ARF! Punk to the ResQ!

"Kris" -An my "She"

Totally sexy!

ARF!
(An we ALL know what THAT means)!

A really  L~O~N~G  time ago now, me and 'she' went to this place called 'the lake'.
Maybe it just feels like a really L~O~N~G time...

"She" tole me I hadda behave, or 'she' would bring me right back home.

We drove -almost like my little one was sick- (Well, that same road ennyway).

But then she turned off really early-

And then we went on all these corners.

Then we got lost!  I din't care how drippy my tongue was either- I could smell the water- An it was all around us!

"She" leaves me in the car while 'she' goes to ask directions. 

(An that's how I know my 'she' is a "she"). Arf!

Finally we get to a house, an I met these 2 ladies.

They are really COOL! (Cute too).

The lady on the left is called "Judy"- 

The one on the right is called "Kris"- 

Or, as my 'she' calls her, "SissyKrissiePoo".

Oh! An I could just SEE the water! 

I was SO happy, an almost ready to jump in, when I was called back to the house. 

What?!?! 

"Oh no!" was all I could think...

But it was for...

For FOOD!!! 

So then I knew right off that this was gonna be the very best day EVER!!! An I was gonna be real happy here!

* My 'she' says that I had better love it there cuz if'n ennything ever happens to her I will get to go live with Kris n Judy.

At lunch, that lady "Judy" was the very nicest, cuz she left a whole bunch on her plate fer me to 'clean off'!

After that I got to eat some bites of wieners, potato salad, some chips, and all else...

My she gets on some differnt clothes, an we all get to go outside...

...And INto the lake!

"She" was a little scared, so me an the Kris lady went swimmin'-

My 'she' had tole me that no one ever drowns around her sister cuz Kris is a "Life Guard" (I thought maybe that was gonna be "my" job). 

We even had a race across the lake!



OK. That's not true.
We was just chasing my ball.   

But then, my Kris went an fell down- and underwater.

I had to drop my ball to go fetch the girl!

She held on tight after that, an I brought her to the dock. 

Somehow, she managed to get my ball away from me.

She tried to hide it under the water too, but I could still see it!

Then she threw it way far out, and we went racing to go fetch it all over again.

An ya know what happened?!?!

Yup, my Kris lady fell backwards again, an I hadda bring her back in! 

This was fun- (even after the 50th time)!

I dunno what "Life Guard" means, but I think it must mean that the people fall backwards and almost drown (a lot); an that I gotta guard her life.

I unnerstand why my she decided I would go to Kris n Judy's It's cuz they NEED my help!

Too soon it was time to take a break... 

(So said the drowning lady ennyway). 

But I didn't wanna get out of the water.

"No way. No how!!!"

I did get out for about 10 seconds, then I went right back in again.

Oops.

My Kris had to go get a bag to pick up...

 sumpthin'...

Sheesh-

It was just too nice "in" the lake to get back out and do poo~poo, ya know.

My 'she' hollered at me, but my Kris thought it was funny! 

And get this- Neither of 'em had ever even heard of a dog doing it's "thing" in the lake!
I thought it looked just like a Baby Ruth bar.

Of course then we hadda swim some more- 

My Kris found these.

They are called Zebra Mussels (click), -an they poke holes in your feet so the humans hadda wear shoes!

Mr. Bill came out to play

I wasn't even afraid of him; (though he looked funny to me on that thing).

Between you, me and ennyone who reads this, I wanted to go for a ride too!

But i was havin' too much fun when he came back that I forgot to ask.

I don't think ennyone should ride that thing when something like this goes by.

They were w-a-a-a-a-y cute- 

And they swam by a few times too!

Soon we got out of the lake for real.

It had been about 4 hours, or more, that we swam and played- My she said it was gettin' on time to get home.

My Kris wiped me off real good. 

An then I...

Well I...

I din't do it.

(Really I din't).

I was just layin' there as the lady next door came an pulled out my Kris' flower things.

