Sunday Random Roundup

Hello, friends!  Last week was largely spent learning how to use various digital platforms for distance learning as well as the ever-popular and-never ending grading.  I cooked a little -- the highlight was chicken fried chicken livers -- and vacuumed a lot. We had a few wildlife adventures (shared below) and a few walks and dog park visits.  We are looking forward to my mom, BB, and her boyfriend HB coming to visit for Easter.  BB and HB are hunkered down in Baton Rouge finishing up their semesters online in the prescribed seclusion.  They have been whipping up meals in their Instant Pot to avoid going out.  HB is a a good cook!  My mom has been busy making us rolls and biscuits.  She is also making us King Ranch Chicken which I am super excited about.  Mom and I also bought air fryers and I have no idea what to do with mine -- going to purchase a cookbook for it. 

I'm so happy to hear from the Poupounette and Oceanside Animals!  Indefatigable bloggers, both!  You've both been friends for a long time and I look forward to keeping up with you.  I've had trouble commenting on Oceanside Animals (I created a wordpress account years ago that I never used and I think that is what is messing things up).  I will keep working on sorting that out. 

Here's a round up of the week's happenings: 

During the winter, we moved the chaise lounge cushion under the porch roof to keep it from getting constantly soaked and it became Jack's base of operation and chewy repository.  We just moved the cushion back to its proper place last week. 

Last Monday, Jack discovered what I thought was a dead baby possum in the backyard.  On Sunday morning, we had successfully shooed away a mom possum and babies that had overnighted in an old birdhouse that is missing half its roof.  I went off to find something to remove the poor thing, and by the time I had returned, the baby was up on its feet, wobbling around!  It had been "playing possum!" So I stuck it in the birdhouse to keep it safe till I could find someone to take it.  Several hours and many phone calls later, we were off to the home of a wildlife rehabber to drop it off.  The consensus was that the dogs had scared mom off and baby got left behind.  Apparently, mom possums can carry up to 13 babies in their pouches and do not return to look for lost babies.  

In the Birdhouse: 

Off to the rehabber!

He was about 5-6  inches long from nose to tail tip.

We also discovered a dove nesting on our porch: 

Here's everyone -- except Wadjet, she disappeared -- waiting to get a bacon treat this morning!  

Wheezil LOVES bacon the most of ANYONE!

Here's Annie being pretty polite:

Jack couldn't be bothered to get off the sofa, so had to have his bacon treats delivered!

Happy Sunday!