Baking Cookies

The week before our flyball tournament a friend of mine & I baked dog cookies, to use as prizes. She brought her 2 dogs over & all 4 dogs had a good time playing around. The whole day was too much for Mav, so her went into the bedroom & slept for much of the time. Puppies......!!!

The red, white & blue cookies turned out very well & looked pretty.

I caught photos of Reuben, smooth coat collie, and Trix wrestling in the living room. Riley was there & so happy to have strange stuffed toys to play with. Trix, as ever, was very hospitable. Zip was so happy to have company. She was torn between sneaking cookies off the cooling tray & playing with her friends.

Later, as I crashed on the couch, I was approached by a little cuddle puppy. It seemed that her way of crashing was to lay upside down on my chest, with legs in the air (unsolicited). She's crazy!

Did I mention how much Zip loves the sprinkler? She loves to play with it on a hot day. She comes away completely soaked. She seems to be always surprised when the spray goes in the opposite direction.

I also have a blueberry thief in my yard.....hmmmmm, wonder who it could be? I caught Trix later that evening ripping leaves off & gulping down berries (green & blue ones). The blueberries that are ripe are huge, some are as big as my thumb.

Yard Play

Now that we have a nice "big" yard to play in, we are taking advantage of it.

Ball playing takes place several times a day, and the trees provide a cool, shady place to rest afterwards (yes, there are dogs under that tree.

We have a little elm tree that is shaped like an umbrella right in the middle of the runway.

Trix, Zip & Mav sit in the shade.

There are flowers along the long side of the fence. The nasturtiums are starting to bloom, so there is color now. The poppy is spent, but the delphinium is still blooming.

I have little tomatoes on the Roma & the Early Girl. Hopefully, Trix won't eat them! She likes to nibble on the flower leaves (heck, she rips them off!)

Newman likes hanging out around the porch too. He "treed" 2 snakes the other day. (gross!) I tried to put them in a bucket to relocate them, but they wiggled away.

The fuscia basket on the front porch, that I put together, is starting to bloom. I have stawberries & blueberries growing. The clematis has gotten really big & is starting to bloom. There are little balsams under the camilia, which is growing like a weed!