a boy and his dog

 I am enjoying having JT here! 

https://youtu.be/_1oHL_7iZrQ

Hazel the Wonder Dog

Hazel is so fun. She has claimed me as being her person. There are lots of stories about Hazel, but I'll just give you one recent tale (tail?).

Luci, Emma, and I were leaving for Trinitas. John was helping by loading Emma in the van. Nobody paid attention to Hazel as we left, until she darted out the door! Zoom! 

Luci headed after her, and saw that Hazel was making a bee-line right to the creek. She came back up the hill. John buckled in Emma, then headed down the hill with the leash and doggy treats I handed him.

An hour later, we are sitting in Opening Ceremony at Trinitas. I see a Ring Alert come up on my phone. Hazel was walking around the driveway. 

John had made it to the creek and then came back to the house, because he had work to do. I called John and let him know that Hazel is back home.

"How did you know Hazel is back?"

"I'm watching her on the Ring camera!" 

silly doggy. more stories to follow

Thank Goodness for Good Neighbors!

Bryan was mowing the yard today. He came in and told me the mower was stuck--on the steep hill at the side of the house. Thank goodness the big weeds are still there, otherwise I think the mower (and Bryan) would have kept on going and gotten hurt. John will have a COW when he sees these photos!


Colby came over with Clay (son) and Bama (dog) and pulled the mower out. YAY, Neighbor!


This was worth posting--Luci up close and personal with a BIG DOG and liking it, even though her body language says otherwise, she really was enjoying being brave.

Hmmm...I sure hope it was beef....

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing has asked hotels and restaurants in the city to take dog meat off the menu for the duration of next month's Olympics and September's Paralympics.

Dog is eaten not only by the large Korean community in China's capital but is also popular in Yunnan and Guizhou restaurants.
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Guizhou is Luci's province. oh, yuck! I guess it's too late to take the Maalox. And what about the rats? Remember that?

Soccer Saturday

JT had his Upwards soccer game today. I know that one of these weeks it is going to be blisteringly hot, but for now I'm enjoying the cool weather. I don't like it hot, so this suits me.
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Luci and Hannah loved this little puppy. I loved it because it kept Luci close by and entertained the entire game.
Bryan thought the sun was too much and got creative with Luci's chair. Until Luci saw it and demanded her chair back (which she did not sit in the entire time!).

JT as goalie. I love this shot! I used the sports setting on my camera, zoomed in, and turned on the flash. I think the flash helped the zoom not to look shaky. When we enlarged it, we saw that JT has a special thing he does to concentrate. He didn't even realize he was doing it! Double click on the photo and look at his mouth if you want to see.
Luci begging me to get a puppy "with hair like mine! Please!"
I nearly cried when I told Luci to put the doggy down--she didn't lean over and set the puppy on the ground, she just let go! I felt so badly for the puppy, but she was fine. Thank goodness!

When In Trouble

Rule # 1:
Look straight ahead, Keep your mouth shut and Say nothing!

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