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The Lettuce Episode


So this lettuce incident happened the other day. It was a calamity of errors so to speak. You see when I left the house that day I was confident i had placed it far enough back on the counter that my vegetable seekers would not be able to reach it. .

A bag of Romaine lettuce is strewn on the kitchen floor. Dog bones and part of a dog toy lay beside the mess of lettuce.

What I didn’t realize is that they would have the foresight to employ the services of a vegetable hit man - Sir Finneus, the Irish Wolfhound.

So when I got home, there it was, the romaine lettuce I was to have for supper, strewn all over the kitchen floor. Princess Ayva shamelessly feasting on the greenery right in front of me. No guilt. No shame.

And Finn staring down in awe of her brazen zero fucks given.

Dog Ayva stands eating the shredded bag of lettuce while Wolfhound Finn stands by her watching amazed at her lack of caring
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A Covid Grad


A Covid grad from the inside.

Social distancing left the Graduates of 2020 looking for new and inventive ways to carry out a graduation ceremony and celebration.

This beauty is Paige. I’ve known her, her whole life, and adore her and her strong and magnetic personality.

I was excited, honoured, and little curious about how this was all going to play out.

It took place at a race track. I believe there was more than one school involved. So there were a lot of diplomas to be given out, and a lot of waiting.

Each graduates name was called with a brief introduction.

They would then proceed to do a lap around the racetrack, safely segregated inside their vehicle. Waving to the crowds out an open window or sunroof, like a parade of royals.

It was a grand procession of vehicles of all shapes, makes, and models circling the track, each containing graduates optimistic for a future yet unwritten.

Here are some photos from the day.


Graduate Paige looks out the truck window happy to be done high school her last name and the words I'm finally done are written on the truck windo
Graduate Paige with her leg showing out the opening in her dress also showing off her shiny silver stappy heels
A Parent waiting for his child to graduate falls through the lawn chair and his wife tries to help him out.
Paige jokingly giving her best buddy the finger gesture
Graduate Paige with her feet on the dash waiting for the graduation vehicle procession to start
A Covid graduation has this group of kids socializing through the truck window waiting for their name to be called to drive around the race track in procession.
Waiting in the vehicle for things to begin Paige and her dad threaten each other with empty water bottles
sister and mom in the back seat on their phones waiting for graduates name to be called signalling our turn to loop around the track
Dad of graduate waits with hand resting on steering wheel as the graduates name and procession number reflect in the window
Little sister blows bubble out the truck window waiting for things to begin
Graduation vehicle procession begins around the Wyant Group race way race track
Graduate paige standing out the truck sun roof during a trip around the race track
Paige on stage with her diploma
Graduate Paige stands out the sun roof waving her flag laughing and happy to be done with covid grad and high school
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