I mean LOOK WHAT SHE DID!!!


She just smushed them all.

They thought I did it.

But it wasn't me.


Cuz I went and laid on the bricks, ya see?

"Someone" took this picture- 

I don't know how, or when even-

But THAT'S NOT ME! 

(Musta been some other dog, cuz I wouldn't do such a thing)!


See this one...


THIS one IS ME!

See, I am bein' good an only rollin' on the bricks!

I still say that lady, Donna, did all the damage.

Now my she said she was going to have to send some seeds to my Kris n Judy.

We went home- almost right after a squirrel ran right by my 'she'on the porch steps!

Did my she get up and chase it?
"No!" (An that's just pure stupid if ya ask me).

We drive all the way home- An no, I didn't go to sleep once.

When we get home, we see this!


UH~OH

Yup, that surely looks like part of my Sputty! "Neener~neener" 

Sputnik got hisself stuck in th' mousetrap!"

He musta made a bad sound when THAT happened- I was glad I was gone when it did.

But when we go into th' rooms, we see this...


An there ain't nuthin' wrong with him!!!

No one kin figure out what the heck got stuck in th' trap.

(But I already tole ya how stupid "she" is).

I gotta go.
I s'pose my she wants to use this. 

S'Been stormy out, and real hot too.

Wish we were back at th' lake! 

Maybe soon? 

I'll be good. 

I always am! (And sides, it's been a really L~O~N~G time since we been there).

May your 'he's' and 'she's' always be ready with a lotta love fer ya!
And may your bowls always be full!  

Love, Punk

!!! I NEED YOUR HELPFUL HINT(s)!!! Before Punk pushes me off my chair to write her blog... (I hate when she gets like this)! XOXO, Me

When all else fails, blame the kid(s)...

Sylvia Browne 50th Anniversary Tour!

Start:	Jun 15, '12 7:00p
Location:	http://www.menomineecasinoresort.com/

I have tickets for tonight and am so darn excited!
Casey will be getting here about 4:30-
We are going to have FUN listening to this lovely lady speak!

http://www.sylviabrowne.com/pg/jsp/general/bio.jsp?pos=-452099665034003510

Photo Album 2012-06-11 #3

Photo Album 2012-06-11 #2

Photo Album 2012-06-11

Didn't make it to the lake yesterday- I'd given myself an awful headache with my "new" glasses). I am determined to go today- For now it's a hop in the shower... And I'm off! Stay cool! XOXO, Me

People who play games on the heartlights of others are just plain cruel.

My apologies if you have been...

Why Buying American Is Critical

http://madeinusaforever.com/proftobo.html

Special Preview of MadeinUSAForever.com's Founder Todd Lipscomb's New Book "Re-Made in The USA"
Excellent book preview.

Do the click, above; or...
go to http://madeinusaforever.com/proftobo.html

XOXO
Me

(Homepage is http://madeinusaforever.com/).

What do you see and smell when you open your eyes to the new day? (Scroll down). XOXO, Me

More on *Diamond Pet Food Recall*- Bless our Furkids-

First of all, my thanks to Daily Kos, Poisoned Pets, Truth about Pet Food, (and Google search).  

Note that my gratitude does not include Diamond Foods.
Damn sad, that.

Whew! I sure am tired of dial-up- hehehe-
Still, if only one of your dogs or cats can be helped then I am very happy to do so!

Know that this recall now includes foods manufactured in Missouri.

Regarding distribution areas. And almost MOST IMPORTANTLY:

"Diamond Pet Foods’ recall over 155 formulas of pet food; involving 13 brands with global distribution"

Yes, that is "GLOBAL distribution".

From HERE

"A second Diamond Pet Food manufacturing plant has now had a product recalled due to Salmonella.  All previous recalls were manufactured in one plant located in Gaston, South Carolina.  This most recent recall, announced late Friday 5/18/12 evening, was from a second Diamond manufacturing facility in Meta, Missouri (confirmed by Deanna of Diamond Customer Service)."

