now, Sandy !!

"crapping my pants" is NOT an expression we MS'ers use metaphorically, dear.



yeah, all hell's breaking loose here, people freaking out all over, canceling vacation plans, avoiding certain roads...

I'm EXHAUSTED from being so tense.

the State Dept. hasn't issued a warning yet, like they did before when bandits struck.

many people are chalking this up to Guatemalans crossing the border to do these raids, and nobody knows if they're connected, but it seems *not* at this point.

Deb, all my babies are well... we've been moving all the nesting mothers one by one to the nursery enclosure this week.

one mama duck built her nest under a TIRE leaning up against a tree.

we've been calling her Tyrolea, lol...

we had to coax her out from under the tire, and carefully take apart her nest, and place it into a box, and put it back under the tree, and hope it met with her approval.

we sat out on chairs and waited for an HOUR, to make sure mama would go back and sit on her eggs inside the nestbox... sheesh, silly moms.

the circle pattern of woven mango leaves was a work of ART that she obviously spent much time and effort to create, so we didn't want to just plop her eggs into a hay pile, she might not *accept* them.

then, tomorrow, we can close the nestbox, and carry her to the nursery.

oh, and Gwynny's almost better, so we let her out of the porch, so she could swim in the pond... her neck's still all stiff and sore, but better freedom than being cooped up, right?

I sure hope we made the right decision there...

Carolina, thanks for caring, dear... me and "Woody" are trying hard to be calm here... thanks for the support!

Deb, we skipped going to market at dawn this morning... that's the last place the Hills were seen alive, and speculation is that they may have been followed from there, or the bank (a few blocks away)

Frank, you be a good boy, okay? if only so Trish and San don't have to spank you...



Finny, thanks for being my friend !!