First off, I want to thank our super volunteer, June, for coming out this morning, with her friend Jim, who has now become a dedicated volunteer dog walker! The two walked several dogs for us today—and our dogs absolutely loved it! Thank you June and Jim! We can't wait for y'all to come back out!
This afternoon around three o'clock, Tony and I went to Hoegemeyer's Animal Clinic, to pick up our latest rescue— the sweet, little, eight pound, Chihuaha mix! She is an absolute doll! We named her in honor of our friend, Kathleen Keen, Robert Earl's wife, because we ran into her at the vet clinic! We had a fun visit with her, and the staff, Dr. Rydberg and Susan, the receptionist aka their best girl Friday!
Then we left Hoegemeyer's Clinic, so we could get back to the rescue ranch, in time for Mr. Ziffel's arrival. Unfortunately, Ziffel's trial adoption didn't work out, because Terrie and Ray's other two rescued dogs—wanted no part of him—he was not welcomed. Terrie and Ray were sick about it, because they had fallen in love with our Z-man, as does everyone who meets him!
Little Kathleen Keen rode back to the rescue ranch—sitting on my lap, as she looked out the window! After Tony had fixed up her temporary puppy pen, we came inside the trailer to unpack our groceries, etc.
At five-thirty, our good friends, Terrie and Ray arrived with our Mr. Ziffel, who seemed glad to be back home! "Please don't feel bad about it not working out," I said. "I promise you, that he will go to his forever home within the next two weeks—it always happens like this. Please think of it as giving Mr. Ziffel, a great vacation from the rescue ranch."
"Nancy, we are sick about returning him," Terrie said. "In fact, our son wanted us to get rid of our other two dogs, so we could keep him!"
Today, I have posted my first video for my blog! It is not very professional, but I promise to get better, once I learn the ropes—I promise! To checkout Churchill's crowing troubles:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3619089703591550968
I hope it makes you laugh! Y'all have a great evening! We're fixin' to!
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Saturday, January 31, 2009
Unleashed!
This morning, at ten o’clock Linda T. arrived at the rescue ranch, ready to walk our dogs! She and I started with Maggie and Happy, then it was Ruth Buzzi and Chuck’s turn, next we took Henry and his girlfriend, Sparky—for a waltz across Texas! The dogs loved it and so did we!
The weather today, was absolutely perfect for dog walking—sixty-five degrees, no wind, with an uncloudy, beautiful blue sky!
I decided that we needed to walk Bob Dylan and our new dog, Sam next, to see if they liked each other, so that we could put them in a pen together, to be roommates. So, Linda walked Sam, and I walked Bob Dylan—and the boys loved their walk, and got along beautifully! Yeah!
During our walk, we ran into Aaron down at the bridge, letting Ms. Pepper go for a long swim and she was loving it, too! “Hello ladies, as soon as Ms. Pepper is done swimming, she and I are going to go climb that mountain, behind y’all, so I can take some pictures of the ranch!” We visited for a few minutes, and then Aaron and his ‘Ton of Fun’ sidekick—went off to do some serious mountain climbing.
When my foursome returned to the rescue ranch, we put Bob and Sam in a front pen, near our feed barn, and then Linda and I crossed our fingers, and unleashed the two dogs—and it worked! Sam and Bob are now officially roomies!
Our friend Paul, had arrived with his sister, Sarah, who was visiting from Indiana. While I visited with them, Linda went over to Alfie and Nash’s pen—leashed up Nash, ‘The Smiler’ and took off with him! I had a fun visit with Paul and Sarah, and then I went to the trailer, to return an urgent phone call, that Tony had told me about.
After returning three, not one, urgent phone calls, I went back outside to visit with Paul, Sarah and Tone. A few minutes later, our dogs cranked up, and I saw Aaron and Linda walking into the rescue ranch with Nash and Alfie—tails high and wagging! “Has Aaron already climbed that mountain with Ms. Pepper?” I asked.
“Yes,” Tony replied. “Aaron told me that Ms. Pepper pulled him up the mountain really fast. And, when they started climbing down, he unleashed her and she had a blast smelling this and that!” We all laughed! I loved that Ms. P. had had so much fun!
“She’s one mighty big dog!” Paul remarked.
“Yeah,” T. said, “that’s why we call her, ‘Our Ton of Fun!”