Will more foods made in Missouri be recalled?

• I don't know, but I would assume so. 

Recent Dog Food Recalls
From HERE.

• Diamond Issues Yet Another Dog Food Recall (5/18/2012)
• Solid Gold Dog Food Recall (5/8/2012)
• Apex Dog Food Recall (5/7/2012)
• Diamond Dog Food Recall Summary (5/6/2012)
• Canidae Dog Food Recall (5/5/2012)
• Wellness Dog Food Recall (5/5/2012)
• Natural Balance Dog Food Recall (5/5/2012)
• Kirkland Dog Food Recall (5/5/2012)
• Diamond Dog Food Recall Expands Again (5/4/2012)
• Diamond Dog Food Recall Widens (4/30/2012)
• Diamond Dog Food Recall Expanded (4/26/2012)
• Diamond Dog Food Recall (4/6/2012)

***************************

From Daily KOS,  by cany 

"NOWHERE ON DIAMONDS SITE IS THERE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST! 
Diamond needs to list EVERY brand, kind etc. and get the info out.  But since they are apparently too damn lazy, I guess it's up to newspapers and blogs and people like us. 

Here are the recalled BRANDS in their entirety FOR DOG FOOD:

• Natural Balance
• Solid Gold
• Wellness
• Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul
• Country Value
• Diamond
• Diamond Naturals
• Premium Edge
• Professional
• 4 Health
• Taste of the Wild
• Apex
• Kirkland Signature/Kirkland’s Signature Nature’s Domain

IF YOU FEED ANY OF THESE BRANDS, PLEASE GO TO THEIR SITES AND CHECK ROUTINELY NOW FOR UPDATED RECALLS.

And finally, from the FDA:

"The list [below] provides information gathered from press releases and other public notices about certain recalls of FDA-regulated products."


Looks like the FDA can't even get an accurate list from Diamond!?!?
What's wrong with THAT picture???

Y'all will have to compare info above from both lists/sites. 

The ones that affected my Punk are Taste of the Wild, & Natural Balance.  Specifically, in this case, Dick VanPatton's Natural Balance

Yes, Punk is still sick(ly); though each and every day she is getting better, 
(again, NO thanks to Diamond and/or their license to manufacture for the 2 companies we used). 

 

I was going to post the following as a "link"  but then to remember that I can't email to share it with my friends and family who are not on Multiply.

The link was to this post:

Diamond Pet Foods to grieving pet parent with dead dog: 

"Show us the proof or get lost!"

Yeah. Great company, no?

Do that click.

From the Chicago Tribune, and other sites, comes this:
"The company says it has received no reports of illnesses among dogs who consumed the food or people who handled it."

I say Diamond Pet Foods is a LIAR!  And they are lying again.
I have read about more than a dogs DYING, plus their people being hospitalized from handling the product, or even just petting their sickened dog. <-- Info Easily Googled.

 

You can report complaints about FDA-regulated pet food

• by calling the consumer complaint coordinator in your area.
• ** Online go to: http://www.fda.gov/petfoodcomplaints.

Now go kiss your furkids.

XOXO
Me

PS 

(from Diamond)

"Pet owners who are unsure if the product they purchased is included in the recall, or who would like replacement product or a refund, may contact Diamond Pet Foods via a toll free call at 1-866-918-8756, Monday through Sunday, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. EST.  

Consumers may also go to a special website,diamondpetrecall.com, for more information." -end quote-

 - Nah, I'm having too much fun fighting with Petco here in Green Bay. hehehe

Diamond Pet Foods to grieving pet parent with dead dog: show us the proof or get lost &laquo; Poisoned Pets

http://poisonedpets.com/2012/05/23/diamond-pet-foods-to-grieving-pet-parent-with-dead-dog-show-us-proof-or-get-lost/

HOE-LEE crap!

Tecumseh, and My Uncle Chum

Live your life that the fear of death

can never enter your heart.

Trouble no one about his religion.

