Hope Neil feels better soon.....can only imagine how upset you all have to be about their unwillingness to be reponsibile for damage they do while building next door....I would be taking my camera and documenting what my own property looked like right now before they have anymore accidents they will not fix. Do they have a noise level they have to stay under and a certain time they can start a job in AM? 

  Fighting fleas is not fun and having the cat to be careful of also makes it harder I would agree.  I can remember years ago they used to talk about flea dips here that groomers would do....but that would only fix the immediate problem of those alive on the dog and not those left in the dog's environment.  Hard to know how to deal with it.....I have not used a flea collar like they talk about on here since I had my first IS so wonder if that is something I should look into also.  Do the fleas die off in winter?  spraying the yard an option or not?  just so much to think about.  I can remember an oldtimer here telling me when we first got our Irish Setter and I was looking for flea/tick options " What is a dog without a flea to keep him worried? about as useful as a child who never asks why ?"  that was back in 73 and for some reason I always remember him telling me that ....sort of his way of saying fleas are always  part of a dog's life.....so don't get so hung up over them!   Now if a female had told me that I might have really thought about it even longer as I know I hate fleas!

It is muggy and humid here tonight...windows open due to it being warm...storms overnight possible and then a warm summerlike weekend....afraid we are going right into summer without much spring weather here.  Molly outside tracking the owl she hears hooting.....she can get it down to direction but not see it as it is in yard behind us/  very frustrating for her as she would love to stalk it.  Was Neil home from work again today?

Eunice I just downloaded some pictures and when I look they show up same place yours do on your page....after you scroll down thru some comments and then the brief profile we filled out when we joined.  Is that what you see on my page?

  Does Neil have upset stomach or respiratory?  so many virus's lately...and different forms of the flu even.  Hope he feels better soon,

Hope Neil is soon recovered and that you do not catch the bug from him.

Eunice I see a slide show of your Molly on your page and under it it says add photos...see if that works.  Think you can also add them from the main page at the top.  New pictures of sweet Molly?

Eunice,

  Midnight here and work in AM so heading to bed .  HOpe all goes well and you get to visit your sister inlaw....and that Molly does fine while you are gone.  Will check tomorrow night to see if you have new pictures posted.  Take care and enjoy the rest of your day! 

Hi Eunice...Miss Molly is sleeping but earlier today when I got home from work we spent  few hours on the patio watching her do her hunting rounds....this is one busy little lady when she is hunting....she never stops!   Funny but I understand about the pictures as I tend to take the same ones over and over...perhaps because the camera is handier inside? 

  How is Neil feeling?  and sounds like Baby Molly has bounced back from being sick?  how is her eye now?

   I work in AM and then off two days....yay!  Ended up working my day off Friday so am ready to be lazy after tomorrow AM...

Sherry

Eunice I swear they have an internal clock....messes our Molly up with the time change here as it stays light later....but she quickly adjusts to it...dinner she says is 5 pm for her....and she will let you know the time!  For us it is the car coming home that Molly listens for....with Neil taking the bus home and then walking it is definitely a time issue for her....her getting excited he is coming home soon is fun to know how much she misses him....and I bet if you were gone on a regular basis she would be pacing and waiting for you also. 

   Well we went from the 90 degrees over the weekend ( which is like a summer heat for us) to a high of 66 today and whole week is cooler , I was getting ready to get sandals out here !! 

Hi Eunice,

just flicking around Es and noticed you have been having a few problems with Molly's eyes. Hope it is all resolved now.

And is Neil your husband? Is he on the mend too?

Annabelle is now on 71 points. Has picked up a couple of big BOB and is starting to beat Mac regularly. Looking really good after her season.

Nice to have the cooler weather!

Cheers,

Carmel

Funny how we always want different weather then we have !  Right now no heat or air conditioning needed but by end of week we will have to use heat at least at night....and last weekend we had air conditioning going!  Hope to at least get a month or two with no heat or airconditioning in use here....have fans to at  least keep air moving...though Molly thinks the one belongs strictly to her!  She is a bit spoiled as she does not like to be hot. 

 I sometimes wonder how I stood it for over a year without an Irish in our home....or perhaps that is part of the reason Alan and I both are just crazy over Molly is we had time to really miss having a dog in our home.  Had  to just let Molly out so she could do her nightly patroll of the backyard before she settles in for the night....almost like you could draw a map of what and where in the yard she searches first....it is also the time she will bring in any of her furbabies she left outside earlier...she has to locate them in the dark so it has to be from scent.  She just greets me at the back door carrying her baby or sometimes two of them she wants to bring back inside.  My boys never carried babies in and outside like Molly does.  They would carry a tennis ball in and out but never their soft furbabies.   Does Molly carry her soft babies around?

Cardinals are bright red birds here and robins have orange/red breasts...both sort of favorite birds here at feeders and in yards. 

  You really made me laugh with that tv comment...ongoing debate here as I say Molly would watch nature tv....and she has stalked turkeys on a hunting show on there once and Alan saying she would not watch tv while we are gone.  Wonder how our Molly's got so spoiled!  Does Molly have a favorite show ? 

