Butterfly Sunday

Butterfly exhibit at the Boise Zoo.

Idaho's On Fire

McCall, Idaho... a quaint, mountain lake town, one of my favorites places on earth.

It has been the hottest summer on record, here the Boise area. We haven't had rain in since early this spring. The thunder storms that do roll through here are dry with dry lightening, starting most of our fires. I think there are 18 major fires in Idaho right now, the State's on fire!

This weekend, I drove the 100 miles to McCall, through beautiful Idaho country to visit with my parents. They try to spend at least a month in McCall each summer. Here's photos of just three fires surrounding Payette Lake...

There are many more fires raging through Idaho's back country, and some fires burning very close to populated areas.

More Practice Needed

My attempt at photographing "bees" on wild flowers.

What a Tease

This little guy teased our dogs for a good hour, running up and down the tree, back and forth across the fence line in the back of our yard! Yorkies being "ratters" had a field day trying to catch this sly squirrel. Of course, the squirrel drove the dogs nuts, teasing them like that! He finally ran off into the neighbor's yard where the dogs couldn't see him.

Ready for New Home

He's just six and half weeks old, no bigger than half this lady's foot, and he's hopped right in her purse... ready to go to his new family. He will stay with us another couple of weeks, to learn and play with all his Yorkie family here. I'm gonna miss this one!

***Please scroll down to see my California trip... May 23rd! I finally got it posted, and I don't want you to miss it.

Surprise, Surprise

Okay, so I have a houseful of Yorkies, one is a little 5 week old. They don't get any cuter than this...

Or, do they...?

My son knocks on my bedroom door at midnight, last Friday night. I opened my door to find all snuggled in his arms...

I was madder than a hornet! We have a houseful of Yorkies and he brings home a 6 week old, Golden Retriever! A beautiful Golden Retriever, but it's a Golden Retriever! I told my son he had until Sunday to move out!

Don't get me wrong, I love dogs, and Goldens are one of my favorite breeds. We used to have two Goldens when my daughter was a baby. It's just I worry about these little dogs with a big dog in the house. And no, he's not big yet, but he will be in time.

By the next morning, I had changed my tune a bit. No, I'm still not happy, but what's another dog? Okay. But, my son needs to take this dog with him EVERYWHERE! And, take care of him. My son and his girlfriend named the newest member of our house, Tai.

It's been a week. I have become the grandmother to one, Tai. God, help me.

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Okay, humor me... Please scroll down to see my Venice trip entries. I have tried so many times to get these posted, and I've finally finished them. I'd love for you to see them. See May 23, 2007 entries.

ISS & Atlantis

I've always been facinated by the stars and space, and tonight I got to see the ISS and the shuttle Atlantis. They flew in from the Northwest, straight over my head and into the tree line to the Southeast about 10:25 tonight. The ISS was first with the shuttle chasing right behind it. Pretty cool! I saw the ISS a few years ago, so this was the second time I have got to see it with my own eyes.

Just One Survives

Most of you know, I breed and raise Yorkies. I'm still pretty new at this, I have been doing this for a couple of years now. Some of you may even remember my first litter, back in March 2005. That was Lucy's first litter. She had four puppies, all female, without any problems. It's been more than two years and Lucy was ready to have her second litter.

Lucy went into labor later than I thought normal. I had come home for lunch and found she was in pre-labor stages. I stayed with her, and then slept with one eye open all night that night. The next morning, still no puppies. Lucy seemed to be doing okay, but I worried and called my vet. I explained Lucy's condition and they said to give her another 45 minutes, and if still no pups at that point, I'd need to bring her in.

That next 45 minutes seemed to drag on. Lucy pushed and pushed. I called the vet again and we were on our way to vet's office. Lucy was taken straight to the back immediately. Five minutes later the doc was out to talk with me. He explained he found two puppies and no heart rates via ultrasound. It was imperative that he do an emergency c-section if he was going to have a chance at saving the puppies. I agreed, and left. They would call me with any news.

My phone began to ring as I walked into the house. It was the vet's office. They had delivered two puppies, they've got one revived and were working on the other. Lucy was doing well. I headed back down to the vet's office.

After a couple of hours, Lucy and one puppy were able to come home. I was thankful that Lucy was okay, I felt horrible she had gone through this. I have heard the horror stories of Yorkie breeding from my Yorkie Breeder circle of friends. I was the only one that hadn't lost a whole litter, I had never had any trouble what-so-ever.

Lucy and baby boy were doing fine and I was able to bring them home. I spent the weekend helping the little guy feed every hour or so. I think the drugs from mama's c-section were making him a bit drowsy and so he needed help.

Absolute Wonderful Time

My visit to Southern California to see my daughter, was absolutely wonderful. My daughter and I had some much needed "us time." We had a great time together! For me, it was comforting, healing and relaxing.

From the time I arrived on a Thursday at noon, until the time I left, early Monday afternoon, we were on the go! My daughter is now living in Santa Monica, CA, and took me on a little tour of her new town. I had told my her I didn't care what we did together as long as I got to go to the beach while I was there.

I have tried to write this entry so many times, and I just can't get the words the way I want them. So, I will just add a few slideshows to share my experience in Southern California.

*** Please see the previous few entries of slideshows (5 of them) just below... scroll through the individual entries; **The Bungalow, **Venice Beach, **Santa Monica, **Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Malibu, and Venice, and finally **Touring Venice.

Enjoy!

The Bungalow...

...my daughter was a bit skeptical about staying in the Bungalow. She felt it would be better at the hotel around the corner from her apartment in Santa Monica. I just didn't want to be in a room with people walking the halls at all hours and elevator noise. I wanted room to relax! Once she saw the Bungalow, she wanted to live there! It was really nice; cute, cozy and quiet.

Day 1 ~ Venice Beach

...after settling in at the Bungalow, we decided to hit the beach! The Venice Pier was just a couple of blocks away. We must have spent an hour out there on the pier in the salt air and wind. It was refreshing! Later, my daughter's boyfriend met up with us for dinner out.