MAY 16 2017

BETSY'S RELATIVE IS DUE HERE TO SHOOT SOME VIDEO OF SDP...AND ME... SO I AM SUPPOSED TO COME UP WOITH " STORIES"   .. OH GREAT---- SDP IS ONE LONG GREAT STORY-- PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK HOW DID YOU GET GOING?  ...... AND I USUALLY COME UP WITHTHE STORY OF MY DANE STUD JUMPING A FENCE AND BREEDING 3 FEMALE  IN ONE DAY- GIVING ME 23 DANE PUPS 3 DAYS LATER-- TOO MANY LEMONS YOU MAKE LEMONADE... WHICH IS CERTAINLY TRUE... BUT SOMEWHERE IN THERE WAS TEH 4AM TRIP IN TO BOSTON WITH 15 ROOSTERS IN MY VAN---- ALL IN SEPARATE CAGES--( THEY FIGHT---) I  IN MY YOUTH ( 30 YEARS AGO?) I WAS "ANIMAL EPISODES" WHICH PRROVICDED ANIMALS FOR COMMERCIALS AND PRINT ADS ETC.... I  THINK IT WAS FOR THE MOVIE  HONOR BOUND  WITH /?JOE PESCHE?- WHAT ... I WAS ASKED TO BRING IN A ROOSTER FOR JOE TO CARRY THRU HARVARD SQUARE - IN A CRATE.  WONDERFUL !  SIMPLE?  NO WAY.... NOW LET ME TELL YOU WHY MOVIES COST SO MUCH TO MAKE-- IF THAT WS ALL THAT WAS NEEDED, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE SHOWN UP WITH 3 ROOSTERS  ALL CAREFU;Y CRATED.... HOWEVER....... THE DIRECTOR DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ROOSTERS AND WANTED HIS CHOICE OF 5 BREEDS---AND EACH SHOULD HAVE 2 IDENTICAL  BACK UPS-- HENCE THE 15 ROOSTERS IN MY CAR AT 4AM.... BUT THAT WSS NOT THE END....  I DON'T THINK THERE ARE 15 ROOSTERS IN ALL OF NEW ENGLAND-- THEY ARE NOT NECESARY TO HAVE EGGS- AND TEHY ARE NOISY -- SO BANNED FROM MOST  NEW ENGLAND COMMUNITIES...  I HAD TO IMPORT FROM TEH CHICK PRODUCING COMPANIES IN MINNESOTTA-- OR SOMEWHERE LIKE THAT... NOR IS THAT THE END.... BECAUSE  THE  UNION OF TEAMSTERS IN  BOSTON HAD GIVEN THE FILM INDUSTRY SUCH A HARD TIME HIRING UNNESSARRY  DRIVERS.. THE FILM CREW WAS HERE TO DO ALL THE EXTERNAL SHOTS OF HARVARD-- AND WERE MOVING TO TORONTO FOR TH E REST OF THE MOVIE...  THESE ROOSTERS HAD TO BE READY TO TRAVEL....WITH FOOD AND WATER ETC.... POULTRY IN INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL MUST BE TESTED AND CARRY "PAPERS" TO PROVE THEY ARE NOT CARRYING SOME DISEASE OR ANOTHER...  15  DEPT OF AGGI CERTIFICATES  SO THEY WOOLD HAVE PAPERS ON WHATEVER 3 ROOSTERS THEY CHOSE TO TAKE TO TORONTO...   NOR IS THAT THE END... BEING SOFT HEARTED, I HAD A POLICY  TO BE AWARE OF THE FACT THT THESE ANIMALS  HAD JUST MADE MOENY FOR ME, I COULD NOT JUST TOSS THEM IN THE CHARLES RIVER...  SO AS I DROVE HOME, I PASSED MANY HORSE STABLES--- PEOPLE I KNEW  PRETTY WELL,-- SO I STOPPED IN TO BE SOCIABLE-- AND JUST BEFORE I LEFT, I MANAGED TO TURN ONE ROOSTER LOOSE IN THEIR BARN WITHOUT BEING SEEN... 11 WERE "RE-HOMED" THAT WAY... THE LAST ENDED UP ON A "FARM" THAT BOASTED OF HAYWAGON RIDES THRU APPLE ORCHARDS..  THEY NEVER KNEW....  