Love ya lots♥
Duke
We are joining Rosy for Nature Friday~~
Landlady Maryann needs ducks to eat the yucky algae off her pond!We found another Daylily flower~We love the Button Bush flower. It's so cool!Mom forgot to post this one earlier of the beautiful Evening Primrose~She's not fond of the Hosta plant but their flowers sure are pretty!Mom hates the infuriating and pesky gnats that buzz around her face and mine on our morning walks. We've been using peppermint oil for awhile now and it's been working great but then - it wasn't. So mom changed it up to a Tea Tree oil and added some Lavender oil to my bandana and to her hat brim and it worked much better and we were both a whole lot happier!
Happy Wednesday!Mom saw this recipe on FB and seeing as she loves Coleslaw and she's only ever had it with mayo, sugar, salt and pepper, she just had to make it!
Swedish Pizza Salad
Ingredients are half a medium sized head of white cabbage, 1 teaspoon salt, 3 tablespoons olive oil, 1/4 cup white wine vinegar, 2-3 tablespoons granulated sugar, 1 tablespoon dried oregano, 1 teaspoon dried basil, 3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper.
Mom has never had white wine vinegar so she used distilled white instead. She didn't use as much sugar as the recipe calls for and we used Mrs Dash's herb seasoning instead of oregano and basil.
Mom got herself a fancy veggie slicer. In case anyone wants to know she got it on Amazon -
We had a glorious Sunday morning with temps in the low 60's☺
We did the farm loop on our walk and all along this street, Queen Anne's Lace was everywhere!Turning the corner, mom couldn't get over all of the wildflowers in bloom~Farther along, we found lots and lots of Chicory!We are joining Rosy this week for Nature Friday~~
We are finally back to walking for longer walkies!The beautiful Butterfly Weed is in bloom!The Milkweed is flowering~At home, one African Violet decided to surprise mom~There is only one Orchid flower left on her stalk~Today is mom's birthday. As many of you know, mom shared her birthday for thirteen and a half years with angel Maggie and she never forgets how lucky she was to share that special day with her girl. She can remember asking the breeder when Maggie's birthday was on her second visit and he replied - July 10th. Mom thought he was teasing with her but how would he have known when mom's birthday was? It was destiny that Maggie would come home with mom. This picture of a painting stays in mom's calendar always♥Mom and I had mini-cupcakes to celebrate!Yummmmmm~Happy Birthday to my most wonderful mom♥Love ya lots♥After five days of no walks, we finally got out for a short one yesterday before the drizzle started again.
Can you see them?
There are 87 thousand apples on this tree in our backyard and the deer are going to be so happy as they ripen!Mom leaves the door open for me when she goes out to weed and cut the grass and this is the first time she's seeing me enjoying the view!
Bozo wants to see out too~I don't think so, Bozo!A Monday Ussie~Happy Tuesday!Mom and I read Aunty YAM's blog and this past Friday, she posted a film that shouldn't be missed. The film is called Billy and Molly, an Otter Love Story. Mom googled it and found that we could watch it on the National Geographic channel and we did. It's available on other channels as well. It was everything that Aunty YAM said that it would be♥ Mom loved the story so much, that she decided that I needed an otter stuffie. He/she arrived yesterday with the name, "Harry". That name wouldn't work for us and we couldn't very well name him/her Molly so we named him Bozo!
He is a rather large fellow and he has a wonderful strong squeaker!Of course, mom wonders how long he will squeak as I have been squeaking him non-stop all day long!We had fireworks from the peeps and from Mother Nature last night and you know who won out. I'm sure the peeps were not happy and will be at it again tonight!
Love ya lots♥Duke