If you count the beginning of the school year as the end of Summer, that is. Air conditioning makes it possible to start school while the weather still says it's Summer, for sure. But the sun-time is definitely diminishing. Those of us with pets that go out and get walked notice the daylight regardless of the high and low temperatures.
It was another day care day for Ember. I cleaned house, took recycles to the center, and baked a loaf of banana bread.
FGC played in his first flag football game Thursday evening. He made the first flag capture, and the final touchdown of the game. Son posted photos and a video of the touchdown run. Think he's popping his daddy vest buttons? Yeah, me, too.
FGC has survived the first two days of school. Here's hoping for a good year in first grade!
Friday morning, Ember managed to find the a two-day-old burrito that was on the grass beside the street. On Wednesday I had managed to get her past it without her sniffing at it, but not so on Friday! She... ate... the... whole... thing! There was no sense trying to pull her off it or give her cues like "leave it" or "poison" because I could tell she was in no state to pay attention to them. I just stood there, holding the other end of the leash until she was done and willing to walk on.
She went down for her morning nap early after we got home. Full belly, exercise done, business taken care of. Meanwhile, the surprise lily is almost back to vertical.
The surprise lily carried on! I shall caption this one "resilience". A few blooms expired, but lifting its head!
What's this? The start at an attempt to have a "training corner" in the lowest level of the house. Right now, it's just a stall pad and a rectangle of astroturf, airing out and flattening out. Ember has been down there a couple of time to check on it. I had put it down and arranged it while she was in day care on Thursday. Now my strategy is to just ignore it and get her to do the same, until it becomes "white noise" before I try to do any playing or training on it.
I am trying to "think ahead" to the Winter, after the incident with the thunderstorms. I still have the family room completely blocked off with X-pen and baby gate. It has become the graveyard for partially or fully destroyed furniture.
I have ordered new cushions for the couch in there and am thinking about how I might rehabilitate it, eventually.
Saturday morning events of note:
On our morning walk, we encountered (without my notice, but definitely with Ember's) the remains of two baby squirrels. She sniffed them but she did not pick them up, try to eviscerate them, nor roll on them! Yay!
We are almost to the end of my antibiotics... 24 hours' worth left. Ember has two days' worth left on Ember's. I am following doctor's orders to air the healing wound out a little bit each day, and watching as the scar starts to shape up. Morning walk on Saturday, it was nearly 80*F, so I did not wear long sleeves. I figured the sniffing and walking would provide enough distraction that Ember would not fixate on the bandage. I was right.
The weatherman was right, too. It got good and hot later in the day. It got up to 95F, for those of you who can play "can you top this" (I know some of you can)! I missed the FGC's soccer game as Ember was up and active during the time of the game. But I did let her nap in the crate while I put in an appearance at the financial outfits "Night at the Ballpark". I made it through one inning before deciding it would be good to get home.
Life is good. Spark on!
Yes, there are some signs of fall here. Of course stores have the halloween stuff out, sure Christmas isn't far behind. The trees that turn early have begun their fall shedding of leaves. I shook my head over the weather woman's comments of it being too soon. Heavens! Does that woman learn nothing, every year the early trees turn in August and every year she seems stunned at this. Well, hopefully Ember will continue to calm down and no more bites on your poor arm. Huge hugs!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the good wishes. So far, so fair. On our Sunday morning walk, Ember got in an altercation with an automatic sprinkler. This was almost at the end of our walk. She had safely walked calmly past a couple of yards that had them going. This was right across the street from our house, right next to the curb cut. I thought we would be safe walking by it but no. But she didn't react as badly as she used to when she was a tiny pup. We had kind of a mini Zoomies. She was wet when we got home, and she shared the wealth.
DeleteWho wants to win "can you top this"? Anything over 75* is too stinkin' hot...for me anyway. I always feel sorry for kids who play sports in the summer. Mine played and we wore out our share of bleachers during those years. Summer breezes disappeared during those games. And so have the years. Sigh!
ReplyDeleteGlad to read the arm continues to heal with no problems.
Happy weekend. It's almost finished. 🤗💖
Yes, the days are getting noticeably shorter. *SIGH* Not a happy thing!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to FGC! Well done,. And yes, I can only imagine DS and DIL are button-popping proud.
And good luck to FGC in first grade! I am sure he’ll do well.
Amazing how resilient that lilly is!
Miss Lilly found a deceased baby bird in the back yard. It must have fallen from it’s nest when the storms raged last weekend. And . . . she rolled in it. I-C-K. She was proud of herself. I wasn’t! But, that’s part of a dog’s instinct. DD gave her a bath.
Sounds like Ember and you had a decent week. HOPE your wound is healing!
Hugs
Barb
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