Aimee and I are TV Stars

Aimee and I were recently on National TV. It was Aimee's acting debut and she was just great and she looked even greater. She played a CSI type Detective, on Court TV's Psychic Detective. The name of the episode was Little Boy Lost.

I played a cop surveying the scene for evidence. If there was an Emmy Award for "Police Officer Handling Flashlight" I am a lock. Watching myself on TV in a pensive, athoritative way, was refreshing. I looked really police-like. If I encounter any riff-raff around town, I think this skill will come into good use. I'm thinking of carrying..a flashlight. If a ruffian menaces me, all I have to do is pull out the flashlight( even if it's daytime), make it look like I am searching for evidence, and I am sure the evil-doer will cower in fright .

The other night I held up a flashlight in the bathroom mirror and proceeded to drop it because I was so alarmed by my own reflection that I thought I was looking at a real police officer and proceeded to raise my hands up, causing flashlight droppage. I'm just that good.

I too, looked just great on TV. I just have that certain "I don't know what." Some people just "have it." So, if my fake Police Officer career doesn't pan out, I can always be a professional TV appearer.

Aimee will appear again soon on Court TV's Psychic Detective. This time she'll be a hairdresser.

Ghost Dog! (more like nosy dog)

I am reading my next door neighbor's Real Estate Listing for his home for sale (talk about nosy) and notice a strange, otherworldly presence in the home next door (ours) in the main photo. Since it is a townhome, a portion of the next door townhomes shows up in the picture. Now, if I had been some casual observer of the listing, and not a nosy neighbor, I would not have noticed that one of our pooches had insterted herself into the MLS.

Our Dogs like to observe. They observe everything while gazing out the window: chipmunks, neighbors walking by, rabbits, cars, workmen, and in this instance, a Real Estate Agent taking photos of the home next door. Darla tends to a affix a stare to humans that says "I notice you, I am not really fascinated by you, yet I will continue to observe. You amuse me, but not dramatically..Carry on."

Animals are Different. Below is Chippy, one of our dogs' chief antagonists. The other is Robby Rabbit.

Here's how the progession of my discovery presented itself. First we see a general listing of our neighbor's home along with a photo:








Fairly mundane, right? Well, I clicked on the option that shows a larger version of the same photo:






A closer look at the larger version yeilds a ghostly vision of who else but Darla. But am I sure? Only way to find out is to brighten the photo:








Yes yes..that is in fact Darla. I can tell that unenthusiastic gaze anywhere. So there you have it: Mystery Solved. If you ever do happen by our home, you'll see what I mean.

To demonstrate that the above story did not involve ghosts, below is a picture of BOTH of our young ladies.




Okay, one more of Darla (more on Ginny later)..

Montgomery County Agricultural Fair

We went to the Agricultural Fair with our friends Anne Laure and Vincent.

We rode a yellow schoolbus:

We saw pigs:

It was great and we liked it.