5:21 I love beagles. Had three. Miss them all. Especially Duke. Our first family dog. Got him as a puppy. He was a wonderful dog. Gave all our neighborhood children lots of good memories. I still hear about how the kids used to just sit around with Duke when he was out in the yard. Which was most of the time. He loved company, especially kids, and he loved to chase rabbits. On occasion he would catch one. He would bring it to me uninjured, and we would release it back to the woodpile or weeds. Whichever was closest. He was just a wonderful gentle dog. I remember late in his life he became hard of hearing and slow to wake and walk. A gasman came into our split level house and down stairs to read the meter. Duke smelled him an walked across the living room to the top of the downstairs just as the man started up them. Duke woofed mightily right in his face at eye level, and the man quickly retreated into the laundry room. It was funny to watch. Not so funny for the man who did not know Duke. I loved that dog a lot. I took off my T-shirt and wrapped him in it at the end. Then I sat down by him crying and toasting him with Seagrams Seven Crown whiskey. I was late going back to work I recall, and I was mean to people the rest of the day. Kind of tearing up right now at this final memory.
Well today I have been telling everyone that "I love a rainy night", but I see it is making me melodramatic.
So I will change the subject. Debbie and I are confirmed to go to Ely for the Bear Course on July 15, 2024. She called Judy Thon yesterday and made all the plans. All I had to do was register. We are both excited to go. We will fly to Duluth and rent a car on the 14th. We will overnight twice at The Grand Ely Lodge on the 14th and the 18th. We will go to the Bear Center in Ely on the 15th and again on the 18th. Maybe the chat mod will take our picture on the deck and on the BTS tour. I will try to get Iowa and Pooch to grab a pic like they did for me last July. I will tell the chatters our schedule.
Now I will say so long for a while before I get kicked out. CUL EV1 GBU, Israel, and Ukraine.