okra: Hot Chicks (Poolside)

Last night, while attacking his favorite rug, Mr. Mister discovered a hairpin. It apparently had fallen on the floor and had made its way under his rug. He went nuts and immediately began pouncing on it, batting it, and when it slid across the floor he followed in hot pursuit. I don't think that I've ever seen him move that fast. Today he was back to sprawling out upside down on the patio.

Today was very, very hot. I noticed the chickens were standing in my low birdbath, trying to cool off their feet. But the birdbath is so small that only one of them can stand in it at at time. So I bought them a small plastic kiddie pool. They haven't really caught on yet, but when I lifted Sparky into the pool she did seem to enjoy it.

My parents visited me today. My dad helped me repair some things, for example he fixed the lock on my screen door and helped me fix our front gate. We spent a fair amount of time at the hardware store. I had a lot of fun with my mom, too. She brought me some great thrifting finds. My dad had been quite worried about me after the "carpet cleaning guy" incident. I think he may have been more disturbed than I was even. I'm glad they both got to come see me and know that I am ok.

Yay, Keith is coming home tomorrow! We plan to have go out for a celebratory sushi dinner.