UNTIL NOW IF THEY READ THIS... ************** THAT WAS VERY CLOSELY RELATED TO THE PEACOCK STORY---   BEFORE PARTRIDGEBERRY DEVELOPEMENT NEXT DOOR, I HAD A COLLECTION OF PEACOCKS-- LEFT OVER FROM SOME NBC JOB OR ANOTHER---  I HAD 2 FEMALES IN A SMALLER VERSION OF THE WHITE "G-TENT"    AND SEVERAL MALES THAT FLEW AROUND THE YARD LIKE DRUNKEN 747'S-- THEY RARELY ROAMED MOST OFTEN FOUND ON SOME HIGH PITCHED ROOF-- OR TREE.. SCREAMING WHAT SOUNDS LIKE "HELP" ( WHEN I GOT THEM , I WARNED THE IPSWICH OPLICE ABOTUTHE SCCREAMING FOR HELP BIT...)-- AFTER 40 OF  MY CHICKENS DISAAPEARED  ONE NIGHT WITHOUT A FEATHER LEFT BEHIND, I WAS AFRAID THE  "INTERNTONAL FRAMING CARPENTERS"  NEXT DOOR MIGHT MAKE A  BBQ PARTY WIHT MY PEACOCKS NEXT...  SO THEY HAD TO GO... I HAD HEARD ABOUT HTE MOST EXCLUSIVE GOLF COURSE OPENING UP IN IPSWICH "TURNER HILL"  AND THEIR  LOGO INVOLVED A PEACOCK....  SO I HAD LUNCH ONE DAY WITH MY SON IN LAW WHO WAS OPERATING HEAVY MACHINERY TO BUILD THE GOLF COURSE....  TURNER HILL NOW HAS PEACOCKS FOR REAL...  THEY ARE WILD ANIMALS... IN INDIA. FYI---- IN CASE YOU EVER HAVE TO CATCH A PEACOCK,  YOU WOULD NATURALLY GRAB FOR  THE  BIRD WHERE THOSE LONG FEATHERS MEET THE BIRD'S RUMP...-- AT WHICH TIME ALL THOSE BIG BEAUTIUL FEATHERS AND 47 MILLION TINY FLYFFY ONES WILL COME OUT IN YOUR HAND AND A TINY LITTLE CHICKEN  WILL RUNN OFF AND FLY. AWAY. THOSE FEATHERS AE NATUALL LOST EVERY AUGUST.  AND ARE VERY STURDY----.. SO WHEN YOU FIND THEM LYING IN THE MUD,  YOU CAN TAKE THEM IN THE SHOWER WITH  YOU AND SHAMPOO THEM-- DRYING THEM STEM SIDE UP- AND TEHY WILL BE BACK TO PERFECTLY NORMAL -- THEY LAST FOR YEARS  WITH YEARLY SHAMPOOING... ***** THUS ENDITH THE LESSON FOR THE DAY... ******** COSTCO'S PETAMOR LABEL DOES AGREE WITH FRONTLINE...  $29 FOR 6  TUBES  ABOUT 1/2 PRICE  SO IF YOU ARE BUYING IT ,,, USE COSTCO ONLINE  ( STORES DON'T CARRY IT..) *********** Hi Carlene, Chicken Brick Sunday went right passed me this month. So I’m sending a check for $20. It’s not much, but ... Hopefully, I’ll be back on track for June. Thanks for including our trip to SE US in the DD. Have heard from several CPs and look forward to meeting them whenever it’s possible. We’ll take lots of poker chips with us when our four footed SDP ambassador goes South. Thanks, once again, for a Gift that never lets me down. Happy Mud Season, (I’ll take mud over drought.) Cindy and Ava ******* NOW THIS IS  A GUY WORTH KNOWING ABOUT...... REGARDLESS OF YOU R POLITICS... HE TURNS SHOW MUSIC INTO  COMEDY MUSIC   *** HI CARLENE.  EVERY TIME I SEE A NEW VIDEO BY RANDY RAINBOW (he says it's his real name) I THINK OF YOU. HE ALWAYS TAKES A SHOW TUNE AND HILARIOUSLY REWRITES IT. I BELIEVE I SHARED ONE WITH YOU DURING THE CAMPAIGN. HE HAS A YOUTUBE CHANNEL IF YOU WANT TO SEE ANY OF HIS OTHERS.  I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS ONE... https://youtu.be/V2OuJYaz_oE THANKS FOR LETTING SO MANY OF US INTO YOUR FANTASTIC WORLD!   A FRIEND IN HOUSTON