Respect others in their views

and demand that they respect yours.

Love your life, perfect your life,

beautify all things in your life.

Seek to make your life long

and of service to your people.

Prepare a noble death song for the day

when you go over the great divide.

Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting

or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.

Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light,

for your life, for your strength.

Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living.

If you see no reason to give thanks,

the fault lies in yourself.

Touch not the poisonous firewater that makes wise ones turn to fools

and robs the spirit of its vision.

When your time comes to die, be not like those

whose hearts are filled with fear of death;

so that when their time comes they weep and pray

for a little more time to live their lives over again

in a different way.

Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.

The Teaching of Tecumseh

Good Morning All;

And with my apologies to those 2 of you whom I promised to write to, please understand...

My father called yesterday afternoon.

His brother, my Uncle Chum, has quietly walked on to visit Heaven.

Seems as he had made his way from his in-town home out to his home on Sugar Island. 

He had planned on doing yardwork. I do not know how much he got done...

He died yesterday afternoon, upon his tractor, and doing his work. 

After being ill for so long I can only imagine he may have wished for such a passing.

He knows no suffering now- For he knows only peace.

Taken upon our last visit to Sault Sainte Marie; as we drove from town.

Odd isn't it? Precious too-  To know that this picture is the last I took of him. Indeed, it was to be the last image I have of Uncle Chum in my mind 

As he waved to us, and smiling, from the ferry, The Sugar Islander II...

Rest in peace my dearest uncle- 

Already now, you have met our Maker, the Creator, and already he has shown you the joy of your death- This, for your life, well~lived.

But it is heavy hearts that you have left us with- [behind]- 

You will be always be thought of with abiding respect to the spirit that you have, that you have shared so freely with me, that you have shown to all of my children. 

You will forever be remembered with all my love.
That same love that is our own perpetual heart-light.

My love to you- 

For it is always that I will be grateful for the love you have always given to me.

Anne

PS
 - And just to keep you smiling... 

May there always be many cute nurses where you are!    J     

 hehehe 

Diamond Pet Food Recall Updated link- & "BEE~ZEE!"

Good Morning all;

Bunches of news- not all of it good-

I am guessing that many of you may be going somewhere for this Memorial Day weekend- 

Be safe. 

Have fun. 

Come home happy, (and very very tired)!

I have no plans that are set in stone, yet. Am thinking I will be going to DePere- to see the parade- This, depending on the weather- and depending on my back. 

(As I mentioned earlier, I really AM getting to the point that those 2 things are related). 

hehehe

After seeing the weather on TV this morning, I have decided that I will be mowing today. Tomorrow we might get rain in the afternoon, and I hate it when I have to quit mowing halfway though. 

Rain, on and off, for Friday and Sat too.

I had my pain appointment on Monday and must go drop off my prescriptions this morning. A few other stops, then to scoot over to vote early so I don't have to time it perfectly for election day. Oh, and to get a new burning permit too. Sheesh! I'll be worn out before I even start mowing!

RECALL UPDATED HERE CLICK.

Hope you are all staying on top of Diamonds Pet Food recall. 

To name just a few for you, Diamond has recalled these, (and MANY others):

[Diamond Pet Food is] under contract, for other companies, at least some of the pet foods sold under these brands or business names.

• Canidae Pet Food
• Costco's Kirkland Signature
• Solid Gold Health Products for Pets
• Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Pet Foods
• Kirkland Signature Nature's Domain
  (Available only at Costco)
• Taste of the Wild Pet Foods
• Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul
• 4Health (Available only at Tractor Supply Company)
• NutraGold Super Premium Holistic Formulas

Many dogs, cats, and humans have already been made ill.

As "Poisoned Pets" website claimed even this past weekend, it is "A RECALL THAT NEVER ENDS"

Yes, cat food is also now on their list; among the newer recalled items.

December 9, 2011 – April 7, 2012:  All batches manufactured at the South Carolina plant in this period are affected.

