Random Thoughts about life in general, living in the big city of Toronto
Wordless Wednesday
Aw, a family huddle or maybe it’s a cuddle. Hard to tell, but it sure is cute!
We had otters at our cottage. They lived in and swam in the creek beside our cottage. I’d often see one to three swimming around but I never saw them gathered together like this. That would be a sight to see.
A last look at the crocus … at least the ones that are growing in my backyard. They’re almost finished blooming. Oh, but didn’t they look lovely when they were in their prime? I love that warm yellow and purple combination.
Lucky for me the crocus’ in my front yard are still blooming. Some are still in bud and haven’t even flowered yet, so as long as my puppy doesn’t trample them when she goes out to do her business we’ll still get to enjoy crocus flowers for a little while longer.
Some other flowers are starting to bloom such as the Chinodoxa or Glory of the snow. Plus the hyacinth and tulips are beginning to develop flower buds so it won’t be long before I can enjoy some of those lovely flowers.
I just love this time of year. My garden is changing daily. The plants are growing, leaves are beginning to come out on some of the roses … I think my garden is going to look beautiful this year.
How is your garden this week?
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My puppy … you gotta love her … she totally lives for her food.
Back on March 15th we got a new bag of Nutro’s Healthy Choice Lamb and Rice formula dog food for large breed puppies. After we dumped the contents into one of her dog food bins Midnight couldn’t resist looking in the bag to see if we’d forgotten any pieces or crumbs.
I’d cut out a portion of the bag because I wanted to keep the feeding directions. When you have a growing puppy it’s important to know how much you should be feeding them when they reach a certain weight or age range. So there was a small cut out in the bag.
She dove into the bag and ended up wearing it on her head. It was pretty funny and I couldn’t resist taking some pictures.
At least, thanks to photography, I now know exactly how long the second largest bag lasts! We just opened another bag for her last night so one bag lasts approximately one month. Well … we mix it with another dog food – Blue Buffalo Large breed chicken and brown rice for puppies, so I guess if we were only feeding her the one food a bag would only last 15 days. Boy, dogs are expensive!
Whenever I post photos of Midnight people comment on how shiny her coat is and some have asked what we’ve been feeding her. Well now you know – Nutro Healthy Choice Lamb and Rice formula dog food for large breed puppies and Blue Buffalo Large breed chicken and brown rice for puppies.
When we first got her she was pretty sick. She had a bacterial infection in her bowel, roundworms, diarrhea, an eye infection and then an ear infection, dry skin and dandruff. Her coat wasn’t always nice and shiny, but about a month after she came to live with us we started to notice how shiny her fur was becoming. I guess it was one of the first signs that she was getting healthier.
She still has red eyes (and we’re still treating them) and her movements are sometimes still loose so she gets Pepto Bismol every day, but overall she’s a very happy fairly healthy 7.5 month old puppy who’s extremely motivated by food!
Her latest pastime is climbing on the couch and looking out the window or ringing the bell we hung from the front door to go outside.
BTW the window is smudged. She rubs her wet nose on it and licks the window as she watches what’s going on outside.
Do your pets do silly things when you get a new bag of food or even when you are about to feed them? Midnight runs and jumps around the kitchen and whines as we prepare her food. Silly dog.
I have another story and cute picture of Midnight on one of my other blogs if you’re interested.
Spring is a wonderful time to take a vacation isn’t it? I’ve been enjoying spring here in my own city, but I can’t help remembering some of the great spring vacations I’ve taken in the past. Actually now that I think of it, I think I’ve been to Florida in the spring more often than any other place in the world that I’ve vacationed.
The last time I went to Florida for spring vacation was several years ago. It was beautiful. The temperatures were in the 70’s to low 80’s so it was extremely comfortable.
I stayed with some friends in the Tampa and Orlando area. We visited both Tampa, Orlando and several other cities across the State. You see one of my nurse friends had traveled with me to Florida but she was staying in Boca Raton so we went there to spend a day with her and even drove down to Miami and visited the Miami Seaquarium. I guess we spent a lot of time traveling by car, but it was well worth it.
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