Toe-Mah-Tos

This will be my first venture into tomato growing. We picked up German Queen & Big Beef. When we lived in Denver, Colorado, I had very large terraced gardens at the side of our home. I grew lots of vegetables- peas, carrots, squash; fruit- watermelon; and flowers-sunflowers, roses, daisies.

Monday morning was warm, a beautiful typical spring day. The smell reminded me of FRESH. Air currents were still. Almost like the days when I was biking last year. It looks like time to break out the bike. Wonder what trouble the pups will get into when I am gone for an hour a day. Hmmmm.

The dogs just adore the new water feature developed just for them. It is dog-height. The water dribbles constantly out of the pump and is very cold. Wonderful to go get a long drink on these warm summer days. But Angus has a horrible problem with it. She decided that it is fun to JUMP over it. She knocks over the pump, so it will have to be installed with a better clamp (or nail it down!) and she landed in it last night. Her backside was soaking wet when she came inside. Funny dog. If you look at the picture carefully, you can see the digging holes that all the dogs have been working on!

Not looking forward to obedience classes again tomorrow night. Harriet the boxer, is supposed to restrained with a haltie. We will have to purchase one for her and get her used to it prior to class. She needs more work than just to be told that we have to "confine" her. Poor dog. Already traumatized.

Yesterday, it was so warm outside that all the dogs could barely bring themselves to come into the house & collapse. Maybe we should have had the groomer SHAVE Bravo. He has so much hair.