Guess Who Came to Dinner....

.......and breakfast...and lunch....and morning tea.....

Or any time they’re hungry!

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless WINDY Wednesday 

Heat

We’re here........just hotter.

Roxy and Bella being good dogs.

Since Christmas, our temps have averaged

between 100° and 110°

and even worse---HUMIDITY!

Dui seeing the camera and running away.

We've been up and out early, so we can hibernate in the 
air conditioning.

It has been  a summer of RIVER mornings.  School starts for the year this week, so on the way home from the river today,
there was a stopover at the outdoor Dog Wash!
Tomorrow, the car will go in to get rid of 6 weeks of river dirt and dog hair--white dog hair.
Doesn't look like it'll get any cooler soon.
We have had two fierce storms with rain, so no dust clouds.

Happy New Year!

 We wish you all the best for 2019.

 As for us, we'd like a bit of rain.  Not a flood. 

 But some gentle falling rain.

This shows how our year ended.

Dubbo 31/12/18 Looking south.

 A huge dust cloud blew in late afternoon.  

Looking west

On a ferocious wind.

(We used up our nervous energy then, so we 

didn't even notice the fireworks at midnight...BOL!)

Still here...

we're still the same.  Doin' the same things--only earlier--now that the HOT weather has hit.

Chased one young 'roo, saw a snake at the river for the first time at the river.  As we were in the car leaving, SHE was happy.  First one we've seen.  In Oz, unless you find a python-type snake, you can be sure it is venomous and dangerous.

We had a great Christmas and got LOTS of TREATS.

Hope you get a chuckle out of this:

Best wishes for the New Year!

Oh, and thanks for the unexpected, but welcome cards!

XXXXXX Bella, Roxy and Dui  (Dui's perforated eardrums have not affected his hearing.)

Friday Nature/Monday Mischief?

SPRING!  

The time of new life, flowers, blooming trees...…...and grass seeds.

Dui, Roxy and Bella in front

A week ago, Dui started the ear scratching and head tilt.  So off we went to the Vet.  Even with two of us holding him down, he wouldn't let Dr Mervyn look in his ears.  Next day, Friday, he had to go in to be sedated for an examination.

Whatever, had been in his ears was gone, but left him with both eardrums perforated!  We suspect a grass seed as that is the usual cause at this time of year.  We left with three kinds of medication and a bill of $554.

All week SHE has been sneaking up on Dui to put in the ear drops.  He was good about the tablets, though.  Poor Dui has spent the week hiding from HER.

Then last Friday, during a treat to the river, Roxy spotted a duck that had-to-be-chased.  Off she raced, disappearing into the high grass.  The duck went over the fence, and Roxy came back, shaking her head violently.

Off to see Dr Mervyn again.  He could see the grass seed in her ear. He suggested sedation again, and then we decided he might try removing it on the spot.  Roxy was so good, laying still as he pushed the light and alligator clips into her ear as he removed a long, wicked-looking thing.  Dr Mervyn look amazed and said, 'she's the first dog that has ever allowed me to do that!'

No more running free.  We'll be doing lead walks until seed season is finished or the grass is mowed.  Bella is allowed to run free, but she doesn't go into the grass.....we hope...not going for a Trifecta this Friday.

Visitors

Look who came to visit us.....well....not us specifically, but Dubbo.

They came to experience the effects of the drought.

AND brought RAIN!

Of course, they've been here for a few weeks, gracing several businesses and residences.

BOL!

And no, we didn't go.  We don't like crowds

AND there was thunder, lightning and wind;

So we had to sit close to HER incase SHE was

Frightened.