31/May/22 hot dog maker must be broken

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

It's been like FOREVER since the Big Guy has cooked some hot dogs on the BBQ.

I was hoping that he could start doing that once again.

The BBQ starter, doesn't click any longer.

So he has to get this long lighter and stick it in the side of the BBQ.

You would think that they would have something that would work.

It might be the battery though.

Tonya bought a package of NOMA batteries.

There was like 100 batteries in the package.

The Big Guy would have purchased Eveready or Duracell.  But they are way more expensive.

The grand children's toys all seem to requite batteries.

Cheap batteries work just fine.

There was a clock that my Memere gave to the Big Guy.  

It needs batteries.

The Big Guy put several batteries into the clock.

It didn't work.

He tried an Eveready Battery and it worked right away.

Although it must have been just about dead as the clock isn't keeping good time.

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30 May 22 grandkids gone so I can rest again

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

It's nice and all that to have Aurora and little Floyd come for a visit.

It's also nice to see them gone.

Yesterday, they got to run around in the grass, while I spent my time inside the house.

Then again, I would likely have knocked them over while I would have been running along with them.

The Big Guy put out two hummingbird feeders yesterday.

He was rather pleased with himself for doing so.

He didn't go buy any syrup.

He just made his own.

He didn't realize just how often you are expected to change the liquid.

People that own bird feeders expect you to change the liquid once a day.

Otherwise, you could get mold in the feeder.

If it turns out that it's too much of a chore, the Big Guy is going to put them in a garage sale one day.

There was this fountain that Tonya had from a long time ago.

Last year, Tonya said that the fountain should be put out to the garbage.

Actually the fountain hasn't held water for a long time.

When the Big Guy was looking at it, it was all full of cracks.

He was able to get his little trailer hooked up to his garden tractor and put the clam shell, as that is what it looked like, into the trailer.

Then, when he was taking it out, he dropped it on the lawn next to where big garbage collection will take place.

Well, it blew apart.

If they don't pick up the pieces that are left, the Big Guy will go pick up the pieces and put them into the hole that is left from the stump that has rotted away in his back yard.  Then, he might also use his car to run over the pieces to make sure that they get further crushed.

We will see how that works out.

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29/May/22 no pictures from the paparazzi

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Tonya asked the Big Guy to cook a roast on the BBQ later today.

He isn't sure if she means for him to make a rotisserie or a Burnt Ends Roast.

I guess he will find out soon enough.

Last night, they had steak.

I stared my hardest at Tonya.

Eventually she gave me some of her steak.

But I had to wait and wait and wait.

Tonya had also cooked some bacon earlier.

The Big Guy used the bacon grease to cook the steaks.

It certainly added another taste layer to the steaks.

It was yummy, that's for sure.

They also had ceasar salad.

I didn't have any of that.

Although I did have some of the croutons.

Those are pretty good.

Tonya was checking the package to see if the croutons had expired.

The Big Guy smiles.

How can stale bread expire?

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28/May/22 time for you to get me a treat

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

I've noticed that it's cold in the house.

The Big Guy has been hiding under his blanket.

The price of home furnace oil is close to $2.00 a litre.

So, they have been using these little heater boxes to put heat in their house.

It does work.

But obviously it's not as fast as the furnace.

But it's only +6 outside.

it's been a cold and raining weekend.

For those people that are looking to go around for Big Garbage week, they are staying home his year.

Who wants wet stuff to take home.

As the Big Guy was getting up, Tonya even asked for him to put the comforter on the bed as she was cold.

She must have been cold, as she normally sleeps with at least one fan on.

As the Big Guy was getting up, not even one fan was on.

I can hear her snoring.

She must be warm again.

I'm just glad that I'm wearing my fur coat.

I don't find it cold in the house at all.

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27/May/22 there is fur on my paw

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Well it's happening again.

There are brushes that are out.

I only stand for a little brushing.

Then I'm done with that.

Great gobs of fur fall off me every day.

Tonya says that she can make another dog with the amount of fur that I drop every day.

But the Spring is normally when I drop the most fur.

The Big Guy will go around with the vacuum and empty it over the back deck.

Tonya will put it in the garbage.

The Big Guy figures the birds can use my fur for nesting material.

But they don't nest all year long.

There has been times when the Big Guy is emptying the vacuum and it flies back into his face.

He doesn't like that very much.

Then again, I don't like it when my own fur flies in my own face.

The Big Guy got his father's old barometer.  He thinks it may be broken.

He only looks at the barometer once a day.  

The needle doesn't move.

He needs to see if there is maintenace that he can do on his own.

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26/May/22 bird seed everywhere

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The other day, Tonya got a big bag of birdseed.

She loves feeding the birds.

The Big Guy likes it too.

But there was a hole in the bottom of the bag.

As Tonya was dragging the bag around the house, she was dropping bird seen around the house.

