It's Crazy Here in the U.P. of Michigan

Well, yesterday it started snowing! yes, snowing! By morning we had 4 inches of new snow. BTW, it's STILL snowing! Absolutely crazy weather we get here!

The first photos were from 10 P.M. last night:


My poor plants!


Time to snow!


Won't be getting a tan here!

Now this is what I woke up to this morning!






Prior to all this happening I adopted some new fur babies! 2 black and white tuxedo female 7 month old kitties. Plus a 3 month old German Sheperd mix pup that had been abandoned in the woods! All came from the Humane shelter. They are awesome!


This is Baylee who was abandoned. What a time to see his first snow! In May!


This is Chiba. She's a lounge lizard!


This is Terra. She's a sweetie with a demonic look!

So, that's life here in Michigan for the moment. The snow will most likely be gone by Monday but good grief, how bizarre!

Tragedy and Peace

Another pet tragedy for me. That makes 2 in less than 2 weeks. Yesterday our 12 year old Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Cinnamon had to be euthanized. She had a tumor that basically she bit into and it bled like crazy. We knew she had limited time.

I had gone to the garage and when I came back into the house it looked like someone had been murdered. Blood was everywhere---the walls, the floor, the doors. Needless to say I was shocked. I knew what had happened and I went to work cleaning. It was horrible. I was so freaked out because I was alone and the Vet is 45 minutes away. I called my husband in Chicago and at 8:30 at night on Monday he jumped in the car and drove 7 hours up here to assist.

Tuesday morning we drove to the Vet and Cinny is now at peace. We buried her on a hill here on our property. She was a wonderful dog; my fishing partner and protector. We miss her so much and so does our other dog, Tanner. But hubby and I take comfort in that she is at rest, at peace. Now she's across the rainbow bridge with Sammy and all our other creatures.

Here's her last photo:



No more pet tragedies for me this summer. The rest should be a peaceful summer.



BTW, Wild Blue FAILED to show up on Sat. so I'm still on dial up..arghhhhhh. Now they are supposed to show up this Sat.---they better.

Preparing For...

Sad news and our trip to the woods.

This coming Wednesday will be the last day we have with our 16 year old awesome cat, Samuel.



This photo is Sammy when he was healthy. He's now simply skin and bones. It's a metabolic problem brought on by a malfunctioning thyroid gland. He's been on meds for nearly a year but they have stopped working. He's pretty much refusing to eat anymore. So my hubby and I made the agonizing decision to euthanize him on Wednesday. It will be a horrible evening but we wish him safe journey to cat land to rejoin his friends Chiba and Terra and Champagne.

I found him on my patio in California when he was 3 months old and he's been with me through all kinds of life changes ever since. He traveled 2200 miles with me to Illinois to a new life with hubby. He's been a treasure. Friendly, does tricks and loving pet. I will miss him terribly. 16 years of love is what he received return.

Our next agonizing decision comes in August when we must do the same for our blind and dying 12 year old Chesapeake Bay Receiver Cinnamon.

Animals bring such joy into our lives and leave us with much sorrow for a time but wonderful memories.

Since all this is happening in the next couple days I will not be posting until next week when I'm in Michigan. I'm getting satellite broadband! Wooohooo! Take care all and I'll post after I get Wild Blue connected.

Now, I must finish packing some things and spend time with Sammy.

Off With Their...

...Um, whatevers. Yes, today the two fur bearing demons pictured below were neutered. They survived and are now in the process of finding every cat toy and beating them around the house.

Bacchus the beastly






Symba the psycho







Thank God. Once they hit puberty and the testosterone started flowing they became the household sex offenders. No animal was safe...including the poor hapless dogs. It was running, jumping, performing lewd movements, and meow howling! Hahaha. Oh my, hopefully they'll settle down in a week or so. Teenagers! I tell ya!