Bailey and Friends

Happy Fourth of July!!!

The mosquitoes have arrived in Milwaukee:eek::mad: I sure hope they are not bad in your neck of the woods.

I do hope you get to enjoy some fireworks tonight. We are going to sneak away to catch a glimpse of some local show. The big to do was last night over Lake Michigan but I had to work and if you go late there are no spots.

How is Bailey? How is the garden? I hope the hurricane stays far away from your coastline!!! Our yard is so saturated from the daily storms the lawn people can this week to say they could not even mow the grass!!! I noticed since I have kept Koko off our grass, he has not been as itchy. He does walk in the grassy culverts but I try to keep him on the road so I think he has an allergy to grass or a weed in our grass.

Have a wonderful weekend dear Sus!

Love you

Helloooooooooooooo Sharlene & Addy! :)

Bailey has not needed to go to the vets for a reason, so I've not asked about Trish's suggestion for medication for the itch. Bailey is having major itch issues this past 24 hours. I never can tell what it is that stirs this up. I think she may be needing to get her sack drained and judging from a spot on the bedroom carpet, I think she successfully drained it herself when we weren't looking.

Addy, I've not seen mosquitoes yet, but I'm sure they're out there. They hide somewhere during the day, so I just have to be careful at dusk or dark.

The hurricane came by and moved right out. No beach erosion that I can tell. ;) It dropped 3" of rain, but the ground took all that up. We have been bone dry for many weeks. With the rain, things are looking much greener. The winds were up, but nothing to cause any damage.

The gardens look good and I was thinking of you the other day, Addy, as I walked by a little mini hosta garden that I've created. Those are the newest plants and they're still not very big, but they are growing. I do a bit of the maintenance for the entrance gardens for our development and I sprayed for weeds and trimmed up 4 bushes there yesterday. I let someone else do the plantings now and it doesn't look like when I did it.....I planted annuals and regularly watered.....but it looks respectable.

Ryan turned 35 Saturday. How can that BE????? We visited with Ellen and him via Skype and he opened the presents I sent while we talked. Not as good as being there or here, but at least it's something. I think they may both come down later this month for a weekend visit.

I'm having the blahs. I can't seem to motivate myself. I did take a sketching class for two days last weekend. I was amazed at how much I learned and surprised to find out how important sketching skills are to artwork.

I do pop in and read the threads every couple of days, even though I don't often have much to add. Thanks for checking up on me. You're very important to me.:cool:

Love,
Sus

Hey Sus

I would ask your vet about the apoquel when you get the chance. Nothing more irritating for our furry friends when they are scratching up a storm. When Flynn's was at its worse I would wake up to him itching so none of us were getting much sleep. So nice to have that relief without having to resort to steroids.

Sorry your in a blah mood, I suggest retail therapy... works for me!!! :D Your gardens sound lovely, I do like to potter about out there too. Find it very therapeutic standing with the hose and watering!! I have a citrus wall... there is tangelo, lime, lemons, mandarins all in a row and I trim it back to keep it under control. I espaliered them initially, so they stayed kinda flat and it looks awesome when they are fruiting! Dunno what it is going on but the lime though, it is the best producer of all of them and is just coming to the end but it looks like it is dying??! Leaves all over it have dried up and curling, look like it has not had water for a year. :confused: Which it has and all the other trees are looking fine. My friend and I were just inspecting it and it looks like it is poisoned, hope the people over the fence have not done anything to it, but it does not hang over their fence. My friend suggested taking a clipping to the garden centre to see if they have any thoughts. It's going to leave a big hole if it dies, which it looks like it is trying its best to do!! Hmmm there you go, a boring old lime story LOL... Hope you enjoy the weekend and Bailey gets some itch relief! xxxx

I swear I just killed a mosquito the size of a helicopter:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Holy cow that is a monster mosquito Addy!

Sharlene and molly muffin

Are you sniffin' stuff again, Addy? ;):D

Still haven't seen my first one yet. I don't know where they're hiding!
Love,
Sus

Susan. Big ones are over at Addy's house. Small medium ones are hanging at our place. Lol
Sharlene

Windows and screens are being cleaned here, today.
I finally replaced my keyboard, so I have my "x" back.
Bailey is going to be exhausted tonight....between the window cleaners, plus Thursday afternoons a small card playing group meets here. At the rate she's barking, she'll have no voice left.
Anyone want a cute, 3.5 yr. old? :confused::rolleyes:

LOL Sounds like a busy day! Bailey will be pooped for sure!

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin

Sus,no way she is 3.5, how can that be????

I thought Bailey was barely two