Unexplainable Grace

Day 78

I looked in the back seat of my car and saw this. It is what is most often in my backseat. Or a giant dog. It made me smile a bit because that pretty much sums up my life. Horses and giant dogs. And I am ok with that.

Day 77

This was a busy day. I took Cash to meet my mom's dog and they got a long well. But there was a visiting dog and Cash really liked her. Pretty much everywhere he went, she would go too.

He is also trying to fit into a tiny cat bed.

Later, I went to ride a friend's horse and there were lambs. Of course I had to chase them around because there are few things that are more fun than chasing a herd of lambs. I could only get 3 of them in a photo but there are 7.

 

Day 76

This tree looks like it should be in a Dr. Seuss story. The photo does not show it as well as in person, but it is very floppy looking and the top has sort of flopped over too. In the winter it is especially amusing.
 

Day 73

Last fall I awoke to jackhammers and made the assumption it was occuring at a different house. This, like most assumptions, was erroneous. Imagine my surprise when I came downstairs to discover my patio was gone. A couple days later it returned just as mysteriously, but at a cost. The bordering pachysandra was destroyed.

Luckily, Brian's mom likes to garden so she came to save our small dirt patch. She put in phlox. Pink, of course. They are small in number this year but will grow, or so I am told.

I helped by watching.

Cash also tried to help.

Like me, he was not actually helpful.

 
 

Day 72

I really like pink trees. I believe this is for two reasons. 1) I really like pink. 2) I had a pink tree outside of my bedroom window as a child that I loved spending time in. It was the perfect climbing tree for me. I am not really a climber. I never enjoyed climbing things or jumping off of things. This was proven to me when I was 13 and during a trip to the badlands I was told not to climb because I would get stuck at the top and be too afraid to climb down. Of course I climbed anyway. Of course I was too scared to climb down. Anyway, the pink tree outside of my bedroom was small and short with nice thick branches.

Day 70

We took Cash to a greyhound playdate with 26 other greyhounds. He did really well except for the constant harassment of the black houndies. He did some running, but mostly he and everyone else did this:

When we got home we realized how greyhound friendly our house is. It is Way Too greyhound friendly. So off to Target I went to get some gates to reduce the friendly factor. And now our house is riddled with gates.

 

Day 69

Today was Derby Day and get my new dog day. Wild Cash is his name. He has a LOT of energy and is not so sure how he feels about the huge changes taking place in his life. I figured this out when I had an 80 pound dog on my lap for the hour car ride home. It was heavy and extremely uncomfortable. But he is mine and he is perfect I lovelovelove him.

Day 68

It was rather lovely out so foster dog Buck and I took a walk and found Patrick on his porch. We hung out for a bit and while there, I noticed this lovely pink tree. I love pink.

Upon returning home I could not find my black cat. I eventually found her posing nicely with some fabric and things in the sewing room. Cat always enjoys helping me sew. She helps make sure I don't cut the fabric incorrectly by putting her paws in the way of the scissors. She helps flatten out the fabric by lying on it. She also pounces on the pattern pieces. I haven't yet figured out how this is helpful. 

 

Day 67

We have a pointless fence in front of our patio. Last year the rails fell out of one of the posts and they haven't been repaired. I kind of like it that way. Deconstructed can be cool. Finally we have flowers and colors too.

Day 66

There is a financially ruinous trifecta far too close to my house. Costco, Target and Petsmart.

Look at it looming there.

It is alarming how much I can spend in those 3 stores. My whole front seat was consumed by purchases!

Admittedly, one of the purchases was a huuuge dog bed. But! There are things under the dog bed. Like a large container of two-bite cinnamon rolls. SO did NOT need that. Oh so tasty though...

I need to stay away from the food areas of Costco.