11/3/14

Janice was so happy that Kermit and Ronda showed up for dinner a couple of weeks before Christmas as she always relied on Kermit to supply the tree-topper. This year, he even managed to ensure that the BB pellets landed in the back of the bird, so it would still look great from the front!

Poor Evelyn really did think that the cardboard paddle fans in the Historic Salem Gift Shoppe were complimentary and as it was such a warm afternoon, she took one, but it wound up costing her dearly in the end...

No mere paper route as an after-school job for Renee. She was hired on as the pre-suppertime Western Union telegram delivery girl down at The Raleigh Arms Hotel, where her skill at announcing names later developed into a semi-career as St. Catherine's principle Bingo caller.

No one believed Farfel when he said that the barn was on fire, nor when he claimed that the river was rising, but if The Dennysons wanted to survive this oncoming grizzly bear attack, they'd better listen up and run for cover quickly!!

Shiny the Clown thought having a large pillar candle instead of a dinky one might help Ramon to be able to blow it out on his birthday, but along with the height and girth came a larger wick and the flame was simply too powerful for his slobbery little wheezes to eliminate!

Hiram didn't believe it should take so long for little boys to become men, so he signed up his grandson Greg at the naval academy, sharing a quick pipe smoke together before the bus departed...