RAIN

This week we exchanged one granddog for two grandkids. A very fair exchange. The weather was not very condusive to having grandchildren visiting. We went to the movies twice. The first one was Despicable Me2 and even grandpa went. The next was Monster University. You also have to consider that the previous week I saw Epic and that makes the last three movies that I saw were all animated movies. They were all very good but probably I would rank Monster University first and the other two tied for a close second. The kids fished twice and caught some big bass. We played Clue and pool ("Bob Jackson" actually won 2 games to 1 over "Susie Q McGilicutty"). We had lunch at Hothead Burrito and generally had a fun time with lots of laughs. We get everyone back in about 3 weeks (dog and kids) for about 4-5 days. I just love summer.

YOU GOTTA LOVE WILDLIFE

This past 11 days we took care of one of our granddogs while the family was on vacation. Yesterday we exchanged her for the two grandkids. We were sitting in the family room whiling away time until we went to Despicable Me2 and our resident blue heron flew in. Neither of the kids had seen it before so we watched it for a minutes. Suddenly it dipped it's head int

o the lake and came up with a bluegill - a rather large bluegill in fact. We watched it for another few moments and then it swallowed it whole. I will try to put up some of the pictures so you can see it.

4th of JULY

As much as I love summer, I feel as though the days are more like winter with all of the gray clouds.  I really do need sunshine to be a productive member of society.  My mother always was able to work around the house on cloudy days so that she could "play" on the sunny days.  I really only feel like accomplishing things on sunny days and therefore........ it has been a nonproductive few days.  We have had one of the granddogs with us for about 11 days.  It is really nice to have her here.  Really the only negative is that she injured her ACL and so I try not to have here run much so it will try to heel.  We check the back yard for wildlife and so far the geese have not been around much and the ducks have not come in much.  One day while she was laying in the yard near the bird feeders, several ducks came up.  I have no idea what they thought the large black "thing" was in the yard but they were definitely surprised when she took off after them.  She has not been pleased with the thunderstorms and the fireworks but she deals with it ok.  We took her out last night for a doggy ice cream and she really!! liked that.  I will miss here when she returns home to her family.  There is nothing like being greeted by a dog when you come home.  They are so loving.