CLICK HERE
Or here-  http://poisonedpets.com/2012/05/05/your-complete-guide-to-the-diamond-pet-food-recalls/ 
(Bookmark for now- Post is updated regularly).

ALSO KNOW that now (5/27/12) foods manufactured in Missouri are also recalled

My comment on one site, written to/about Diamond Pet Foods was this:
"Because of their [decent] ingredients, I have faithfully used either 'Taste of the Wild', OR, 'Natural Balance' for my dog (1/2 golden ret, 1/2 yellow lab)..

I am so frustrated that these dog food manufacturers can't continue to produce a QUALITY product- One that ensures the life of my dog, and also keeps her vet bills down.

I believe I now understand WHY I have paid [a bunch of money] to my vet as of late. 

Get it right. Keep it safe.

I am off to purchase some people rice, chicken and hamburger meat. (From our local Maplewood Meats). 

If you KILL MY DOG I PROMISE to do my level best to CLOSE YOU DOWN!"

-end quote-

Y'all have a 'wunnaful' Wednesday!

I'd best get busy for now- 

Too much to do, and last I checked there were still only 24 hours in this day.

***sigh***

Love to all.

XOXO
Me

PS
After I do all of my replying to your comments on my blogs of late I do have still more news.
For now, it'll keep.

I swear I will never catch up.

"The hurried~er I go, the behind~er I get"

PETITION: UVA President: "Stop Cruel, Outdated Trainings On Cats"

http://www.change.org/petitions/uva-president-stop-cruel-outdated-trainings-on-cats#
http://www.change.org/petitions/uva-president-stop-cruel-outdated-trainings-on-cats#

Please take a moment to do the right thing?

Sputty thanks you.

XOXO
Me

Three cats, Alley, Fiddle, and Kiki, need our help. 

They have been used in cruel trainings for seven years. For the University of Virginia to be deliberately inflicting pain and suffering on defenseless animals in the name of medical education is inappropriate, unjustified, inhumane and archaic. 

As a practicing pediatrician with years of experience, I have profound concern for the health and well-being of all children, including the smallest premature infants. As a medical school faculty physician with many years experience in pediatric education and training, I have equal concern for the quality of training that aspiring pediatricians receive during their residency. 

One of the more challenging aspects of this training is acquiring skills and proficiency in performing procedures, especially in very small infants. The importance of perfecting tracheal intubation (passing a breathing tube into the windpipe) cannot be overly emphasized, as it is truly lifesaving.

Many years ago this procedure was taught by practicing on animals (cats, kittens, ferrets, rabbits) whose anatomy was very different from that of a human infant. 
This ineffective method of training has been replaced in modern times due to new technology in the form of human patient simulators. 
These simulators, including premature infant models are astonishingly realistic, anatomically correct, and can be used over and over again without causing harm to an animal or human baby. The infant simulators cry, breathe, and turn blue when their airway is blocked. In view of this I find it incomprehensible and disturbing to learn that the University of Virginia pediatric residency program still uses Alley, Fiddle, and Kiki to train pediatric residents.

The overwhelming majority of pediatric residency programs in the U.S. and Canada – 95% in fact – have ceased using animals for training. The path of modern training has moved from animals to more effective human-based medical simulation. 
Why is it that the University of Virginia refuses to make the change and continues to be in the extreme minority who are holding onto this outdated practice?

During their training, residents in their program repeatedly force breathing tubes down the throats of cats, sometimes as many as 19 – 22 times in one day,
This can cause bleeding, bruising, scarring, permanent injury and significant residual pain.
At least two cats have had their teeth broken and another had adverse effects lasting days.
Cats are used over and over again. People who have had a breathing tube inserted for anesthesia during surgery will often tell you that recovering from the tube was as bad as recovering from the surgery.

