OBSERVATION ON A SUNNY WINTER MORNING

1.  Obnoxious Ad Disappears

It feels so good not having to hear that irritating Honda Sales Ad all day long.

Were our complaints finally heard? or:

Had the ad campaign run its course?

Either way, it appears to have gone away, and that makes me happy.

2.  Robin Advance Team Disappears

All of those beautiful robins are no longer pulling up worms in our backyard.

Why?

Did they run out of tasty treats? or:

Did we imagine that they were back home after their Winter-weather migrations?  or:

Did they believe that their weather report had been duly noted by us human beings that Winter would soon be over?

Someone recently wrote on FB that some Robins do not migrate to warmer locations when cold weather is about to begin. I didn't know that; but I will continue to believe that our Maryland Robins were back home after migration.

3. Unnecessary Disappearances

I'm told that among eleven recent Carroll County covid deaths, seven persons had not been vaccinated.

Do some people want to die?

I find that very sad!

4.  Household Things Disappear

Have you ever heard of "The Borrowers?" 

These are little humanoid creatures that hide in your house and "borrow" things that you then can't find until they decide to return them.

(They are very sneaky in a humorous way.)

For example, they love to "borrow" my glasses. Those rascals know that it will be hard for me to look for my glasses when I can't see very well without them.

After they have had their fun, they will return them to the very last place I had just examined.

Some nights, if you shut off the TV and listen closely, you can hear the "borrowers' chuckles!"

Another trick that the "borrowers" play on most people after the age of sixty is something that is seldom attributed to them. It is as follows:

One is hurrying to the kitchen, but when there, one asks: "What am I here for?"

This also occurs when one is standing at the mid-point of a set of stairs and asks: "Am I going up, or coming down?"

Causing such situations is a favorite pastime when there is nothing of interest to borrow.

Now you know!

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Right now, I must disappear until next time.  Bye!