Apr 17, 2021

They did it

What a week it has been! Today, Saturday the 17th of April at 5:30PM we are enduring 24C/76F, such a wonderful temperature under blue skies 😎 How delightful to feel the heat. We thought that spring would never come. But the past few days we have warmed up bit by bit and today is just perfect. We are seeing so many song birds and are enjoying their musical repertoire. However just a week ago we were woken by helicopters at 5:30AM, flying about to try and keep the cherry blossoms from freezing. It was -4C/23F. I am certain that the orchardists are welcoming this spring weather.

So with spring upon us it was time to put away all of our winter gear.  Hopefully we won’t be using it next winter. There are 68 empty hangers here, mostly from my spring and summer wardrobe.

The clothes that were in my closet are now on their way to a thrift store. Covid was not kind to me.

The other day we received a gift in the mail which actually was doxie related. Is it any wonder that the twins felt the need to check out the package? Those are their new harnesses, yes neon colours. They have both outgrown the first set of harnesses that I had purchased.

This past Wednesday Carlie graduated from puppy school.

As did Ciela. Don’t they look cute?

We didn’t learn too much but we did acquire a few points. I still haven’t decided if I will complain or not. The thing is PetSmart will  re offer the same class at no charge but with the same instructor. Not worth our energy.

It feels like we are back to square one. A year ago we were doing so well compared to now.

 

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Apr 14, 2021

Thought for the Day: Buddha says…The trouble is, you “think” you have time.

I really believe that because I am older now, that the pups are zapping my energy quicker.  We laugh everyday and get wonderful face kisses, not so many cuddles and as they are too busy discovering life. However my to do lists never stop.

Colin having so much fun.

Two at once.

Such a lovely pose – Carlie, no dots above her eyes.

And yet another toilet paper incident.

They have discovered that they can jump up and get the roll to move and hence more fun for them.

Last night was the last freezing night, so they say. Colin and the girls will no longer be shivering for middle of the night potty outings. They slept close to eight hours last night 😀  So hopefully this will soon be the new normal for them.  I have so enjoyed sleeping the past few nights. We are supposed to get into the mid 70’s weather wise, which will be great for the next few days. The pups really love being outside during the day.  However they tend to eat a lot of grass and the mud underneath. Hopefully this is just a puppy thing and will stop soon.

Our neighbours are doing renovations including redoing their driveway. Lots of noise and dust. His rented machine broke down and it took several hours to get it going again. I think we have had noise from this lot for at least ten day now.

This is how our home looks these days.

Starting to see a few sunsets here and there. The leaves on that willow tree are staring to turn a soft green.

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Apr 10, 2021

Que Pasa

8:45 AM April 10th, 2021.

We were treated to a bt of snow this morning. Quite the surprise. Our temps are supposed to rise over the next five days.  However we need to get through tonight first. We are expecting 30% chance of snow flurries or rain showers. I guess it depends how high up the valley you are. It is gong to be a very cold night for the twins tonight, -7C/19F. Plus freezing overnight temps for the following three nights. Mind you last night they slept for seven hours:) So did we!!

It did not stay long but what a surprise.

Colin is slowly getting the garden ready. Doing a few repairs, cleaning up some of last seasons mess. Then of course he has to come up with a new fence and gate due to that tree falling into our site in February. Click here for that post.

The tomatoes plants are really growing. Some from the nursery which are getting big and some from seeds. Last year we started planting peas, beans, kale, carrots and beets on April 13th. Much too cold this year, we will wait a good week.

Their play time was interrupted. It is very apparent that Ciela’s tan dots over her eyes are fading. This is making it easier to tell them apart.

Here they are sharing a small puppy nylabone chew.

The Province of BC has been opening up more appointments for vaccine injections to various ages and Colin was eligible this past Tuesday. The first local ( Lake Country ) spot was April 27th. Yesterday I received an email that I was eligible to make an appointment. I would have had to wait until May 4th to get in. So I checked the Kelowna injection locations and we were both able to get in on April 18th. So I booked mine online and then called to cancel Colin’s appointment on the 27th and was able to book him on the 18th as well.  He could have had the slot five minutes behind mine but because of the dogs we made it a 30 minute interval. This way one of us will be with them in the car.  Soon it will be time to start leaving them on their own, ten minutes here and there and eventually longer each time.

