A YEAR-END CLOVER!!! STORY

We need to end the year with an entertaining CLOVER!!! story, right? 

This is my "WINE ROOM", which is the setting for the following.........

My neighbors, the PETAS, are like a second family to me. The day after CHRISTMAS they visited mid-day with a gift of wine, a cute little CHRISTMAS decoration and a unique CHRISTMAS WINE STOPPER to add to my treasured collection. This one LIGHTS UP!! 

I opened some wine and we were all enjoying each other, sharing laughs and lifting our glasses in my "WINE ROOM".

The PETAS are dog-lovers, so CLOVER!!! was actively involved in their visit. 

Nichole was playing with CLOVER!!! and her "iFetch Too" (a ball-tossing gadget) in the other room. CLOVER!!! drops the ball in the hole in the top and the ball shoots out the side. Most of the time, CLOVER!!! catches it in her mouth as soon as it exits.......... 

In case you aren't familiar with this "TOY", here she is this summer playing with it on the deck.

So, NICHOLE and CLOVER!!! are busy playing with this toy, but this one time......... 

DRUM ROLL........... 

CLOVER!!! misses the catch when the toy is set on "high velocity toss".

The ball SHOOTS out of the toy, HITS the side of the wall mirror and RICOCHETS into the WINE ROOM, high in the air, in direct line to the CHANDELIER.

The ball hits the CHANDELIER, knocks off one of the shades, breaks the light bulb and glass showers down around us.  

The little GLASS BEADS of the chandelier are knocked loose and are hanging straight down......

BINGO!!!

We all jump out of our chairs and into ACTION, while LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY. 

NICHOLE rushes CLOVER!!! out of the room, MARK and I start picking up GLASS PIECES, MONICA gets the vacuum, MARK gets a ladder from the garage to replace the broken bulb, I TURN OFF the light and search for a NEW bulb, ALEXIA takes a photo of the chaos, while laughing, almost missing the shot of the chandelier damage......... and we're still all SHAKING OUR HEADS and LAUGHING. 

WHAT ARE THE CHANCES that CLOVER!!!'s ball would RICOCHET off the MIRROR and hit one of the CHANDELIER BULBS DEAD CENTER????  

Gotta LOVE this GIRL!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO Y'ALL!!!

JOAN and CLOVER!!!