Summer is over

Hi It's me...Annie Grace....

The Lady is so upset today she has completely left me alone. She is putting away her summer clothes. When the flip flops came out she just broke down and sobbed. It was quite pathetic. She is so broken up she can not speak. To which I will add...if you have to live with her...this is a glorious moment. With every load that is carried upstairs she weeps and babbles about skirts, tank tops, summer dresses and flip flops. By now she has very little concern if The Toad is surviving his long journey to Miami. The incoherent sobs make mention of the beach, open windows and long days. I have tried to help by laying on all the items she is going to put away. For support. Her puffy red eyes continue to flow with tears as she puts away all the wicker from the deck, next all the herbs are brought in clipped and frozen. I am sure the corresponds with the very expensive spices but I have not pieced it all together yet. Now I watch from the window as she takes the inpatients planters and violently just rips them out into a garbage bag. Poof! Gone. They are not even dead yet! This is me watching from the front door. Can you see the look of horror in my eyes? Next...the hostas are just sawed off....with a saw!! She is like a crazy woman alternating between the saw, scissors and a large shovel. Now she is digging a hole with the large shovel and I see her stop, bend down and move something with the shovel. I peer out pressed against the screen trying to see. Oh my goodness....another toad. A brown huge toad in the ground. She pokes it. Did she kill it? I watch her, she bites her lip, the line on her forehead deepens (I have asked her to use lotion on this continuously) THEN she looks over her shoulder. Did anyone see her kill the toad? She pokes it again and yes! It moved. She picks it up with the shovel and dumps it under the trees. As she walks in the door I have visions of Jack Nicholson in The Shinning. I run as fast as I can and stay upstairs trying to call 911. Finally we all calm down and although her eyes are still red and puffy she does not look so violent. Filthy..but relatively sane.