Splash!

 

The lilacs by the old shed...
Transplanted from Ginny Ryan's home...
...Who originally had gotten them from Mom!

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Good Morning All;
I have been up since three and could not get 'back' to sleep. Still, it is better than a week ago, so that is a good thing. . .
A little rough around the edges today, but really no worse for the wear.
I mowed lawn yesterday.

Punk helped.
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Here she is packing down the grass so I don't have to mow there.

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Then after I had mowed here,
she lay down so I would know I already cut that part.

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Good help is so hard to find these days.

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I had "human" help too.
& what timing when the phone rang!

It was Casey- said she was on her way out to "check on me".
At this point, I had just called down to Kelli's to see if Tim could come to help me get the belt back on right. I had mowed a bit, and up wafted this acrid burning smell that can only be a belt.
Looking it over, it had slipped off one of the front engine pulleys.
Casey beat Tim here, hehehe and between the two of us, we got it back on. I didn't want to pull the whole deck off if I didn't have to. A little elbow grease, me at the front and Casey manually turning the blades, and it popped back in. She quick called Tim and told him that he could go back to enjoying his day off.


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Speaking of Kelli... Here she is, showing off her new Packer shirt-
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She had dropped Mr. Miller off on Friday evening as she had some running to do and wanted to have him in the fresh air.
I thought it would be good exercise for the dogs (and myself) to walk to the woods once more. It was jacket weather- Not too cold, not too warm. Just perfect.

On the walk back, there was Mama Killdeer doing her "I'm wounded" act so we wouldn't go near her nest. (Killdeer do this to show a potential nest thief that 'she' is actually the easy target- A "come and get me" type thing), and makes a lot of noise to call attention to herself.
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They actually flop around acting like they are so very injured.
Fun to watch- She followed us almost the whole way.
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Punk and Miller got to the woods before I did. They would both turn around as if to say "hurry up already"
Slow but sure... And since I have Casey's cane it is almost easy to go into the woods after them.
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I think they were deciding whether or not to go down to the river!

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Down they went, with only seconds before I heard the "SPLASH".
Miller was more cautious than Punk- Kid that she is, she will jump in without a care about how steep the bank is and how she will get back out.
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Mr Miller walked until he found a place to get in.
Punk, trying to rid her fur of any trace of her last bath,
(in the river of course).

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I did not go down, knowing it would have half killed me to come back up. hehehe Those ravines are steep!

After a while the "kids" came back up, tired and wet. Miller had only gone in deep as his belly, Punk was completely soaked, save for the last 12" of her tail. (How she did that is a mystery to me)!?!?
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They both sat for a while, catching their breath from the climb up.

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Punk even gave Miller a kiss when he got back up the hill!
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Miller even wanted his belly rubbed!
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Sorry Big Boy, that is not gonna happen.
He was caked with mud!

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Punk had done something to her leg/paw on the way home-
Kelli checked it for me.
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Punk must have twisted it or something, but she's OK now

What a "show off" Kelli is ~bending over and everything!

(And Mr. Miller ~still waiting for that belly rub)...

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~still waiting...
Notice the bottom half of Punks tail. Dry!

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Time to get my day started-
I have much to do. Casey and Greg will be coming out later, with Master Gabriel as well. it will do my heart good to see them all here!
I have already elected Greg to stay near Gabriel- (He's the only one that can pick him up if he falls down). Gabriel, not Greg. hehehe

Hope you are all having a grand weekend, and that your weather cooperates too!
Be safe. There's a lot of fools out there just waiting to rain on your parade. (In more ways than one).

Love to all.

XOXO
Me

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Posted to Y! 360, Sunday May 24, 2009 - 07:27am (CDT)