New Level of Spring Cleaning

Elvis is whimper -ing and I can't figure out why.

He was sleeping soundly with his head on my ankles, and he woke up and immediat -ely started whining. There is no reason for the sudden change in his de- meanor.  Perhaps another thunder -storm will hit the farm in an hour or so. 

We had an intense storm earlier this afternoon, complete with hail.  Of our nine dogs , Elvis has the greatest fear of storms.  All the puppy mill rescues tremble before and during storms.  After all, they were kept in cages that were open to the weather... conditions that make me tremble with anger.

So, we give all the fur babies doses of an herbal anxiety medicine, and they snuggle close and in time sleep through a storm.

What a week! It was Spring Cleaning on a much larger scale!

Gordon and I spent a dis- proportion -ate amount of time out on the farm, overseeing scrap metal (old farm implements) removal and working with the timber stands. Both are projects that will continue for quite some time.

Annie got to go on each of these daily adventures. She is coming out of her shell even more as we share these adventures.

We're also re- organizing the office and weeding the files, all 15 or so file cabinets!

Last week, I put Annie in a second office chair, on top of her own pillow, and she goes to "her" office chair now in expectation that she will join me, chairs side by side, as I do paperwork. I am completely charmed by her assistance!

Unc dug up a big tray of coreopsis from elsewhere on the farm for us to transplant them at the entrance to our driveway, among those Yucca plants. We'll hit that tomorrow (Saturday).

Porcelain deadlines were met each day this week as well.

I had some musings to share with you tonight, but I am too sore and sleepy to try and put thought to computer.!

We'll talk more this weekend.

Comments

[Susan]

What herbal remedy do you use? I have 2 Scotties and a Westie (also a rescue) who are afraid of storms, would love to find something that works other than a lot of snuggling.

Love to hear about your westie babies.