Hello and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Dogpound. I hope you had a nice Fourth of July weekend despite all of the things that are going on trying to prevent us from celebrating our freedom. As I have mentioned before, I live out in the country surrounded by farmland, and I am constantly surprised by the number of critters I see. I mean on the road, not in the fields. I have roughly a mile plus gravel road to drive before I get on the nearest paved road. Now, I say “paved” loosely, since the part I drive on is outside the city limits, so we are lucky to get the county to come by every so often and throw some filler into a pot hole and pat it down with a shovel. It helps prevent losing a tire but leaves a rather rough surface to drive on and requires some skill to weave your way through what I call “rumble alley.” Anyway, on the gravel lane, I have seen, rabbits, turkeys, vultures, squirrels, quail, a few things I was not really sure what they were, and, of course, plenty of the ever-present deer. So, the other day I was returning from the store and turned onto my gravel road, and up ahead I could just make out something on the road. As I got closer, I could see two figures. The one on the right was definitely a deer, and on the left was a small black animal which looked like a vulture. To my surprise, it was not a vulture; it was a turkey. So, there were the deer looking at the turkey and the turkey looking back at the deer. Maybe a Mexican stand-off, or maybe they were waiting for the crosswalk light to change? Don’t know, but after a few seconds the deer walked across the road and disappeared into the woods. Once the deer cleared the road, the turkey struted across the road in the opposite direction and hops into the corn field. Soon after the turkey disappeared from sight, a second turkey struted out the woods and followed the first turkey into the corn field. This was repeated six times, one at a time, single file. Maybe they were social distancing? LOL
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
“Though no one can go back and make a brand-new start, anyone can start today to make a brand-new ending.” Carl Bard
SMILES
After a round of golf, four ladies sat around the club house, chatting. Seeing the ladies, the pro approached them and asked: “How did your game go? The first lady, a brunette, said she had a good round, making the comment that she actually had 25 riders. The pro was a bit perplexed not knowing what a “rider” was. The second was a blonde lady who quickly chimed in and said that she had a very good round as well with 16 riders. The third lady then said that her round was average and that she only had 10 riders. The fourth lady admitted that she played the worst round of the day and that she only had 2 riders all day long. The pro was completely confused not knowing what the term “rider” meant. But, because he didn’t want to look dumb, he made a quick, polite remark, wished the ladies well and then left. He then approached the bartender and asked “Hey, can you tell me what these ladies are talking about when they refer to “riders”? The bartender simply smiled and said,” A ‘rider” is when you hit a shot long enough to ride on the golf cart to your ball.”
That is all she wrote. As always, be good, do good, play safe, and remember: critters don’t use their turn signals.
JR
