Duh Moments

Duh #1
Hubby had to go in to work on one of his days off to attend the monthly safety meeting.  As you can probably imagine, with the meetings being every month it can be difficult for management to have any new topics of discussion after a while.  Hubby works at a cheese factory.  Milk goes in; cheese, cream, and whey products come out.  With the Safe Quality Foods Act, even more labels are required.  So here he was sitting in a safety meeting on his day off with several of his fellow employees, when a management person stated that per regulations all bills of lading for outgoing product must include the label "Warning: this product contains milk."  He did his best not to burst out laughing.

Duh #2
On the news they reported that "Traffic is expected to be heavy for the first Green Bay Packer's game."
(If it wasn't, the next news report would be for freeze warnings in hell.)

Here We Go Again

As the Garden Grows

Small Beginnings

Garden Gone Wild

Chinese Chrysanthemums, Sunflower, Morning Glories, and a Carrot Gone to Seed Battling it out for Sunshine, Space, and Water.

Sunflowers Reaching for the Sky

The Not So Dwarf Apple Trees Running Amok Again

Oh, did I mention Dad regraded part of his back yard to reduce some drainage problems then tilled the whole thing.  (This picture was taken before weeding and hilling was finished.)  Pumpkins in the left rear, pole beans, broccoli (mostly eaten by critters) hiding behind the pole beans, a row of bush beans (first growth nibbled to the stems, but managed to grow back), two rows of potatoes, one row of beets, two rows of carrots, one row with Swiss chard, turnips, rutabagas, and Chinese cabbage.

Not shown are the three hills of zucchini, approx. 18 tomato plants, and the cucumbers.

The garden is chugging along nicely, the root crops patiently lurking until harvest time approaches.  But in the meantime, we have beans, beans, beans, beans.

(Sing this to the Pinky and the Brain theme song,

substituting beans for Brain)

Narf

The beans at my house have been in a battle with hungry voles, but the ones at dad's house are doing Great.

You might even imagine they are trying to take over the world.

Settling In Nicely

A few more pictures of Ember,

or at least let's try to take some pictures.

 Avert glance to the right

Avert glance to the left 

Ok, that's better, but the sequence does bear a striking resemblance to mug shots.

The dog chair is once again occupied.  

Another pose

Missed the one where she was on her back, twitching her legs and woofing in her sleep.  Although only video would really do that justice.

Ok, seriously are you done with that camera yet?

You're disturbing my nap.

Welcome to the Family

We broke down and bought another dog.  Her name is Ember.  She is a red standard poodle.  She has retired from making puppies for her previous owner.  She seems a bit shy right now, but give her time.  She tolerated her bath quite well.  Tomorrow she gets a summer haircut.  She already has hubby wrapped around her paw.  

 See, she's got the pet me thing down pat.  Her favorite thing so far seems to be getting her chin scratched.  Not sure if the front paws turned under is a stress reaction or just a personal quirk.  Guess we'll see as she comes out of her shell and shows her personality some more.

And yes the purple collar is temporary.

I'm thinking blue would look nicer.

Vacation

Hubby has a week off work.  Oh, what will we do with the time?  This morning we slept ridiculously late, had brunch, and hubby is watching The Rocketeer.  It is worth it just to see a Gee-Bee reproduction flying, (more fun to see one in person though).  We still miss Chloe.  I am of the opinion that we should get another dog before we develop bad habits that we will have to break when we get another dog.  You know, like leaving a bowl of popcorn or any other food unattended, throwing away food wrappers in any garbage can rather than the locking kitchen can, sleeping really late rather than getting up to take a dog out, etc.

Metrology

is the only occupation in which the person gets to stay employed even when his or her forecast is wrong a lot of the time.  Yes, I'm grumbling.  It was supposed to be sunny and clear all this afternoon.  Maybe it will finish raining and dry before it gets dark.  There is plenty of mowing and weeding to do.

Overshadowed

I couldn't give a rat's behind right now about the news, silly internet jokes, or sunny skies, because we had to have Chloe euthanized yesterday.  She was the only dog I actually chose to bring into my home.  She will be missed terribly.

R.I.P. Chloe 2005-2016