As Paul and Sarah, were fixin’ to leave, and saying their goodbyes, I watched Linda and Aaron walk out of the rescue ranch with Harley and Christy Brinkley, to go for their fun hike!
Following lunch, Linda and Aaron took off with another pair of dogs, ready to go over the river and through the woods! And, that’s when Kinky’s, and our dear friends, Terrie and her husband, Ray, arrived to check out Mr. Ziffel—and it was love at first site for those three!
After hugs and handshakes, Tony and I went into Outer Space with them! They loved Ronnie’s and Tom’s screened in porch, and we had a great visit out there! After our visit, the four of us went to Mr. Ziffel’s pen. Z. fell in love with them—kissing them wildly! We’re talkin’ ‘A Real Love Fest!’
Terrie and Ray wanted to adopt Mr. Ziffel, but were concerned about their two rescued dogs, getting along with him. So, we decided to let them take Mr. Z. and try him out first, before officially adopting him to them. They liked the trial basis, so, Tone attached Mr. Ziffel’s dog tags to his new dog collar, and then his leash and handed the leash to Ray.
Ray decided that he wanted to ride in the backseat with Ziffelman, so they could bond, and would let Terrie chauffeur them, back to Spicewood! When Ray jumped into the backseat, Mr. Ziff jumped in right behind him! We’ve all got our fingers crossed, that it will work out!
After they left, I phoned Kinky to tell him the good news about Mr. Ziffel, possible adoption to Terrie and Ray—and he was delighted! Then Tone came inside the trailer to tell me that Churchill was missing—AWOL! “Nance, he was here before lunch, but now he is gone! I’m worried about him.” Tony and I went immediately outside to look for our new resident rooster.
Twenty minutes later, after our search—we had no rooster! Aaron and Linda pulled up in Kermit, after Aaron had taken her to see the new calves. “What’s wrong?” One of them asked, and we told them. Then I went back over to the pig pen, went inside and looked everywhere, including the tall tree, that shades our pigs. “Tony,” I half hollered. “Do you think one of the pigs might have sat down on him and accidentally squashed him?”
“No Nance,” Tony yelled back to me, and then I heard them laughing.
When I returned to Trigger, where they were all standing, we talked for over thirty minutes about Churchill, and what might have happened to him—it totally depressed me. Then out of nowhere, well actually behind the pump barn, we heard, “Crock-Ar-Droodle-Droo!” Churchill has a speech impediment—he can’t help it. Tone and I have never heard a rooster that crows like him—never!
As soon as we heard Churchill’s ‘Droo,’ we clapped our hands, happy to know that our new rooster was okay! Then Church began crowing incessantly, to our delight, and then he finally appeared from behind the barn, and flew into the pig pen, to flirt with his girlfriends! I loved that, too! Y’all have a great evening!
The weather today, was absolutely perfect for dog walking—sixty-five degrees, no wind, with an uncloudy, beautiful blue sky!
I decided that we needed to walk Bob Dylan and our new dog, Sam next, to see if they liked each other, so that we could put them in a pen together, to be roommates. So, Linda walked Sam, and I walked Bob Dylan—and the boys loved their walk, and got along beautifully! Yeah!
During our walk, we ran into Aaron down at the bridge, letting Ms. Pepper go for a long swim and she was loving it, too! “Hello ladies, as soon as Ms. Pepper is done swimming, she and I are going to go climb that mountain, behind y’all, so I can take some pictures of the ranch!” We visited for a few minutes, and then Aaron and his ‘Ton of Fun’ sidekick—went off to do some serious mountain climbing.
When my foursome returned to the rescue ranch, we put Bob and Sam in a front pen, near our feed barn, and then Linda and I crossed our fingers, and unleashed the two dogs—and it worked! Sam and Bob are now officially roomies!
Our friend Paul, had arrived with his sister, Sarah, who was visiting from Indiana. While I visited with them, Linda went over to Alfie and Nash’s pen—leashed up Nash, ‘The Smiler’ and took off with him! I had a fun visit with Paul and Sarah, and then I went to the trailer, to return an urgent phone call, that Tony had told me about.
After returning three, not one, urgent phone calls, I went back outside to visit with Paul, Sarah and Tone. A few minutes later, our dogs cranked up, and I saw Aaron and Linda walking into the rescue ranch with Nash and Alfie—tails high and wagging! “Has Aaron already climbed that mountain with Ms. Pepper?” I asked.
