Doll circus, I ate three beagles, a marriage.

Stella came by with a late valentine, We ate cake and pesto brioche, with two cups of tea.  Stella and her pup, Lucy from Russia,  stayed until we caught up with each other , which actually took about five minutes as there is nothing going on- well, Stella has become a GREAT gramma! And the child is remarkably gorgeous...Too far away to go see her and there is covid to consider, always...anyway, it was beyond great to see Stella and have a natter. Speaking of NATter. 

Nat decided to teach the new beagles some tricks to star in her circus. They are very short. Nat was patient-

giving them every opportunity and much encouragement  to accomplish jumping through the hoop.

They did not comply, ( so, I ate them) Nat was not sad about that because another animal ,much better  at tricks, showed up! The very clever, Mr. Cat that Sarah made from stabbed wool.

"I can do that easily," Mr Cat  said, "with my eyes closed!". 

Voila! First try, perfect! YAY Cat!

They are a great team , Nat and the Cat, and the little beagles, well, they are not good at jumping but they are good at being eaten.  Every body is good at something.

Nat was not expecting an audience as today was the day that Maple and Marden were  playing marriage. Nat knows all about that and she said "CORN, I will have a famous, not boring,  circus event instead."

Mr. church man announced, " We are gathered here to get marriaged ,united  by an unbreakable bond, forever until tomorrow"  " All in favor, say aye."  Everyone shouted AYE! Church man said "AMEN. SWELL"

He accepted  a heart shaped stone as payment, and wished them well, to honor and cherish and behave , at least until dinner time. "You may now hold hands". And they did.

They asked me to  take a formal photo of the event . They looked their best! Maple is wearing a high fashion  panty veil borrowed from large Barbie's underwear stash.  It's FRENCH + three dresses because each was just as good as the other, not one got left out.  Marden wearing her "be Brave hat" with an outfit put together by Maple, Good job that she has a sense of style.. It was a splendid affair. 

They had heard many stories, from Nat who is well versed in all things, about what is marriaged for most folks. Nat said  that from  a book she learned that mostly the married went to live sometimes together and sometimes not- in a rather nice dog house for a good deal of the time, especially if one or the other got too sassy. Which suits Marden and Maple just fine. There are still a few beagles left, now they will have a place to live, at least until dinner time.  All is well.

Don't worry, I did some adulting today, honest! Laundry, made congee out of Helen,  listened to Dennis read from his family tree thing, a diary of sorts.. His great grandfather bought slaves  in order to free them and give them land to call their own. And that is the kind of  stuff from which Dennis is made.

Better hope this covid thing does not last  a whole other year, sanity is slipping.