Gracie is at it again. She has now taken to running across the pool cover...almost like walking on water! She has NO fear! And now she nearly has Sophie (Miss Scaredy Cat!) to start stepping on it too!
Gracie and Sophie love to run and chase each other all around the back yard...through the bushes, leaves and now the pool. See for yourself.
Gracie. Our beagle baby in the family. She is now 9 months old and completely full of herself. She does her own thing and can only be lured away from it with cheese slices or chewable bones. And sometimes cheese does not even work when she sees the open plains of the front yard and takes off to our neighbors across the street. She is quite the mess.
Oh trust me. She does indeed have her sweet moments. She loves to cuddle while sleeping and acts just like the boys when I go in to wake them up in the morning. She quite honestly looks at me like "Mom....pwweeease....5 more minutes...."
Despite being a poop factory and an eating machine, she is a welcome addition to the family. Sophie has enjoyed a play mate...but she DOES get jealous.
She has a blast playing with Matthew and Sophie in the back yard.
But this starts to be her evil side. She will lick you on the face when you least expect it.
This is a typical "playtime." Love it. Really sweet to see them chase after Matthew.
Some of you have asked about Piggers fate. I had not seen Piggers since her dip in the pool last weekend. Saturday morning while I was getting ready for golf I smelled something HORRIBLE! I looked all around the bathroom and bedroom and could not figure out where the smell was coming from. It did not smell like Miss Gracie left me a "present"....it smelled like something was DEAD.
Yesterday while doing laundry I found the source of the odor. IT WAS PIGGERS! Gracie evidently thought my closet was the perfect place for Piggers to sleep.
The picture does not do it justice but she was a "lovely" pink and matted brown. I pretty much doused her with Shout and spun her in the wash.
TA DA! A renewed Piggers. Amazing what Shout and Gain will do!
To celebrate their friend getting a bath, the dogs decided to run and fight and play while I was on a conference call tonight to Australia. Thankfully Sonya was understanding of the dogs barking and fighting beneath my feet. : )
Have any of you ever seen the series of pictures of the stolen yard gnome? As I recall a yard gnome was taken from someones yard and the family ended up receiving blackmail photos of the gnome in various states visiting our nation's sites. Perhaps Piggers needs to go on a road trip...
P.S. Can you tell I don't want to do more laundry tonight?!?! I needed to entertain myself. : )
Gracie, our beagle, has a stuffed pig that we call "Piggers." She and Sophie take turns grabbing and running with Piggers around the back yard as the other chases. Usually it is Gracie with Piggers and Sophie very close behind.
On Sunday Gracie and Sophie were having a blast chasing each other and jumping through bushes with Piggers in tow. I heard Gracie whimpering so I turned around to see this....
PIGGERS WAS IN THE POOL! OH NO.......
Then there was Miss Gracie. All pitiful. Her eyes imploring me to rescue poor Piggers.
"Pwease pwease Mommie. Pwease get Piggers for me. Save her!"
Needless to say Piggers was a wet mess but that did not bother our Tom Boy Gracie. She gladly took her and ran off around the yard again. I am afraid to see what Piggers looks like now after being drug through the pine needles and dirt sopping wet.
This was last Saturday when we brought the puppy home from Whittier, NC. It was a long day due to the rain but this little "puppers" is too cute and fitting in nicely. We named her Gracie.
She and Sophie are getting along despite a few bites and growls when they play too hard.
She is learning about "going outside" and "potty." Let's hope she learns potty sooner than later! The boys and Gracie start puppy training this week.
Nathan came home from school today and found Sophie at the gate shaking. Not her normal greeting of jumping and wagging her tail. Once she got inside she went and hid under Matthew's bed. Nathan noticed she had some blood on her shoulder.
Unfortunately I was on a conference call so it was over an hour before I could get home and sure enough she was hiding under Matthew's bed. I could not lure her out - not even with Pupperoni. Nathan and I had to move the bed twice but finally got her out. She whimpered so much when I picked her up.... :(
We took her to the emergency vet. Thankfully no broken bones (was afraid she got hit by a car) but she has a nickle size gash in her shoulder. We are guessing she got out of the fence then when coming back in she got caught on the chain link fence and pulled it. Yuk!
The vet fixed her up pretty quickly but without stiches. It is all open - double yuk!! She has pain meds and antibiotics. $145 and peace of mind.
Nathan was such a trooper. He is not much for blood but he held her gently in the back seat to and from the vet.
She will not let me get near her cut at the moment. I guess I cannot blame her.
Saturday I took a tour bus to Healesville. It is two hours north of the city. Amazing how different it looks. Check out the pics. This is a daffodil farm. Evidently the climate is perfect here for not only growing grapes but also for daffodils and tulips.
We stopped for lunch at one of the dozens of wineries in the area. Yummy lunch and of course yummy wine and you know I don't drink much wine!! I met people from Minnesota here on business and from Sidney and Perth, Australia. The grape vines have just been pruned back in preparation for Spring growth.
And now for my favorite part of the day. The Healesville Animal Sanctuary. Only animals from Australia are here. It was a completely natural area....NOT like a concrete jungle that some zoos are...pebble paths, indeginous plants... We had a very informative tour guide that really made it great. Unfortunately I was a bit misled - we were not able to pet ANY animal. It is not that kind of place. It is all about preserving the species here. Here are a few of my favorite pics.
Red Kangaroo. Very sleepy fellow....or gal. Even the tour guide says it is hard to tell. And the roo below was a totally cool cat. I am thinking it had to be a male as he had this look like 'I am a stud. I know it. Ladies come get me.' lol
Koala. These little guys sleep ALL the time...literally like 20 hours of the day. They eat the other 4 hours. Tour guide says they sleep in the eucalyptus tree and have very thick hineys so they can withstand sleeping on the hard branches for so many hours. Humm...do you think that is what they meant by having 'junk in the trunk??' ;) I think this is some type of wallabee. Grrr..cannot remember. It was just in the wide open area. I could have touched him he was so close.
