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I started this feature for friends and family to answer their
"What's going on?" emails, therefore, I probably tell too much, but you are
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I didn't get to take pictures tonight because my batteries died on me. They needed recharging and so do I. I've been up and working non-stop since 5 AM, so I'm off to bed.
Tuesday - 05/30/06 6:00 PM
I've been working faster than a Bully's tail can wiggle. Up and going strong since 5 AM, I've accomplished a great deal while constantly monitoring Brutus. He's nostrils were too small so I had them enlarged yesterday, there is a first for everything when raising English Bulldogs. It is really a simple operation but it was almost deadly for the poor guy. He stopped breathing on the operating table but Dr Frank was able to get him going again. Any time one of our "babies" has had to have a minor surgical procedure they have handed them off to me immediately after the operation therefore the puppy awakes to Mama Judy's cuddling and kisses. This time poor Brutus was laid out on the table wrapped in towels with the vet tech and I both standing over him monitoring each breath. Just as he was waking up he started to upchuck, he hadn't been fed since 6 the prior night but somehow he managed to scoop up a couple of pieces of dry dog food and they are what caused the problem. During the upchucking he aspirated some of the fluid into his lungs and we are keeping a close watch just in case it turns into pneumonia.
During the past 6 weeks we have worked very hard and experienced a great deal of stress; sold a house, moved contents here, my father had a stroke and then died. It's time to take a long break from everything and get back to enjoying life. We have one female bred at this time but do not know if she is pregnant or not. Regardless, we are not going to be breeding for awhile. When we get caught up on life we'll make a decision about future litters.
I'm off to take pictures of Carlotta's litter of 3 and the 3 remaining puppies from Eve's litter so I can find them wonderful loving homes. - Judy
Tuesday - 05/30/06 1:30 PM
Oh My, what a day I've had already. You ever go through those times when situations are on the edge and almost become a tragedy? I don't know how many more of these in a row my poor old heart can take. We had a Bully to stop breathing on the operating table this morning, but Dr Frank was able to revive him. More complications happened afterward while I was attending him during recovery and there may be further negative developments. I have him back home with me and I'm watching him like a hawk.
I'll give you another update later today - Judy
Monday - 05/29/06 2:30 PM
Polyphemus Moth on our front door. It's not a friend of the gardener so Big Bob hiked deep into the woods and put it on a tree. For more information and better pictures of this moth please click here. click here
Monday - 05/29/06 11:45 AM
87F with 54% Humidity
Bob told me to sleep as long as I could, but I'm sure he didn't mean until 5:30 AM this morning!!! After 14 hours of sleep, I found it difficult to stay focused on my chores. It took two cups of coffee and washing my face in cool water to get my mind fully awake.
The puppies are doing well this morning. Ms B is the best of Bully mothers and needs little supervision when she's with the pups. The only problem is she licks them too vigorously and we don't want her causing them to have a hernia by pulling at the umbilical cord. I'm going to call the male 'PianoMan' but I couldn't think of names to go with it for the girls. I thought about 'Rhythm & Blues with the PianoMan', but decided those were not proper female names. Maybe Dee Dee (Warwick) & Patti (LaBelle) who were great Rhythm & Blues singers. So their web page would read something like 'Rhythm & Blues with the PianoMan, Dee Dee & Patti'.
I've had my 15 minute break, now I've got to get back to chores. I hope you are having a good Memorial Day with friends and family. With newly born pups we can't go anywhere and don't need company, so it's business as usual here. - Judy
Sunday - 05/28/06 1:45 PM
Yesterday I stated we were going to sleep in this morning ... maybe until 6 AM, well we woke up a little after 1 AM when Ms B gave one bark and a whine for Bob. Thinking she needed to go potty, he took her outside, she was panting but it was a little warm in the house. She tried to get into the van instead of being interested in "taking care of her business" but we were too dumb to see. Back inside she got into the empty child's wading pool and just sat there looking at us, panting. We got the message, she was going into labor, early. We verified our suspicion by taking her temperature which was decreasing, she was dilating and she had milk. Today was day 61 from the first time she was bred and she was bred 3 times therefore we expected her to carry the pups until at least Tuesday. Normal gestation is 63 days.
