IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME

The BRD and her Beau Jack returned from two weeks in Greece Monday and are slowly recovering from the effects of jet lag.

Greece is 10 hours ahead of Arizona so you can sympathize.

Today Jack sent over this photo, taken at what appears to be a fairly liquid lunch on the island of Santorini.

The participants (l to r) are Jack's son Jeremy, Jack, Gayle (the BRD), and Jeremy's wife Marina.

Fun in the sun!

STILL BLUE HERE

Mostly.

He's certainly blue.

 

Spooked and preparing for take-off.

FROM THE AUTUMN OF MY YEARS

Another seasonal change . . .

Happy Autumn, everyone!

THE FRIDAY FUNNIES

I don't dance like that anymore.

Actually I never danced like that.

But these days I have less energy than I did years ago.

Why?

That may be it.

But nevertheless I shall live up to my duties, Gentle Readers, and try to bring smiles to your faces.

Let us begin, shall we?

But enough!

My ministration now is for you and all your minions to enjoy a monstrous, melodramatized, musical weekend full of mirth and miracles, minus any melees.

And always remember to keep laughing!

Here, kitty-kitty . . .

(oh dear)

A VISITOR FROM THE TRIASSIC ERA

I spotted this grasshopper on a distant wall yesterday and scurried in for my camera.

He was about 2 to 3 inches long, a huge hopper.

He waited patiently for me to finish photographing him.

I used my photo editor to rotate the above picture to give you a better look at this rascal whose family dates back 250 million years, the oldest living chewing herbivores.

He appears to be a well-armored fighting machine.

Brrrrrr.

IMMIGRATION

This handsome fellow enjoying our bird bath is a Eurasian Collared Dove.

I looked him up on the Great Google and learned that his breed migrated from the Middle East to Europe in the 20th Century.

Then, so the Audubon folks say, it was accidentally brought to the Bahamas, thence to Florida and is now prevalent in most of the United States.

It certainly is prevalent in my neighborhood.

Incidentally there was a Mourning Dove sitting down in the middle of the birdbath cooling off this morning.

I chased him after he'd had his dip because a lot of smaller birds like to use it and he seemed to be keeping them away.

I'm batching for a few days as SWMBO is house (and cat) sitting at the BRD's place while she enjoys the pleasures of Greece with Beau Jack.

BREAKING NEWS!

Dateline: September 2018 - Athens, Greece

Parthenon being refurbished.

Arizona Realtor Beau Jack, accompanied by the BRD, checking out investment opportunity.