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Today I took the boys and Kathy and Ryan to the Apple Festival in Ellijay. It was large, and a bit crowded, and very craftsy /clogsy/cake walksy folkish. Nonetheless, the 5 of us had fun! We ate carney food, watched some (elder) dancers, ziplined, cake walked, ate donuts, and Kathy and Ryan even rode the mechanical bull! It was awesome! Kathy drew quite the crowd on her bull-turn...mainly because I think people wanted to see her bucked off!!

After the days festivities, we came home and, of course, the boys wanted to play soccer in the front yard. Shortly after I went inside, Todd called me outside, "hurry, hurry, Nolan has something he wants to show you...and no, it's not a snake!" So, I go outside quite cautiously and see this...

Polly had decided to have a little fun of her own at a poor little chipmunks expense! Nolan apparently reached in Polly's mouth and pulled the saliva saturated creature out! He (mr chippers) seemed to be a little shaken up after going through the spin cycle of canine tongue and teeth and appeared quite calm. No more than 10 seconds later Nolan yelled "ouch" and dropped him on the concrete which was probably the chipmunk equivalent of being hurled off of a 4 story building. Polly tried to go after it again but I grabbed her and we watched the poor thing crawl away to the bushes. Hopefully, he wasn't completely traumatized and isn't conjuring up a chipmunk army setting their battle tactics on my house! (Can they do that??!!) 

Later on when I took Polly and Nekoh for a walk, I all but had to pry this warted croaker of of Polly's mouth. What is with this dog!!

<sigh> All in a day...