We called our vet and got a recording that emergency calls were being handled by a vet clinic and gave their phone number, it was Jackson TN 3 hour round trip. I called a vet tech answered and when I asked he said they had been open for 2 weeks. I asked if the vet knew anything about English Bulldogs and he replied he could wake him up for me and I could ask. Needless to say we weren't going there and doing that. Bob tried to call our vet at home but there was no answer. Our minds going 90 miles an hour we started calling all the vets in the area who we knew had done c-sections on Bulldogs, none of them called us back, because we weren't their clients and it was the middle of the night on a Holiday weekend. One vet did tell his service to call us back to tell us he could do the c-section at 8 AM when he had an assistant or he recommended we go to an Emergency Vet Clinic in Cordova, TN which we calculated to be a 3 1/2 hour round trip since we did not know where we were going, etc.
After talking to the Emergency Clinic it was obvious they knew what they were doing and had done c-sections on English Bulldogs before. It was a little after 3 AM when we headed out the door. By this time laidback Mama Bob is really flustered and it's all I can do to think about what we would need and manage to keep him calm.
About 15 miles down the road, Ms B starts up-chucking, then has diarrhea, the roads have patchy fog, the windshield outside starts to fog over causing Bob to use the wipers but almost immediately they start to scrape across the windshield because the fog isn't that heavy, then the wipers didn't help because it was fogging over inside so we're busy turning on the defrost, turning the wipers on and off, rolling down the windows to let the stink from the mess Ms B has made clear the van and straining our eyes trying to spot deer along side the road that might jump out in front of us, as Bob drives as fast as he can to get to the vet's before Ms B starts having her babies ... and people wonder why English Bulldogs are expensive. It's because raising Bullies consumes your entire life.
Three puppies, 2 females & 1 male, were born via c-section around 5 AM. By 7 AM we were leaving the Emergency Vet Clinic and heading home. Once here we got Ms B and babies settled inside and let the puppies nurse a little, then hurriedly completed the morning chores and crawled into bed at Noon. Bob got up an hour later to put the pups back with Ms B, I was in deep sleep, then the door bell rang. Thinking Bob had locked himself out of the house I hurried downstairs to find a friend had dropped by to ask me to look at his Bully.
I'm on my way back to bed... Judy
Saturday - 05/27/06 5:00 AM
I'm trying to wake up so I can get the morning chores finished before it gets too hot. The predicted high is 91F with high humidity. We've been keeping up the same rugged work schedule for too long, we must take a break after today. Maybe tomorrow we'll sleep in ... until 6 AM. lol lol
I tried to access the internet just now and found the line is down, don't know if it's BellSouth or in the house. Poor Bob will have to troubleshoot. I don't know that he can handle another task being added to his "must do now list".
Have a good weekend with family and friends. - Judy
PS at 5:51 AM - Oh No, it's only my computer that can't access the internet which means I can't send or received emails until the problem is resolved.
Friday - 05/26/06 8:00 AM
We're fine, working like dogs to get order restored and we're making some progress. It was 91F here yesterday with 61% humidity so you know it was tough working outside, but it had to be done. We were up and working at 5 AM and didn't sit down until about 8:30 PM, therefore we were both exhausted and still are this morning. We even got grouchy with each other, but that was after a crate fell on Lucille and Noel, which shook us all up.
We were doing morning clean up, while the girls were playing. They bumped into a crate which had another folded one leaning against it and it fell on top of them. They ran for corners to hide. Since I was in the room, they were sure I was trying to kill them. I had to pull them out and hug them up for a long time to settle them down. That was no easy task since they weigh 25-30 lb each and were scrambling to get away from me. Finally, I picked up Lucille and Noel ran into the backyard straight to Bob when I opened the door. It was so fortunate that he was close at hand to help calm them.
I hope your morning started off less eventful than ours. I'm off to finish my morning tasks. Have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend. - Judy
Wednesday - 05/24/06 8:00 AM
When I tried to catch the snake that was eating the goldfish and scaring the dickens out of me, evidently I punctured the lining on the Goldfish Pool because it was leaking badly. On Monday, we started removing the plants and there was the snake in the pool. Julio asked if we wanted to kill it I "yes" louder than Bob's 'no relocate'. What a chase he gave us before he jumped out of the pool and Julio was able to detain him. I believe it was a Cottonmouth.
Yesterday I went to the nearest hardware store for a black plastic liner, brought it back so they could finish the pool, fixed us eggs and sausage for brunch, then drove 3 hours round trip for supplies to finish other projects, dog food and groceries. Sam's was a little cheaper on the dog food price so I decided to get it there. That decision turned out to be wrong, because it took so very long for them to get the bags down out of storage, and load it on the flat cart. They did take it to the cashier, but I had to pull the cart (12 large bags of dog food) from the cashier to the door. At PetSmart I would NOT have had to wait, nor would I have had to touch the cart. They do it ALL. The price difference was $.50 per bag for a total for $6. Which I will gladly pay next time.
