Kids’ groups in the community were out on their annual fund-raising rounds in the neighborhood this sunny afternoon.  In the past I have generally avoided doing business with the Boy Scouts. I firmly believe that private organizations can pretty much make their own rules so long as they don’t include hazing or lynching, and I can choose to support them or not.  Recently the Boy Scouts have made attempts to be more accepting of all kinds of boys and grown-up boys, so I like them better now.  For $5 they will come by and haul off your Christmas tree.

The older boys and their dads then chip them up and sell them as garden mulch which you can buy back if you want to.

Adorable Claire from next door was out chaperoned by her equally adorable dad taking orders for Girl Scout cookies.  I am a big supporter of the Girl Scouts and of cookies.  Mary and Reiley and I were out front taking a break from gardening when they came by and we each ordered four boxes.  No cookies will be forthcoming for several weeks, but after all the talk, I had to go to the store and buy a box of Lorna Doones.  They’re about as close as you can get to a trefoil.