A Blanket of Green

Pollen descended upon us overnight. It covers everything. Cars in the garage; plants; rocks; people; dogs; cats; ponds; everything.

My vertigo is not getting better. It is pretty much the same as it was before. The constant nausea, the whirling dizziness if I move. I think it is time for the Valium.

FRIDAY we got the canoe on the new trailer & headed to Farragut. However, the water was white-capping. Too rough to take out the canoe. So instead we headed to Spirit Lake. Baby Bravo came with us and as I was holding the canoe & Mr. B while hubby parked the truck "B" decided to plunge off the dock right into the water! He even attempted to swim UNDER the dock, but I pulled him back with the leash. Thank Goodness that we had the forethought to put the leash on him. Hauled him back up - and he was dry within minutes. What a great fur coat!

He got into the boat OK, but tended to leap from side to side which rocked the canoe more than the hubby liked. After about an hour, we came back from the relaxing sunshine. Drove home and dumped the boat & dog. Went by ourselves into CDA town. Got Wendy's cheeseburgers for the dogs; returned a couple things at D&B; then got an additional post for the backyard & more dog food; hit Walgreens for bath salts & windex wipes; washed the truck carpet mats at the Car Wash as the laundry was busy. Then came home.

The kids called later after we had got everything unloaded from the vehicle. They are going to be incommunicado for a while - no internet; and their phone has been disconnected in preparation for the UK move to the US.

Hubby went down to the shop to work for a while.

I did the normal SATURDAY chores; picked up a gallon-size bag of dog poop; watered all my plants; fed the dogs & fish & cat. After we got our morning lattes, hubby went down to the shop to work; I swept out the patio downstairs, vacuumed, and turned on the air conditioning. It looks like I will be able to start biking in the mornings again as it is finally warm. Almost too warm.

Angus is wrapped around the toilet in the bathroom to keep cool. Might have to have her shaved - she has so much hair. Though her hair is soft & silky since we started the GOOD dog food. I also kept busy by making all the dogs a huge concoction of dog-grog - eggs & cheese & bacon. Yum. Isabelle has been walking back&forth from the shop to keep daddy company. Right now she is trying to cool off upstairs by taking a nap!

I ordered another hammock for outside as Kelsey's butt broke our other one last fall.