I bought 40 lbs of chicken legs and quarters at $.29 per pound for 'our gang', yogurt, cottage cheese and fruit for me and Bob got meat and ' taters.
I'm off to feed the puppies and shift this STUFF around so I can walk through the house. I hope you are having a good day. - Judy
Tuesday - 05/23/06 6:00 AM
If a person calls my house at 11:00 PM wanting to talk about a puppy, you can be assured they are not getting approved as a puppy parent. I can't believe anyone would call that late, especially when it states on the website the hours to call are 9 AM - 9 PM. Needless to say once awake I couldn't go back to sleep.
Monday - 05/22/06 6:00 AM
My but May has been a busy month for us as well as most other people. The extra pressure on me is, I'm still sorting through all the boxes from the Memphis house and I don't mind admitting it is stressful making decisions in regard to what to keep, give away & to whom and finally what to throw away. Bob is of no value he just keeps saying, "whatever you want to do". At the Memphis house we had built-in bookcases but here there are none which really eliminates things I wanted to keep. In addition to the above, the weather has gotten hot so our main concern is keeping 'our gang' cool.
You'll know how overwhelmed I am when I tell you, the garden ladies had buckets of plants to give away, but I only brought home two little ferns. Bob suggested I make an appointment with the doctor, because I'm bound to be sick. lol lol
I'm off to do the morning chores before it gets too hot, then I'll try to answer some of the 49 emails waiting for a response. Taking a few hours off for myself, plus meeting Maggie & Pete on Saturday got me so far behind in washing dog beds, dishes and such. Having the puppies is like having a bunch of kids and right now they are all demanding my attention. - Judy
Saturday - 05/20/06 6:30 PM
I slipped off early this morning and went to meet a bunch of ladies from my online garden club. It was great and I can't wait to do it again this fall. I left early to come back home, get Bob and Scooter, so we could meet Maggie & Pete in Jackson, TN for them to get Scooter. He's so funny and laid back. I told Bob he would probably 'wake up' about the time they entered Illinois. He slept from our house to Jackson.
Friday - 05/19/06 8:30 AM
I woke up in the middle of the night, to no Bob. I went looking for him. Bless his heart he was so tired he went to sleep on the kitchen floor wrapped around the bucket of puppies (2). It's touch and go with one of the pups. Tunie barks whenever they make a sound, whining in their sleep or whatever. We didn't get any sleep last night either.
Somewhere there is a person who could use this big bag of man's underwear, but I don't know where to find them "right now". I'm going to finish going through these boxes this morning... I am, I am I am. - Judy
Thursday - 05/18/06 6:00 PM
I have worked like a dog today, trying to get through all the boxes on the back porch, sort it all out... what comes into the house, what goes to the trash and what to give away. I've got just a few more boxes and I'll be finished. I want to wrap it up tonight so I don't have to look at it again, but I think it will be impossible considering how tired we are. Bob made a trip to the dumpsters this morning, but they were all full so he had to bring the truck load of trash back with him.
Hope you have a restful night - Judy
Thursday - 05/18/06 9:00 AM
It seems we were awake all night, Petunia's hormones must have been working in overdrive because she kept begging to be with her babies, or it could be she knew that one of them is not doing well and then the attic fan starting making the most gosh awful noise, I had to jump and run downstairs to turn it off. What a way to keep waking up. We exhausted this morning.
I'm off to water plants before the sun cooks them. - Judy
Wednesday - 05/17/06 8:30 PM
A man who has worked for us before and his cousin showed up today wanting work. The sawmill where they had been working closed down unexpectedly. Within minutes, they had the lawn mowers going and we were making progress on shaping up things here. We've gotten behind on everything due selling the house in Memphis, moving all the stuff up here and the emotional impact from my father dying. In the midst of all of this work, I had to take time out for an allergic reaction which first set my all parts of my body covered with hair to itching, the more hair the more intense the itching, then a rash which didn't last long, then it went internal with chills. I was in the bed under three layers of cover but it was 80F. WOW what a interesting allergic reaction.
The reaction only lasted a couple of hours then I was as good as new, so I helped Bob with the evening chores. Now if I just knew what it was from. I'm guessing a spider, scorpion or other insect since I was out in the wooded area right before it happened.
