It’s Fall….Must be Time to Go to Maui

    

First, Bubba and Skruffy wanted to show off their new haircuts.  Glad that the grooming is over for another month....but it is nice to see them looking so good again.

Ok, what’s up with Maui?  Come on now, those who have followed me long enough know that I will go to Hawaii when they open that long freeway to Hawaii.  Arny and Sandy are celebrating their 25th anniversary soon, and they have wanted to go back to Hawaii for a long time.  So this morning I took them to the airport where they boarded an Alaska Airlines Jet and headed out to Maui.  I joked with Arny, who had short pants on, that I hope the plane was not taking them to Anchorage by mistake.  Now if Bubba can just make it a week at Arny’s house without Arny being here….time will tell I guess.

    

Fall is definitely in the air.  A good little wind swept through Northern California yesterday and got many of the leaves which are turning to fall, along with many which were still green.  But it won’t be long before we will be having trouble finding leaves on the tree….but from now until then we are going to enjoy the colors.

    

    

And it won’t be long before these flowers will be history, and we will all be anxious for Spring when they shall arise again.

The squirrels seem to be stocking up…although their food source will be there throughout the year

This little hummingbird guards his area very diligently….as he has all summer long.  Again, his food source will be there throughout the year too.

The doves flock to the seed, four, five even six at a time unless one of them bullies the others off.

And some them will pick up the scraps along the ground under the watchful eye of Bubba who does not mind sharing his turf with feathered friends….but squirrels are another story.

One of my duties while they are gone is Turtle Duty.  They have a lot of turtles, including these six turtles born this year…two back in early spring, and four which Sandy just found this past week.  These little ones stay inside for the warmth and food through the winter.  I was asked to find all six each day, rinse them off real quick and put them near the food (above).   But less than an hour later (below) they were all back in hiding.

I looked around and found a few…..

....under the shelter….

....while others dug in like this little guy/girl who you can barely see poking their head out.

Autumn / Fall is here…. and next week we hope to do a day trip with mom and dad up to Apple Hill, a place I have not visited for decades…. and I hope the colors are starting to show.  Either way, I know that the apple pie is going to be out of this world!  (hope the pictures I take are too)

Computer Geek, Dog Groomer - What's that smell?

For the first 20 years or so working at the Library, hardly anything would get me out of the Library outside of going to another meeting, or going to Rotary….then Skruffy came along, and I got outside daily numerous times.  A good break from working on the computer….  (honest confession here…..I did not wear ties, my hair was not that short, and I have worn a beard for the past 22+ years)

This past week since coming back from the coast I’ve fixed the motorhome leak with minimal help from Arny, I got my Aunt’s new computer up and going and installed at her house down South of Sacramento, and we decided that Marcia needed a new laptop, and got that installed and going with only the transfer of I-Tunes left on my end….

So today it was grooming day.  Last time I gave the dogs a good cut-job was on our Oregon Trip about six or seven weeks ago.  I wish I could keep bubba on a monthly cutting schedule…the longer we go, the harder it is to cut his thick hair.  Skruffy’s hair is not nearly as thick as Bubba’s, so I could go 8 weeks and still cut it real easy.  So I took them over to mom and dad’s house, did Bubba first, which too a good hour and a half or more giving him a good trim down, and a good bath/shower.  Once done, he loves it…but he just does not like it when I do it.  As I have said before, Skruffy just loves it all.

At least we aren’t out there on the road facing signs like this….which is a whole another topic, and I doubt any of you wish to hear my ranting and raving about our lack of leadership throughout our government.

Guess that sums up the smelly mess….now to see what to do over the next few days….