This is Angus. He lives with his family at the north end of South Center Valley Road. Angus is 1 year old, and he has a lot of energy.
I met Angus last night when he and his master, Greg, were enjoying an evening ride in Greg's refurbished Willy's jeep. They were headed south on South Center Valley Road, while I was driving our 4-wheeler UTV north.
Later, Greg turned around and came back to visit. During his visit, Bill and Willie arrived home from their kayaking/fishing excursion to Roman Nose Lake.
While they were recreating, I organize a working recreational scene near the barnyard fence. In the heat of July, it was time for Miss Kiwi to have a bath.
At first, she wasn't so sure, but once I started working up a lather with the shampoo on her back, Kiwi never moved. Heck, I didn't even have to hold on to her leash.
Kiwi loves her baths. She's a bit shaky as a 15-year-old, but she managed to stay standing throughout the entire bathing experience.
Then, we walked around the yards in the sun so she would dry off enough to take her in the garage, where Heaven awaited.
My dogs LOVE their doggie hair dryer, and once that air starts blowing, they stand still obviously in total bliss.
I still have some tags to snip from Kiwi's coat, but she seems to feel like a million dollars after her bath.
I had planned to also give Foster another summer trim but decided that could happen today.
A hot afternoon, especially after dog washing, turned into an even more uncomfortably hot evening.
After walking the horses down the lane from pasture, I was glowing profusely [sweating for those who prefer nonrefinement].
That's when I made the decision to be like my friend Ruthann and jump in our open-air 4-wheeler, hoping the breeze formed from increased movement would cool me down.
It did.
First, I drove around the hay field looking for Lefty's fly mask, which had come off sometime during the day.
I wondered if a bunch of angry anti-maskers had happened through our field and figured they'd send a message by removing Lefty's mask and throwing it in the grass.
Just kidding!
Sad that people are SO mad any more, and people are SO mad for so many reasons----some justified, some downright crazy.
Anyway, after finding the mask, I decided my open-air and refreshing UTV ride needed to go on.
So, I drove to the road, turned south and, when I reached their driveway, decided to say hi to the new neighbors, Steve and Leslie.
When it appeared they were not home, I headed on my way, driving to Selle Road and then turning around. Eventually, I could see someone coming my way, and when he passed by, I thought it was Greg driving his open-air rig with Angus riding shotgun.
Sure enough it was.
So, another day with another visitor in a rec. rig led to a fun visit. Greg told us about finding jeep in a Montana field and how he and his dad restored it, even adding Smokey Bear to one of the hubs.
Greg is a local dentist. I first met him and his wife Amber a couple of years ago when they were subjects for the "Natives and Newcomers" feature for Sandpoint Magazine. Amber, an optometrist, grew up in Priest River, while Greg hails from the Walla Walla area.
Anyway, it was a fun visit, especially because Willie and Bill met Greg for the first time.
We have another hot day, maybe even hotter, today. During the coolness of the early morn, however, the turkeys came through the yard on schedule.
This time I had my camera handy. Standing at the sliding glass door where turkeys had been gathering, I instructed Bill to let Liam and Foster out the garage door.
Timing was perfect as was this morning's turkey removal from the yard.
Two seconds is about all it takes for those two dogs come around the corner, spot all those turkeys and go into lightning fast action.
Turkeys go every which way AND loose. We leave the dogs outside, lest the turkeys decided to make a re-entry.
Bill and I are pleased that, once again, after losing our beloved Kea, we have herd dogs that do such an efficient job of herding.
And, I'm sure Liam and Foster are quite proud of themselves.
With all the continued bad news and anger abounding pretty much everywhere across this country, the world geocaching community received exciting news yesterday.
And, though she says her role was pretty minor, Annie posted this announcement on her Facebook wall yesterday afternoon: So this one time, I created a tracking code....for the Mars Rover!!!! #ilovemyjob
As you'll read in the complete story, the folks at geocaching.com have collaborated with NASA to have send a tracking code along when Perseverance goes into space and heads for Mars, allowing geocachers around the world to track the rover when its starts searching out the planet next February.
So, if things are still looking dismal in this world, geocachers worldwide can have something "out of this world" to do.
Geocaching and NASA head to Mars with the Perseverance Rover
Grab your spacesuits, geocachers, because the first ever interplanetary trackable is about to take off. That’s right, NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover is trackable. And you’ll be able to log it! [Read complete story in the link below].
Pretty cool stuff, and, we are thrilled that Annie played a part in this project.
The dog days of summer go on today, so I'd better move on and make good use of the relative morning comfort.
Happy Wednesday.
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