Winners–and we put the dogs in Therapy!

Congratulations to winners Barbara of Me and my Dog and my RV, and Judy (Meowmomma).  Email me a mailing address and I will get those dresses off to you.  These were the only two who actually wanted a dress so everybody wins LOL!!  Thank you so much for all the nice compliments and thank you to those who suggested I keep the dresses.  You see, I know for a fact there will be no more grandchildren, and great-grandchildren will be many years in the future (if at all)!  I have made many pieces of doll clothing over the years and hopefully a few of those will survive and be put away for future generations.  I will probably make more in the future too just because it is something I enjoy doing.  But for now, it was just time to “put away childish things” as the Bible says – and share with a little girl who might get some good out of these.  Thank you all.

Now on to my favorite subject of late – my little furkids.  Who do you know who would take their dogs for a 50 mile ride just so they could go for a walk?  Nah, we’re not crazy, just tired of walking in the rain.  So, yesterday we headed south on I-5 hoping to find some dry weather.  Besides that, we wanted to see how they did on a longer ride and we are happy to report, they did great.  Not a peep out of them.  We had to go all the way to the little town of Oakland, but it was dry there.  I’ve posted about Oakland before and you can read one of those posts here.  It’s a great little town, not much there, but very historic and enjoyable for a walk.


Ollie always looks like he wants to ask me a question, while Jewel just wants to see what’s going on so she can get moving.  Both kids did very good on their walk.  A lady came out of her shop just as we were about to walk by.  I gave Ollie just a tiny correction on his leash and a “shhsh” and walked on by.  He never said a word.  Russ stopped and let Jewel greet the lady and get some lovin’ while Ollie and I watched from a safe distance.  PROGRESS!!

Today we had SUNSHINE!!  It was a bit cold and damp this morning so we went for our morning walk just around here.  But this afternoon the sun came out so we headed for the Delta Ponds.  That is always one of our favorite walks.  It is so close yet feels like you are way out in the country.  Lots of water in the ponds right now and the water fowl are all loving it. 

The Canada Geese are back in a big way and are busy staking out their nesting sights.  With all the honking going on, it sounded like rush hour in New York City.  This lucky couple has moved into a wonderful condo on their own private island. 




It is so pleasant to walk along the ponds and listen to the ducks and geese and birds.  Just surrounded by nature right here in the middle of town (radio tower and all haha).


There are many paths through these ponds, with bridges and lookouts and benches along the way.  One could probably walk 5 miles around and through the ponds but our walk was quite a bit shorter than that!  We’re working up to a mile!!  Well, it’s better than we’ve been doing lately!

At any rate the dogs loved it and so did we.  Here again, Ollie is keeping an eye on me and Jewel just wants to see whatever she can see.  Just look at that blue sky – it doesn’t rain EVERY day in Oregon!!


We finally got the dogs into Therapy.  Yup, they have officially been on the couch in Therapy and they seemed to like it.  They were reluctant to go onto the metal step at first but the offer of a treat overcame that fear.  They enjoyed sniffing all around and probably wondering where those other dogs were hiding.  Jewel made herself right at home and seemed ready for whatever was to come next.  Ollie was a bit more cautious but seemed pretty much at ease.  But DARN, I forgot to take the camera out with us.  We may try for a short ride tomorrow if the weather holds and the dogs seem okay with it.   

Congratulations Canada for your hockey wins for both the men’s and women’s teams. I’m not much into hockey but I will be cheering for the Canadian men to take the gold.  As Bob would say…Keep those sticks on the ice!!