A new man decided to live with us this week. D has had Basset Hounds all his life, they are his favorite dog. He kept telling me he wanted one but of the dogs that needed homes none were Bassets. Then one day we went to the feed store to get Smokey some food so he doesn't have to eat the bird seed and we saw a sign.

Basset to a good home. I tried to cover the sign because we had just decided not to increase our family again. But...Kirby came home with us anyway. Isn't he beautiful!!! And just as sweet as can be.

Birds?

I was very excited to finally get a birdfeeder that I could watch from my craft room. So of course I fill it and wait...

It looked like this.

Then it was empty? But I still haven't seen any birds yet, what is going on? I refilled it and soon it was empty again. I had expected to see somthing like this...

Or maybe even this...

Imagine my surprise when I finally figured it out. This is what I found.

Here is a closer view.

Sneaky horse. . . wait is that D's hand holding the feeder for him? Now I know. At least I can see the others now and then.

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.