Part 2...Ollie Joins in

Ollie decided that he had enough of his toys being used and decided to step in and retake his territory....This is probably the reason Ollie is now leaving the yard to get away from the dogs atleast once a day (but that's a whole other post;) )!!

Where have we Been?

You may have wondered where we have gone as it has been awhile since I posted, we have been busy with planting , laying sods (as our 3 shelties have worn out some areas mostly mia :)). We have also been showing and having family get togethers in our all too short summer. We also decided to repave our driveway. We contacted a company to do this which meant removing 6-8 inches of concrete which in areas is breaking up and had left holes in the driveway (great for ice and snow to sit in).

I should have known this wouldn’t be a simple job as they arrived at 4:30PM to start and said we will be done tonight! Okay so they unload the equipment, dump 10 yards of gravel in the middle of our road and start with sledge hammers to break up the driveway after 15 minutes it hasn’t cracked as they thought, so now this crew of 8 (all having their own ideas ) decide to use the bobcat to lift up the cement as it strains to do this the front bucket falls off! (Don’t laugh). It doesn’t re-attach so now what do they do?? Well, 8 people get on cell phones to find a backhoe again a half hour or so passes and one is on its way in the mean time there is work on the bobcat to weld the bucket back on. The boss of this crew is a woman who oversees everything. These men don’t talk to each other they yell so we have yelling, welding and sledge hammers now the back hole arrives so all work stops to go see it, meanwhile you can not travel down the road as it is covered with equipment, gravel and 8 men. Another half hour passes and now we get down to business the back hole starts pulling up the cement in chunks 4 feet by 4 feet and dropping them to break them up another noise added to the list and now the house and ground shake the dogs are barking it is wonderful but Wait! break time must stop and eat! 40 minutes later work resumes after 2 hours the concrete is all up now it has to be picked up by the bobcat and dropped into a dump truck 18 feet high hmmmmm think of this 14 feet drop of 3-5 foot concrete into empty (not for long) dump truck hold your ears. The asphalt starts going down after 8PM it is now dusk out spot lights come out 2 layers go down and have to be rolled they use a Huge blow torch to melt the asphalt as well as a machine with a burner. Almost done and I hear “OH did anyone put the pet fence wire in for the cats?” (You know the answer to that question....) NO so now that has to be put in and covered. Finally at 10:30 they are done all that is left is to finish picking up the rest of the cement and gravel and putting it in the dump truck. What else could go wrong you ask the bobcat runs out of diesel fuel!! Yes, no fuel they can’t leave all the debris in the street so off to find fuel. At 11:00Pm they return and continue to load this mess and dropping it in the truck while yelling at each other, 11:30 time to load the equipment up again yelling and machines running and noise it is midnight as they drive away I am thrilled they are gone and I know so are my neighbors thank goodness they are good neighbors. So if you wonder where I have been this is just one day (night) in our lives.

Bucket Breaks off the Bobcat
Blocking Traffic Backhoe Arrives
Big Pieces!!

Big Blue Dumptruck

Piles of debris

Pavement goes down!

Forgot the petfence..opps!

Done!!! Finally!!!!

Where Do The Days Go ??????

Front of the house

Another View

Mia and Sam looking at the neighbors


Mia waiting to play

We had to put lattice up to keep them from eating bushes/rocks

Different fenced in areas to seperate when we have to

Sam waiting for the ball to land

Mia has the ball but her head disappeared

where will the ball land?

This way, no this way...either way Sam barks!

I can't believe where the days go this time of the year is the best in my opinion days are longer we have sun (not much lately) and showers ( so we don't have to water as much) the temperature is comfortable with no humidity and everything is opening up and growing. It seems like we cut the grass every 3 days or so and we are planting the annuals and weeding as the weeds grow as fast or faster then the plants :) The dogs have been out most of the days by choice just playing and napping. Mia hasn't got the napping stage yet she just runs and plays driving Sam, Molly and the cats crazy. Linda and I try to play with the group twice a day with that and getting the grooming done for shows it has been busy. Today we took pictures of the yard and some of our flowers and Sam, Molly and (Jack in the box) Mia playing with their favorite toy the BIG BALL. Hope you enjoy them.

Mia Pointed !!

We are happy to anounce that today at the South County Kennel club Mia PaRay's Perfect Catch was Winners Bitch and Best Of Breed. She now has one point not bad for her second time in the ring. We hope she continues to do well. Molly took reserve Winners Bitch. We are proud of our girls.Thank you to judge Dr Thomas Davies. Pictures to follow.

Show Pictures

Mia First in American Bred
Molly WB OS

It has been a busy couple of weeks with spring coming arriving it means house and yard work now. After a rough winter and 3 dogs running in the yard it definitly needs "help". We are getting as much grass saved as we can and then the grass sods are ordered and put down (a favorite for everyone) nice green, soft fun to walk on grass instantly! Last year we did 2 pallets of sod this year I am looking at 1 pallet. It will be a couple of more weeks before it is warm enough to do this so now we deal with the mud and dirt. Shows again this weekend I am putting up the last show pictures. Time to feed the crew later.

Molly Pointed!

We are so pleased that Molly was judged Winners Bitch and Best of Opposite Sex today at the Rhode Island Kennel Club. She took her first points today!! :) Thank You Judge Lenora Riddle. Molly Continues to show though the weekend...Lets hope its as positive as today! Just wanted to pass the good news on!!

Fun Weekend

Molly after a day showing

such a pretty girl!

We traveled to Connecticut this last Friday and Saturday to attend and show at the Tri-State Shetland Sheepdog Specialty Show. It was our first show of the season Mia went to watch this time and Molly to show. Molly would rather be home on the couch but that option isn't offered to her yet. It was a terrible heavy rain with wind gust all day Friday so you know we were soaked to the skin all day. However, it was all worth it as we got to see so many old friends and made new friends. We got some new grooming tips (which we will try out next weekend). Lots of spectacular dogs which will possibly fit into our future plans. Molly was better on Friday then Sat. we think it was because Mia didn't travel with us on Sat. (as she gets car sick so we left her home with Sam). Next weekend is a 3 day show which Mia and Molly will show we will let you know how it goes grooming is outdoors and it is still cold here and rain is forecast:( Also lots of family coming over for Easter so it is starting off as a busy season. We also redecorated another room last week the guest/grandchildren room. I have a feeling this is just the beginning of a long spring cleaning/ new decorating job.