After spending two long weeks in Egypt with his lovely wife, Deborah, Chris was only home for a couple of days before taking another long flight, this time to Sydney, Australia. This was a work trip for him.

He’ll be home this weekend and with all that’s going on now in the world we want to see him home with Deborah, safe and sound.

You got to love kids and dogs when they’re asleep and dreaming. Once again my favorite model.

This is Chocodogger. I’ve seen other videos where humans use dogs as the ‘character’ while they work the hands. However, Choco here has the best and most appropriate expressions I’ve ever seen. Enjoy.

We have a subscription to Britbox, a British streaming service with a lot of mysteries that we like. We’re watching now a series called ‘Hope Street.’ It’s about a team of police officers in a small Northern Ireland town.

The episode we just watched had a ‘Worm Charming Competition.’ I looked it up and it’s a real thing with annual competitions. Each team has a square of grass land. The one thing you can’t do is disturb the grass, or dig into the soil.

The earthworms are ‘charmed’ by sounds and vibrations which causes them to rise up out of the soil. In the picture above one woman is hammering on a pitchfork. The kids are tapping on a wash board like playing a drum. In the middle background there is a big black drum. Some people blow horns. Anything that makes noise or vibrations is allowed.

The weird part is it works. After the time is up, the team with the most earthworms is the winner. Sounds like fun to me.

Got to love our UK, Scottish and Irish ancestors.

Yay, come on March! …

I would NEVER say this is Betty in the morning …

We have a couple of 60 degree days coming up starting tomorrow …

I was never so fortunate …

The joy of that wonderful sound …

Smart dog …

Definitely a winner …

I strained my back once with a sneeze …

Me all the time …

Now we know how COVID started …

The Valentine’s Day card I want from Betty ….