The Night Watch...

When you are 12,

there is only one thing

that is so very important....

that you would just die

if anything ever happened

to this one thing!

It is so important

that you would hire

a NIGHT WATCH (dog)

to guard this ever so

precious part of your life!

But....

there is a little unforeseen problem

(when your 12 and asleep),

what happens when

the NIGHT WATCH (dog)

fails at her duties?







Shhhhh...it's our little secret

Day trip...

to the Congaree National Park! The 17 years we have lived in SC, we have never been there. It was a beautiful place and plan to go back soon and do more of their activities.
You probably want to double click most of these....

Picture 1 - these are Bald Cypress "knees"

Picture 2 - just a pretty view

Picture 3 - Hayden next to a Loblolly Pine....can you say HUGE?

Picture 4 - Part of Weston Lake (off the Congaree River)

Picture 5 - Critter #1 - a Salamander

Picture 6 - Critter #2 - turtle

Picture 7 - Critter #3 - a Red Belly water snake

Picture 8 - Critter #4 - a Blue Heron

Picture 9 - a worn out human critter!

Spring sunset....

no words
just tranquility

like a turtle
popping up for a glance

Sad day....

Activity Coordinator....

At least that would be her job title in any other geriatrics ward....

Hayden pulled out the blow up mattress to lay on while she watched tv tonight. What she didn't know is that she would have the company of the two oldest animals in the house. Sam (the dachshund) is the oldest (16) and Tabitha (14). They are currently having a race to see who can get to heaven first. (seriously...talking soon...)
Anyway...it was a very rare and sweet site!

Ellen ~ 4 months old

She is such a sweet puppy! :-) I just wanna know what her lineage is....it is driving me crazy!
Anyone want to wane in on what you think she is a mix of?

1) She and the cat were having a nice nap!

2, 3, and 4) It was hard to resist snapping this face!

My Helpers

Hey Dad, do you need any help with the tile? You missed a spot here.

What are you doing in there human, I can't sleep in here!!!

Don't you look at me with those eyes dog, save them for your Mother!!!

Ellen...

Pet sitting...

We have some friends who just got a new puppy and asked Hayden if she would take care of him overnight for them. He is a miniature longhair dachshund and is so pretty we keep calling him a her! :-) I tried to capture his 'cuteness' but he is a puppy! I also recommend enlarging them and looking at his pretty markings.

My helper...

Thomasina inspecting the books I received for the book fair.
I guess they pass....she laid down and didn't start biting at the corners!

I will limit my crazy cat posts to one a week! :-)

More crazies....

Thomasina loved the plant that sat in this plant stand so much she killed it! She took a nap on it everyday...so I removed the plant on Sunday and this is what she did last night while I was cooking dinner! I should have taken a video because it was hilarious!

She strikes again...

Thomasina (sorry if you don't like cats - and yes I should have just a Thomasina blog) never eats much at meal time (I feed the cats twice a day). One day I was doing laundry and found out why she doesn't....and I caught her again today just didn't get the beginning when she does her 'unlocking' magic! Enjoy...

Expect the unexpected...

is the motto of Thomasina! She is crazy...there is nothing she has not explored! Tonight while Brent and I were watching TV, she decided to hop in Hayden's backpack and harass Greta (the dog). She curled up after this and took a nap in the bottom of the bag. I tried to get a picture but they were all blurry.