Summer Will Soon Be Over

WE CANNOT BELIEVE THAT SUMMER IS JUST ABOUT OVER!  IS IT REALLY MID-AUGUST OR ARE GREMLINS MESSING WITH OUR CALENDAR??

Mom grows tomatoes and lots of flowers!  The veggies are all grown organically; no pesticides & only organic fertilizers

I GUESS FALL IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND THAT MEANS OUR DAYS OF PUTTERING IN THE GARDEN AND PLAYING ON THE BEACH WILL SOON BE OVER.

I love to lounge in Ma's garden, it's so cozy!

WITH ALL SUPER HOT WEATHER WE'VE BEEN HAVING IN THE NORTHEAST AND ALL THE HEAT & HUMIDITY WE'VE HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF STAYING INDOORS DAYS.  IT WAS JUST TOO DARN HOT TO GO OUTSIDE & PLAY!

I love these pretty flowers, they're SO tall!

OH WELL, WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE THE BEST OF THE LIMITED SUMMERTIME FUN WE HAVE LEFT.  HIGH ON OUR LIST IS ONE MORE ROAD TRIP AND POSSIBLY GETTING AT LEAST ONE OF US OUT ON THE WATER IN SOME KIND OF BOAT.  THAT'S BEEN A GOAL OF MOM'S FOR QUITE SOME TIME, LET'S SEE IF SHE ACHIEVES HER GOAL THIS YEAR! (We're betting No, we are so NOT the canine versions of Michael Phelps, LOL!)

Beautiful Springtime flowers near our former home in Arizona.

WE WILL SOON SAY GOODBYE TO SUMMER AND HELLO TO  THE BEAUTY OF FALL!

No too many more beach days for us.  They'll be replaced with romping in the leaves instead of on the beach!

 Are you sad that Summer is almost over, did you do all the fun stuff you wanted to this Summer?  What's left on your Summertime fun Agenda?  Leave us a comment & share, we love hearing from you!

Black and White Sunday: Desert flowers

DESERT WILDFLOWERS ARE FAR MORE BEAUTIFUL,

IN ALL THEIR BLAZING GLORY!

I couldn't possibly leave you hanging! I had to show you the beautiful color of these wildflowers in the desert Southwest, where Spring has begun to show it's beauty.

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THIS IS THE BLACK AND WHITE SUNDAY BLOG HOP!!

HAPPY WORDLESS WEDNESDAY AND PAW SLAPS

Paw slaps to you from Phoebe!

 Happy Wordless Wednesday to my fellow pet loving friends, you are all Pawsome!

THIS IS THE BLOGPAWS WORDLESS WEDNESDAY BLOG HOP!!

My 8 Photos of Happiness

I was nominated to participate in the 8 Photos of Happiness tag that has been storming the internet.  I'd like to thank my good friend Jenna from Love Is Being Owned By A Husky for nominating me to participate in this fun initiative!  Jenna wasn't the only blogger to nominate me for this tag, but her's was the first nomination. 

I've had so many moments of sheer happiness thanks to my dogs. It wasn't easy to choose just 8 photos of happiness from the millions of photos I've taken over the last few years!  Having pets in my life makes me so happy, and the few years I wasn't able to have a pet created a big void.  I hope I'm never without a pet again for the rest of my life!

It took a long time to convince my husband to finally let me have a dog.  As you can see from this photo, once Icy came along he fully embraced life with his very first dog! 

When Icy was a puppy, I remember the day she finally "got" the Leave It! command.  We were finally able to all watch TV together peacefully, without Icy chasing Maggie.  Maggie has since gone to the Rainbow Bridge to wait for us.  We Love & Miss You, Maggs!

Volunteering at the county animal shelter and fostering dogs in need make me really happy. Fostering saves lives, and that makes everyone happy!

Adopting sweet Phoebe from the shelter I volunteer at and watching her and Icy become friends was joyful.  I was so happy they hit it off, and grew to love each other like sisters! With Icy being the Pack Leader and boss, of course LOL!

Road trips with the dogs!  We love traveling cross country to visit family and taking fun vacations with our dogs, especially where there are lots of beautiful hiking trails.

Hiking is our favorite activity to do with our dogs. I love Icy's wild, adventurous side on the trails, and Phoebe's fierce determination to keep up with us on our mountain hikes!

This was fun!  

I hope you enjoyed my 8 Photos of Happiness!  Part of this tag is to nominate other bloggers to participate.  I would like to nominate the following 5 bloggers.  If you haven't been introduced to these bloggers yet, check them out!  You'll really enjoy their blogs and you are sure to learn something new from each of them:

Saving More Than Me
Two French Bulldogs
Pawsome Cats
Cat Chat With Caren and Cody
Dog Guy Josh
The Playful Kitty
The Dog Training Lady

Guidelines to participate in the 8 Photos of Happiness tag:

1) Thank your nominator, and link to them in your post.

2) Link to the creator of the tag : Ariel's Little Corner Of The Internet. 

3) Post your 8 photos of happiness.

4) You can either write a brief description of the photo's, or let the photos talk for you.

5) Continue to spread the happiness tag, and tag up to 10 other bloggers.