“Yes,” Tony replied. “Aaron told me that Ms. Pepper pulled him up the mountain really fast. And, when they started climbing down, he unleashed her and she had a blast smelling this and that!” We all laughed! I loved that Ms. P. had had so much fun!
“She’s one mighty big dog!” Paul remarked.
“Yeah,” T. said, “that’s why we call her, ‘Our Ton of Fun!”
As Paul and Sarah, were fixin’ to leave, and saying their goodbyes, I watched Linda and Aaron walk out of the rescue ranch with Harley and Christy Brinkley, to go for their fun hike!
Following lunch, Linda and Aaron took off with another pair of dogs, ready to go over the river and through the woods! And, that’s when Kinky’s, and our dear friends, Terrie and her husband, Ray, arrived to check out Mr. Ziffel—and it was love at first site for those three!
After hugs and handshakes, Tony and I went into Outer Space with them! They loved Ronnie’s and Tom’s screened in porch, and we had a great visit out there! After our visit, the four of us went to Mr. Ziffel’s pen. Z. fell in love with them—kissing them wildly! We’re talkin’ ‘A Real Love Fest!’
Terrie and Ray wanted to adopt Mr. Ziffel, but were concerned about their two rescued dogs, getting along with him. So, we decided to let them take Mr. Z. and try him out first, before officially adopting him to them. They liked the trial basis, so, Tone attached Mr. Ziffel’s dog tags to his new dog collar, and then his leash and handed the leash to Ray.
Ray decided that he wanted to ride in the backseat with Ziffelman, so they could bond, and would let Terrie chauffeur them, back to Spicewood! When Ray jumped into the backseat, Mr. Ziff jumped in right behind him! We’ve all got our fingers crossed, that it will work out!
After they left, I phoned Kinky to tell him the good news about Mr. Ziffel, possible adoption to Terrie and Ray—and he was delighted! Then Tone came inside the trailer to tell me that Churchill was missing—AWOL! “Nance, he was here before lunch, but now he is gone! I’m worried about him.” Tony and I went immediately outside to look for our new resident rooster.
Twenty minutes later, after our search—we had no rooster! Aaron and Linda pulled up in Kermit, after Aaron had taken her to see the new calves. “What’s wrong?” One of them asked, and we told them. Then I went back over to the pig pen, went inside and looked everywhere, including the tall tree, that shades our pigs. “Tony,” I half hollered. “Do you think one of the pigs might have sat down on him and accidentally squashed him?”
“No Nance,” Tony yelled back to me, and then I heard them laughing.
When I returned to Trigger, where they were all standing, we talked for over thirty minutes about Churchill, and what might have happened to him—it totally depressed me. Then out of nowhere, well actually behind the pump barn, we heard, “Crock-Ar-Droodle-Droo!” Churchill has a speech impediment—he can’t help it. Tone and I have never heard a rooster that crows like him—never!
As soon as we heard Churchill’s ‘Droo,’ we clapped our hands, happy to know that our new rooster was okay! Then Church began crowing incessantly, to our delight, and then he finally appeared from behind the barn, and flew into the pig pen, to flirt with his girlfriends! I loved that, too! Y’all have a great evening!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Good Morning—Toronto!
Well, I am happy to report, that today has been another great day for me! I rolled out of bed a little before six o’clock. I put the dogs outside, and then I went directly to my laptop computer and went online, so I could watch and listen to my good friend, Harley Belew, do The Harley Show! Harley is Kerrville’s favorite DJ, and everyone listens to his show. And now, because his show is a live web cast—I’ve become addicted to watching it!
While listening to Harley’s entertaining show, I fed our dogs and Lucky, I made some coffee, and then I realized that I was constantly turning around to look at Harley—to see what he was doing, who was in his studio, etc.
While Harley was talking about Randy and Lisa’s Save Inn Restaurant, I went to our web site: utopiarescue.com, to see who was going to be Harley’s Pet of the Week—it was Sam, the sweet black Lab mix, who was just returned to us! Then I went back to The Harley Show, and he was talking about our good friends, Trisha and Rodney’s—CopiesPlus!
