B R E A K I N G N E W S !

 I know I must sound... 

  ... but I need to take another blogging break. 

 (audible gasps heard on other side of screen) 

 This time, it's a much longer hiatus... 

 a real record breaker. 

 Yessum, Mrs. Shady and I are packing our bags 

  and moving for a record breaking 100th time.  

 And this time... we aren't simply  

  moving across town or across the state.  

  We are moving to an entirely different region... 

  a faraway land where it snows in winter. 

  Are we heading far to the north of Florida? 

  Or far to the south? I ain't sayin'.  

  As you might expect, we have  

  a tremendous amount of work  

 ahead of us as we prepare for  

  the move, make the move and 

 get settled at our new location. 

Shady              Mrs. Shady

 Shirley, you can understand that the process 

 will take months and require practically 

 all of my time, attention and energy. 

 When I return to blogging later this year... 

 I look forward to picking up where I left off... 

 renewing our friendship and doing my best 

 to entertain you here at Shady's Place. 

 Thanks for understanding, dear friend. 

 Until I reopen for beeswax and come  

 to you from my new headquarters... 

 take good care of yourself and my  

  buddy (insert your dog's name). 

Shady Del Knight

(pictured above as "Shady Seaweed"

- America's Oldest Living Toddler)