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| The sun on the pond is beautiful |
After reading our blogs and comments,
I searched on line for a Youtube video of “how to groom an ‘aggressive’ dog”.
Not that Clemson is aggressive in his normal every day life BUT when it comes
to trying to clip his hair, we don’t know how any groomer does it. His last experience
at Pet Smart wasn’t a good one and really that was a surprise because they hadn’t
even got to the clipping part. We’ve not gone back to a Pet Smart since then
but he badly needs a cut.
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| Selfie with the Sailboat Bridge in the background |
So, I watched a few videos today from
a gal at My Favourite Groomer. She has the patience of Jobe and even though I
can hear sometimes it is on the brink, I give her a lot of credit. She loves
the dogs and admits that each dog is different and unfamiliar ones to her can
react very differently still. I got some tips for this guy but one thing I took
away from it is that a dog with long, matted hair should NOT be bathed first.
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| The other day I showed you the White Bear Bench Here is the Black Bear Bench |
It was the bathing that did Clemson
in the last time. He didn’t like the blow dryer and reacted very strongly to
them using it. They stopped rather than freaking him out. I’ve probably told you
this. Anyway, I’m going to start brushing his long locks, which I don’t believe
are matted, and we’re going to try while we’re here to see what we can do. The
weather is cooling down so we don’t want him too short but we don’t want it too
long for his next visit back home either.
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| B.W. Weber gets cleaned up Ron is either supervising, learning but mainly keeping Bill company |
We had a quick breakfast of oatmeal
and/or cereal and cleaned up dishes. While I was being entertained with the
videos, Bill went over to lend a hand to Theresa as she was in the process of
packing up and moving on. It was my turn to have a shower so I took care of
that as well when he was busy. I was just in time to say goodbye to her and
Brenda around 11:30. Ron came over for a visit and the guys talked ‘repair’ stuff
that we’ve had done to our unit.
Bill decided to give Broken Wing
Weber a good cleaning. The ignitor needed a new battery so he replaced that and
I washed the drip pan for him. I got the easy part. Boys and their toys, well,
as you know, Bill is no different. He isn’t all work and no play so he got his
drone out to show Ron. Bill loves his drone and I could tell from the grin on
Ron’s face, that he was like a kid in a toy shop. When Bill handed over the
controls, Ron did a few turning maneuvers and brought it down safely. Oh-oh,
has the bug hit Ron?
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| A little drone fun |
Trying to be proactive, I decided on
a chicken thigh and pork chop would be our supper tonight. If I can talk myself
into no potatoes, just veggies or salad, maybe I will treat us with a dessert
of some kind. With a mostly dull day looming over us and very few patches of
blue sky, I didn’t plan on being outside too much. I put on my hoody and took
Clemson for a walk around the park when Bill came inside to download pictures.
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| Hovering over the blue patch in the sky |
The weather is full of surprises.
With temperatures above 50F you never know how warm that is until you are in
it. Sometimes, 50F can feel like 70 if the sun is prominent and others it can feel
cooler, in the shade and wind. Today, 53F felt really nice with just a hoody.
The sun poked out periodically and when we returned, I took my layer off and
sat in the chair with my tee shirt. Bill was in shorts by this time.
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| Ron's turn at the controls |
We were feeling a nosh around 1:30 so
we came inside and up made up a grilled cheese bun for each of us. We must be
Canadians because we are finding the now 64F warm under the clouds and the lady
across the way is sitting outside in her long winter coat. We are all
different, that is for sure. Ron returned the usb stick with the pics Bill
loaned him and they’ve made plans for a morning outing. You can read about it tomorrow.
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| And it landed safely |
I’ve decided against making dessert
since it is already 2:30 so tomorrow morning when the boys are gone, I’ll make
something special up. Instead, I placed the last of our fresh pineapple (which
we weren’t eating fast enough) into my blender with some cream and yogourt. Not
your typical smoothie but a smoothie we can share all the same. Yum!
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| After the rain |
This has certainly been one of those
ho hum, lazy type days. Bill and I did some reading, inside and outside, some
snoozing, some visiting and watching tv. At 5:15 it was time to get supper on
the go and sure enough as soon as Bill lit B.W. Weber, the sky began to leak.
There was some distant lightening on the horizon as well as some rolls of
thunder.
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| Not much fan fare at first |
They predicted today’s weather pretty
much bang on. However, the temperature surpassed the forecasted 64F, reaching
70 before the mercury began heading south again. Between 5:30 and 6:30 we got a
nice rain shower but I don’t know if it will do much to green up the grass.
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| But it improved |
Our supper was great, my chicken
thigh was perfect. Inside I steamed broccoli for me and nuked some corn for
Bill. I just can’t get him to eat that green flowery stuff! We cleaned up
dishes and by then the rain had stopped, possibly for the night. Another day under
our belts and we realized that we’ve passed mid-month already. That doesn’t
leave too many days before ‘home’ time. I hope your day was a great one too!
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| And it was worth the wait Goodnight from Eagle's Landing |
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