“Home chores” always fill our lists. We had a yard to reclaim after the wild foliage nearly consumed the beagle upon our arrival. Now at the beginning of July our pretty green yard is parched from the over 10 days of 100+ temperatures. Like the rest of the USA we dealt with the intense heat most mornings by 9:30 AM.
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Roxie
pursued some of the 2010 flood restoration projects placed on a back
burner. She found an upholsterer and the
family heirloom platform rocker finally got a new do. More pictures made it to the walls leaving
just a few to do when we return to TN at the end of August. Sorry…no picture of
the finished chair. It is beautiful.
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On July
2 likely straight line winds slammed a tree from the neighbor’s property behind
our yard on our fence. Luckily only 2
sections of the boards were split. The
owner had it taken off our fence and Charles repaired our “new” since the 2010
flood fence.
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From 2012 A Spring
Our
greyhounds, Heidi and Daisy, have spent much time racing in the backyard. Of course, a brief spurt is a race and back
into Charles’s shop they settle on comfortable beds in the air
conditioning! Tough life!
Heidi
and Daisy are Therapy Dogs through Therapy Dogs, Inc of Cheyenne, WY. They take
us visiting to an adult special needs day facility, assisted and memory care
units while spreading their love.
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Lucky
beagle has encountered difficulty a few times from the amount of “stuff” she
scarfs from the floor and ground.
Without us realizing it she was making quite a compaction under her
tongue until it made her physically ill.
Convinced that more bad teeth were the culprit the vet put her to sleep
to explore. Once he encountered and removed Lucky’s collection she became a
perky beagle. About a week later she
stepped on a bee and got stung. One
antihistamine tablet stopped her pain.
She happily rolled along in "her" bike cart when she did not feel good. In this picture she felt good.  |
Still
we did not learn our lesson about the quick
beagle tongue just under the nose. About
2 weeks ago she got very sick and returned much junk. This time we got plastic and wood and stuff. After X-rays and meds our Vet has suggested
we were seeing too much of him. He commissioned us to be diligent in keeping
her nose out of trouble. So…Lucky now
has to wear her little muzzle when out of the MH or house. That includes Charles’s less than well kept
shop! We are hoping to not get turned in
to the pet patrols for abusive parenting.
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 Four flooded homes on our street are either in the federal buyout or in the process of getting in. This two year process has made our pretty neighborhood less than pretty. July 11 or 12 are the target dates to remove them and start the regrading. Many of the beautiful trees will removed on the now city owned property. This made many of us heart sick and we mounted a petition campaign to make a plea to save as many as possible. To keep neighbors informed I started a blog http://www.ewingvillenews.blogspot.com/
The
house next door to us will also go eventually.
We are very sad at the result of the flood, the devastation and the loss
of friends in those houses.
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Grandboys
are 10-13- and almost 18..within days!
Our oldest is employed by McDonalds and delighted to have a paying job. Middle grandson has begun trombone and
continues art lessons. Our youngest has enjoyed many activities of cub
scouts. Son and wife continue their
preacher-teacher pursuits.
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July
6, 2012 we left our driveway for Essex Junction, VT and another Frustrated
Maestro Rally. Essex J is 40 miles from
Canada close to Burlington, VT. Charles
will be directing. This area rally is
celebrating twenty years and the Maestro Chapter found, Bob Allen, will be
remembered. Maestros will present
evening entertainment July 19 with “Dance Party-A Salute to Bob Allen.” The audience will be invited to dance to the
variety of tunes including big band, polkas, western and 50s rock. Charles has written a narration which a
Maestro emcee will deliver and Roxie has built a slide show remembering the
founder and acknowledging the music.
We
will stay north and “do” Bar Harbor, LL Bean and visit FL friends near Albany,
NY and in central NY. After a few days
at Sampson State Park in NY and Tionesta COE park in PA we will wind out way to
Indianapolis in mid August for the International FMCA convention. Charles will enjoy playing his trombone. At the conclusion we will fall 350 miles
south to our own driveway by August 31.
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