One fine dog
Here’s a little dog who has as much heart and dignity as any big dog who comes for grooming or boarding. Mickey is a poodle cross, and her mother is due to have another litter of puppies (by the same stud dog, a Shih Tzu).
I would be one of the best references for the new adoptees, well able to vouch for their temperaments, as Mickey is not the only pup that I groom from one of the previous litters. This gal is stable and gentle with “her” human children… a treasured family pet. Of course lots of credit goes to the people who have raised her!
It has been a lovely day. I groomed Mickey, and a little poodle, Mouse, who has been featured in this blog at other times.
Though officially the “nursery and perennial sales” have ended for the season, NINE trees which were previously reserved were picked up today, and I sold the guys who were transporting the trees the last three of my Colorado Spruce. This is a relief, because I still have to “heel in” the remaining shrubs, trees, and perennials in order to have them survive the winter. I’ve sold quite a few, but there are many left to keep for the spring, also.
The nursery AND the Pet Hostel have slowed down, and the Farmer’s Markets have ended. There is a nip in the air (sorry… that’s rather cliché) and I hope I can get autumn work done before we have serious winter. People are starting to ask about Raggedy Ann dolls again, so I’m already thinking dollmaking, Christmas giving, and so on.
Yippee!! At least two of my three darling daughters plan to come for Thanksgiving!
I’m going to go find my friends in the Yahoo Garden Chat room. The “Yahoo!” network made chat INCOMPATIBLE with Macintosh computers about 10 months ago. For all that time, I was “chatless” though I maintained some friendships via other means; NOW I have purchased an inexpensive DELL laptop and can hang out with gardeners and others from all over the world.
Sometimes my chatting friends ask what I’ve been cookin’: tonight we are having pot roast. Didn’t plan a dessert. Later, I’m going to bake cookies for a care package for a starving relative, to go with many other groceries we will send.
Thanks for reading my blog.
~Ann