At seven-forty-two, I did what I always do every Thursday morning. I stopped the washing machine from washing, I turned off the stove top, that was cooking up some sizzling chopped organic onions and potatoes, in my cast-iron skillet, and then I cut off our noisy central heating system. Why? Because I am hard of hearing, and didn’t want any extra background noises making it difficult to hear Harley. I then muted Harley’s Show, and punched in the station’s phone number.
The show was fun, and Harley made me laugh a lot, but when he suggested that they put up a picture of me, on their web cast, while I do his show, I burst out laughing! “Harley, you’ve got to be kidding me?” Then he flipped open our Utopia 2009 calendar, and put my picture up to the camera! Thank goodness, the picture was small!
“No, I’m not kidding, Cousin Nancy. In fact, I bet we could get Trisha, over at CopiesPlus, to do a life-sized cardboard cutout of you.” Then we both cracked up laughing!
“I’m sure Trish could do that, but we’re talkin’ using a wide-angled camera! Good grief, it would be gigantic! That’s all I need.”
“Not a problem,” Harley laughed. “They’re made out of cardboard, and we or you, could whittle it down, you know shave off a few extra pounds, here and there...”
After saying goodbye to Harley, I turned the volume back up on Harley’s live web cast show, started the washing machine—washing again, turned on the burner, on the stovetop, and cranked up the heat—I had noise.
Ten minutes, before Tony showed up, I had three different phone calls, from friends, who had listened to the show—encouraging me to do a life-sized cutout picture of me! “No way,” was my answer to all three, “And besides, I know for a fact, that cameras add ten pounds on you.”
When Tone walked inside the trailer, he was laughing. “Nance, the show was really great! I think that you ought to do a life-sized picture of you.”
“Tony.”
“That was hilarious, when Harley said, that maybe they could find someone who knows how to do a ‘Clutch Cargo,’ on your mouth!” Then Tony started laughing, again!
During breakfast, T. and I sat at the kitchen table—watching and listening to Harley. Tone is addicted to Harley’s web cast, too.
After breakfast, I cleaned up the dishes—then I started doing my three mile brisk walk, with Leslie Sansone. With my two pound, lavender weights in hand, and marching faster than fast—Aaron came inside the trailer. He and Tony started watching Leslie, and started making funny remarks about my walking guru’s workout—which were pretty funny! They left the trailer, when I was at my two and a half mile mark—thank goodness.
At 9:28, my good friend, Fay called, while I was putting on my new Justin Gypsy cowgirl boots, because I was going horseback riding at noon, but needed to leave at ten-thirty. Fortunately, I was able to get them on, and I picked up the phone, just before she hung up! Fay told me that she had missed Harley and me, because she thought Toronto was two hours ahead of Texas time. She told me that while watching Harley’s live web cast show, she sent him an e-mail, telling him that she was watching from Toronto, and asked if she had missed the Cousin Nancy segment. “Nance, I then watch Harley write something on a piece of paper, and then he holds it up to the web camera! It had a big smiley face drawn on it, that read: 'Watching in Toronto!' Nancy, I love The Harley Show!”
As always, I enjoyed talking to Fay. (Fay, if you could, would you please make another comment on my blog, telling everyone about your Harley Show expereience—I’m running out of time and space here! And, thank you for calling me this morning!)
At ten-thirty, Buttermilk and I left for Bandera, to meet Cindy P., so we could go horseback riding! At noon, Jeanne, Cindy and I rode off into the ‘no-set!’ The weather was absolutely perfect—63 degrees, no wind, and sunshine! Jeanne rode her big sorrel horse, Diego, Cindy rode the brown and white pinto, Davy Crockett, and I rode Black Jack Cadillac! We had a blast riding for two hours! And Tone, surprised me, and showed up at one-thirty, to shoot us as we rode in! Here are his photos, that he took of us! And, the last picture is of the new rooster, that Tony rescued today, while I was out pretending to be a cowgirl or should I say—cow-woman. The handsome rooster’s name is Churchill! I can't wait for Kinky to meet Churchill! Y’all have a great evening!
While listening to Harley’s entertaining show, I fed our dogs and Lucky, I made some coffee, and then I realized that I was constantly turning around to look at Harley—to see what he was doing, who was in his studio, etc.
