My UPS guy, Russ…he and I are both lovers of shorts. Russ has been my UPS guy for 9 years. We have an annual contest: who puts on shorts first and who abandons them last. It is on the honor system, i.e. true confessions!

Russ delivered a package last week in shorts. I was in long pants. It was also the first time Russ and Bear met. Russ loves animals and had tears in his eyes when I had to tell him about Karl. But when he met Bear and heard that story, he just kept saying: “I am so glad for you!” Then he stepped out of his truck, looked me in the eye and said, “It is past the middle of June and you are wearing long pants”…

Yep, I lost this year. He was in his shorts and I was in long pants. RATS!

From the front porch…in long pants.