Painting,, again..

After what, a year? LOL

Halloween

New home!

More Bodie

Oh what have I done...

Learning long down stays

Cat food is the best bribe! This is Sky's opinion. Right now we do twenty minutes easy, if there are no big distractions. Cats running outdoor are big distractions but he will learn to ignore them in time. I toss a ball and such like, he handles that usually.  ;)

Last time I got him to lie on his side instead of staying upright, hoping for more relaxation.

geocaching with Sky

more painting

One of my sister's dogs..

Practising loose lead walking

and yes that's a piece of thread on there between leash and collar. We did about fifteen minutes at a city park, and did not break it!!!

and the biggest event of the year..

Sweet baby Mary

My "service" dog

Su was handy for helping me up hills, bracing me if I felt unsteady on rough ground etc. She did know how to get things for me but I never used it. Sky came along and he certainly isn't big enough to brace on so I decided, he can get things off the floor! I drop it, and he's there in a flash, looking for the item. Sometimes he finds it before I see where it went. Sky brings me whatever it is - though he has trouble with flat things still. And yes he gets a reward. The other day I was out in town and dropped something, stood there a minute looking down and heard my friend laugh and say "Where's your service dog?" She's right, I'm spoiled. And no he is not a service dog. He'd have to learn a whole lot more and I'd have to seriously need the help for that, but he is right handy!

Crochet anyone?

Once when I went to visit mom, she held up a quilt top and wondered about how it would never get finished. So naturally I took it and now it is on my bed. Last time.. she held up an afghan (she's on to a good thing) and wondered what to do with this. A dog had eaten holes in it. I'll fix it I say. You know how to crochet she asked me? Well no, but it can't be that hard.

And so the crochet thing began. The afghan? still looks the same. Give me time!!

Painting

Currently working on a dog, or two. Really need to get with it.
After Su was Pokey..
Then Max..
Just so slow, enjoy it but obviously to me this is not my passion :-)

Kentucky and back again

(third time is the charm right? apparently blogger app can not find my image I picked???)

Fast trip to Kaintuck and home again, daughter moving. Loved Kentucky - beautiful place in so many ways. But she's closer now for more visits so it's all good.

Can't say the trip was totally smooth - thanks to car and Downtown Hyundai (Nashville, don't use them!) we had a big bump in the road there but all is fixed now.

Cats have made so many trips cross country they are old pros at it now.

well now thinking.. AAARGH....

Wish I had not done that.
Lost my post on Sky and Harry.. who knows what I wrote, I certainly don't, can't be all that important but seriously?? I edit to put a title and lost the post? but here's the pic. Ha. Out of line timewise.. can't fix that.

So.. now I remember WHY I hate blogging tools and why I used to prefer doing my own html and all.
No accidents I could not fix.

I also wrote a post on the fast trip to Kaintuck... and where is it? hmmm? Blogger heaven???

Well!!

Apps for blogging?

Who knew? Certainly not me. Maybe I will even blog some now. Not that I have anything worthwhile to say :-)

-----  wow. Just wow. Take away that happy face. I lost one entire post!! and another ended up father down the list though it was the newest?? what's up with this?

Fall 2013 - SC

sitting here drinking my coffee and thinking..

• it is important to me to stay close to God

• it is important to me to practice grattitude

• it is important to me to live consciously as much as I can

• it is important to love, freely, without thought of what it will get me

these things I need to remember

I write them for myself, for no reason I care to share.

Playing with paints

Remembering Su.

Cats n dogs n things

playing with Sky. guess I really need to spend more time teaching him 'useful' things.

November travels

 We went to the NC mountains.. though it was a tad late for peak color ,
still it was lovely!

 On the way to our hotel.. love those mountain streams!

 Did not take enough colorful pics of leaves AND Sky.

 He enjoyed a bit of trails, hopping over logs, sometimes under them :)

 Some rain, some overcast, some drizzle.. who cares!

 and even some snow, because of Sandy. Sky loved it.

Heading out..

for a while.. east to Tennessee then North Carolina then South Carolina. And back again.

Pup is going with me!

Cats are safely confined, much to their disgust. I see Harry (Hongry Boy) looking at his usual way over the fence, or up to the roofline where he liked to sit, and then he'll look at me and flip his tail. I do not think he is happy. But he is safe and that makes my heart rest easier. They have the house, the yard, the garage.. what more do they want? I know - freedom to climb fences and frisk down the alley.

Sky is doing great on his lessons at home. Wonder if he will remember them once we are away. I doubt it, LOL.