Lion and Lambs

My angel at puppy sleepaway camp…again. I think we need to start calling it Timesharing Puppy. Anyway, not only is she enjoying a float in the pool, she has her own life preserver in case she forgets how to puppy paddle.

In a continuing series, this is Tootsie with my friend. Mind you, when I am at my friend’s house, Tootsie will not normally let anyone but me hold her for fear that I will leave without her. Well, the other night after being at puppy sleepaway camp for a few nights, Tootsie left a little gift on my friend’s bedroom floor. When I scolded Tootsie she hightailed it into the other room and jumped up in my friends’ arms. I call this one, “Well SHE loves me!”

Even puppies can be helpful, like climbing in the ‘to be shredded basket’ and shredding the papers for us.

Now if the pieces didn’t go flying everywhere….

Renamed Tootsie Pop, which I think is cuter, because apparently she pops around a lot

I can’t wait to see her chocolate fur in person and get doggie nuzzles.

As you might guess from the website name and the picture, I have a soft spot for lions and lambs. It started with my collecting lambs. I can’t even remember my first lion, but I think someone just gave me one out of the blue. The rest is history. This morning I was at AJ’s Fine Foods. I love going there this time of year because all the Easter stuff the sell means new lambs. The problem is choosing one.

I have been looking for a few days, and then this morning, a new dispaly. Here she is, the latest in the collection, so cute and so soft.

I am not known for having a green thumb. I have always said that I could kill silk plants. Little did I know that compared to my friends, I am an expert. For fun, my friend L, bought these plants to see what we coud do with them…basically, who would kill them first. Much to my astonishment, here is my plant:

This is a few weeks after they were purchased. When I emailed this picture to my other two friends who are participating, L proceeded to turn over her dying plants to me. Mind you, this is a week after I put them in plant therapy.

When L went on and on to D about how my plant looked, she too turned over her plant to me. Not as desperate as L’s plants, this poor thing was still headed for a quick death.

Soon they will be ready to transplant into a garden. I think this forsaken place could use their flowers to brighten it up. Whatdaya think?

When I came out of my house the other morning when I was not feeling well, and not happy about being out, I turned my head toward my front yard and this is what I was greeted with…

I got an instant smile on my face. Simple things. Simple beauty. These shamrocks have been in my yard for awhile, but they have never had flowers on them before and it was just what I needed that morning.

I hope they last until St Patrick’s Day!

This is one of only twenty monk seals left on Kaua’i. They are the most endangered species on the planet.

The fine for touching a monk seal is $ 25,000 plus 5 years in prison! They say,”Rob our banks, we won’t get mad, just don’t touch our seals!”

In case you can’t read the small print, it says “We cheat tourists, drunks & attorneys”

While my nephews are off being adventurous, my sister is enjoying the view from a blanket….