Mercy, Bailey, and Della

I did take Ford to a prospective adopter over near Richmond on Sunday. We met the other resident dog, a young, friendly, female hound, and the two dogs seemed to hit it off. I left him there and have been  holding my breath since then. But this evening I sent a message asking how their first day had been and things seemed to be going well. She had walked them both together both Sunday and Monday and said they did very well. Ford barked from his crate at 5:00 a.m. this morning, but that's just the usual getting up time around here. Hopefully he will learn the joys of sleeping in.

Mercy is down to just Norman as a foster companion, although Bailey joined the two of them out in Daneland for much of the day. 

I walked Della and Bailey up at Pleasant Grove late in the afternoon, but it was still too hot for Della. We went very slow and stopped wherever there was shade and waited until Della said it was time to move on. Any walks for her will need to be very early morning from now until fall. 

The dusk to dark pasture run has become an everyday thing around here, for most of the dogs, but it's really mostly for Norman. He enjoys it and it makes him ready for bed.

Mercy having a chew.

Bailey and Mercy

Baby girl Bailey

Della and Bailey on today's walk. No one pulled me.

 Bailey doing an "up" and walking on the bleachers.

Cooling in the shade.

Projects and progress

 

Candace and Ford

I had to take the Daneland gate to a guy to repair two welds that had broken,

thanks to Norman

Even with the welds repaired, Norman managed to push open the gate, necessitating a second latch installed in the opposite direction. It now takes two hands to open the gate. However, this evening Norman got out of Daneland some other way that I've yet to discover. I'm afraid he climbed the fence. He demands his evening pasture time.

This is Norman's bedroom, now with a dividing fence to keep dogs on one side and my stuff on the other. Norman didn't bother any of my stuff even before the fence was installed, but now it's suitable for other foster dogs who might.

Della and Bailey playing indoors in the morning.

This is another recent project, shown here after being cleaned up with a steel brush and a coat of rust reformer. Another coat or two of paint tomorrow and it will be done. I think it will go on the front porch with crocks and rocks that came from my sister. 

Bailey loves to play with the hose when I'm watering, but she will stop when I ask her to so I can actually water the plants. It's a great game on a hot day like today.

Candace, taking a stroll through the garden.

Ford, I'm taking him to meet a potential adopter Sunday morning.

Bailey, always on the move.

Beautiful primroses from my neighbor Jan.

This was the big project for the day. I finished laying the slate in the area between the boxwoods. I still need to do some adjusting and leveling, but the stones are in place and I had enough to finish.

I started this two years ago, so it was time to get it finished. I wanted to get this finished and looking good because I'd like to have some people over to see the gardens later this spring and/or summer.

And here are a few garden/fountain pictures, just because.

This container full of cannas actually came back from last year.

The morning glory vines are taking off.

And here's a video of Bailey playing in the water. It's a full body contact sport the way she plays it.

Evening pasture time

I spent the evening doing yard work, mowing and trimming, managed to break a mower, but got a lot done nevertheless. There was still about an hour's worth of daylight for some pasture time. Candace had been outside and was ready to come in when everyone went to the pasture. Paisley was being extra weird this evening and wouldn't come through the gate so she stayed in the yard, but Della, Bailey, Elvis, Norman, Ford, and Mercy all had a good time running and hunting in the pasture. 

Norman, on top of playstation K9

Mercy

Ford

Elvis

Della

Bailey and Elvis

Norman has been staying out in the pasture until well after dark most evenings this week, but I made him come in when I went back in the house because I knew I'd be too tired to go back out and get him later. He wasn't so happy about that but he had already had a good run.