Squirrel jumps on top of Banichi

Today is grey and muggy again - but at least the temperature is not in the 100s! We're expected to see a high of 80 dergees, which is unusual in Boulder in August; but we are definitely humid. The kits are running in and out of the back/patio door and I have the curtains and window wide open so I can see the bird feeders and the squirrel chair. Yesterday evening, Ricky-roo leapt over Lovey to get into the chair and landed on top of Banichi, who was in the chair, guarding the peanuts. No blood was shed, but Banichi was jumpy for the rest of the night and kept his tail bushed for a couple of hours after his abrupt awakening. I was sitting in my reading chair, about 4 feet away from them, and laughed out loud when it happened.

The baby shower was lots of fun yesterday - and the ladies had put up several clotheslines across the picture window in the dining room, upon which they hung all the outfits that Jessie received for the baby. The parents agreed before-hand that they didn't want to know the sex of the newborn before its arrival, and so there were lots of yellow and green and lavender outfits. And, in the middle of the shower, a mother mule deer and her fawn wandered through the backyard, which made everyone dive for their cameras. - I was amazed and embarassed because Jessie gave me a gift for taking care of DeJa, and it made me cry.

In team competition at the Olympics in 3-Day Eventing, the Australians are currently in first place, the Germans are in second, and the USET is in third (this is with the dressage test completed). For folks not following the equestrian part of the Olympics, it is not being held in Beijing, but is underway at a (temporarily) converted country club in Hong Kong.