Off Again....

"The Ladies of the Mountains" are off again...

We're traveling back to Haw River to complete/repeat the payroll training that started way back in March and ended with us driving home early in the aftermath of a blizzard...

Hope this time we get the full training sessions and drive home in bright sunshine...!

See ya Friday....!

..Go For Your Dreams..

More Puppy Pix......

the MaleChild came for dinner yesterday and snapped a few shots...

Here we are.....if Tank can chew that wire open we'll come give you a kiss...

the pups with the yellow and blue ribbons already have forever homes...

Never mind the kisses...it's DINNER Time....!!!

..Go For Your Dreams..

Yesterday...

during a heavy rain storm....

we had a double rainbow...!

I always feel like I could walk down the driveway and touch them...

We get a lot of rainbows over our little holler....

..Go For Your Dreams..

this past weekend...

was one of the very few weekends I've had to work at the park....

Ever heard of longboarding......it's a longer-wider version of a regular skate board...

Well

There is a Longboard Association and they have official races...

And

this past weekend they used Mt. Jefferson for the first longboard race in the State of North Carolina.

Some of these guy and girls reach speeds of over 55 mph!

Thanks to Ranger Tom's wife Vicki for taking pictures rain or shine...here's two...

This was Saturday.....it was perfect for racing

Here's Sunday....the clouds opened with 4.8 inches of rain....but they raced anyway..!

The winner was the National Champion from Canada..

Even with the rain a great time was had by all and plans are already in the works for next year...

I Love My Job....!

..Go For Your Dreams..

Puppies...!!

I know.....I know.....

these look like the same two pups...

But......believe me....they're not...

We've got 3 black/white and 3 black/tan...

and each group looks just alike...!!

It's like having 2 sets of triplets..

..Go For Your Dreams..

Happy Birthday.....

 

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....to our baby girl...!

Hey Christy....

You like the new picture of me, Dad and Nick?

We had it taken just for you...

The Cards in the mail....

..Go For Your Dreams..

Rain.....rain.....

..Go Away...!

We've had issues at the mountain park concerning our internet service....

Seems lighting hit the communication tower at the summit sometime on Friday and everything went down......!

As of Monday, mid-morning, we have the desktop computers up and running....

but, the laptops and scan feature of the copier on still off line....

I'm off to another day of trouble shooting and trying to get the local service guys to work with the Raleigh IT guys...

Oh......what fun it is....!!

'Cause all i know about computers is how to use the keyboard....

..Go For Your Dreams..

Hummers.......!!

We have Hummers....!!

First little bird showed up yesterday afternoon...

Just the first of many - I'm sure

..Go For Your Dreams..

Decision Time

I may give up on this blog and start a new one....!!!

 

 

I still haven't gotten this picture thing figured out...

 

Today I had to email myself the picture I wanted to use....

 

I used my home email and sent it to my work email and then saved it to my work picture folder and then I could download it onto my blog post....!!

 

 

Anyway.....

 

I'll work on it some more over the weekend and then make a decision...

 

..Go For Your Dreams.. 

It Worked...!

 

 

I was able to post this little picture...!!

Problems

I did some adjustments on this old blog yesterday...

Now I can't load pictures...

I'll work on it some more later today..

Thanks......Goggle+

..Go For Your Dreams..

 



Continuing Puppy Saga

We had to move the puppies....

When we first found the pups...they were in a shallow hole...CityBoy and I drug the old doghouse out into a wooded area near the hole and moved the pups in....

Things seemed to be fine...

Then yesterday my Mom calls and says..."your brother just saw Lula moving the pups"

Out the door I went and found three in a deep tunnel like hole and three in the doghouse.

The hole was so small that they were laying on top of each other and there was no way the other three were going to fit.

Sooooo.....

My brother was able to reach the hole pups.....we put them in a basket and then we moved the 10'x10' chain-link dog run to my yard....

Moved the doghouse....

Put the pups back in the house...

Put Lula's food and water in the run ...

Then backed off to see if she would enter the run...

She did...but...didn't stay long....she ate, nursed the babies and left.

I think she's in the doghouse this morning.....I'll know in a few minutes...it's time to feed before I leave for work...CityBoy is home today...he'll keep an eye on them...

Why is Misskitty the lead picture...

Well

She watched the whole process and then checked things out to make sure we had done it right...

Silly Kitty..!!

..Go For Your Dreams..

What I Miss About Easter.....

First.....let me say....

We had a wonderful Easter....great meal....beautiful day...took Mom out into the woods to met the puppies.....their eyes are open and sometime this week we will be moving them to an enclosed dog run...

But....!

I miss that green plastic grass that you stuff around the candy and toys in the Easter Basket...

I miss the kids throwing it all over the house in their haste to play and fill their little mouths with chocolate bunnies...

then for days......no matter how much you vacuum....your picking up strands of "grass"....

pulling it out of the dogs muzzles....brushing it off the beds....

I miss the Grass....!

Or

Maybe it's the kids....?!

 

.. Go For Your Dreams..

Do you see it...?

In my minds-eye that cloud bank on the ridge line looks like another distant mountain range...

..Go For Your Dreams..

OK.....OK.....

I'm not always on Watch Duty....

Besides the dogs weren't using their new bed and 

it fits me just right....

..Go For Your Dreams..