meet Abby...

this is our new foster baby...

she is 6 years old and an austrailian shephed mix...

she is an awesome girl...

they asked us to evaluate her and rehab her for them...

she had had 2 past male owners who abused her...

and she was so afraid of men...

but as you can see...

she isn't anymore...

the staff at the shelter have done an awesome job with her...

and she is thriving...

hoping she finds her forever home soon...

she is good to go as soon as someone asks about her...

providing they pass the application process...

I took these just before supper last night...

we picked her up around 10 on Friday morning...

just a bit over 24 hours and the change is amazing...

just getting her out of the shelter made a big difference...

its like being at the vet 24/7 for them...

so stressful...

they don't understand it all...

if you have a place in your home...

and you don't want an animal full time...

think about fostering...

they just need a safe place to land until their family comes to get them...

have a safe and fun Labor Day weekend...

;)

third day of afternoon showers...

and we finally got more than a drop or two...

but its making for humid days and nights...

you can sit on the deck and smell this from across the road...

I can't even imagine what it would smell like if it grew up the side of the deck...

but its also full of bees, so maybe its best over there...

mums...

had to make a quick run to Paris for baby milk tonight and stopped at subway for supper...

but we did get to watch the sunset coming home...

its sinking earlier all the time...

its down by 7:30 now...

no more 9 o'clock twilights...

plenty of lightening bugs...

I sure don't remember them lasting all summer when I was a kid...

but our birds are mostly gone...

they will be back when it cools down...

I imagine they went to the Oakland Lake to hang out awhile...

the babies are not pooping water anymore!

and they are getting so big already...

they eat all the time...

DH has four days off this weekend...

before harvest starts...

the corn is turning, but tonight we saw bean fields turning, too...

tis the season...

to be a harvest widow...

I should see him again around Thanksgiving...

so, hope you are all well...

got to get another load of kitty towels done...

later...

a farewell to summer...

we are still doing those last, hazy days of summer...

heat indexes are over 100 and the humidity is out of this world...

but the last two evenings have brought some strong storms with gusts of winds that have taken limbs and lines down...

we lost power for over 4 hours last night...

who can sleep without a fan?

too many noises going on for me...

I have had my hands full of babies and bottles...

poopy butts and all that...

got butt suckers again...

so they are all in little waste baskets away from each other...

the sedum began blushing this week...

and more mums are opening...

roses are fading...

and the autumn clematis is in full bloom...

the storms sure have taken the leaves out of the trees...

and we are getting a used van this week...

and letting the car go...

and at the end of the week...

we are fostering this little girl...

6 year old Abby...

comes from some pretty bad abuse...

and she needs gentle men to help her heal...

they thought of my guys right away...

;)

and she will be with us for a bit...

we are a couple weeks out of harvest...

but Craig made it through back to college days...

7 days straight with just today off and he hits it again...

seems like the weeks are just flying by...

and not getting a lot done...

but God has been so good to us...

;)

we so need to get some yard work done, but that will happen when it happens...

you know how it goes...

the older litter of kitties are going home this weekend...

that will leave me with 4 instead of 7...

but adding a wolfer...

can you keep up?

I'm just barely...

so, love you girls...

and know that you are in my thoughts and prayers every day...

even if I don't have time to stop in...

ready or not, here it comes...

took a wee walk out to the island this evening...

to feed the birds, you know...

and there it was, staring me in the face...

the autumn clematis is starting to bloom...

so we checked the one across the street, too...

and yep, its already open on the north side...

this is the sweetest smelling thing around here...

Craig and I had done some work out here on Monday...

the bird feeders were hanging over the bed, and was there ever a mess...

so we worked and worked and cleaned and raked it all out...

but tonight...

there it was...

fall...

its happening...

the honeysuckle...

needs a major trim...

we are even talking about moving it...

but where?

that's only one year's growth!

we got some good rain here today...

it got so dark before noon...

thunder and all...

made for some good porch sittin' and nappin' time...

;)

bank robbery...

for real...

in our little town yesterday afternoon...

and they were chasing the wrong guy...

and it isn't nice to accuse someone that didn't do it...

and now the real guy got away...

but, it looks like the same guy who robbed another bank in a small town south of here on Friday...

his photo is all over the web, so let's hope they can catch him before he does this again...

in another small town...

and, onto our news for the day...

we got the truck back yesterday afternoon late...

and its working!

and they didn't charge us a think because the part was faulty...

yippee!

got thunderstorms and rain here...

really dark, got the lights on in here...

everyone is napping now, so guess I will get mine in, too...

with the bank robbery yesterday and all the chaos...

