RAIN, RAIN....GO AWAY!

We had no rain all summer, I mean NO rain...so yeah, I guess we did need a bit.  Especially to keep the dust of the gravel and limestone in the dogs area  from looking like we were having a dust storm every time one of the dogs ran on it!  Two days worth of rain isn't our idea of fun though with 6 dogs.

 

Our dogs are spoiled...rotten!  The only time they would like to go outside without me is the early morning bathroom run...5am.  I have stood out in countless thunderstorms, pouring rain showers and winter blizzards...cause the dogs INSISTED I do that or they weren't going either.  How did we ever get to this point!  This is how I spent my weekend folks......

 

It seemed like every time I would manage to talk them into going out, it would rain a little harder and they would all run back to the door.  I, of course, was left standing there, by myself, trying to coax 6 dogs to "get down here and do your business"!  My red twins gave me this attitude.....

I believe they were telling me that they WERE NOT leaving that spot to go no where that it wasn't dog friendly and well,Sebastian, he pretty much stuck his nose up at me too!  Man, theirs nothing worst than being snubbed by a dog!

So  that's how I spent my weekend.  I thought many times...."a little help here hubby"

SURE, that's gonna happen!









A LITTLE AUTUMN FUN

Can you believe that it is October and the thermometer said this...

 

Yes your seeing that correctly...it was a beautiful fall day!  How about a little fall fun!

How about a little stick chewing....or

 

digging threw the leaves that mom just raked and spreading them all over again...or

 

doggie football

or

 

birdwatching

or

a little refreshment for mom(hehe)

Moscato anyone?

Then the sky turned dark

and this happened.....

 

Yes, we had a cold front come threw, but we sure had a great autumn day!

 

 

 



THE BROWN...IS NOW WHITE!

So much for waiting for spring to arrive...I have been counting the days to spending hours outside gardening with the dogs (they will of course be chewing there bones) and the awesome smell of spring in the air.  Well...for some reason, the weatherman never told us that this is what we would wake up to this morning!

All this used to be brown and I kinda liked the color.  It is also going to be cold this weekend so no chance of this melting right away.  I guess we will have to wait until next week when it gets back to the upper 30s.   And what does Rudy think of this weather.........................................................

Check out my gardening blog and you can get a look at my plants that are waiting for spring too!



ANOTHER GREAT DAY!

Couldn't have asked for a nicer day to finish up the fall yard work.  The temps hovered in the mid 70s and it was another short sleeved shirt day.  I had set a makeshift fence up by the pond to keep the dogs out of that area, so they could be in the yard with me.  I weeded and cut down old dried out summer plants but kept a few black eyed susans still standing in the garden, just for a little color.

The dogs had a blast!  They usually aren't allowed to go into my "Good Yard" as we call it, for fear of trampled plants or them eating something they are not suppose to.  I made an exception since the plants were mostly done for the year anyway and the dog toxic plants were already cut down.  They sampled herbs from the herb garden, sniffed and pee'd on everything and grazed on grass like they were a herd of cattle in a pasture. They rolled on the ground in sheer delight.

I was one hour into cutting down old vegetation and everything was good with the dogs up until then.  One by one they decided they had had enough sniff in the flower yard and would like to try a sniff of the pond area. That area was restricted to them since I still had beautiful fall flowers blooming there and also rhubarb plants which are toxic to dogs. I shooed the first one out only to turn around and have to say over and over "come", "good come", "and stay out of there now"!  At least my so called helpers were obedient ones.

I decided to coax the dogs back to their yard with the bribe of a treat and lock the gates behind them.  They'd follow me anywhere for a carrot.  I decided to carry on with my yard work on my own, while the tired dogs lounged in the nice warm sun.  It was great to have them spend the time with me but tomorrow when I do it again I will make sure there are no holes in the fence!