Please sign my petition encouraging UVA to do the right thing.
I have over 25 years experience working in Pediatrics at Duke University, Marshall University, East Carolina University, and Carolinas Medical Center. Based on my extensive knowledge in this field, I can confidently say that the University of Virginia does not need to continue to abuse Alley, Fiddle, and Kiki. By switching to medical simulation, not only will these cats be spared suffering but the resident training will be superior and their future pediatricians able to provide better care for their patients.
Roberta Gray, M.D., FAAP

***TO SIGN PETITION CLICK HERE***

****About the above cartoon-
Cartoonist Dan Piraro has penned a letter
to officials at St. Louis Children’s Hospital for using
cats as dummies in their pediatric intubation training sessions.

Piraro wrote a letter that appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that read, “It doesn’t take a medical degree to recognize that practicing intubation on a limp cat is nothing like doing the same procedure on a larger, crying, squirming and/or coughing human child.”

And so was the creative juice for the above cartoon.

 CLICK HERE TO READ MORE   

via peta.org

More Flintville 'Ketchup'. -And a few questions too.

Good Saturday Afternoon Everyone!

I am hoping you are all enjoying this beautiful weather?  At least it is beautiful here, though a bit warm for my tastes as you can tell by the pic... 

My own comfort zone being somewhere around 72.5° to about 76°; (with a nice breeze). 

It has been over 250 days since we have been so warm!

Any warmer- or with any ugly humidity, and I just can't breathe well. This is not from my emphysema, although I am sure that exacerbates the choking feeling- but I have always been like that; even as a small child.

Baling hay was absolutely the most hideous chore I can recall. 
Blowing the chopped hay and/or straw to the haymow was a very close second. 

I did all that all with no mask either. Ignorance was bliss when I was 12. hehehe

Question ...
As I was trolling around the internet the other day I found a few things that puzzle me still.

Why would my blog be referenced and linked in "opencongress.org"? Please click here.

I also 'found' it linked here, which redirects to here (CLICK)
There is also a 'flintville' on this blog, http://infinityrealm.wordpress.com/flintville/ which is written by a kid. I cannot access that part of his blog myself, but just found them all to be very strange.

But alright- I have digressed- how about I get back to Flintville here?  hehehe 
While Casey was out here last week, she cut Punks toenails. 

*I hate that job almost as much as Punk does, (probably even more). 

Punk was, at one time, just fine with having this done to her. Then I made a 'bad' and brought her to Petco for her bath- (Trimming the toenails is included in the price).
When I went back to pick her up, she was walking sort of gingerly. I noticed that her nails were very short.  There were also the telltale styptic pencil 'leave marks' on almost every single one of her toes! I was even more than horrified to think of what this pup had gone through- (She was only about a year and a half old). 

Not that I can blame her, but she now takes it most personally when she has to have her toenails cut.

No kidding, after her trimming, she lays like this for a few days; (especially if I leave the trimmer out where she can see it).   hehehe 

She has been sick- and being that she still has pain, she is still being treated for her ears- (that last dose of antibiotics really threw her system out of whack).  

And STINK!- OMG, those ears are stinky- too smelly by morning if I dare miss a night treatment. PEEEE-You!

Yes, she also gets plain old yogurt- and lots of it, every day. 

Doc Spires once told me that a quarter cup would do her well enough. I begged to differ; and so, she gets about a cup. (Aw heck, it can't hurt).

Come outside with me for a bit?

Aren't they lovely?! 

They always look to be so delicate; but thus far, all of my flowering plants have withstood much wind! 

Then the Orange Blossom- 



... or a white lilac perhaps? 

Who knows?

Oh, we SO need "E-Smell" for some of these pictures! 

On the east side of the house, and Randy's favorite bush to trim---
The double "Snowball Bush"

 ... Still thinking about that "E~Smell".


My lilacs are not yet quite open- 

I shouldn't say "my".   Rather the dark purple, my favorite, came from Mom, (via Ginny Ryan)- and the lighter lavender ones out by my old garden I stole from Kelli and Tim before they built the duplex. hehehe


Y'all remember this pic?

