Saturday, August 29, 2015

busy on the farm.....

It's great fun, and the work is going well.. but I have to say, it's been very busy around here these past few days/weeks.... the guys are going great on the walkway and by the evening this will be finished up...
They are so picky about which brick goes where. But where ever it lands, that is where it will live "forever".. so it is important to make those changes now...

There's lots of "fussing" with the spacing and making sure that it all lines up. I can appreciate that... when we were tiling the floor in the house... if one line begins to go off... you have big troubles in the end. So, keeping it all in order at the start means a lot. 




and truly.. it took just the day to lay it all out. We will have to wait a bit to use it... it needs to settle down and then be packed with some "sand" that keeps everything in place. But what a huge difference it makes and I'm so glad we opted to go ahead and do this. 
Since they are here already... Ed and I decided that we could/should have the lower side done. With the new deck on, it makes a nice place underneath where the doggies run in and out... however, there is trouble and we need some big equipment to help out...
And this is "trouble".. this big rock that was moved when the foundation of the house was put in. We had been using it as a retaining wall... but, it really isn't "retraining". So, a brick wall is going in...
But.... the rock needs to come out!!!! and thus the big machine that goes in here next... just hope this doesn't turn out to be "interesting" 
It's the fair weekend too.. so we have "stolen" Abi for a few nights to come and play on the farm and go to the fair with us.... Joey seems happy to have her company...
And she loves "working" with him...... 
She's been saying that she wants to ride Tonka and learn how to ride horses. So after supper, I asked if she were really up for it and she was excited. We pulled him out, and Abi gave him a good grooming...
Got the saddle on and she hopped right up. It took her a few minutes to get used to his height and movement, but she really wanted to try. After going around a few times, she began to relax and really enjoyed being on him...
I was pleased at how gentle he is with her... I would love for her to really get into horses.... 
After her riding lesson, she tore up and down the driveway on her bike... so nice that she can come and be with us, and we have the change to spoil her.  Tomorrow we'll head out to the fair....
and I got the cutest note in the mail from the little gals who came to visit... they really enjoyed being with the horses and Abi...


memories!!!!

checkin in with Joey.....

The months just absolutely fly by when I'm raising a service puppy. I feel like it's either a "six week obedience session" or the "once a month check in's" that mark the time in life... either way, they seem to come quicker and quicker. 











Joey is turning out to be one handsome fellow.... he's a nice puppy too. I have so enjoyed out time together.. but the days are ticking by and he'll be heading back to neads. 

Kathleen, Linda and I (along with Joey and Otis) always have a great day when we are here. We eat out, walk threw the city, talk dogs, see old friends.... it's certainly a day of fun. 
Sadly, I didn't get all my city pictures like normal. The battery in the camera went and I didn't think to bring another.  So, these are the only ones that I took of the day. 
For the most part, it went as all the other visits have gone. We walked threw the city, Joey had his evaluation done... the weather and day were beautiful and we headed back for home....


Summer is flying by for sure.