its all about Abby...

we love this dog...

she learned to play with toys...

and she caught on pretty good...

this is what seal brains look like, in case you ever wondered...

she pulls hard on the lead when you walk her...

and we have been working with her to stop that...

and she is fine until we hit the road...

and she just wants to run...

its all Craig could do to keep her from pulling him into the corn field...

but she is so smart...

she would learn not to pull with whoever gets her...

if they just spend a little time on it...

Craig trying to calm her down before we start back home...

she is pure muscle...

and she can sit and lay down...

on command...

for bacon strips...

we are so going to miss her when she leaves her Saturday...

and Charlie will be heart broken...

but we did our part...

and she is ready to find her home now...

she has come so far in just a week...

and the woman who worked with her for 2 weeks at the shelter did an amazing job with her...

started the baby kittens on slop tonight and spoon fed them...

they did pretty good...

I think its too soon, but the vet said to go for it...

so here we go...

we may only have them another couple of weeks...

and will be in harvest time full swing...

and I will need a break by then...

so, the high school football games have begun...

the pool is closed...

mums are for sale...

and pumpkins are almost ready for picking...

could it be that time of year again?

;0)

I think so...

oh, how the days fly by...

stripped the deck...

washed the linens and threw them back on...

just little things like that happening here...

and then there is this one...

gone soon...

praying the man who asked about her today will adopt...

but either way, she will gone from here by Saturday...

she is just too big for me to handle on the leash...

and she has pulled me so much, that I flared...

so from now on, the guys will only let me do dogs that are 20 lbs or less...

if I didn't have the fibro and arthirtis...

if we were younger, she would be staying with us forever...

she is so sweet...

and her and Charlie are best buddies now...

and I am just itching to get to the beds...

to ready them for winter...

to have it all done...

but this is how I have been the last couple of days...

and we had to make a crisis trip to the vet while I was flaring with the kitties...

got them wormed and the poopies are finally abating...

but they are healthy in spite of it all...

and at 3 1/2 weeks, the vet said to start weening them...

I need to start getting photos of them and getting them posted on facebook...

to find them their forever homes...

and then that should be the last litter...

and the days keep rolling by...

its just going too fast...

and then there's laundry and dishes and cooking...

and I turn around and have to do it all over again...

do you ever have days like that?

weeks?

;)

have a good week...

I'll be back soon...

Happy Labor Day...

in my jammies, I cleaned this up early this morning...

the high winds of the storm that came through here one night last week took the frame down that was up here...

only the center part was left...

put the frame up there and moved the scarecrow from the garden here...

its a work in progress...

mums are opening slowly...

but there will be many of them...

Abby taking me for a walk...

she can pull me in the wheel chair...

I think she likes it here...

took a couple of drives today...

one by the golf course...

its so pretty under new management...

and then out to the country...

with corn fields...

and big skies...

it was a nice enough day...

not too hot...

with a breeze...

at least it didn't take your breath away as soon as you walked out the door...

and DH got some work done outside while I just puttered slowly...

just a low energy day...

there is a bicycle down there!

crick is down big time...

if the heat and dry keep up this week, we are about 2 weeks from harvest here...

then the madness will begin...

and we are a town in mourning...

one of our young firemen and paramedics...

was killed in a one vehicle accident last weekend and they buried him yesterday...

several towns sent fire trucks and men to the funeral...

our guys draped this black and purple fabric over one of the bays...

Tommy was only 23 years old, but already a 6 year army vet who just got out...

prayers for his family and friends are much needed...

and today is my mom's birthday...

she would have been 80 this year...

I sure cannot imagine her being 80...

and soon it will be 20 years since she left this earth...

almost a lifetime ago, for me...

its not a sad day...

just a day to remember all the fun we had...

and will have again...

no big plans for us today...

Craig has to work...

making mashed potatoes and fried chicken...

maybe yard work, but nothing to write home about...

walking dogs and feeding babies...

which I should get you some photos of before they grow up...

:0)

these are going to be huge cats...

hope you have a fun day today...

cook outs and family and friends around...

napping and reading and catching up on things...

whatever you have planned, I hope it goes well...

be safe and eat well!

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...