While Harley was talking about Randy and Lisa’s Save Inn Restaurant, I went to our web site: utopiarescue.com, to see who was going to be Harley’s Pet of the Week—it was Sam, the sweet black Lab mix, who was just returned to us! Then I went back to The Harley Show, and he was talking about our good friends, Trisha and Rodney’s—CopiesPlus!
At seven-forty-two, I did what I always do every Thursday morning. I stopped the washing machine from washing, I turned off the stove top, that was cooking up some sizzling chopped organic onions and potatoes, in my cast-iron skillet, and then I cut off our noisy central heating system. Why? Because I am hard of hearing, and didn’t want any extra background noises making it difficult to hear Harley. I then muted Harley’s Show, and punched in the station’s phone number.
The show was fun, and Harley made me laugh a lot, but when he suggested that they put up a picture of me, on their web cast, while I do his show, I burst out laughing! “Harley, you’ve got to be kidding me?” Then he flipped open our Utopia 2009 calendar, and put my picture up to the camera! Thank goodness, the picture was small!
“No, I’m not kidding, Cousin Nancy. In fact, I bet we could get Trisha, over at CopiesPlus, to do a life-sized cardboard cutout of you.” Then we both cracked up laughing!
“I’m sure Trish could do that, but we’re talkin’ using a wide-angled camera! Good grief, it would be gigantic! That’s all I need.”
“Not a problem,” Harley laughed. “They’re made out of cardboard, and we or you, could whittle it down, you know shave off a few extra pounds, here and there...”
After saying goodbye to Harley, I turned the volume back up on Harley’s live web cast show, started the washing machine—washing again, turned on the burner, on the stovetop, and cranked up the heat—I had noise.
Ten minutes, before Tony showed up, I had three different phone calls, from friends, who had listened to the show—encouraging me to do a life-sized cutout picture of me! “No way,” was my answer to all three, “And besides, I know for a fact, that cameras add ten pounds on you.”
When Tone walked inside the trailer, he was laughing. “Nance, the show was really great! I think that you ought to do a life-sized picture of you.”
“Tony.”
“That was hilarious, when Harley said, that maybe they could find someone who knows how to do a ‘Clutch Cargo,’ on your mouth!” Then Tony started laughing, again!
During breakfast, T. and I sat at the kitchen table—watching and listening to Harley. Tone is addicted to Harley’s web cast, too.
After breakfast, I cleaned up the dishes—then I started doing my three mile brisk walk, with Leslie Sansone. With my two pound, lavender weights in hand, and marching faster than fast—Aaron came inside the trailer. He and Tony started watching Leslie, and started making funny remarks about my walking guru’s workout—which were pretty funny! They left the trailer, when I was at my two and a half mile mark—thank goodness.
At 9:28, my good friend, Fay called, while I was putting on my new Justin Gypsy cowgirl boots, because I was going horseback riding at noon, but needed to leave at ten-thirty. Fortunately, I was able to get them on, and I picked up the phone, just before she hung up! Fay told me that she had missed Harley and me, because she thought Toronto was two hours ahead of Texas time. She told me that while watching Harley’s live web cast show, she sent him an e-mail, telling him that she was watching from Toronto, and asked if she had missed the Cousin Nancy segment. “Nance, I then watch Harley write something on a piece of paper, and then he holds it up to the web camera! It had a big smiley face drawn on it, that read: 'Watching in Toronto!' Nancy, I love The Harley Show!”
As always, I enjoyed talking to Fay. (Fay, if you could, would you please make another comment on my blog, telling everyone about your Harley Show expereience—I’m running out of time and space here! And, thank you for calling me this morning!)
At ten-thirty, Buttermilk and I left for Bandera, to meet Cindy P., so we could go horseback riding! At noon, Jeanne, Cindy and I rode off into the ‘no-set!’ The weather was absolutely perfect—63 degrees, no wind, and sunshine! Jeanne rode her big sorrel horse, Diego, Cindy rode the brown and white pinto, Davy Crockett, and I rode Black Jack Cadillac! We had a blast riding for two hours! And Tone, surprised me, and showed up at one-thirty, to shoot us as we rode in! Here are his photos, that he took of us! And, the last picture is of the new rooster, that Tony rescued today, while I was out pretending to be a cowgirl or should I say—cow-woman. The handsome rooster’s name is Churchill! I can't wait for Kinky to meet Churchill! Y’all have a great evening!
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