So busy

We have been so busy, I can't quite believe it. We went to the Decatur Book Fair in Georgia the first weekend of this month and did quite well, plus had some great meals. Shortly after we got home, one of our riding horses started to founder. So after treating him and getting him right, we've been doing as much riding as possible so that we "ride the weight" off the trail horses. That was going great until the heat blazed back this past weekend. Now the horses want to come in the airconditioned house instead of being ridden!

Spunky had a fight with a woodchuck and ultimately won but in the process he received a couple of bites. One on his leg didn't heal quite right so we finally took him to the vet -- who said it was healing fine but Spunky had pancreatitis. So we've been treating him for that and watching his diet. No more dead deer for him!

And, of course, that's a problem because it's so dry the creeks are drying up. The deer are drinking from stagnate pools and getting blue tongue disease from which they die in 72 hours. We are hoping for some rain this week which might ease the problem.

Sweet Pea has been wonderful with Spunky since he's been sick. He has to walk on a leash and not be let loose. So whenever he is tied up, Sweet Pea sits down right next to him and keeps him company. A neighbor's dog showed up to play with Spunky, who just didn't feel up to it. Sweet Pea barked and growled and finally jumped on the dog to get it to leave Spunky alone. Quite the mother dog.

Please visit www.krazyduck.com to see all the places we will be in October. It's almost mind boggling.

Hello again - sort of

Hi!

Russ is into so many things that I was having a very hard time getting him to write something for his blog. Ok, so it would have been easier if he were willing to us my computer but after AOL kicked him off for trying to send 684 bulk mailings (he swears he didn't), he hasn't touched this computer since.

So I have decided instead of nagging, I am just going to start blogging.

I have no plan in mind. Not idea of what I'll write about any given time. Or whether it is even worth it. But, let's see.

The summer was hot, humid and busy. Grandchildren visited in July with their parents. Then in August we had grandson, Mikey, for over two weeks. He had lots of fun in the creeks and swimming and learning to shoot and he even got a chance to go hunting with Papa Russ. We also made some day trips; one to the Frazier Museum and one to Kentucky Down Under where he got to pet a kangaroo and bottle feed a lamb.

Labor Day weekend saw us in Decatur, Georgia, for a book fair. Traffic was unbelievable. But then coming from here where a log truck or a truck with a trailer full of hay, is traffic, what did I expect? We had lots of fun and sold enough books to cover the cost of the booth and then some.

October is full of book fairs -- one almost every weekend.

Over the course of the next week or so I am going to try to figure out how to post photos to this blog. And I'll figure out more to say.

See ya. Virginia