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 The storm is past and power has been restored for everyone. Then it was really cold like we had dialed back a season back to winter.  However today, spring hopes are revived as it is going up to 15C.  I did pick up my seed packets while out and about yesterday. I found out last year that these are classified seasonal and only available on the shelves for a brief time, so have to get them early. I bought more of the Zinnia packets because I had good luck growing those last year and they stayed in bloom so long ...

I showed Ned and his fellow chocolate Lab litter mates in this post to celebrate his birthday.   The litter included Petey who stayed with them and Beth made them a cake.

I finished my wonderful Peter Pauper Press Snowman and Friends jigsaw just in time to see the snow leave. Each of these puzzles includes a full poster of the picture which is a great help.

 I finally made a decision about what next for the Bramble Blooms ...

While I was off with my cancer treatment, the rescue stayed busy. It was so busy that being I wasn’t in the thick of things, I couldn’t keep track of the incoming and outgoing of dogs. It was crazy I know and I felt bad that I couldn’t help. I did help with a couple …

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 It was a good year for me with cross stitch.  I found great comfort making small and large pieces.  If you need the name of a pattern let me know and I'll look it up, but for this post I'm just going to post pictures.  These are not in any particular order.  

Sugar Stitches ornaments  I bought a small white tree and some small pink ornaments and put this up in my sewing room.

I did this in honor of my mom's dad--my favorite grandpa.  The top says Eat Well, Costs Nothing.  He liked to say that ...

I thought I would pop in and give you a little update on my animal rescue life… First off an update on my garage kitty…You can read the story about how I found a cat in my garage HERE if you missed it. She was taken to the vet, give shots, spayed, and then went …

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I know you all like dog stories. Here is the latest one I have for you. About two or three weeks ago someone stopped at the vet office and asked if we knew of anyone who takes puppies. That’s the point when everyone at the vet clinic looks at me being I volunteer with the …

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Oh my word…Not too long ago, someone said I didn’t tell many foster dog stories lately. Now I seem to be telling them weekly. Today is especially going to be a big story. We are a small rescue…but mighty. For how few of us there are, we help a lot of dogs find homes. If …

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First off…I am not a cat person. It’s not that I don’t like cats. I prefer dogs and prefer to stick with dogs. I am thrilled that there are cats and cat lovers…it’s just not me. Our foster group is always looking for people to foster cats and once, for a brief moment, I thought …

A Foster Cat?? Read More »

First off…before I say anything about the dogs. I did not name them. They came to me named Winston and Churchill. They also came to me looking like this… What a couple of shaggy beasts. These two are three years old, both males…brothers from the same litter. We were told they are King Charles Cavalier/Poodle/Bichon …

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 We dog sat during the holidays while Beth and family spent New Years Eve at a hotel which is their tradition. This is Petey and Ned after the ball playing... panting at me, right in my face. Just don't care at all. :D  You can see the difference in height between the two brothers in this one.

She’s not really a puppy now, as she’s four years old and has lived with us for a year and a half. This year I bought Chouchou (pronounced shoe-shoe) a sweater that looks like she’s a Christmas gift — so cute!  Unfortunately, you can’t really see the design from the front, so here she is, […]

Not long ago a blog reader told me that she missed my foster dog posts. It was so strange. We weren’t getting in very many dogs so there wasn’t much to write about. Last year at this time, it was raining dogs!! That’s about the time I had Rusty, the brown dog with cherry eyes. …

It’s Raining Dogs…and Meet Hank! Read More »

We haven’t gotten a lot of foster dogs lately and I’m taking that as a good sign. Part of me wonders if we’ll be bombarded after Christmas when all the puppies from the puppy mill don’t get bought. We’ve had a few dogs but nothing like we did last year. WHEW!! A blog reader wrote …

My New Foster Dog: Dundee Read More »

Hey everyone…I’m so excited. I have a new foster pup. He is an eight-week-old King Charles Cavalier. I got him on Saturday afternoon. I was actually supposed to get another pup at the same time… this guy. He is supposedly 8 weeks old but we’re questioning that a bit because he is only 1.9 pounds …

Meet Reggie My New Foster Read More »

I’ve not written much here on the blog about the animal rescue (HEART Animal Rescue) that I volunteer with. Being I haven’t had dog stories or posted pictures I was thinking that maybe you thought I wasn’t volunteering anymore. WRONG! I’m still busy. I’m just busy in a different way. With my doctor appointments for …

Work with the Rescue-Can you help too? Read More »

You might remember back in July I had a foster dog at my house named Simone. She was an Australian Shepherd that came from the puppy mill. She was a mill mom and even though she was young, she had several litters. Without the needed nurturing, Simone was shy and easily scared. She didn’t know …

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 Our summer is surely leading to autumn. Don't need the weather people to tell us...it is cool each morning and there is a certain slant to the light. The angle is different and the sunlight itself is glittery but like it is filtered through the trees first. And of course, it is darkening earlier in the evening..."closing in" as my grandparents would say.  I love autumn too so it's all good.

The Ligularia, such a wonderful perennial, is blooming now in late summer. The very large deep yellow blooms open up as the rest of the ...

If you read the morning post, you heard that I got puppies in… There were two Bernese Mountain Dog puppies. You can see them both on the left. My grandson Gannon was totally in love with the boy. The pups came early Tuesday morning, went to the vet on Wednesday, and left for a new… Read More »More Dogs and Kids…

I’ve had a crazy foster dog life over the last week. Add to that several days with grandkids and a meet-up with Ray and everyone and I’m whooped. On Thursday the grandkids that were staying overnight slept in until 8:30 am and happily, that left me a chance to sleep in until 7:30. That doesn’t… Read More »Kids and Dogs…Dogs and Kids!!

My 4th of July ended up being a dog rescue day. I still have my sweet Sadie here. I can’t believe that she is still here. She’s such a great pooch. Sadie is a German Shepherd Rat Terrier mix. She looks very German Shepherd. The only Rat Terrier I see in her is the tip… Read More »A Dog Day…