Happy Vernal Equinox!

Greetings everybody. This is The Daily Bone and I'm your fluffy doggie reporter Chester L. W. Spaniel. It was a very busy day! 

Today was the Vernal Equinox. That means the day and the night are of equal length. This has to do with the Earth being tilted. Ghostwriter tried to explain it to me using a tennis ball. That didn't work very well because, as loyal readers may remember, the tennis ball is ALWAYS mine!

Despite the bright sun shine today, it was quite cold out. Ghostwriter keeps threatening to bring us to Miss Jacquie the groomer for our spring buzz cuts, but not until it warms up outside. You see my erudite associate Joseph (Joey dog) Spaniel gets chilled easily now that he's getting elderly.

I am NOT elderly!

The grackles are starting to get serious about claiming their territory in the bushes around our yard. In fact, they left a calling card on Dad's car! Dirty birdies!

However, the Stodgy Robin Society also has claims to the area. They're going to give the Great Grackle Flying PTA (poop tosser's association) a run for their money. In the photo below, Seymour Pinfeathers III keeps grackle Greasy Dungflinger under close observation.

I haven't seen Mr. Seedcruncher, CEO of Sparrows Incorporated yet today. I'm sure he's in conference with his colleagues planning to defend their Arbor Vitae Deluxe Apartments and Convention Center by our back fence from those bigger birdie squatters.

It's a good thing Joey dog decided to intervene and patrol the perimeter for a while. I'm sure it would have been all out birdie war out there!

Meanwhile, on the other side of the house, I saw that pesky squirrel traipsing around in the birch tree outside ghostwriter's office window. He paused to make some kind of snarky comment, probably about that peanut butter sandwich—which I ATE!—but then he thought better of it.  

That's right. Keep moving, bub! 

We doggies thought we'd call it a day and take a nap when we got visitors!

Wow! Look at all the shoes! 

Our dear Oma was here!

So was our Jason and our Joanna human and our Auntie Linda and our favorite miniature human, Ryan with his  Mom and Dad!

There was a huge feast and everybody sat around the table to eat. Joey dog and I got lots of hand-out yum yum treats! This video was pretty much us doggies under the table:

A wonderful time was had by all! 

Then they all left. And the moon came out.