Monday, October 5, 2009

Peetay of Croquet

Vicious!

Oh, no no, no! Don't let them fool you ... they of cunning connivery, they of fiendish fourberie, they of pretentious pecksniffery, they of merely middling mediocrity even! ...

Though they would front like bosom buddies ...
... they couldn't hide their true Hyde.

No opportunity was lost smashing my ball into the next state (oh, bad comparison, one can see Ohio from the front yard for pete's sake, my bad). Still, it was just vicious!

No matter my loud and repeated protestations, they kept stealing my turn! *hurrumph!* It was a slugfest ...

Youda thunk I woulda had a thumbs up my way from Nero et Brutus, but they just kept feeding me to the loins ...
There was one moment of levity, literally, when I found DOD bolt upright, asleep at the mallet, snoring away ...
Anyway, clearly, they could not come to terms with such exemplary showmanship and superior skill.
Everyone else was left in the dust. DOD was flummoxed!
Remember mere mortals with whom thou dealst! (Hey, kinda a catchy closer, eh?)

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Jayjay of Croquet

Here, Dad, let me show you ...

"Jay, look! Up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a ..." (hehe, now to move my ball) ...

There's just no way ...


Was it Jay who was forever hitting his foot? You can sense the strangled smirk oozing from DOD.

And we end with this terrific shot ...

First hard freeze


I don't think winter is here just yet (temps will moderate of course in the weeks ahead), but we are getting quite a wake-up call for what is certainly coming. This screen capture was taken at 6 am this morning. The walk to work at that time included sweatshirt, scarf and cap.