Ivy's Nemesis

There are about 20 large trees on the property where we live and they are full of squirrels. Ivy would like to get hold of at least one of them! She spends her days in front of the sliding glass door or on a chair in the eating nook watching the squirrels. The squirrels know she is there and I honestly believe at least one of them enjoys teasing her. This squirrel sits on the patio swing or suns himself on the privacy fence around the patio. The picture on the bottom was taken after I watched him sleep in the sun for several minutes. He finally woke up (top picture) and proceeded to the lamp post to sit and munch on some flowers in a pot. All the while, Ivy is inside whining and running from window to window to try to find a way out. At least it gives her something to do!

Ivy and I leave tomorrow for a little trip north. We hope to visit family and friends in Ohio as well as visit Iris (a friend who was in Spain with me) in Detroit, maybe a cousin in Maryland, and my kids in New York City. We'll see how tired of traveling we get. I am beginning my quest for a spot to settle down come June when the Johnson's return to their home and I move on. This decision is proving to be very difficult! Please pray for me in the weeks ahead. I send you all my greetings and love!

Ivy's Agility Class Video

This is a video of our 5th class and our first introduction to jumps set up in a zig-zag. We had some better runs than this one but this is the only one I got on film.

My Little Dog, Ivy, and Woofstock

This has been such a busy week. Ivy and I had our last class in Introductory Agility and are going to go to the Intermediate class next week. I had yoga, went to the Singles Bible Study and today, Saturday, we spent the better part of the day at the county park at an event called Woofstock.  It is an event designed for dogs and their owners and benefits the Humane Society. There were about 15,000 people there with their dogs. Ivy was a little overwhelmed! They had booths with free samples of dog food, treats, and merchandise. There were activities like a Fun Run, sheep herding, agility and costume contests. We did the agility and the lady overseeing it asked us to come to the Wichita Dog Training classes as she felt Ivy has some talent! We're discovered!!! As for Ivy, she likes nothing better than trying to get at the squirrels right here in our own yard. There are about 20 trees in the yard and most are huge. The squirrels climb up one and jump to the other. This confounds Ivy no end. Tomorrow is Sunday and I'm planning on visiting the Iglesia de Cristo, a Spanish-speaking congregation affiliated with Central Church of Christ. It's been a good and full week!

Sounds Great to Me!

Well, I wanted to embed a video from MSNBC about very small houses but I never could get it to work. Any advice? I put the web address on my comment if you want to see the video. It isn't really that earthshaking.