Happenings Around Here

Well, another dog lost. :( This time it wasn't a car but something more sinister...a rattlesnake. She was bitten yesterday evening and lasted about 4 1/2 hours. Poor little Chi-Chi is only about 6 pounds or so and just couldn't take the venom. LadyBug seems to be taking it the hardest among the children. Our Bassett Hound, Daisy, and Chi-Chi are the best of friends and poor Daisy has spent the day looking for her. So sad.

The GuitarMan has finished his semester and is home now. I introduced him to Pilates this morning. We worked out together. Ha ha, now if that wasn't a sight I just don't know what would be! He has a new found admiration for it now though.

Afterwards I cut the FisherMan's hair outside under the plum tree while the children played in the pool. He asked if there was a way we could be any more redneck. I had plenty of ideas on that if he wanted but he didn't want to take part lol. Apparently it was a rhetorical question.

This week was one of appreciating nature. We watched a butterfly this morning after it had emerged from it's chrysalis. It was a slow process as it allowed its wings to dry and stretch but finally it took flight.

It was rather surreal to be watching this new life readying itself for adventure while we were in the process of burying our dog. The children helped us bury her at the back of our garden.

As scary as the snake incident was, it made the children realize why we make them be so careful outside. This years seems like it's going to be a bad one for snakes. This is the second one we've had. Several people have already had them in their yards too.

Earlier this week we had a nest of baby birds also take flight. We did not realize it but then The FisherMan arrived home and noticed something in Chi-Chi's mouth. It was a baby bird. He rescued it in the nick of time. Then we got to looking and found them all inside the gazebo and cook shack fluttering and tweeting. The one our dog had caught was smaller than the rest and could not fly, whether it be from size or the scare of being in the dog's mouth, I do not know! We kept it for a few hours in a laundry basket until she seemed ready to try again. FlowerChild really wanted to keep it. She could not see why it wasn't ok to keep a wild bird even when we tried to explain that it would be more cruel to keep it than to release it.

Yes, it is always something at our house! And now I have to run as it must be laundry. No laundry fairy has arrived to take care of it so that leaves me! However I do have two little girls coming on up that love to play fairy! hhmmmm..... that gets me to thinking ;)