In yet another sign that the pandemic is on its feeble (hopefully) last legs, the extensive manes my daughter and the FBR have grown over the course of the past year were shorn yesterday. In a stark reminder that we’re still in Pandemia however the haircut took place in a neighbor’s driveway. I’ve written before about how fortunate my daughter and her family are to have landed in a fabulous neighborhood in New Jersey and its all about the people therein; mostly refugees from earlier, sowing oats years in Brooklyn. One of my daughter’s friends/neighbors is a qualified hair stylist and with the break of really good weather it was out to the driveway.
An
example of what a great neighborhood they live in was what happened during the haircuts.
One of the activities parents of young children have employed during the
pandemic is get out for walks with their young’uns, for reasons that are patently
obvious to anyways who has ever had young children. This is something I hope survives
a return to what I hate being called, “the new normal”. Anyways, while the haircuts
were going on, a couple of the FBR’s friends and their parents wandered by and
soon the kids were all playing together while the adults socialized. There is
an intrinsic value to that type of neighborhood versus a more high rent
district. It’s always about the people, not the houses.
The Two New Coifs
Getting Started 
Daughter's Turn
The FBR and my daughter were ecstatic about the results. The FBR kept asking us to take pictures of her during our call last night. She tried to employ one of my techniques, something Great Aunt calls my “shit-eating grin” for photos. We spotted the attempt and got her to show her natural, gorgeous smile by having my daughter threaten to tickle her.
The Results 
FBR Mugging for Camera 
Could Not Help Herself
It
was a beautiful day in Worcester as well, with temperatures approaching seventy
so I was out for the afternoon launching the first shots in my war against the
Deckzilla rabbits. Unfortunately, two of the three sides of the deck still had the
lattice work frozen into the ground, but undaunted, I went after the third
side. I learned the age-old lesson that working with chicken wire is not for the
faint of heart, sturdy gloves are required. I dug a trench under the lattice
work and then positioned boards from an old bed in the trench. I then stapled
the bottom of the wire to that before burying it all. After stapling the top to
the deck, I had effectively sealed that end which had suffered the most from
the pesky rodents. 
The Beautiful Smile
Tools Employed, You Can see Wood in the Trench 
Came Out Great
The
holes they chewed in the lattice actually helped me during the times I had to
reach through to position the wire. All the while this was going on, I could see
one of the rabbits silhouetted against the other end of the deck. It’s probably
be a couple weeks before I get to the other two sides and I’m going to force all
the bunnies out using a pole. I got all
the motivation I needed when I read about rabbit eradication techniques online.
They said a healthy pair of rabbits left to their own devices can turn into
50-80 rabbits in six months. I think the phrase I’m looking for is – YIKES! I
know all of you immediately were thinking of another phrase; you know what I
mean. FIRST FRIDAY!!!!!!!
Was Such a Great Day I Stayed Out to Put a New Number
on the House to Replace the Tattered Label
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Wife Received a Birthday Card from FBR
With a Liberal Application of Labels
RECURRING CHARACTERS
BR3 – granddaughter #3, BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel - second granddaughter; FBR - First Blog Reader - first
granddaughter, ABFA – Amazing Best
Family Athlete = my daughter in law; Wingman
– my son in law; Keene Friends 1 & 2
– friends since high school from my home town of Keene, NH; Soxfather - my brother in law; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Cantankerous Friend
– friend since grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as
radical leftist to attract women; Kindergarten
Friend – friend since kindergarten whom I reunited with after many years; Pittsburgh College Roommate – high
school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which grew to monstrous dimensions
once my wife got involved in planning; Maine
and Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife – her US sisters,
my wife is the 3rd musquetera (musketeer); Riggins - also known as the Grandpuppy, son's dog; PanaGals – female relatives /friends of
my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin
Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we
have lived & their spouses; Neighborhood
Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia member, Favorite Panamanian - the wife (of
course); First Friday – celebrations
to mark the First Friday of the Week; Curbside
Girls – close friends of my daughter acquired during her single days in
Brooklyn
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