Monday, August 20th, 2018……
Rylee has been in trouble the last few days.
She now looks for neighbors to go see and when they are out, she’s off to the
races! Also, she likes to explore where
Quincy explores, so now she’s heading out to the flower bed islands way out in
the back yard. Problem is, we have spotted coyotes out there. She even chased
one the other day. I got her back just in time to see a second one coming in
behind her. They hunt in groups and she wouldn’t have a chance if they can get
to her. So, we have been watching and now have a leash ready when she goes
out. Kirk came over today just to pick
up the mower for his Monday mowing job. He will be here tomorrow to work and
we’ve asked him to weed whack the grass out in the back past the creek bed.
That’s where the coyotes come and go from so we need that gone! He’s got that
terminator blade that will go through that stuff in no time! Today I caught up
on some bills and filled in my bill spreadsheet. Lydia made some calls and got
a credit card replaced that she accidently cut in half. She thought I told her
the one I gave her was a replacement and cut up the one she had. It wasn’t the
same card! She also called and made an appointment to get the carpets cleaned. We
had leftovers for dinner and watched tv until bedtime.
Tuesday, August
21st, 2018…… Rylee got up and on the bed around 5:30am but slept
in with us until after 6:30am. That’s a record for her! We’ve had the bedroom slider open and the
blind dropped to about a foot off of the floor. That’s where she sleeps so that
gives her a nice window for cool air to come in on her at night. The weather
here has been getting warmer and warmer each day. We are now up into the mid 90s.
There is very little wind so the smoke here is pretty thick. They say we are
getting all of it from Canada. The Portland news station this morning showed
video from Seattle where they can just barely see the space needle. It’s
supposed to be like this for a few more days when offshore winds are predicted
to help blow away most of the smoke. Kirk came by and, as requested, cut back
the weeds on the back of our property, just over the creek bed. It makes it nicer
to look at now plus we can see if there are coyotes sneaking around out there.
I worked a bit in the house garage today. I wanted to hang my step ladder off
the wall which makes for a cleaner look out there. I also hung some plastic
boxes for balls and poop bags and leashes. Lydia went out early to play
pickleball and got back in time to see Rylee and her new friend playing in the
front yard. Camo, an eight-month-old English bulldog is our neighbor’s dog.
They were out walking him up our street this morning and, of course, Rylee saw
them and went out to investigate. Where was that leash! Good thing he was friendly! We took them into the yard so they could play
on the grass. They played for a good long time. Camo has as much energy as monster
mutt so it was great for both of them! Camo recently got fixed but his instincts
kicked in when he smelled Ms. Rylee. He behaved himself pretty much though! Later, after I hosed all of the mud and mulch off
her and toweled her off and brought her in, she was able to sleep for a good
long time! Sabrina and I plan on more ‘play dates’ now that we know they are
friends. We ended up staying in most of
the day, what with the smoke and the heat. But later, Lydia did go out to get
her hair cut ($it’s $10.00 Tuesday!). On the way back, she picked up dinner
from Jack in the Box and we ate early. Later, when it was cooler, I went out
and started the water on the fruit trees/grapes/blueberries. We’ve picked about
90% of the blueberries. The grapes are looking good. I think they have another
month and they will be ready. The apples are getting ripe but most of them have
a ton of bird bites and some bug holes. They are so heavy with fruit that they
are almost on the ground! The grapevines have creeped over to the apples and
attached to them so they are now 20 feet long and bigger and growing through to
the tops of the trees! Walt screwed up
when he planted everything so close together, with the three apple trees in the
middle. We may get some useable apples
but I’m thinking more seriously now about cutting down all three trees and just
keeping the grapes and the blueberries. But none of that will happen until all
of the harvest is over.
After a bit, I went
out and shut off the water and put the truck in the shop garage. I also moved
the trailer in next to the rv garage so I can start dismantling it. I hope to
get all of the old wood off, then get Scott, my welder friend, over to reinforce
the front section. Then I can paint it and rewire it, and then put new wood on
it.
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