Tuesday This and That

Another gorgeous fall day lies ahead. Bill and I will probably be tending to "this and that's" in preparation for our trip to Ireland.  

He's almost finished with the dog shelter in the run.  It's a lovely piece of construction, so the dogs will have a nice pad while staying in the run-----if it's not filled with mine fields. 

Liam, the digger, associates the run with the need to dig furiously into the ground for no particular reason, 'cept to dig.  

He's opened up some substantial holes out there while working as Bill's assistant.  I think Bill needs to give him some real work to do during those times, rather than just being a dog that digs. 

We may try the old chicken-wire tactic beneath the gravel ploy and see if that discourages him. 

In other news, my sisters Laurie and Barbara and brother Kevin are at the Arabian Sport Horse Nationals in Nampa this week. 

Laurie will be showing Ravenwood Hot Stuff aka Pache in classes every day through Saturday.  To keep themselves organized, they've created a white board of events, times and what needs to be done. 

So, I've posted it below for anyone who's interested in Arabian dressage at the national level.  Laurie will be riding Pache in both English and Western dressage this time.

If you want to watch her online, just go to the following website  https://www.usef.org/tune-in at the times indicated.  Dressage classes occur ON TIME.  In this case, the times are Mountain Daylight Time.

I'll post daily reminders of times and the website throughout the week.  

Good luck, Laurie and Pache. 

Oeringun

Meanwhile, along family lines, Annie has moved from France to Germany for meetings with geocoin vendors.  Yesterday, she visited Neustadt, while today she goes to Oeringun.  

I think the creator did a masterful job of designing a "Love" geocoin.  For some reason, those folks know that Annie kinda likes the Seattle Sounders. 

After one more day in Germany, she'll return to Paris and work "from home" for a couple of days.

I liked the fountain in Neustadt---definitely a sculptural conversation piece.  

Just scenes, pretty and crazy, around the Lovestadt . . . .

My friend Pam has returned to Sandpoint for this week after spending time in Kansas City at the "National GAS Rodeo."

https://www.nationalgasrodeo.org/  -- if ya need to know more. 

No toots, no nose plugging----just a lot of "buff," as Pam says, with gas company workers from across the nation competing at what they do best on their respective jobs.

Pam and her friend Larry came by for a visit last night AND of course, for another crazy selfie with this lovely apple from our friend Betsy's tree. 

Twas a lovely and fun time, as usual.