Saturday, September 10, 2016

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Loxley and Robin


Meet Robin and Loxley (Robin is the one in the hat).  Both of them called the open countryside home, living in a large white two-story house with a black-shingled roof with an open view from horizon to horizon, and both would have been perfectly happy to have it that way forever.
But things don't always work out like we would wish, and alas, things happened and the two found themselves in the throes of preparing for the biggest change either of them had ever known.  All their things had to be gone through, and many things they found could not be kept.  A huge dumpster was backed into the driveway, and gradually it was filled with many of the things that they could not keep, and the rest of the things left in stages, going to various resale stores.  Then one day a truck came with a crate on the back, and then it left, and most of the things they were keeping left with it.  And then the house felt very, very empty and cold, because all that was left were the suitcases that they would be bringing with them on the plane.  But there was still a bit of time left before the big move, and there were still a few things to do…