Another wondrous day. The sky is dark blue, matches the color chart perfectly with the blue color named sky. I think God has lost his white pastel. He hasn’t swiped it across the sky these last two days and drawn any clouds. I have the most beautiful bird symphony playing now. All kinds of happy bird chatter. A distant lawn mower is providing background noise. Didn’t realize till today that the bird symphony only plays in my yard. I walked P further down the street and the bird symphony was just playing in my yard. Going to record it and put it in my blog one day. Came in the house for a few moments and God drew all over the sky with his white pastel. Blue sky covered in clouds now. Getting his landscape ready for Mother Nature’s rain tomorrow.

My pansies are beautiful, standing straight up saluting Mother Nature in thanks for the last few cool nights and mornings. They’re not going to make it much longer. Gonna dig them out of the urns and plant them in a shady spot by the oak tree and see if they’ll bloom a little longer. Guess I need to head to the local feed store and purchase some petunias for my urns. The petunia that is growing in the crack on the step has five blooms on it. Determined little fella!

Well, got another critter tale. Got in the bed last night, all comfy, thinking I might actually sleep a few hours. Had Lynyrd Skynyrd playing on Alexa, I was nice and relaxed, snuggled under the covers, and Stew comes in all excited saying, “I think P killed a possum in the lady den!” All I could do was laugh and thank God for sending a possum instead of a skunk. Yep, nice little possum about the size of my new red Keds. Have no idea where it came from. My handyman fixed all my holes and fixed the windows. Figured maybe it came down the chimney. Handyman also cut a perimeter of bamboo in the back yard around the house.

Read possums can jump 13 feet from a tree to a roof so maybe he’s practicing his jumps from a bamboo. Maybe he’s kin to Nik Wallenda and is getting ready to cross Niagara Falls, jumping in 13 feet increments, using bamboo poles instead of wire. Just wondering if I need to go buy the Pine-sol and lay a perimeter around the house. Well, just looked to see if Servpro removes skunk odor from houses. After reading on the damage skunk spray does to paint, flooring, and furniture, excuse me while I make an emergency trip to buy a gallon of original scent Pine-sol! Maybe a few large cans of tomato juice, just in case. Research says skunk smell that permeates fur, clothes, or carpeting can linger for months or years if not immediately dealt with. If they die near or under your house the smell lasts even longer. Lord help me, I’m clinching my pearls.

Just an interesting fact I stumbled across, female possums give birth to 16 to 20 babies 12 to 13 days after mating. Hope my visitor left his siblings at home.