Lesson 631: Frosty

Good evening, Readers!

It feels much more like an Erie February.

A familiar snow fell today

leaving our world frosty at the Lamp Post once again.

 It was a slower pile up by Erie standards.

I measured it by Gatorade bottles starting last night.

this morning

and at lunch time

Gatorade Frost was the drink of the week

with some chasers of Good Belly for poor Sam.

His body took a double whammy--

upper respiratory infection

with a gastro bug following directly afterwards,

leaving Sam in this spot and position for ten long days.

Sam thanks everyone for the well wishes

and will be back in action next week.

Ellen's mental state is suffering

as she made a slippery trip home from Edinboro today,

and then was informed she was sitting in Sam's sick spot on the couch.

By Thursday Sam was finally sitting up.

These illnesses completely flattened him for days.

I told him I wanted to wash his blankets

and told him to go sit in the chair by the window

in the nice sunny spot.

Someone else took the sunny spot.

This is literally what it is like to try to share any type of soft space

with a pittie.

Oh, Hazel!

She always gets in my reading chair.

And look what she happened to be perusing!

What does our pet want us to know?
Poop is tasty I guess.

Even the fake poop from Sam's

Practical Jokes and Pranks Kit.

The Salad Bar Boss is welcoming her new helpers to the job.

I've been informed by one of them 

that the Penn State Behrend Salad Bar

is the cleanest salad bar in the nation!

Nary a shred of cheese falls on the ledge

and she darts in out of nowhere to clean it.

Natalie is so proud to work

and does great at her job.

This opportunity is a dream come true for all of us.

Frame this shot

because I can guarantee you'll never see this one again--

Louie in a Notre Dame shirt!

His good friend Mike

passed away unexpectedly two weeks ago.

He was Louie's

 friend since childhood,

 bowling buddy, 

golf partner,

and avid sports fan.

The guys carried on with their

 King of the Hill Bowling Tournament tonight

and bowled with 23 guys instead of 24,

leaving an open space

in honor of their friend Mike.

I waited to post this blog later tonight

because I wanted to find out who won.

Louie did 

and gladly passed the tournament purse over to Mike's family.

Beautiful.

Here is a little more beauty to end your night.

Musical words from J.R.R.Tolkien.

Grow your roots deep, Readers,

so they are not reached by the frost.

Eloise