BBQ Elves
From Rancho Oso
Everybody knows the story "The Elves and the Shoemaker (by the Grimm Brothers)", right? Well, we had experienced similar odd thing before. What was the odd thing? We noticed that after using our little BBQ (Baby Q) for dinner, its grease pan became nice and clean by the next morning. It has happened a few of times in the past. Just like the famous old Shoemaker story, somebody did great job and helped us during the night. We had no idea who it was. (Well, obviously not a human, that's for sure) So when we talk about this mysterious Mr. Cleaner, we call them "BBQ Elves" after Shoemaker elves.
Today, we could finally meet our BBQ Elves! After a fun and busy Memorial Day Weekend, we were tired and got a slow start in the morning to get back to work, so did Kodiak. He was lying by the door and looking outside. Enjoy being a lazy dog (as he always is). Suddenly he stood up and tried to go out side. What's going on, Kodi? Keath immediately checked outside. Guess what! It was the ground squirrel crawling under BBQ and licking off the grease from the pan! He's not alone. He's generously sharing this "feast" with his friends and family. One by one, the whole neighbor ground squirrels came to our BBQ and licked up the grease to shiny clean. Not like the Grimm story, these BBQ elves are not shy. Not only they didn't mind coming out during daytime, but also they didn't mind us taking pictures. Wow! Thanks BBQ elves. Now, what should we do to show our appreciations? Should we sew scarves in various colors so they will look like "Chip and Dale"? Or should we ignore them for a while to get more cleaning jobs done?