We are trying to get them to eat out of their own dish. As puppies the three siblings ate out of one large dish and they keep wanting to eat what the other has. I am trying to keep track of how much each is eating. This set up did not work. As of a few days ago one is eating in this location and the other is directly to the right in the bathroom and we do keep the fence between them. Today they each went to their seperate area waiting for dinner to be served. Progress.

On April 3rd, we had our first beaver sighting this spring. It was a quick run out of the door, point and shoot photo. So nice to know that our beaver is still here.

They love to run around the yard. Fortunately they have no idea how to go down stairs, either here  down to the beach or from the house to the ground. We are not showing them how to do it. They already figured out how to climb up, it just happened. We prefer that they use the ramp, which they do very well and ever so quickly. Much better for their backs long term.

Is this ever going to end?

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Apr 06, 2021

Spring is slow to come

We have had really nice days but also cool times. We have had frost the last few mornings., -7C/19F. Pretty cold to take the girls out to do their business in the early hours of the day, such as 3:30AM. However yesterday they slept seven hours 😆 I can’t remember that last time I heard a chickadee. Yet one landed just a few feet from me the other day and we have one every morning in the big tree. We even have had a red wing blackbird a few times recently. So glad we got rid of the hedge  The Starlings nested there and took over our yard. They are bossy dominate birds. So happy to enjoy the songbirds including the robins. We were treated to a grand finale by the trumpeter swans the other day. Sad to say adios.

Love Carlie’s eyes.

We started to weigh the girls once we got back home. They were 1/2 lb apart six weeks ago and remain so. Carlie was first born and is the largest even though she was the runt of the litter. So many changes. It looks like Ciela is losing her tan headlight markings over her eyes and she is just a tad darker chocolate now. It will be interesting to see how they develop in the months to come.

Trying on their winter coats. Much too long to use now plus just getting them to walk on a leash with a harness is enough.

Everything is a game to them.

Today they opened our province up to those born in 1950 to get their vaccines.  I was able to register Colin and book a vaccine for him on April 27th. I could have got him in on the 20th but that was a 30 minute drive into Kelowna as opposed  to a 5 minute drive here in our area, Lake Country, which is only open two mornings per week.

With the new online register and book your appointment, this is all you need to take in now. I was able to register myself but have to wait until I get an email telling me it is my turn to make an appointment. My year of birth is 1953. Up until last week couples were going together no matter their age, but no longer

The love each other so much but I am happy to see them doing things on their own even in the same room.

Doxies really do love heat.

Ciela discovered the furnace vent the other day. Her ears are flopping from the hot air coming out of the vent. That is where she heads early in the morning. You can see how her tan marks above the eyes are not so visible.

Looks like Season Two isn’t going to win any awards either.

 

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Apr 04, 2021

I hope that you all had a wonderful Easter

For those who missed my recent ‘catch up’ post please click here.

Sharing a few random photos. Some are related to the last post.

In my puppy class with Ciela we have 3 small ‘white’ dogs. This is a Labernese – 5 month old puppy in Colin’s class with Carlie. It was like a 5 month old large Saint Bernard puppy. Yet here they are nose to nose. Carlie is 11 weeks here.  There are three large dogs and a very expressive beagle, not quite a puppy class if  you ask me.  A Labernese is a cross between a Bernese Mountain Dog and a Labrador Retriver.

There are two window washers, this one inside ( we were all masked ) and one outside.

I confined the girls to a tiny corner of their usual space but they still had the run of the kitchen. They never even made a peep.

The next day they were confined yet again but in an even smaller area. See all the soot on the glass panels and the logs that Colin had to clean.

So today as they have been behaving so well we allowed them to sit in the sunny living room with supervision.

Colin took Carlie for a walk and under my supervision Ciela wrecked the window screen.  I only turned my back for a moment.

Sigh!!!

Then later Colin discovered that they had pulled this carpet and spilled the entire water dish on it as well as the floor. Very mischievous tonight.

We hope that you had as good of an Easter as the girls did.

Well over a year later and things are not getting better. It is up to each one of us to wear our masks  ALL the time and to social distance as needed. The variants are here.

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