Dear Blog Diary

Today the sun came out again. This is two days in a row with no rain! I am so happy, but admit that my eyes are slightly sensitive to all this sunshine!

Since Anneliese will be entering a Dog Show at the end of September, I decided I needed to begin training her to walk on a lead without her getting upset, or trying to pull me off of my feet. I also want her to meet many new people so the chances of her growling, barking or biting the Judge at the show are lessened.

So, I packed my back pack with water for her and for me, and off we went to the Post Office.

As we walked up our driveway, I noted the large gully on the left hand side of the drive. All I can say is, we are lucky it wasn’t worse!

Right now we have many large State Highway Department vehicles in our town working to repair the roads damaged by the torrential downpours of rain that have plagued us all summer long, but most recently last week. They are noisy and create a whooshing feeling as they drive by you and I was worried it might upset the little dog.

However, Anneliese proved that she is truly a dachshund. She pranced right by my left side, and never shied away from a truck or a noise or any of the people that we encountered.

She was even happy when we went into the Post Office and she got to see the Postal Clerks. Several people stopped us to admire the pretty little dog, and Anneliese was more than accepting of their attention. In fact, she seemed to like it!

At one point I wondered if I had the wrong dog!

We walked home and came back along the lake front where I caught a Loon family taking their young baby Loon for a swim.

You almost never see the Loons swimming this close to the shore, but there they were and I was thrilled to get this picture. The young Loon is in the center,

I also got a picture of a very funny sign along the lakeside.

As you can see this sign covers all the seasons!

Once I returned home, I decided to go out and weed in my garden. It’s a rather depressing thing to do, as this years garden has been a real disaster. Due to the wet weather we have not had many delicious vegetables. Usually at this time of year my cucumbers are overwhelming us. This year I am lucky if I have 2 or three a week. I only have 4 Butternut Squash, and no corn at all.

My potted tomatoes have produced quite a few yummy tomatoes, and my Japanese eggplant truly is prolific and it’s vegetation delicious, so perhaps all is not lost.

The sun did shine today and I hope tomorrow too, and if it does I will take Anneliese for another walk and hope she continues to show me how well she can do out in the big world!