(they locked down the school on the first day of school!)

I missed mine yesterday, so make do a double today to make up for it...

got a stiff and sore neck and shoulder on the right side...

I have traveling sore spots from doing the funky chicken in the shower Monday...

get one spot to where it doesn't hurt and something else starts in...

I am sure glad there is not a video of that...

;)

hope you are having a good day!

it was a fun birthday weekend...

spent Saturday with DH and Craig...

we went to Paris...

shopped at Walmart and Kroger...

got what we needed...

and I spent a little bit on me, not much...

took my birthday money and bought school supplies...

;0)

haven't done that in a long time...

and Craig even picked up a few...

this time our shopping was for our little neighbor guy who is so much fun to have around...

school starts today for them...

then my guys took me to Burger King...

got my whopper and onion rings...

I was a happy camper...

;0)

then on Sunday...

which was the official day...

Doug and Paula came...

with this wonderful cake...

oh, my favorite...

so far...

the guys were so great...

did whatever I wanted to do...

Steve got up Sunday morning and went out to the VFW...

and brought back breakfast for us...

we had fried chicken and mashed potatoes...

cole slaw...

it was so good...

Craig had to work Sunday most of the day...

but they both helped with the babies...

which are growing like crazy...

going to keep the big ones one more week...

got a really hot week here...

and want a few days to put them out on the deck in the kennel...

to get them used to the outside noises...

they will be living in a barn when they get back home...

so sending the kennel with them...

for awhile so they can get used to the noises and smells there before they are turned lose...

got up yesterday morning and hit the shower first thing...

slipped...

it is not good to do that at my age...

I did not go down all the way...

but enough to pull things I had forgot I had...

stiff, sore...

and feeling my age + 50...

the truck went back into the shop yesterday...

when we got it back from the last time...

they replaced the fuel pump module...

which is in the gas tank on this one...

and the fuel gauge wouldn't work...

so they finally got the part back in and took it in yesterday morning...

was supposed to have it done in one day...

yeah, that didn't happen...

and both guys work at the same time tomorrow in opposite directions...

so posted on fb that we needed help...

with a ride for one in either direction...

well, got a friend of over 30 years driving up here in the morning...

16 miles before work, to pick up Craig to take him to work...

he can walk to get the truck tomorrow afternoon...

you gotta love friends like that...

;0)

even when I told her no 3 times...

oh, what a blessing she is to us...

so, I am so pulled in every direction here right now...

it will be better when the older babies get to go home...

but they are on soft cat food with KMR and dry mixed in...

so won't be long now...

the little ones eyes are opening...

and they are growing so fast...

;0)

thanks for hanging in there with me...

its got to slow down some time!

our evenings go something like this...

you might be wondering where I have been...

well, here's your answer...

got an emergency call on Tuesday and here they came...

4 little ones who lost their mama...

and they are adorable...

and doing pretty good...

but they don't sit still unless they are sleeping...

and the other 3 are growing...

and are almost ready to leave here...

keeping them a little longer than normal...

now that's a face...

we are very popular with the neighbor kids...

our yard is the place to be...

had a migraine on Wednesday...

and a major hangover today...

just don't do good on taking meds at all...

not sure what is going to happen the rest of the week...

besides bottles and babies...

we are having wonderful days...

warming up next week a bit, though...

beginning to think fall was setting in...

and if sure looks and feels like it...

already thinking fall decor...

how about you?

new fun stuff...

pick up a few things on Saturday morning at the shop up town...

its kind of like a free thrift shop...

you just take something in, like a bag full of stuff you don't want...

and I also took a bag of bags this time...

then you grab a bag and see what you want...

and I found this and a few more things...

homer laughlin plate...

Georgian eggshell...

in blue!

and I loved the frame on this little print....

but when I got it home and read it...

I decided not to recycle it just yet...

its going the bedroom...

see?

pretty...

and I found this at the store...

yeah, like I was going to pass that up...

and I have been cleaning today and hanging curtains...

washing towels....

which are still in the washer...

fed me once...

and the babies twice so far...

I got this last weekend...

my camera and cord fit in it perfectly...

I got one like it that's larger and darker in colors...

that's going to be my new make up box....

I think...

sorting and getting rid of things around here...

only to bring new things back in...

DH said I was still ahead, though...

more has been going out than coming in...

so that's a good sign...

right?

;0)