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       Rise and Shine in the Dogpound
                                                                             hands covered in gloves, I painted the   a nice clean wash on the line and said
       Dogpound paint                                                        door….and guess what?  Despite being a   to her husband, “Look, she has learned
                                                                             pristine white…I did not get one drop of
                                                                                                                 how to wash correctly. I wonder who
       clothes                                                               paint on my T-shirt…and to be honest I   taught her this?” The husband said, “I
                                                                                                                 got up early this morning and cleaned
                                                                             did not make any special effort to make
                                                                             that happen.  Now I did get a few drops
                                                                                                                 our windows.”
       By  Walter “JR” Wilson                                                on my jeans which was expected, and I
               ello and welcome back to   of my closets a few months ago, and   had to use a gasoline soaked rag to get   CHICKENS
               the wonderful world of the   the box they were supposed to be in   paint off the door jamb…but the shirt   The farmer’s son was returning
       HDogpound.  In the last article,   was missing.  I did finally find my blue   was spotless. Good thing…those paint   from the market with the crate of
       I was telling you about my front door   jeans…the ones that have more frayed   stains are really hard to get out. LOL  chickens his father had entrusted to him,
       painting experience.  One thing about   holes than pockets.  I have had them for                          when all of a sudden the box fell and
       painting…at least for me…is that I get   many years, and it was so nice to find   QUOTE FOR THE WEEK      broke open. Chickens scurried
       a lot of paint on other things that I am   out that they still fit.  I even had to wear   “Life is a great big canvas and you   off in different directions, but the
       not supposed to get paint on, and of   a belt to keep them up! Small victory …  should throw all the paint you can on it.”                     determined boy walked all over the
       course, that includes me.  Because of my   but I will take it! LOL  I could not find   – Danny Kaye       neighborhood scooping up the wayward
       tendencies, I have some paint clothes I   my plaid paint shirt, so I decided to use                       birds and returning them to the repaired
       keep just for this occasion.  However,   an old t-shirt that I was going to throw   LAUNDRY               crate. Hoping he had found them all, the
       I had some trouble locating my paint   out since there were big holes in the                              boy reluctantly returned home, expecting
       threads, since I had a reorganization   armpits.   So…properly dressed with   A young couple moved into a new   the worst. “Pa, the chickens got loose,”
                                                                             neighborhood. The next morning while   the boy confessed sadly, “but I managed
                                                                             they were eating breakfast, the young   to find all twelve of them.” “Well, you
                                                                             woman saw her neighbor hanging the   did real good, son,” the farmer beamed.
                                                                             wash outside. “That laundry is not very   “You left with seven.”
                                                                             clean,” she said. “She doesn’t know
                                                                             how to wash correctly. Perhaps she     That is all I have for today.  As
                                                                             needs better laundry soap.” Her husband   always be good, do good, play safe, and
                                                                             looked on, but remained silent. Every   remember if things are starting to look a
                                                                             time her neighbor would hang her wash   bit foggy…clean your glasses.
                                                                             to dry, the young woman would make
                                                                             the same comments. About one month   JR
                                                                             later, the woman was surprised to see

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