Blooming

The temperature was not too bad this morning so I mowed the lawn.

Flowers are blooming in every garden.....

Below is one of those gigantic mushrooms that people eat.  They grow in this part of the yard every year

Gary started hanging some of his garlic today.  So far, 260 with about 500 more to go.

I met a friend for lunch and we gabbed for 2 1/2 hours.

Home before 3... I think Little Wonder really appreciates being cooler.

Made another gigantic pasta salad that will last us for days.

That's all we had for dinner along with a roll.

So here I am at command central with the fan going while I post today's activities.

Night all.

 

Naked

The temperature went up to 87 again, so I was ready to groom Little Wonder by 8:30.

Last night there was some good light in the kitchen.

Anyway,  this morning I got all my gear together to start clipping and got LW up on the table.

He has been getting this done is entire life, but by professionals and he just stands there, letting me do whatever.  My clippers are very quiet and worked beautifully.  

Now, if I can just get everything nice and even.

The sun started hitting the table (hot) and I finished up everything but his feet and touch ups.  He has never been clipped this short, but he has been so hot I figured what the heck.  It will grow,

Bridge at one.  Got the weirdest cards ever, but it was still fun,

I had to stop at Wegmans on the way home, and shortly after I got here we had a wind blast.  Never rained, but it was supposed to.

Big salads for dinner.

Night all.

PS

A friend sent me this today.

Wouldn't she make the most supreme Senator?

 

From Buddy to the Dog Wash

Back to 86 degrees.  Yuck.  Gary actually got up when I did today.  Usually he requires more sleep.  If the weather is decent, he spends most of his time on the porch when eating breakfast or lunch.  He can take the heat so much better than I can.

At 11, Little Wonder and I left for Glen Darach farm to give Buddy a good grooming.

Andrea has several of these Mimosa trees and I am definately getting some small starts to plant here.  So gorgeous.

I got a heck of a lot of hair off Buddy.  All the horses out there are shedding.

LW wandered.

Buddy was doing well.  He and the other horses were not interested in being outside....so many flies and HOT.

Of course LW loved his time with Andrea.

We left a little after one and headed to Brockport.

I wanted to stop at THE DOG WASH, which just opened yesterday, and is being run by Hanny's grandson and his partner.  They did a beautiful job refreshing it....there were flowers in the waiting room from guess who.

I had never been to a Dog Wash and was given directions.  The shampoo, conditioner, towels and many other things were provided.  Little Wonder was his usual wary self and did not want to get into the tub by going up the ramp so I had to lift him.   Once he was in there he was fine.  Loved the hose and attachment as the water pressure was just right.  They had a very powerful hair dryer and it was way too loud and strong.  He would not let me get it near his face.  The whole experience took a little over half an hour.  At home, we have no tub and I have to bathe him in the shower.  He's very good for that and I use my own hair dryer.

Kristen (Mom of the owners) was working there today and took our picture.

I'm sure LW was happy to be back in the car and on the way home.  Tomorrow morning I am going to try and clip him.  Should be a challenge.  His last groomer said you should always shampoo them first as the clippers work much better.  Hope it all works out.  I know I can't make him as gorgeous as she did.

When we got back to the farm it was so hot I turned the air conditioner back on.

Made a good dinner.  Potato salad, zucchini parm, tomato salad and grilled boneless pork chops.

Night all.