Puppies No More

This week the Dudley Twins started waking up at 0500 to start their day. We would let them out to do their business then try to recage them until at least 7, but they didn't play along. So we would put them out on the porch so they could run and jump and play while we tried to get a nap in before the coffee pot kicked on.
One particular morning they were extra wound up, running up and down the porch like horses, and then BAM! and everything went quiet. We thought maybe they were just stunned from the tackle one put on the other, until we heard the guinea birds doing their "something is after us" squawk. We rolled out of bed to find the twins out in the yard chasing birds with wild abandon and then we noticed the baby gate we use to keep them on the porch had been destroyed in the big bang.

Lawman had been planning on building a gate for the front porch for some time, he just needed motivation to get started. The twins took matters into their own paws and lit that fire for him.

The finished project turned out better than we thought it would, and now Cupcake wants one on the back porch as well. We have neighbor dogs that roam the yard at night, and we've lost many a chew toy to them. That should prevent dog toy thievery in the future.
The twins were quite pleased with their handywork, and were given yak cheese chews to celebrate their new gate.

"The Boy" went fishing one day this week and brought home a few crappie for Lawman to clean.

There was a cold snap that hit The Acre this week. We had to cover up the plants in the garden. Lucky for us we had a couple piles of lawn clippings from the last time we mowed. We covered all the peppers, cucumbers and sweet potatoes and are glad to report they all survived. The smaller plants we moved inside, and noticed a lime on our lime tree.

And the basil is doing well

One food related picture to round out this weeks update is an homage to Lawman's grandmother Ruby.
She would make biscuits for every meal when Lawman was a wee lad, and he tried to tag along and help, but he was probably just in the way. But every batch she made there was always a little left over dough, and she would let him make a snake out of it and bake it up with the biscuits. Sunday breakfast Lawman made biscuits and had a little dough left over, so he made a snake for old times sake.

We ended the week by planting another row of cabbage plants, eating chili beans and going to bed early, because we finished "Swamp Thing" and had nothing to keep us up late.
K&K