND I HIT THE GOLDEN CORRAL FOR MY CUSTOMARY SOS AND EGGS.

NOTHING ON THE AGENDA, MAY PAY AN H&I VISIT TO THE OKMULGEE KIDS.

HI Y'ALL---

SAW TWIN FAWNS CAVORTING IN THE WEST YARD, DID NOT SEE THE DAM BUT IT MUST BE THE BROWN DOE THAT'S HANGING AROUND THE PLACE.

THE BROWN DOE'S SURVIVAL IS IN JEOPARDY; SHE ATE ALL DW'S FLOWERS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
HER MAJESTY WAS NOT AMUSED :-0