Christmas trials

Well D is finally getting better. They kept changing his packing at the hospital but he wasn't getting better. They changed his antibiotic and finally took the packing out and now it is healing. Still is very swollen but at least he doesn't scream anymore when I accidentally grab his arm. That plus me getting a nasty cold has kept us busy. Hopefully the new year will be better.


I'll try to get some pics on here soon.

Men and bugs

Last week my man D started complaining about a bite he'd gotten a week earlier. Monday and Tuesday he decided to try some of his "little Grannie's" cures on it. No go. Wednesday it looked like he had a chicken egg under the skin on his arm. So he decided to try to get in to his doctor. He was told maybe by Friday they could see him. We wound up at the Emergency room. The doctor there lanced the abcess put some packing into in, gave him a perscription for antibiotics and told us to come back in two days. Friday we went back, his arm is not as red or hot but the abcess is still about the same size. They changed the packing and dressed it again. Come back in two more days. Sunday same thing. I'm starting to wonder if this will ever end. Hopefully we don't have to go there on Christmas day.

I hope everyone is having a good Christmas.

Give Aways

Woo Hoo give aways. I love them. Check out coloradolady and gitzen girl.

About two weeks ago this immature Eagle had landed on the power pole above my car. He sat there for about 2 hours. As you can see his head is not the true white of an adult and his back actually has some lighter feathers on it. His tail has no white yet. So he is obviously quite young. Beautiful though and large. The pole he is sitting on is about 8 inches in diameter.

This one was sitting on the other power pole today. It had been up on the hill earlier. D and I had gone shopping, when we left it had a rabbit and took it to the top of the house. The younger one flew off as we got closer. Unfortunately I did not have my camera at that time. Then when we came home this one was sitting on the pole and the young one was on the ground. I still didn't have my camera so we parked the car as the young one flew off. I ran into the house and was able to get this picture before this one flew off as well. There were several other birds on the ground with the younger one. They were obviously not eagles but instead this is what they were . .

That's right turkeys! They didn't seem to care how close we got so I walked right up on them. I just love living in the country. I live about 10 miles outside of town, a state forest is backed up to the property. The wild life is great! Just gotta make sure that little Ralph doesn't get introduced to the eagles.

Correction these are Turkey Buzzards. See what do I know?

Well today I entered the Coloradolady's contest. Have to tell you she has great things to give away. Check it out here.

I'll try to keep you up to date with contests that I find. Have to say that Gitzen Girl sent me here. Check out both blogs. I find I enjoy both of them.

Hello There,

Let's introduce the cast of characters.
The twins (Coco and Sam) are golden doodles. For those who have never heard of a golden doodle they are a cross between a standard poodle and a golden retriever. Golden Doodles were bred for the intelligence of the dogs and the coat. They make good seeing eye dogs.

Ruff is a Cur. Or maybe I should just call her a mutt bred for hunting. I think she is what they call a black mouth cur but I'm not sure about that. I am sure she loves to hunt.

Katie is a chocolate lab. She is our newest addition. A friend of mine was moving and couldn't take her 100 pound dog with her as they were moving into a smaller house. I have about 7 acres and couldn't bear for them to have to give her up. She has a very sweet dispostion and loves attention. Don't they all. Katie quickly found her place here.

Ralph on the other hand is a miniture poodle and all alpha dog! He is king! They even made a movie about him "King Ralph" pretty cool huh.

Ruff was here first and her name describes her well. She is the one that will be in the lead when they are outside. She's also the one who came home with her chest ripped open (8 stitches worth). Then as soon as that healed she came home with a gash on top of her head and one under her chin. Sam is her usual running mate although Katie will give it a go, occasionally.

I think Sam is the smartest of the three because one day all three were out running in the woods and she was the only one who came home without blood dripping. I think they found a bobcat or panther who just wanted to be left alone. Katie got quite a cut on her ear that needed extra care, while Ruf just had a small cut on her ear. Coco is a homebody, she goes outside to take care of business but otherwise wants to stay inside. She hates to see anyone alone. If my hubby is in the bedroom with the other dogs she will come find me and lay by my feet. While if the other dogs are by me she'll seek him out. Ralph being about 1/8th the size of the others will stay with Coco although he must have his occasional runs. He is my husband's dog. When we went to get him we walked into the house and Ralph got into my hubby's lap and that was it. They were both smitten. Ralph just settled himself onto D's lap and wasn't going to get up. He was happy to come home with us.