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<\/a>That ball will never know what hit it!<\/p><\/div>\n
Old Ranch has some interesting plants…\u00a0 These pods seem to be oversized for the plant but we shall see when they finally bloom.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Interesting wild life<\/p><\/div>\n
The ball is winging its way to the hole on #16, a three par!\u00a0 Sue does not hit it far but she is right down the center every time.\u00a0 When she asked Paul “Where did my ball go”, Paul laughs and says “Right down the center dear!”<\/p>\n
<\/a>Smash!\u00a0 It’s gone!<\/p><\/div>\n
Lilly spotted Grandma Sue and paddled as fast as she could to get her afternoon surprise!\u00a0 We only feed her premium swan food we get from the local feed store… Vitamin fortified!<\/p>\n
<\/a>Here comes Lilly the Swan<\/p><\/div>\n
Did You Know: <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n The swan mates for life <\/p>\n Grandma Sue provides meals on wheels for Lilly<\/p><\/div>\n She was happy to see Sue.\u00a0 We did happy hour on the patio.\u00a0 Bunnaford was still on the patio so we had a glass of wine with her.\u00a0 Tom was going to pick her up at 5:00 PM so Paul walked her out of the club to the parking lot.<\/p>\n Paul decided to have a veggie burger and Sue got some Old Ranch chips!<\/p>\n We were going to leave and then Dave O and Teri show up so we stayed a little longer.\u00a0 At 7:00 PM we headed for home so Sue could do the treadmill.\u00a0 We had a great evening crashing about 11:30 PM.<\/p>\n We had not heard anything about Ernie so Paul checked the iPhone messages before turning out the lights.\u00a0 Nothing about Ernie but we did get a text from our daughter Robin\u00a0 asking about Father’s Day and we told her we had no plans so she invited us to go to Disneyland.\u00a0 Made Paul feel pretty good that someone wanted to celebrate the day.<\/p>\n Bob, Nick, and Robin<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paul started out the morning at 7:oo AM in the back yard filling two 100 gallon trashcans with garden trimmings.\u00a0 He pulled the corn stalks that were finished for the season, cleared out the brown tomato leaves, and did some … Continue reading
\n<\/span><\/em>Swan Upping – the swan census – Swan Upping is a yearly ceremony in Britain in which mute swans on the River Thames are rounded up, caught, marked, and then released during the third week of July<\/span><\/em>
\n The historic ceremony of Swan Upping dates from the 12th century, when the Crown claimed ownership of all mute swans. Traditionally, the UK King or Queen owns all unmarked mute swans on the River Thames<\/span><\/em>
\n Swan meat was once regarded as a delicacy in England especially during the reigns of the Tudors when they featured in great banquets<\/span><\/em>
\n The collective name for a group is a bevy, or lamentation<\/span><\/em>
\n Males are called cob<\/span><\/em>
\n Females are called pen<\/span><\/em>
\n The names given to babies are signets (cygnets)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>