EARTHQUAKE!

I don't have any photos to go with today's post, but am reporting that we are all just fine after the l-o-n-n-n-n-g-e-s-t earthquake any of the seven of us gathered around our dining room table for Easter dinner had ever felt!

The earthquake was so long, that being the crass, nothing-is-sacred people we are, someone IMMEDIATELY proposed a bet to see who would best guess the duration.

The $7 pot (25 cents of which were loaned by me to my sister-in-law Jean) was initially awarded to Jean (who returned my 25 cents) but it's now being transferred to our friend Jane who guessed correctly at "nearly a minute."

So, this is Darby's Daily, right? I should be reporting on how the earthquake affected the girls, right? Well, it appeared not to bother them in the least. I wish I could blame Darby's exuberant, happy behavior that landed her in her crate during dinner on some sort of premonition on her part, but I can't honestly do that. Neither dog made a peep until the last few seconds of the quake and then I'm not sure if they were barking because of the quake or because of our excited, nervous talking and laughing. We had a smaller aftershock at 4:15 this morning. I was half asleep and heard the globes on the lamps in our bedroom rattling. Again, the dogs didn't seem aware of the quake before it happened, but both of them growled a bit at the rattling.

We decided at dinner that Darby didn't warn us of the earthquake because she is from Arkansas and doesn't have those skills. (smile) But, we forgot that Bonnie is a California girl and she didn't warn us either! Harry, the cat, was in the laundry room so we don't know if he tried to warn us or not!

Well, I'm off to inventory our earthquake kit!

Happy Easter!

With ears like these, who needs rabbits?

 

Darby's brothers put the Easter Bunny to shame in the ear department, too.  (Links to their blogs are in the side-bar.)

But, the dog-with-the-best-rabbit-ears award goes to Darby's Aunt Vicky Zoe who you can see here. (Thanks for getting me straight with the names, Sammy!)

Happy Easter, everyone.

Airborne!

Good thing you're ready, Darby!

Good thing you're ready, Darby, because here comes the ball!

She caught it!

P.S. I was very pleased to see that I "caught" the ball even though I didn't catch Darby catching it!

Darby in motion

Darby has become very interested in catching the balls I throw to her.  She runs out a bit, turns around and waits for me to toss the ball to her.  Poor thing--I'm not very good at throwing straight or with consistent force!  But, she seems to enjoy trying to catch whatever odd ball I throw!  I just wish she wouldn't look so darned worried when she is waiting for the ball!