And what a morning it was! When I went out to walk, Shawn called from her porch that she’d get Logan, knowing we like to walk together when possible. We spotted a rabbit on the street, and I told him that daughter Kate always comments on them. We decided we’d count them. The numbers were going up, when suddenly we saw no more. Logan almost ran over a skunk on his scooter the other day. It ran into a hole, which he pointed out to me. I asked Alexa if skunks eat rabbits, and indeed they do! Maybe that was why we saw no more until we came back to our street. Kate and I noticed a strong skunk odor the other day, so I know they have been around my house, as well. Perhaps the skunk was on the other street today, because Logan’s count went up to 9 by the time we got home. He also counted the one chipmunk.

Shawn and Bob were driving up our street on their way to a doctor’s appointment, and they asked if Logan could stay with me. Yes! Yes! and Yes! He could have stayed home alone, but they know I’m always eager to spend time with him. As they drove out of sight, I told him I had something to celebrate birthday month for him. His 14^th birthday is next week. I’ve written before that blogger Linda picks out family photos from my blog during the year and has them made into a jigsaw puzzle. When it came months ago, Logan saw it and saw that he was included for the first time. Kate and I worked it, then we took Logan out of it, leaving the corner edge. I hoped he would want to put himself together, and he began immediately.

As he did that, I finished clearing some pushy plants from the gravel walkway in the garden. It didn’t take him long, because he finished in JIG time! I heard a loud rattle and knew he was playing Boggle. After a few minutes he came out and offered to help me! God bless him! I was finishing up, and we began to Boggle together.

In the puzzle photo, Logan is holding up a big fish he caught. His dad was proud of him and immediately took that picture in the boat.

Although I fortified myself with a large cup of coffee, it didn’t help. We tied twice, I think, and I won one game. He won the rest, often by a large margin. This is a warning to daughter Lise to sharpen her wits, because Logan is a master player now. Lise will be here next month, so watch for the brain sparks to fly!

We switched from Boggle to Pressed for Words on the phone. We worked together to win each game. He is very quick at typing, so he put the words in as I used the time searching for more. He still found as many words as I did. His parents came home before I was worded out.

All this was much more fun than looking for a new camera. Mine broke while Kate and I were on the Blue Ridge Parkway last week. It has been lying face up on the kitchen counter, dead as can be. I should give it a good burial, because it survived in my pocket for five years. Not many cameras have such a hard life. The phone did its best to fill in the gap.