B.T.B., The Sequel

You may think the picture over there shows us fighting, but actually, Bouncer is laughing uncontrollably and I'm trying to shush him (hi, this is Jup again) to keep the female feeder out of trouble! Are you also wondering why the title is written in secret code? Well, you may recall an ugly episode only a short week ago that involved a tree standing at a 10 degree angle and smoke rolling from a certain someone's ears. Uh-huh, we are here to report that sure enough, she did it again! Barked the bark AGAIN! At least this time, the tormented tree was pretty big and as she cut around it, the freshly cut grass (ah man, we can taste it now....... ) blew around the trunk and completely covered the gaping wound, so now nobody will ever know!

And that's not all! Oh yes, there is more!!! Uh........ technically, she didn't really mow down the heirloom grapevine that has been in the Kiser family since 1896.... she backed over it! Yep, smooth as silk..... didn't even know she had interrupted family tradition until the stake holding up the vine (a 2 X 2 wooden stake, about 5 feet tall) got wedged under the back wheels.... that sort of posed a problem because then she had to figure out how to dislodge the stake without telling on herself about the aforementioned heirloom grapevine.

We are happy to report that the stake miraculously shot out the back of the 'hopper (and luckily didn't fly far enough to injure any canines or cars), she continued cutting and finally 'fessed up when she came in to take a shower. Well, she told about the grapevine, but sort of forgot to mention the tree trauma! She said something about making the male feeder's favorite breakfast in the morning, and we can hardly wait!!

We also can hardly wait only 3 more days for our Papa to get back from Ghana!!! We really like the feeders and all, and our country cousins are pretty cool, but it's always nice to get back to your own house and your own bed and your own backyard filled with big shade trees (that have never been barked!)!