daily yarns 'n more

pretty please

We laughed so hard when we saw this.  I didn't take this photo, I had my daughter grab my camera to take this shot. 

Sadie girl has been on a diet since we came down here.  We took her to the vet before we left as she needed to have her shots up to date and I just wanted to make sure she was alright before we made the trip down here.  WELL...even tho I knew this, I just felt so bad hearing it..."Sadie is overweight".  I have to bring her back to the vets in April and they'll be so surprised how lean and trim she has gotten.

I'm off to take a long walk on the beach, maybe I'll be lean and trim by April myself :)

random shots of the day

I finally took some shots of these flowers growing down by the beach.  I thought I'd bring some color to those who are not seeing any right now.

It's been very windy and rainy here lately, and this is what Sadie likes to do when she can't go out and about.

We won't let her in the beach house as she just shed a winters worth of dog hair in about a week.  I wasn't about to spend my whole time down here sweeping up after her.  Don't feel sorry for her, she may LOOK uncomfortable, but she's quite content where she lays.

Hope you all enjoy your day.

gentle hearth happenings

As I said in a previous post here about some construction happening last weekend here at Gentle Hearth.  We had gone to a park to check out the stairs there last month.  I woke up one morning last week and found a hole cut out of our deck railing.  We've been wanting to put in a stair off the deck and hubby decided last weekend was the day it was going to get done.

Wow, it was a long way down and I definitely didn't want to go over the edge.

I wonder if hubby liked having a camera in his face while trying to nail and not fall off the ladder.

Don't they look great?  Though my husband no longer makes a living building things with his hands, he still does a beautiful job.  Next year we plan to replace the existing railings and that is when we'll stain the stairs to match the railings.

And then there is Sadie girl, here she sits wondering if she can come up.

Oh never mind...Mr is leaving, she'll just go with him instead.

Have a wonderful Friday.

the many faces i come across in our ocooch mountains

She's not happy to have her picture taken, she was pretty worried that I was getting too close to her baby.

This beauty, tho it didn't want it's picture taken either, gave me a pretty good pose anyway.

A pair that were also camera shy, they couldn't wait to get away.

Some won't show me their face at all.

Our faithful protector/companion, waiting patiently while we worked in the garden.

She eventually showed her face...

I get the feeling she was sticking her tongue out at me...

dog days of summer....

Our Sadie on one of the hottest days we've had.  Too tired to move after panting all day trying to keep cool.

Sadie is visiting her Minnesota "cousin" Mindy for a couple of weeks.  These two are best buds...It's so funny watching them together.

It's going to be quiet here at Daily Yarns.  We are getting company this weekend and then we'll be leaving for Texas.  We are helping our 3 daughters move all their belongings down and we'll be gone for awhile.  So, the blog will be really quiet.

I'll catch up with you all when I get back and hopefully I'll have some awesome photos to share.

See you all soon.

i took a walk...

through our woods with Sadie.  Walking with Sadie is always fun, she always has to be ahead of everyone.

But, I take my time and stop occasionally to snap some pictures.

We get a lot of deer coming through our woods.  Sadie loves sniffing the deer paths.

Here she's wanting to possibly jump in the pond, but I say no way.

So, instead of swimming, off she goes exploring.

While I continue to snap away.

Heading back up to the house.

Not too many flowers in the woodlot.  Maybe on my next walk there will be some new ones.

i'm not really sure what she was looking for

But, it was something....

....and she never did find it.

But, she kept hoping.

guard dog on duty

We have the most ferocious dog around, can't you tell?    Though most of the time she's sleeping, I do feel safe with her around when Jim's gone.  It's when she jumps up from a sound sleep and starts to bark and growl that sends my heart to my feet.  Always, it's for naught.  I'm guessing she is dreaming just before she wakes up barking. 

I bought Sadie a new bed the other day.  I was a bit hesitant doing so, as she chewed up the last one we bought her.  This is how you'll find her now, all curled up or stretched out over the edges.  I don't think she'll be chewing this one up.

I can't tell you enough or post enough about the beautiful sunrises and sunsets we get here in Southwest Wisconsin.  This sunrise was taken this week.

Christmas Eve is a week away.  Thimbleanna kindly reminded us that it's getting close.  Until someone actually put it down in writing, I kept thinking it was still a couple of "weeks" away.  But,  I'm in good shape.

Thanks for all the Christmas quilt love...I'll have to share with you my mistake while making it.  That tho is for another day.

You all have a super day!

i went for eggs and found a chicken

Our Buff Orpington was sitting in the nesting box laying an egg tonight when I went to gather the eggs.  Talk about perfect timing to have my camera in my hand.

There were a couple of eggs in the other nesting box.  The two clean eggs are the fresh eggs.  The two dirty ones on the right are actually ceramic eggs.  A few months back Jim found the remains of an eaten egg.  So, to stop that very bad habit we added four ceramic eggs, two in each box to help break the habit.  We had to write "fake" on the eggs because they are so real looking.  The grand kids love to check for eggs and they know if it says "fake" on the egg they can't take it.

We had a bad scare with our dog Sadie yesterday.  I took her to the vet yesterday morning for her yearly check up and shots.  The place I go to is a first come, first served basis.  So, you usually have to plan on being there for a couple of hours.  By the time I got home it was after lunch so I gave all three dogs their heart pills and sat down to have some lunch.  After lunch I did a few things around the house before I started thinking about dinner.  I needed to make some laundry soap since we were totally out and thought I could get that done before starting dinner.  I got everything I needed measured out just as Lauren came home from school.  I sent her to the store to get something for me, but as she was walking through the breezeway she yelled to me that something was wrong with Sadie.

I dropped what I was doing and went running to see.  I couldn't believe what I saw.  I'm sorry I didn't get a picture and later I could have, but I just wasn't thinking about documenting it on my camera at the time.

Sadie eyes were almost swollen shut and her nose/snout was twice the size of it's normal size, and you could tell that she was having a hard time breathing.  I panicked and yelled for Jim who calmly suggested that I call the vet.  The gal at the vets right away asked if she had shots today, and I said yes..."Bring her in she's having a reaction".  I'm so glad that we were around when this was going on.  I hate to think of what could have happened.  She was given a steroid injection and a benadryl shot.  I then had to give her a dose of benadryl about 10:00 last night and she got 3 doses today.  She's back to normal other than being a bit sleepy from the benadryl.  Talk about a scare.

I did end up finishing the laundry soap, but dinner was take out pizza. 

It's going to be a bit more quieter around "daily yarns" for awhile.  Our son graduates from college on Saturday and Sunday we'll be helping them move to Texas.  So, I'll probably be MIA for awhile.  I'm not sure if we'll be bringing the lap top or not.  But, I plan to take lots of pictures along the way.

I'm going to put the comment moderation back on while I'm gone.  I hope you all have a wonderful week and I'll see you when I get back, hopefully with some wonderful pictures to share with you.

Judy

she snores

Doesn't she have the life.  She's one lucky dog wouldn't you say?