My college freshman is out on a 3rd date today. She has very limited experience dating. Only two short term boyfriends in all of h.s. - it was a small private school and probably 3/4 of her graduating class were kids she had known since elem school so the dating pool was slim. The downside is that if she likes this boy....she won't see him again for a while. She is home on break still but leaves Tuesday to fly back to the West Coast. He attends a service academy so he doesn't have much time for dating anyway but just a good boost for her ego to have someone wanting to go out on a date. They are spending the day in DC. Should be interesting as the Women's March is today on the Mall. They did not realize that when they made plans to go downtown!

I thought I'd relate this story about my cat, Thomas. It was so funny yesterday morning. I sometimes throw bread out for the birds and toss it from the back porch out to under the crabapple tree at the edge of the field. This morning I did that, and then came in the house and later looked out the window to see if the birds were eating it. I saw Thomas sniffing around until he found this big piece of bread. He sniffed it, then suddenly swatted it with his paw sending the piece of bread flying across the yard, then jumped up and ran full tilt the other way. I laughed so hard. He can be so goofy.

This ole guy thought that the post looked rather like a cane ... but it did seem a bit oddly positioned. Looks like I got "stood up" ... and I'd have been left standing there for a while! I wonder how long it might have taken for the one with the brain to have become aware - maybe when I made a joke ... and no response? That'd be O.K.: I'm retired ... I've got time! ole joyful

No axe throwing. I don't see a tent 🎪 at all. But no idea what it is. OK edit! I see how it could be a tent. I had my husband look at it and he said it was commencement hat also.