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Leaving On A Jet Plane

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This morning finds me feeling sad and emotional. I’m headed back to San Diego today. My little break with the family is almost over. Now I am looking at another 2 1/2 months away from my loved ones. These past ten days have been wonderful; but now I look at my dogs’ sweet faces and wonder how they’ll cope with me being gone again. Don says that Riley has been like a different dog since I’ve been back. Will he become depressed again? Scout is lying at my feet as I type this; how will she do? I love them so ~ they are my children. I absolutely hate being away from them.

Don is blue, I am blue – can I just say that I will never do this again? By this, I mean being gone from my loved ones for such a long time. I travel for my work off and on and I don’t mind being away for a few weeks. But not this long again. Ever.

Scout is feeling better. Her blood work came back clean and we are grateful. Both dogs have had Lyme disease and Scout’s levels are still high, so she will go back on antibiotics. Both dogs will take a joint health supplement and we have some Rimadyl for days when one or the other feels sore. (Riley has hip problems.)

My plans to have hanging pots on the porch and pots planted were dashed by a lack of plants at our local greenhouse. Makes sense, since I am doing all this about 3 weeks earlier than usual. So Don and I have decided he will go to the greenhouse in about 2 weeks, take camera photos of the hanging plants, send them to me, and I will choose the “appropriate” plant. But my pots, my window boxes….they will remain empty until July. I’m not happy, but what can I do?

This morning we are getting a new storm door for the front door. This house has no storm doors and we’ve been wanting some since we moved in. I persuaded husband that it would be especially nice this spring and summer. So, first the front door – next month, the side door!

I snapped this photo of the light from the skylight hitting my quilt the other morning. Lovely.

Have a wonderful day. I’ll be blogging from Mockingbird Hill Cottage West when next we meet.

Foggy morning

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This morning’s sky was foggy, filled with swirling clouds and the sunlight trying to break through. I ran out onto the balcony to grab a few shots, knowing that it could all be gone in the blink of an eye. And it was. The sun has emerged and taken over the sky. Another sunny San Diego day.
Believe me, I love the sun, but I do like it here in San Diego when the weather is a bit grumpy – whether its fog or rain or whatever. Back when we lived here I would get so excited if there was a thunderstorm. It happened rarely. I remember my husband and I running outside to listen to the thunder. Oh, and then there is the even rarer instance when it suddenly hails. You’re driving along and suddenly for about 2 minutes, huge amounts of hail fall…and then its sunny. This morning’s foggy beginning was beautiful.

I promised I would post the link for the fabric Easter Eggs. I found it at Retro Mama. She is very talented and she posts all the directions, plus the pattern for the egg. Just scroll down and you will find it. I found out about Retro Mama from another great source, Today’s Creative Blog. Kim posts about various blogs she has discovered.It is a great source for those of us who don’t always know what’s out there. I have found a lot of wonderful blogs through Kim.

I must leave you now and do the laundry before I have class. Have a great day everyone!

Happy Friday!

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This beautiful bloom comes from a tree in the courtyard at the University. Gorgeous, isn’t it? Some of you have asked for photos of where I work. I work at the University and at the Theater and both are quite lovely. However, there is much construction going on at the Theater at the moment, so it is not quite ready for a photo shoot. I will post some photos of the University soon.

Husband left last night, flew home on the red-eye and arrived this morning. As soon as he got home he called to say that the petsitter is amazing! She left the house impeccably neat, left several sheets of paper listing everything that happened each day, and took great, great care of the dogs. She is fantastic and we are so pleased. Truth be told, we almost always went away on separate trips for business or family reasons. One of us stayed behind to take care of the dogs. Since both of our dogs are rescues, I cannot bring myself to put them in a kennel or a cage. They wouldn’t understand. Our rule has always been that someone has to stay with them. When we were living here in San Diego, we found a wonderful group called Home Sitting Seniors. These were senior citizens who were mobile and would stay in your home, take in your mail and watch pets. But when we moved east, there was no such group. A chance conversation with a woman shopping at the store gave me the name of our petsitter. Thank goodness! I see some trips in our future.

I am sad that our mini-vacation is over, but I have lots of work to do before Tuesday and the resumption of classes. Today: laundry and a visit with an ex-student over coffee. Tomorrow: more work and a Pink Saturday post!

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