Squirt - my Queen has crossed The Bridge

Hope you are doing OK Leslie...I know it's hard. I was going back and reading some of your Squirt stories and having a good chuckle. She clearly had lots of terrier in her...God knows I've seen a lot of that in my Aussie pups.

On a positive note, my friends who recently lost their Pom just got a Silky pup. She was just having a real hard time of things w/out her baby. Having said that, she knows she cannot replace the baby she had. But, she can love another.

It was kind of funny in that I did not have the heart to tell her about all the "terrier troubles" that will be in store for her. I don't think she realizes that Silkies are 50pct Aussie Terrier and she thinks my latest Aussie, Pepper, is a real handful. She told me she did not want a "rowdy" dog. I just bit my lip and smiled. I can already tell that this little Silky has lots of spunk in her. Sweet, but feisty, as a terrier can be. It will be interesting, to say the least.:)

Hi Leslie

Just wanted to pop and to let you know I am still thinking of you and all the great work you do with your pups!!! Hope life has a little more sunshine in it for you lately. Big hugs xxxx

Thanks, ya'll. I'm a bit better. Fake it til you make it, right?

Jeff, you are so right...your friend is in for a surprise! I don't think I've ever met a non-rowdy Terrier pup of any breed - or Terrier mix for that matter! They all seem to come with an extra load of energy, stamina, and a penchant for adventure, or mischief in some eyes! :D You only have to look in their eyes to see how full of it they truly are! :p

I'm getting the good at fake it till you make it 😄

I hope you are managing to hold your own Leslie I think of you and squirt often x

I made three glass sculptures over the last couple of weeks and put them out in Squirt's garden this morning. The fairy sculpture was initially going to be for sale at the craft show next month but I decided Squirt would enjoy her. ;) The plants that are there so far are Blue Vervain, Angel Trumpet, Iris', Cannas, wild Daisy, cultivated red rose, wild pink rose, wild pink Dianthus, Blue-eyed grass, a dark yellow Black Eyed Susan-looking flower that volunteered which I haven't ID'd yet (under the suncatcher or sparklie as I call them), an Easter Lilly, Goldenrod, and Monkey grass. A Cypress Vine, or Hummingbird Vine, is also taking off to the back of this section, climbing into the trees and Honeysuckle. The Blue-eyed grass and Monkey grass were already here as were the Goldenrod, which most folk see as an evil plant but it isn't at all. ;) The roses both wild and cultivated came from cuttings; the Angel Trumpet was given to me as cuttings as well along with the Easter Lilly. Iris' came from the old family place in Mississippi where my mom grew up; the Canna were given to me by my honorary daughter. The rest I have dug up in the wild and transplanted. It will be a few years before everything is fully mature and by then I hope this little section is cram packed full of color!

Here are some pics of how it looks today -

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Awww Leslie, I love those!! What a gorgeous spot you are creating for your girl, so very pretty... just like her!!

I can see how you would easily sell, but I am like you and would want to keep them all to decorate the garden!! xxx

What a beautiful garden for Squirt. I love it all. I would want to keep all the sculptures too. They are beautiful, Leslie. You have a special talent.

It is also so special to have plants from your homestead in Mississippi. Irises are so wonderful in the garden but then the whole list of plants you named are wonderful.


They will bring you great joy and joy to Squirt as well.

Big Hugs

Squirt's garden is absolutely beautiful.

There's no such thing as 'terrier troubles', it's just that life with a terrier is 'interesting' ;)
and once you've had one, there's no going back!!

Leslie, what a lovely garden you made for Squirt and that's the prettiest birdbath I've ever seen. She will love it.:)

I loved the photos Leslie. Thanks for showing and sharing with all of us, Squirts lovely garden. It is lovely and I'd have to put the lovely sculptures in her garden too. I know it is her you were thinking of when making them all. :)

hugs
Sharlene and molly muffin