An early start to the day...

 

Breakfast out with Steph and Dan - departure time: 6:45.  The plan (mine) is to beat the Sunday morning rush at Black Bear Diner.

Joan and I were up an hour early.  She took Murphy outside while I got his food ready.  She took photos of the furry boy (with her iPad) in the early morning light...

 Breakfast was good and the plan played out: we were there before the place got busy.

Back home afterwards, it was already 93º before 8:00.  I brought a guitar out to the courtyard, with Joan and Murphy as the audience.  That lasted a few songs, then Murphy went OTW... that's a bit like AWOL, in that they both are "without leave," but OTW is "Over The Wall"... without leave.  Maybe that should be OTWWOL?

He is not a flight risk.  He doesn't always think things through... over the wall, then he sat right there on the other side.  It's a big strange world on the other side of that wall.  Joan escorted him to the front door, and he's now inside for the rest of the day.  Not really "grounded"... it's going to be 110º for a high today; too hot for a furry boy to be outside.  And this not so furry boy, too.  ;-)