I am leaving for vacation on Friday and am getting very excited. Yesterday, I started packing and had an assistant. Ever wonder why God made cats such spastic little freaks that feel the need to get into everything you are doing? She can be a pain in the behind and such a funny little goofball at the same time.
First, you must make sure the dog is clean.
Second, you must convince the dog that snuggling is what he really wants to do. (Actually, she bit him several times until he would lay still and accept her cleaning and snuggles.)
Third, settle in for a nice nap all snuggled together. How sickeningly sweet is this?
Today is kind of a dreary and overcast….and very muggy and humid. I think we have a chance for thunderstorms later today or tonight, which will make Petey all kinds of unhappy. I went outside and sat on my front porch to wait for Glen to get here and to watch the silly sparrows bathing in the dirt at the end of my driveway. The picture quality is really poor. I had to zoom way in to get them to even show up on the picture.
Then what did the nutty birds do? The flew across the street where they then bathed in a pool of water. My poor neighbors driveway never drains. They always have standing water at the end of their driveway. Again, I apologize for the quality of the picture. I really need to save my money and get myself a nifty new camera that Glen will have to teach me how to use :o)
Petey: Glen, are you sure this hat doesn’t make me look stupid?
Petey: I don’t think olive drab is my color.
Petey: *sigh* I am pretending you aren’t taking my picture…
Even though I am suffering from a very bad bout of allergies, I had to mow my yard today. It was a true test of my new allergy medicine. All went well, and I actually noticed a few things that were happening in my yard. The first and most obvious thing that is happening is pears. I have a pear tree in my back yard, and this year it is really out doing itself. All the branches are starting to sag with the growing fruit. They are pretty on the tree but will become the bane to my existence once they start dropping. I have tried to do things with them, like eat them, but they go from rock hard to rotten with nothing good in between.
The second thing I noticed was the tiger lilies. I have a few, (very few), that try to grow in the shadiest part of the yard. This year two have managed to bloom. I should go over to my mothers and get some of hers. She has a ton of them.
Lastly, my little geranium is blooming. It is the first bloom this season. I have had this plant for about 4 years now. My mother doesn’t understand why I don’t let it die in the fall and just get a new one in the spring. I tell her that this geranium and I have a history….I can’t just let it die.
I don’t have children, just my pets. I imagine that having pets, at times, is very much like having children. For instance, I am never allowed to go to the bathroom by myself…..ever. This is a picture of Lilly under the bathroom door. Who is peering at who here?
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