Cleo - Chloe?

Our new puppy! Cleo - Chloe? My granddaughter named her, but kept calling her both names. I like the sound of  Chloe better, but Cleo means the Father's Glory. I'm confused. Never let a 5 y/o name a dog. I'm actually in favor of Rainbow for a white dog, but that's been vetoed by everyone. :(

My daughter just happened to be looking for a Great Pyrenees when Molly died and ran across a great deal on purebred, unpapered pups. We had her pick one up for us when she went to pick up hers. Gave us an awesome excuse to take a day off in the middle of market season to go see her new house and visit with her family! We hadn't seen them since the middle of June. Now if we could just manage to see the East Coast branch!

Cleo - Chloe did very well on the ride home. She got rather anxious when we drove into a heavy storm, but as soon as it subsided, she settled down. We didn't get home until 9:30 and since it was raining, we decided she'd have to come in for the night. 

Lady (our other Great Pyrenees) was so excited to see her! She was following us around and even wanted to come inside with her. No way! Cleo-Chloe will be an outside dog very soon. I'm not having a houseful of gigantic dogs in this little trailer. Blue on the other hand isn't terribly impressed. He'll just have to get used to her!

Cleo-Chloe thinks the dog in the mirror is a playmate. It is funny, but has to be discouraged. A sliding mirror door is just to fragile to wrestle doggy style with. 

We will see how she does tomorrow with the chickens. 

I've been wanting to have a side-kick type of dog for quite a while. Since Cleo-Chloe rides so well, I think she will be come my personal companion. 

God Bless You All!

Love, Grama Sue

Grama's New Critters

The other night I went out to shut the chickens up and this fella jumped up and wanted me to pet him. It was dark and I couldn't see well, but he seemed bigger than the kittens. I picked him up and brought him in where I could see him well and sure enough, he's not one of mine. Anybody recognize him? He seems to have adopted us though! He has made himself at home and acts like he owns the place!

Thankfully, I don't have to shut the chickens up anymore. Devan (my sweet DIL) saw a couple of Great Pyrenees listed on freecycle last Thursday. We picked them up on Friday. They had been neglected by the person they had been given to and the original owner had taken them back, but she didn't have a place she could keep them. They are well-trained, beautiful dogs. In a month or two they ought to be back to good health. They are a mother and daughter pair that are 3 and 7 named Molly and Lady. The bigger one is the 3y/o. They are great with all the farm animals, but poor old Blue just doesn't know what to think of them. He's keeping his distance! They are only about 3 times as big as him!

Grampa is going to sell the lambs soon! If you want a whole or a 1/2 lamb put your order in! We have 2 or 3 sold directly at this point. He'll take whatever is left up to the sale barn in Keosaukua.

I'm so proud of myself! I put new supers on the bee hives in my short shorts and spaghetti straps and didn't even get stung. Sometimes my bravery surprises me. This is from the lady who wanted nothing to do with working the hives.

This post seems rather rambling and disjointed so I'll end it up with another completely random observation!

Thought for the Day

It's been hot here. Our veggies thrive in the hot weather as long as they're connected to the vine, but once removed, the heat destroys them pretty fast. We are designed to be connected to our creator. If we are connected to Him, heat actually can make us grow, but if we aren't, it will cause us to deteriorate fast! Get connected! He loves you!

God Bless You All! ~Love, Grama Sue