Hope you are having a good night. - Judy
Tuesday - 05/16/06 9:00 PM
I'm excited... I have to admit Scooter has been my favorite of Eve's puppies right from the start. I'm so picky about who gets my "babies" and I get such rude emails from people when I decline to place them, such as the one I got today
"JUDY - YOU ARE SO FULL OF IT - THIS LITTLE YORKIE DOMINATES A 100# MALE RED NOSED PIT BULL- KEEP YOUR DOG AND GOOD LUCK COPING IN THE REAL WORLD"
Scooter is being placed with a lady from the Chicago, IL area. I told her last night to take her time and that I would hold him for her until tonight. I received her deposit just now and I am so pleased. Things just have a way of working out for the best with the babies. - Judy
Tuesday - 05/16/06 8:30 AM
I'm just now crawling out of bed, we had a busy night with puppies. May your day go smoothly. - Judy
Monday - 05/15/06 3:00 PM
Gracious what a day this has been!!! It started off with Petunia showing signs of going into labor so we rushed off to the vet's office at 8:15 AM only to have to wait two hours on the utilities company to restore their water. It was a scheduled stoppage which took longer than expected for their work to be completed. I'm so thankful it was not an emergency c-section. Around 11 AM we had two healthy, beautiful male puppies.
While we were out we decided the timing would be good to go to Memphis to get my 1986 Volvo. She runs great and it appears the a/c even works but just how well will have to wait for a warm day, it's 62F right now. The mechanic warmed me, to watch for signs of trouble because the car had not been driven in a long time.
I was following Bob, he was going 60 MPH on the expressway around Memphis in the left lane. He was totally trusting the Volvo and it was a good thing he didn't know what I was thinking!!! My everything started to shake when I applied the brakes because someone pulled between us, they had been fine at 35 MPH but were extremely poor at the high rate of speed and the right side of the car made bumpy hard sounds, oops and the brake pedal went almost to the floor.
With a lump in my throat I drove until we were out of town then flashed Bob a signal, pulled around him and slowed so I could pull into a gas/convenience store. The brake fluid was a little low but not sufficient to cause the problem. I got her home and will call the mechanic here to see when he can look at her brakes. I love my car, we belong together, just like Big Bob and I belong together!!!
Say a prayer for the "babies" the first week is critical. - Judy
Monday - 05/15/06 8:00 AM
Just wanted to say I hope your week starts off on a positive note and it stays that way all week. I'm off to love on puppies. - Judy, Big Bob & Our Gang
Sunday - 05/14/06 8:30 PM
Whew!!! This Puppy Mama spent the day working like a dog!!! I've been feeding puppies, cleaned up poop and unpacked boxes in-between. I'm tired of bumping into all these boxes and misplaced furniture, it's time to get straight. I need to clone myself, 10 of me for 4 weeks would be good. Bob says the world could not survive 10 of me for 4 weeks!! I refuse to ask him to clarify.
I'm off to bed now, we've been up and working hard since 6 AM. - Judy
Sunday - 05/14/06 8:00 AM
Yawning ...... We've been taking a mid-morning coffee break, but it's time to get busy, no more sitting at the computer reading the Sunday Morning News! What a sorry lot of stuff to be reading anyway. I'm ready for some puppy kisses. - Judy
Saturday - 05/13/06 2:00 PM
Jamaine and Christina (and Tyson) came to pickup their new baby! This first picture is of Jasmine in her bucket...
Tyson is the son of Carlotta and Jazzman (DOB 05/23/05) and was a perfect gentleman! (well, he DID get a little excited and wanted to check out his new sister...) He knows how to sit, shake, and lie down... just great for a bulldog puppy! This picture is Tyson at 6 months...
