October 7, 2008-
Oh! the wind! Oh! the mud! Oh! the rain!! But, WOW the beauty it all creates!! I have never had my paws cleaned as much as I have since I arrived in Oregon. I actually dread going outside because of all the fuss Carol makes when we get back indoors! I mean I can get all that rain/mud/pine tar off on that big rug you bought for me and the chair and couch-didn't you go to all that trouble to cover it up for me to use??!!?? Get a Gripp!!
Today, we were up before sunlight! The trail we usually take up to the hotel was totally different to me. The foliage was smashed in ways I have not noticed before-the smells were fascinating-like nothing I have ever known before! I could of stayed alot longer, but nature called and I went to my "special " place in the "white garden". Carol likes for me to go there because the trash can is nearby (remember, Oregon is the place where dogs rule-their owners are ordered to pick up their poop and throw it away-so cool). Afterwards, we go into the hotel and Carol gets a cup of coffee in the room with the fireplace and sometimes we sit by the fire and I get to watch the flames pop out at us. When we leave, I like to go to the west garden to smell around the sumac tree-whatever lives there has an intoxicating aroma and the leaves keep changing colors-everyday it looks like a different tree!!! Carol likes the pink/purple garden-she just noticed the hydranges-she says she sees a different plant everyday even though we walk the trails everyday!!
She let me off-leash today and I ran and ran-then I saw the ducks!! whoppee! off I went-I chased them all back into the water-I'll show them quackers who the boss is around here!! Carol looked a little scared, but I came back-eventually! Hey! she isn't the only free spirit around here!!
Barney came home for lunch today!! two days in a row!! what a treat for all!! He is working on a handrail up in the mountains just 5 minutes from here-he is amazed that the house has a deck made of mahogany (wonder if that has piggy in it?) anywho-HE was impressed!! I think he likes working for the Bull Dog-they seem to like him-they just tell him what they want him to do and he does it and they leave him alone!!
A washer and dryer arrived last week, and that made Carol so happy-said she didn't have to ever leave the house to go to the laudromat if she didn't want to-especially on Saturday when we all like to go on scenic drives!! We went over a big green bridge last weekend to the state of Washington! I have been to 15 states now, and boy it was nice there!! They went to Dickies-a local produce market and Carol just loved it-lots of apples and blackberries-the pumpkins were of every size and color!! Looks like we will have pie soon-MY personal favorite!!
When we got home, I was just exhausted and one of my little pleasures is to stretch out all over their clothes -teach them not to hang up their stuff!!!
Well, the wind has been howling down the gorge, but now it has subsided a bit-Carol is coming at me with my harness, so it is time for me to run (just a little stimulus game I play with her, bless her heart!!) Gotta get......................love ya'll-jack