The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)

[southendmd]

Sandy
Happy 2,000 posts!
Memento never forgets!

[southendmd]

Mule #1 and mule #2 were accompanying Ennis and Cigar Butt.  The mules were unnamed.

[Toast]

The unnamed mules, bearing their burdens, followed Ennis and Cigar Butt - at the end of their ropes.

[memento]

With the assistance of his horse and his binoculars, Joe Aguirre spies on Jack and Ennis and catches them red-handed from stemming the rose.

=aside= Fran, Toast, Paul
Thanks for your kind wishes and great graphics for my 2k posts.
I couldn't have done it without you.

[Fran]

Ennis, Cigar Butt, and the mules had to descend the mountain in order to pick up the weekly food supplies at the bridge.

[Toast]

Nothing escapes the attention of Joe Aguirre; who, with the assistance of his horse and his binoculars, spies on Jack and Ennis and catches them red-handed from stemming the rose.

[memento]

Ennis flatly states that Jack's harmonica playing falls flat due to his flattening mishap with the mare.

[Fran]

With the assistance of his horse and his binoculars, Joe Aguirre spies on Jack and Ennis to see if they're keeping their noses to the grindstone.

def. = [Idiom] If a person has his or her nose to the grindstone, they are working hard to get their work done.

[Toast]

His harmonica's flattened state isn't the only reason that Jack plays flat notes.

[memento]

Jack's avocation of harmonica instrumentalist fell flat even before the mare flattened his instrument.