7/6/15

Though most of the revelers at the 53rd Annual Founders Day Finger Sandwich & Oom-Pah-Pah Fest either didn't notice or didn't care, it bothered Carol tremendously that Cyrano Snuffleberg always seemed to veer off tempo with his accordion during choruses of the songs.

True, it took longer for her than for any of her old ballet school classmates to finally land a leading role in a production, but at last Rona made her debut in "The Ugly Duckling" and was heartily greeted by well-wishers and former prima ballerinas back in her dressing room after the first (and last) matinee...

As Mrs. Klorform went to alert Cindy that her date had arrived to pick her up, she weighed the good (that he'd brought a long-stemmed rose for her daughter) with the bad (that the rose came from their front yard landscaping), finally leaning on the side of bad because of the way he'd casually situated himself into one of their deluxe rec room armchairs!

And so, after having surveyed all the other folks present at the Open House, Marvin had to admit that it was a mistake to carry his wicker purse to the party instead of the dressier white patent leather one he'd initially considered...

Still too young to express himself verbally, Freddie tried to send a visual message nonetheless that his Aunt Ramona had come out to weed the flower beds with the bottom of her skirt accidentally tucked into the waistband of her control-top panties!

The Halloween festivities were in full swing, with Roy, Jeannie and Sally Kay all geared up for the Indian Corn Bobbing Contest, but Joan was strangely tight-lipped about the whole thing and declined to participate.