Your Weekly Antics, The Clown Car Edition ... 7-6-2023

Well kids, I hope you all enjoyed a nice soggy wet dreary rainy humid 4th of July. It’s always nice when Mother Nature sticks it to us and blesses us with an abundance of rain that fills our basements and drowns our flowers, and then she generously flips a switch and gives us a glorious sun filled day the second we open our eyes and head back to work after our day off. You Mother Nature can pound sand. Here’s what I’ve got….

1. Fun fact…if you happen to work at a big box store and happen to have an issue with your Manager and happen to possibly maybe mutter under your breath that you’re going to punch that Manager in the face, this will get you terminated and most likely get a restraining order filed against you. Law enforcement and those in charge of writing restraining orders do not care that you are a client of Elder Services or are followed by yours truly. Thank you for believing I have strings to pull or have an “in” with anyone of importance, but I don’t…fact is, no one cares. Get it together or you’re gonna end up in the clink.

2. It’s on ... We have a new member to add to the woodland creature annoyance list and Harley has been put on high alert. My brand new, recently planted clematis plant has been brutally attacked and all flowers eaten by the wild rabbits of the hood. Exhibit 1, how it’s supposed to look. Exhibit 2, how my plant looks no thanks to Peter Rabbit and his band of free loading rabbit terrorists.

3. Minding my own business, driving around aimlessly doing the work of the people, brought me to the Shaw’s parking lot in White City Plaza in Shrewsbury. While driving about and looking for the elder in question, I stumbled across this instead…who needs a car alarm when you can rig this up in your front seat? Put a clown or anything that resembles a clown anywhere I can see it is enough of a deterrent for me… Exhibit 3 White City Plaza's version of a clown car.

4. And I failed you all again with the full moon updates. Even worse, this latest full moon also known as the Buck Moon wasn't just any full moon, but a super moon gracing us with its presence on July 3rd...the term, “supermoon,” was coined by astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979 and specified that a supermoon is the single closest new moon and full moon of the year....

Good thing I didn't realize this before I ran across the creepy clown in White City Plaza.

5. If the gentlemen in question whom I was in search of yesterday is living in that car with the clown in it, good luck and God speed friend, I won’t be back.

6. Snow Blowing, Leaf Blowing, Lawn Mowing Joe…Yes, I realize he hasn’t been mentioned in a while. Yes I am aware that we have not had any recent pictures or sightings of the legend himself. I can’t control this people, a guy’s gotta work. He’s like Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy…he’s like vapor…the Invisible Man…I do what I can to catch quick glimpse’s and hello’s as he runs out the door to do the work of the people…I haven’t even had a chance to mess with the remote to his t.v. yet this summer, things are all out of wack down here on the corner.

Exhibit 4, like Beetlejuice, you say his name and Joe appears...

7. Exhibit 5, Frank. This is Frank. Frank is a dog and Frank loves the heat. Don’t go calling the MSPCA on the owner, if any calls should be made it should be on behalf of the owner because she spends hot summer days like these fighting with Frank to come inside. Like many of the dogs rescued from Puerto Rico and anywhere down South, they may appear to have adjusted to the crazy weather up here, until days like today when they fight you to get outside, and when it rains or snows and you force them outside, they act as if they’re being assaulted by the rain and snow ninja’s that are attacking them from the sky. Deep down these dogs are creatures of the heat and enjoy a delightful humid soupy day of 90 degrees, real feel in the sun is 98 with humidity at 73%. Clearly Frank is not a curly haired dog. Carry on Frank, the rest of us will be in the AC. Side note...Frank was dragged inside minutes after this photo was taken, he's not happy about that.

8. The heat and humidity is not a friend of curly haired people or shaggy 4 legged friends alike. Let's take this little guy for instance. Exhibit 6, I refer to him as Dafuzz

Sorry buddy, no defrizzing hair products for you...

9. In case you were all concerned about Hank the Mantle Fish and how he fared during our absence last week, he did just fine. He did, however, muck up his 5 star fish bowl which required immediate cleaning upon our return. The problem was his food. If you all remember from last week’s Antics, Hank ran out of food the day we left for vacation. Being the good Fish Mom that I am, I placed an order for fish food with Amazon. I couldn’t find the exact kind/brand/type of food he normally eats but I found what looked like the closest and figured, fish food is fish food, right? The Amazon package addressed to Hank arrived and Anthony fed him. Hank, clearly dissatisfied with the change in his diet, put himself on a hunger strike and hasn’t eaten one tiny morsel of fish food that has come his way. Off to Tatnuck Pet I’ll be heading today to get him the same exact food he’s accustomed to. Who knew a fish could be so finicky, and yes we all knew I’d run right out to get him the food that he likes and is accustomed to. Of course I will…it’s not like Hank can hop in the car and drive himself up there…a fish has to eat.

according to google where we get all of our most reliable information, Beta fish are notoriously picky eaters...who knew?

https://thebaynet.com/feeding-tips-for-a-betta-fish-html/

Exhibit 7, I don't care how old these kids get...if there's a cow, they're having their picture taken with it...

10. Exhibit 8... According to Meri these plants in Sue Miller’s window look like they’re longing to be outside. Jokes on her. Meri’s plants loved Sue Miller’s house and her window in our absence and are staging their own revolt against her wanting to go back.

And last but not least...thanks for your continued support and reading of the Weekly Antics...it does my heart good.

Have a great weekend!