Wordless Wednesday ~Trust

Dixie is taking a summer break from Wordless Wednesday but has invited us to post on our own. I don't know if she is on some fabulous adventure or sitting on the porch in French Lique, Texas with a glass of tea and a good book but I trust she'll be back to tell us all about it. In the meantime its Blogger's Choice and I choose...Trust

Three or More Tuesday ~ For the Guys

This Three or More Tuesday is for the guys. For prettier things visit the rest of the Three or More bloggers at The Gypsy's Corner.


We attended the annual 4th of July Parade in Atwater, CA and this was my hubby's favorite entry ~ tractors through the years. You can click on the photos to enlarge and see the dates on the front of each tractor. I'll have to learn how to do the music gadget. For now you'll just have to hum Kenney Chesney's "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy".

Three or More Tuesday ~ Rooster Plates

Today I'm joining Tam @ The Gypsy's Corner for my first Three or More Tuesday. I suspect it will probably always be "or More" for me.

I'm sharing 4 rooster plates that set me on a new path for a color scheme in my dinning room. I started out with a soft red, green and yellow palette and was trying to keep to it, something that's hard for me to do. I was doing great until my sweet son bought me blue and white salt and pepper shakers. Foiled again. I had to find a way to make them feel like they belonged. Can't have our salt and pepper shakers feeling like they don't fit in now can we? It took a long time but I finally found these rooster plates in a Williams - Sonoma catalog. I know, I know, not exactly thrifty. But they saved my sanity so they were worth it. Each plate has the same rooster in my original colors. But each plate...

has a different...

graphic...

border...

in blue!

Here's all four together.

They just make me so happy.

Silly, huh?

Now strut on over to Tam's place and check out all the other Three or More participants. I hear she purged her closets so we'll all meet at goodwill when we're done!

Dawn

A Pup and a Bee

This cute little pup is Penney. She is a dachshund mix and belongs to my sweet sister. My sister called this morning to tell me about Penney's trip to the emergency vet. hospital last night. Penney had come in through the doggie door and started crying. They checked her out but couldn't see any injuries. Her tummy felt very hard. She was loosing control of her bodily functions and started passing out so they went to the E.R. Sis told them Penney had been licking her paw but she hadn't found anything. Penney was starting to swell all over and get hives. Turns out there was a tiny bee stinger in her paw. She had an allergic reaction. They gave her medicine and fluids. Poor thing was sick all night but she is home and doing fine now. The vet told them to get a "baby" epi-pen for her. I've never heard of a dog being allergic to bees. My dogs always snap at them when they are buzzing around. I just thought I'd share this story in case any of you run into the same situation .

Between the bees and the heat, keep an eye on all those sweet furbabies out there! Almost forgot, don't forget to keep them safely inside when all those fireworks start next weekend. My two big dogs turn into quivering sacks of potatoes every 4th. They find a hiding place and won't budge for anything till morning.

Dawn