Today’s big news was our trip to the Washington County Fair to join the Mansion residents on a joyous and fascinating trip. We all had a blast; photos and a story to come later this afternoon.

This morning began beautifully with the sun lighting up Maria’s Coneflowers. When I went outside, it appeared the Imperious Hens were praying over Maria’s grungy sneakers, which she put out to dry. I think the Hens thought the were some God; they were fascinated by them and stood in a circle around them for a few hours.

Minnie fled from her cat house when Mike Conklin came to mow the lawn. She retreated to her safe place beneath the Peons, which is also an emergency tunnel leading under the front print. She was verbal again today, not eating,  drinking a little water. She is otherwise unchanged, shows feelings, and moves out when she sees us.

The chickens were fascinated by Maria’s shoes, they couldn’t figure out whether it was good or magic.

I went out to throw them some stale granola that was in the kitchen cabinet for too long. They forgot about the sneakers.