We have hardwood floors (cherry) in the living room. We've finally gotten the area rugs
in place. I've uncovered the sitting room set and hung pictures on the walls, just to get
them out of the way. Now I have to start on the kitchen so we can move the table back in
there, so we can move the overly long (camel back, custom made) couch into the living
room. The table is blocking the door right now and once the couch is in place we won't be
able to move the table. If I had a normal size couch I believe the one room would hold all
the furniture I'm trying to pack into it. I have no affection for the couch but Big Bob
does so it can't be tossed.Why is it, I could toss HIS stuff, but not mine!! lol lol
Friday - 05/12/06 8:00 AM
How Gross!! Whenever I decide I can live without part of this STUFF, I look on eBay and decide to keep it because it's worth a few dollars. Who would think an old worn spice tin would ever be worth $10 or that the 1925 ceiling light fixture which would need new wiring would be worth $30. I keep laughing at myself saying, if you had someone who wanted to buy them. Oh well I'll stuff them in an upstairs closet. Speaking of stuffing, we have too much furniture. It's like packing 15 lbs of sausage in a 5 lb casing or me trying to get into the size 7 pants I discovered in one of the boxes, impossible to do. Too bad about those pants, they were so far out of style that they've come in again. (lol lol)
I'm off to feed the 'babies'. I hope you will have a wonderful weekend. - Judy
Thursday - 05/11/06 8:30 AM
I can't wait to pick up my 1986 Volvo with her 140,000 miles ... the mechanic tried to talk me out of fixing her up but I told him she was good for my soul. She and I belonged together so please make her whole once again. Yesterday he called and told me he couldn't believe how good she ran after her fuel system had been replaced. He said he no longer doubted me when I said "she's going to go another 200,000 miles for me". Some things are "just right" and we are right for each other. I told him I would be there as soon as the storms passed through our area, maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe Monday.
Oh My!!! Big Bob and I are rearranging everything in the house, but if he measures one more time to make sure the area rugs are exactly even, I will scream. I escaped to the bedroom and to the computer. (lol lol) I hope your day goes well. - Judy
Wednesday - 05/10/06 7:00 AM
Lightening and thunder woke me up at 4:30 AM. It's rained so much lately that my Voodoo Lily rotted in the raised flower bed. The flash flooding of yesterday swept gravel from the walk down into the ditches that surround the house, the power was off for several hours and Kate had to be right with me. I went onto the back porch without her and I thought she was going to break down the door, poor baby was scared. Every time thunder rolled through Jazzman would hear Kate bark so he started playing the role of the protector, growling and barking.
I remember as a child being afraid of storms, loud noises in the night and life in general. Unfortunately, now I'll face anything because I refuse to be afraid, which isn't too bright. Not long ago coming home from grocery shopping, we stopped at the mail box where I noticed on the bank opposite, a bluejean pants leg slowly withdrawing into the thicket. We live on a dead end road with no houses around. I immediately jumped out of the van and demanded to know 'who goes there'. It turned out to be two big teenagers skipping school, but it could have been armed escaped convicts. Perhaps it would have been wiser in a situation like that to have called the Sheriff.
I believe it has finally stopped raining, so I'm off to do the morning chores. Our gang pretends to be asleep when it's raining so they won't have to go out to potty. Take care and have a wonderful day. - Judy
Tuesday - 05/09/06 10:00 AM
I think life caught up with me yesterday while I was sorting through some of the stuff on
the porch. I unpack a small, slightly rusted, old veggie shredder and it made me cry. George
The Can Man had a 5 AM route through our neighborhood in Memphis sorting through trash containers for
soda cans to recycle. He got a minimum Social Security check which he stashed in a savings
account and lived off his "can money". One morning he gave me the shredder. It's a cute little
antique and definitely a 'keeper' for it's attached to sweet memories.
Just how many chairs do I think I have to have!!!??? Isn't this a horrible mess. Oh well I'll get it straight soon.- Judy
Throw it away.... are you kidding!!! I'm powerless to throw away any of this STUFF. I collected it for 20 years!!! I took loads of great clothes to the "dumpster lady" and asked her to please find a home for them, I couldn't bear to put them in the dumpster which squishes them then they are taken to the land fill.
I started back working my way through the boxes of stuff, trying to decide what to toss... but I failed miserably I even pulled some of the things out of the "trash" pile I already had. Oh Mercy!! I am totally hopeless.
I'll post more pictures later. - Judy
Sunday - 05/07/06 9:15 AM
The long held myth of a person looking like their pet might be true. I looked in the mirror this morning and what did I see, an English Bulldog looking back at me. Plenty of wrinkles, round face, fat cheeks and body.... I'm getting a Chihuahua (lol lol) Perhaps that's a little extreme, but I'm definitely going on a diet.
