The Granddad's Blog

A small boy is sent to bed by his father.
Five minutes later… “Da-ad….”
“What?” “I’m thirsty. Can you bring me a drink of water?”
“No, go to sleep. ”
Five minutes later… “Da-aaaad….”
“WHAT?” “I’m THIRSTY. Can I have some water?”
I told you NO! Don’t ask me again or you will get a spanking!”
Five minutes later… “Da-aaaaaad…..”
“WHAT!” “When you come in to spank me, can you bring some water?”

It has happened twice now. Faith (my dog) and I were out up a local canyon dirt road this evening. She was running and I was riding my bike. We were on our way back home when someone passed us on a motorcycle. It was a bit crazy for a moment keeping an eye on her without falling off of my bike, and then I saw it. A coyote saw Faith and came for her out of the weeds. The coyote’s back arched and started moving slowly towards Faith. Not knowing what to do, I yelled at the coyote which stopped it in its tracks. But then it started after Faith again. I yelled at the coyote again got Faith moving and off we fled. As I was peddling I kept an eye out for the coyote which turned out was following us from a while. This has been the second time this has happened in the last month.

Babies below our window
Originally uploaded by TheGrandDad.

These hummingbird babies are just a couple of days old. When we found them they were very curious. Maybe they were waiting for mom to come back with the groceries.

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Today at 6/16/2005 01:53:25 PM PDT our whole family felt a 5.3 earthquake though we were several miles apart. The quake originated 16 mi. ( 26 km) ESE of San Bernardino, CA. I was on the 9th floor of a building in Glendale and you could feel the whole building sway. That was not so bad but when the announcement over the loud speaker said there could be aftershocks and to stay away from the windows is when everyone got a bit nervous.

My wife today delivered her first baby after more than 20 years working as a nurse.
My son today received an offer for a new position.

Today has been exceptional.

Lion-Cat
Originally uploaded by TheGrandDad.

I thought with all the press talking about the war in Iraq, it would be interesting to see a face of one of our warriors. He seems like someone that would live next door.

A 4 year old boy came screaming out of the bathroom to tell his mother he’d dropped his toothbrush in the toilet. The mother fished it out and threw it in the garbage. The boy stood there thinking for a moment, then ran to the bathroom and came out with his mother’s toothbrush. He held it up and said with a charming little smile, “We better throw this one out too then, ’cause it fell in the toilet a few days ago.”