After hours and hours of rain we finally see a break in the clouds and even some sunshine.
Summer took a soaking wet run through the fields. Enough exercise to tire her out for an afternoon nap.
After her feet were washed and the rest of her dried off she went in search of a place to chill.
It didn't take long to find the perfect spot and curl up on the cold floor. We can't have that so one of her dog beds was fetched to accommodate.
It worked out.
Summer is a happy dog.
#Summer #DogsOfMastodon

Ocean Meditation
https://bluethumb.com.au/jan-matson/Artwork/ocean-meditation

Impressionist oil painting of the ocean in the early morning summer sunshine. There are soft fluffy clouds on the horizon and the sea is turquoise blue.

Not much time for Mastodon today.
I will be helping to move a hospital bed and getting to a protest on time.
A little worried about my husband being outside for any length of time in this cold rainy weather, but he is determined to show up in support of fellow veterans, and the VA medical staff he loves.
Summer gets to hang with her favorite dogsitter instead of standing in the rain with us. I suspect she will be having all the fun today.
Good morning, Mastodon.
#Summer #DogsOfMastodon

After a long night of heavy rain the sun is shining. Summer let me know that she sees this break in the weather as an opportunity. Sadly for her, I'm busy, with a pie in the oven, but she did talk me into sloshing around outside for a few minutes.
I started out early this morning trying to help my friend get back home after a two week hospital stay. I tried to stay uninvolved, but there is no one else, but our family left to help him. The hospital was literally going to put him out on the street.
We put him up in a hotel until Tuesday to give us time to fix a room up, in his house, where he can be safe until he can get into a nursing home. This afternoon I go to pick up a wheel chair. We managed to get his power back on and should have his water back on by the weekend. My daughter and grandkids have been so helpful.
Good morning, Mastodon.
#Summer

Sunlit trees in the blue gum forest.
https://bluethumb.com.au/jan-matson/Artwork/sunlit-trees-in-the-blue-gum-forest

Textured palette knife oil painting of an Australian blue gum forest. It is nearing the end of the day and golden sunlight shines through the stand of gum trees.

Summer took me for a tour of the backyard this morning. A reminder that I need to crawl under the deck again to pull weeds. It would be better to take care of it now before things dry out and become a fire hazzard.
Crawling around in a three foot tall damp space isn't my favorite but Summer says it's not so bad.
We perused the varieties of daffodils in bloom which are literally everywhere and headed back in the house to throw the windows open and let the sunshine in.
#Summer #DogsOfMastodon

Summer thinks she fooled me.
We were playing with her green octopus when all of the sudden it disappeared.
I asked her to find it and she just sits on her perch looking around. Totally innocent.
I am pretty sure she knows where it is.
Good morning, Mastodon.
#Summer #DogsOfMastodon

Today is flying by.
We are getting things done.
Linens are all washed and rooms aired out while the sunshine holds.
Lunch was served.
I told Summer that if we hurried through our chores we could plant some dahlias.
So we got our move on.
We unloaded the bags of soil before I sent Summer to fetch the new dahlia tubers.
Right when we were ready to dig into the dirt, here came the rain, to chase us back inside. Poor Summer had to drag her dahlia tubers, back to the garage, so we can try again another day. The disappointment was real.
Summer is my all time favorite gardening buddy.
#Summer #DogsOfMastodon