I was sent a couple of emails asking if I had my shirt on inside out in the pictures below.. I have to admit if a label can't be taken off a shirt I either don't buy it or I wear it inside out. However, if I'm going to town or expecting visitors I try to remember to reverse it, when I notice people are staring I realize I forgot. lol
An escaped puppy in the middle of the night almost brought the house down. Carlotta's largest female puppy decided to climb out of the pool. Since the puppy is dark and all the lights were off, I wonder if Sweetie Pie could tell it was an English Bulldog Puppy, or if she thought she was treeing some kind of animal. There was quite a ruckus before I got downstairs. After the adrenalin rush it was impossible for me to go back to sleep, so I'm off to take a much needed nap with puppy of course, of course. - Judy
Saturday - 05/06/06 5:30 PMSuch a fun day! This morning was spent cleaning and playing with the puppies... especially Maxine! Just after lunch, we met Jennifer and Rocco to present them with Maxine (who has a new name "Carmela"). Can you tell? Jennifer is so happy with her new puppy!
Saturday - 05/06/06 8:30 AMOn Wednesday, we met April in Jackson, TN for her to get Hope. Our friend Jill, owner of two of our Bullies, came with her. We forgot the camera so there aren't any 'pickup' pictures, but Jill promised to take some and send them to us within a few days. This picture is of Jill's son Drake and Peaches, from Sweetie & Jazzman.
Loading all the pictures onto my computer Thursday it ran out of space and somehow I killed the Paint Shop Pro 5 program which I used constantly to resize pictures. I moved some files off to discs but I have lots of computer cleanup to do in the next few days.
I hope you have a good weekend, I'm off to feed the puppies. - Judy
Thursday - 05/04/06 9:30 PM
Finally we are finished posting all the pictures we took today....
We are exhausted having bathed puppies, clipped nails, gotten them into different poses for the pictures. I love them all, but I must admit Scooter is my favorite. I told Bob it didn't matter what he and I looked like, just snap the pictures.
God Bless the USA!!!- Judy
Thursday - 05/04/06 1:30 PM
Click on any picture for an enlarged view.
Gypsy (Available CKC $1000)
When the wind kicked up she said it was too cool to be outside still wet from her bath. She's so sweet!!
Brutus (Not Available - Stuffy Nose)
Here he is with Bob, he loves his Mama Bob.
Jasmine (Reserved For Jamaine Collins)
Jamaine better take a wagon along when he takes her for a walk, because when she doesn't want to be somewhere she SITS down. Cardinals were flying overhead doing their "Spring Thing" so she wasn't about to move. lol lol
I put Gypsy in the pool with her hoping it would give her courage.. no such luck.
Maxine (Reserved For Jennifer & Rocco)..
still damp from her bath and very interested in the noodles I was trying to eat while Bob took pictures. (lol lol)
Judy & Dozer (Available CKC $1000)
Judy & Scooter (Available CKC $1000)....
outside getting ready for a bath, so he got to romp in the mud!!
...more to come. I have to stop to mail a box.
This truly is the first day of the rest of our lives. We are unable to remake the life we've lived but we are able to, from this day forward, create a better life. It starts with a smile and a desire to be as happy as possible. - Judy
Wednesday - 05/03/06 11:00 AM
... 20 emails left to answer but I've got a steady flow of responses to my response coming in. (lol lol) I had to stop m y eyes were crossing.
Wednesday - 05/03/06 7:30 AM
I'm up playing with the puppies already this morning. There is nothing like the smell of puppy breath and their kisses to warm the heart. Too bad there isn't a nursing home nearby because it would do my soul good to see the patients smile when they saw one of the pups.
I'm off to feed, wash beddings and steal a kiss or two. - Judy
PS .....45 emails left to answer.
Tuesday - 05/02/06 8:00 PM
....61 emails to go
Tuesday - 05/02/06 9:30 AM
The month of April makes me overly ambitious in my cleanup, fix-up and planting plans. Then along comes May with heavy rains and I realize we're going to have our hands full taking care of the Bullies, my plants and keeping the grass in check, not to even mention all the STUFF from the other house I've got to unpack. lol lol
I tired to tell "our gang" I wasn't doing any cooking until I could properly walk in the kitchen, but they set up a roar, saying things like I cooked Bread Pudding with Praline Sauce for Bob last night and they wanted me to cook them Peanut Butter Treats.
I'll be back later after I've edited, sized, uploaded and put in programming code to display a few pictures. - Judy
Here is a picture of Buster Two, new name Winston, going home with his new parents, Brandon & Andrea.
A few of the Iris blooming today. These pictures were taken Saturday just as it started to rain.
Clematis, Henryi
Most of the blooms are 7 1/2 inches across but many are 8 1/4
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