This is what they look like now...



hehehe

 ... A few weeks ago, Punk, Sput, and I were walking around when Punk spied my one and only 'tiger tulip' stand . One had opened to show off it's most beautiful colors...  

Before I could stop her she ran to it, and pulled the blooms right off! (What a sassy dog)!
At hearing my sharp intake of air, she opened her mouth- The petals fell out one by one as she just stood there with her jaw open looking at me.
Nothing I could have done then, so no hard feelings- (Just my shock)! hehehe

Over on the front lawn I have some more of the variegated columbine- A bird, or a mouse, or even Mother Nature, has dropped them in the grass by the front porch, and alongside some of my hostas...

Around to the back again- Randy has finally trimmed my half~dead plum tree.

Looking quite nice if I do say so myself.

Down at its base you can see a pretty bunch of baby trees taking root (and thriving too)- 

These have been growing since late 2010, and I am not yet sure if they are plum, or pear. The leaves of both so closely resemble the other-

Either will be fine by me. 


Speaking of the pear tree- (Was too...)-

I will either have to board it close, or chain it up, this year...

It seems to split a bit more every year- And once the new pears are on it I don't think it will be solid enough to support them without giving in to their weight.

What you cannot see from this angle is the baby pear tree that has taken root right next to it. It is about 4' tall now- about 4 years old.

So when the old one finally goes to the great nursery in the great beyond, a new pear tree should be ready to take its place!

Question # 2 now-
I have never heard of a fruit tree blooming twice in one year, have you?

Because my D'Anjou pear did just that this year! 

The 1st time was just after that hot spell we had in March- (about a week afterward).  Those blossoms were so sparse- few, and far between, I was saddened, thinking what a measly year it would be for my pears. 

Then it blossomed again, (showing off many many BIG and PLENTIFUL blossoms)!!! 

I couldn't believe my eyes! My mouth waters even as I write!



What does Sputnik do while we are all out walking?

Usually he will keep up, but there is a whole new batch of rabbits in the windbreak this year; and he lives most days just to keep an eye on the branch encampments we have built for them. 

I have 3 BIG piles of old wood, branches and sticks and some leaves too; (taken as we prune the trees). 

The 'wabbits' think we put that there just for them.  We do!

Mostly though, Sputty keeps his distance because he does not wish to tangle with Mama Rabbit! hehehe



After wandering- (I try to get a decent amount of walking in each day), I do still mow the lawns. 




I always leave the tailgate of the Buick open while I mow, using it to hold the phone and to have a place to rest my weary buns and back when I have to take a break..  The open tailgate seems to be Punk's personal invitation to recline in the front seat. Too funny she is!
And yes, Sputty had been right there with her as I drove up on the mower, stretched out on the dashboard; but he left before I could take the picture. 


Those of us that live in Wisconsin had to vote on the 8th- A primary election for governor. (Know that IMHO, our Scott Walker is an ass).

I made a special effort to vote early in the afternoon so I would miss the rush hours at the poll. In our little community- (⅓ of Suamico), I was already voter # 1119. I don't think I have ever seen such a high number on my slip. So that was very good to see!

Anyway, I vote about 3 or 4 miles up on County M- 

As luck would have it, "M" was under construction...

Before I tried to drive all the way there, I pulled over to ask one of the road crew if I could even get to Calavera Springs. 

He said 'yes, but take 'er slow, and with caution'.
I opted just to take the old Swamp Road, and then cut back to "M". (A longer route by a mile or two, but it would keep my car a bit cleaner). 

Finally getting to the park, there is a big old sign on the gate. "Voting has moved to Town Hall."
Grrrrrr............. 

I am not sure if this move is permanent, or if it was only like this because "M" was gettig a facelift. 

I hope it is permanent- Easier to get to; especially in November when an early season snowstorm could make getting to the park almost impossible.

I'd better close for now- Am going to go scrounge up some lunch- my tummy is angry now and is letting me know it too! (Better late than never). 

I hope everyone has a "wunnaful" weekend!


XOXO
Me