Monthly Archives: July 2010

“Nemo and I are worn out after playing with our new “squeaky chicken” toy for hours!  I’m ashamed to admit I live with a squeaky challenged spaniel.  I can squeak that chicken fifteen minutes straight and Nemo can only manage … Continue reading →

This morning we have been helping Momma Dog mow the yard and mulch the Hollyhocks.  It’s been a bad year around here for Hollyhocks, something has been eating their leaves leaving only the frame.  I’m glad I’m not a plant!  … Continue reading →

G’Day Mates!  The accompaning photo shows me demonstrating the art of walking a sticky wicket, moss covered log with the aid of my lovely arched tail.  There is another picture of a clumsy someone having no tail attempting this feat, … Continue reading →

Momma Dog has a couple of poems she needs to submit before August 2, so she’s been concentrating on writing.  Huck went with us up the hill to cut the rest of the Iris into little fans this morning.  It’s … Continue reading →

It wasn’t raining this morning so I went up the back hill without any trouble at all.  It was hot and muggy, real croc tracking weather.  The sunflowers are starting to bloom, it seems like only yesterday we were noticing daffodils … Continue reading →

Yesterday Momma Dog and VOG took a road trip to look at books and she told us the Queen Anne’s Lace and Nicotiana were beautiful along the sides of the highway.  We said they would have been even more beautiful if … Continue reading →

It’s the summer wild flower season with the dainty yellow flowers of mullein, and Great Blue Lobelia leading the way.  Evidently the severe winter and all the moisture this spring was just their cup a tea for they are huge and … Continue reading →

Ha, Ha!  Momma Dog tricked Huck this morning!  He was doing his hang around the deck and not go up the hill with us hoping she would carry him half way, and we left without him.  When we got 1/2 … Continue reading →

Today we want to give a big round of applause to one of our best friends, Dale H., who is completing six weeks of radiation for cancer.  Dale has written to us several times during the life of our blog and … Continue reading →

Great Dog, I’m glad to be wearing my short fur this summer.  Today our heat index is 112 degrees in southwest Iowa.  Huck and I caught the scent of a doe and fawn this afternoon up on the hill in … Continue reading →