Then, she had asled the Big Guy to put out the BIG bird feeder that they have.

It has 3 feeding tubes.

I am pretty sure, even if it just had the one tube, it would only empty as fast as the 3 tube feeder.

It does have one positive effect that the Big Guy likes.

It seeds the grass on that part of the lawn that doesn't grow so well.

It's always dusty on that side of the lawn.

When the Big Guy goes over that part of the lawn with his lawn mower, there is a lot of dust that gets raised.

There is also a smaller feeder that Tonya put out.

It hangs off the front deck.

But the Big Guy finds, when there is a bird feeder there, there is also a lot of bird poop on the front railings.

But, I guess you can't have birds coming around, without them pooping all over the place.

Not like you coudl tell the birds to poop else where.

Either that, or don't put out the bird feeders.

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25/May/22 you will share your human food

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The Big Guy always uses the excuse that I don't do very well on human food, as the reason why I don't get what is on his plate.

He could cook me all my meals.

Then again, he would likely just give me some sort of stew.

Could you imagine,..

Having fresh stew every day for the rest of your life...

I wonder if he would also make biscuits to go along with that stew.

Would he butter them for me?

Beef stew one day.

Chicken stew another.

Seafood chowder on special days.

He would put lots of veggies in it.

Or, perhaps rice.

Some days, lots of potatoes.

I would let him have some of what I'm having.

I am not mean like he is.

No pork though.

I don't do well on pork.

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24/May/22 my toy is too far away

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Yesterday the Big Guy flipped the snow blower attachment off his garden tractor and attached the lawn mower.

There are two wheels on the lawn mower deck that I know he would love to get replaced.

He isn't sure of the price, or where to get them at.

He is sure they got worn out when he was driving his lawn mower across the driveway and didn't lift the deck.

Another example of a first world problem.

The Big Guy has noticed that the moon is above the horizon.

It's not a full moon.

The Big Guy wants to have a look through his "junk drawer" and see if he has a different watch strap.  The one on his current watch band, there is little loops that have fallen off.

He knows the type of watch strap that he is looking for.  One that expands.  Has springs and will be able to be worn if he goes in the shower.

They must have them on Amazon.

The Big Guy had a look and found a strap that he likes.  It is black, just like the current strap he has on his wrist.

But he may have one in is junk drawer that he can just reuse.

Again, first world problems.

They are real to those that have those problems.

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23/May/22 I've got a shark on my back

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

I miss Kim and my Memere.

I know they had to leave and go back home again.

After they had left, the Big Guy left too.

He brought his brother in law, Terry, to the hospital.

Terry got hurt while at work.

Terry also has to get a MRI.

They need to see what has happened to his back.

The Doctor thinks, he may have a slipped disc.

The Big Guy never got that before.

He has had a sore back, but not to the degree that Terry has a sore back.

The Big Guy said it was a 2 hour drive to get to Inverness hospital.

Then, he waited 2 hours at the hospital for Terry.

Then, another 2 hour drive to get back home again.

Terry was nice enough to fill the Big Guy's car with gas.

That certainly wasn't cheap.

The Big Guy plans to have some corned beef hash for breakfast.

He makes that every so often.

Tonya doesn't like a big portion of it.

The Big Guy loves it.

I never had any, so I don't think it's supposed to be good for me at all.  Lots of onions in it.

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22/May/22 yes, I will be your foot stool

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Everyone was watching TV yesterday.

We went outside for about 30 minutes.

Tonya even tried to put up the umbrella for my memere.

Well that didn't work too long.

The wind blew that apart.

The Big Guy got this barometer that used to belong to his father.

So far, he hasn't seen the need move.

It isn't like there is a test feature on the unit.

But it is due to rain tomorrow, so the readings should change.

It also has a relative humidity scale and a thermometer.

Today, the Big Guy should be outside and working on his lawn tractor.

I'm not sure if he is going to mow his lawn or not.

He does believe in no mow May.

This allows the dandelions to grow.

The bees are out looking for pollen.

If you mow the dandelions, there is a food source that is gone.

It's only another week before he would mow the lawn.  

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21/May/22 I eat toilet paper

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

This is me and my human mommy.

I love her a lot!

She feeds me stuff that I'm not supposed to have.

She also feeds me the stuff that I'm supposed to have too.

Right now, my memere and Kim are visiting.

Kim forgot.

She left the bathroom door open.

I happily went into the bathroom and had some toilet paper.

I just love that stuff.

Can't get enough of it.

After having my fill.  I went to visit Kim in the living room, in order to thank her for leaving the door open like that.

Both Kim and my memere were looking at my mouth.

Crap...

I left evidence of the toilet paper in my teeth.

Kim got up and closed the bathroom door.

No more toilet paper for me.

At least until the next person leave the bathroom door open.

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