Happy Mother's Day

We've had a lot of broodies come through Greyhound Gardens. Roxy is the only one still with us. Successfully, she raised 16 little babies, had a career and is now enjoying retirement. She pretty much rules the roost.

Mourning the end of spring break

Sunday was it, I must return to work Monday.

My heals are dragging, I'm practicing my kicking and screaming.

Sigh.

Springtime in the gardens

 

Yo ladies, check out this grass. It is nearly longer than my long legs.

OK Crystal, we know the grass is long. Have you seen the amount of rain we have been getting? What do you expect?

 

 Barney for one rather enjoys the cool long grass. It is much softer to lay down in.

 

Buddy took matters into his own paws and pointed the direction he thought we should be taking.

 

 Sadly, an acre of hard work has begun.

The short grass is so much nicer on a little old ladies tootsies.

Just for the record, the day ended perfectly.

Break time

Every day without fail, I go home during my lunch break to let the houndy dogs out.

Today, for the first time in weeks it wasn't raining. The ground is still soaked, but everyone seemed to enjoy the little longer, a little more quality time for their noon time run.

Reflections

Rain is good for something.

We're preparing for the week ahead.

Old wives tails

Greyhounds don't shed.

Ya, right. 'Tis the season

Gone missing

It was here, and now it seems to be gone.


Been lookin' everywhere.


Has anyone seen the week-end? Went by so fast.


Think there should be a reward to who ever finds it.

The Roxhound and the Sunset

Feeling a little jealous last night that Buddy got to go, we decided to take Roxy out and see how white dogs look in the sunset.

So besides the lack of cooperation, Foxy Roxy looks pretty darn hot at sunset.

Fourteen Candles

Ms Roxanne, I understand that today is a very special day!


For a 14 year old, you look quite mahvelous dahling.


The backyard continues to be your queendom.


So go ahead, blow out those 14 candles and maybe that squirrel your wishin' for will magically appear.

Happy birthday Roxy.

The R-Hound

Just a quick evening stroll with Foxy Roxy tonight out in the backyard.

So hard to believe she's our next birthday. She'll be the big 14.

The little lady

Roxy knew Jeff from her brief stay at the adoption kennel.


Being the gentle little lady that she is, she kindly greeted him.


Was totally polite.


And went on about her business as usual.

The Double-Digit Gang

It was time to take another double-digit gang picture. Lighting was perfect, cooperation wasn't so perfect.

Seven dogs, ages 10 to 13.5. Two black, two white and fawn, one white and brindle, one fawn and one brindle.

Many, many images and I don't think one shot was produced with all of them looking at me.

Duncan and Murphy exchanged a few pleasantries. The lump that continues to grow in leaps and bounds shows up quite well here.

Here's the line-up: Left side, back to front - Roxy 13.5, Buddy 12.5, Blender 11, Murphy 12

Right side, back to front - Jori 10, Adam 10, Duncan 11

And this one is the family photo, yes even Karen and I are card-carrying members of the double-digit gang.

Roxy takes a hike

It was a beautiful Sunday morning when we decided to take a ride up to Silver Falls State Park.

We walked past a rock wall and we were on our way for the easy quarter mile hike.

Forgetting which part of the season we were in, Roxy reminded me that she would keep an eye out for wildflowers.

The colors were fabulous.

And the bleeding hearts were at their finest.

Roxy and Karen really seemed to enjoy the day. Since Roxy will be 14 in September, it's important for her to take it easy and really enjoy herself.

The fiddle-heads were at their peak.

And the sun streamed between the trees.

The trillium were blooming everywhere.

Karen and Roxy paused briefly for me to catch up to them.

Skunk cabbage were just starting to bloom is some of the lower creek beds.

Roxy was adorable on the way home. She pulled at the jacket I had taken off until it was up on her cushion, she laid her head down and slept the entire way home.

Roxy's Road Trip

OMG, with everything that has happened this week I almost forgot Roxy's adventure.

Rest assured she has plenty to talk about and will be back soon to talk about her trip.

A day in the life

To pay the kibble bill, the moms have to work. So much of our day is spent waiting and sleeping and waiting some more.


We know when the cars pull into the driveway and all ears are on red alert.


Much of the time after work is spent talking about our days. What happened, what got checked off of the to do list, what's on tomorrow's to do list... yada, yada, yada...


After awhile, I just have to say, "talk to the paw"


And then it is dinner, last run of the evening and relaxing before bed. Tomorrow it will start all over again.

Boring

A totally slow and boring news day.