Molly here stalks them  ....like they can not see her coming!  funny to watch as she moves like clockwork but very very slowly so you almost can not see her moving forward.  That would be a toad in our yard...we do have frogs also that live by and in our lakes, ponds and rivers.  Some of our toads secrete a foul tasting toxin if picked up in the mouth...our Shannon had picked one up and when it released the toxin instead of spitting it out silly boy swallowed....one sick dog and one big vet bill but after that we relocated toads out of our yard,

Hi Eunice,

Annabelle is fine. Had a false pregnancy and moped around for a few weeks and didn't show as well as she normally does. Back on form now and is on 78 points!

Carmel

Eunice you know exactly my worry.....I am sorry you had to go thru that with Sharla....so scarey for all of you.  I try very hard to be sure none of my dogs run,,,,between cars, getting into something they shouldn't, worry that someone will pick them up , getting lost and just the fact that MY DOGS are not supposed to run wild!  Molly is allowed off lead out in front IF Alan or I are right with her and paying attention to her.  Snow pictures were mostly taken in front yard that night.  Molly has done really well with front yard privelege if we are with her...she knows one paw into the street gets her put in back yard and she loses front yard  so if we are there with her she has been really fantastic about staying within boundaries we have set for her.  I can just see her looking at that open front door this morning....but also bet it did not take long before she decided to walk out it....and not much longer after that before she was off to explore.  We had one that climbed fences but never got very far as once he climbed over it he would sit and cry for us to come get him.  None have ever dug out or jumped ....one jumped twice but seemed like he could not figure out how he ended up in neighbors yard....and like Shannon he just cried til we came to get him.   Had a few adventures when someone opened or left open a gate ( the golf ball incident at the golf coarseI and Pebbles taking Shilo for a walk one day and coming home iwthout him when they were both old. I walked for miles til I found him

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Hi Eunice....hope you did not feel any shaking and that your family is all alright.  That small bump on Molly could be a lot of things...is it really small like a pimple with a whitish discharge?  can be as simple as a bite she got outside to a blocked pore.or a small sebaceous (spelling?) cyst....just watch it and I bet it goes away ...don't worry too much unless you see it growing ...then it's off to the vet for her!

  We found our first tick of season here on Molly....so went over her really well but only the one so far.  Just thankful she does not mind my checking her over like my one old gentleman did.  Molly really active tonight after I got home from work....we had dinner on patio and watched her hunt in the yard and then played fetch with her before she had her walk.  Alan said she was out for about three hours this AM but came in for a long afternoon snooze ....what a life to have! 

It does make you stop and think with so many nature dramas going on around the world.

   I had one of those on Molly last year on her back leg...seemed like it was there forever....naturally once you find it you keep checking on it and it just seems to catch your fingers anytime you pet that area.  I just found something the same size ( pin, pencil lead etc) to use for future comparisons to be sure it did not grow.  Hard when we lose a loved pet to any disease ...and fears of a repeat with our next one is hard to avoid.  Sometimes I think our girls just want to tell us to calm down and let them be DOGS! iinstead of our little darlings!  though of course if it comes to spoiling , new treats or toys or something they like then they want to be our little darlings! 

Hope those workmen get paid for the two hour drive at the insurance company's dime!  Here a lot of companies charge for drive time as part of job....and ouch at the cost of gas for those guys! (we are at $3.79 a gallon right now ).   We heard those same skinny comments about Molly over and over.....and she has gained some weight these last six months....looks right where I would like to keep her weight wise right now...will let you know after we see vet where she is at .

In process of making a cheesecake right now...waiting for crust to cool so can fill it and do the first baking.....Alan's birthday tomorrow so he requested my sugarfree cheesecake.  We do have Molly's doggie icecream for her so she gets included in all celebrations.  

Anzac DAy?  So you all normally get Good Friday, Saturday and Sunday and the Monday off?  Afraid here for us I am working Saturday PM....retail for you!  Decided to take off next year though and let someone else work the holiday.  I am off on Friday....and we are lucky in that our mall is not open on Easter Sunday.....Angie will work Easter AM but then we will have a late brunch here....ordered my ham today but will make a fruit salad, potato casserole and an egg casserole and some asparagus....have not decided on dessert yet.  We will dye eggs here .....and try to make the traditional black egg....been doing that for 22 years now as Alan turned 40 years old on Easter way back then!  Easter basket for Angie will have a wee bit of her favorite candy's and Molly will hopefully do an Easter treasure hunt outside if it is nice....we did that last year with her and she had a blast....as did we laughing at her.  Have a few new toys for her...need to pick up a stuffed bunny for her ....new bone, balls and a Lamb Chop (stuffed dog toy) which squeaks like crazy so she will love that....my excuse to spoil Molly but also clean out some of her toy box.  This was always my favorite family holiday with my girls....coloring the eggs, Easter Dresses....and hats, Easter Egg hunts and just spring and I loved making EAster baskets for them....wish my grandsons were closer but can not change that.  So Molly will have to indulge my wish to hide things this year....Angie absolutely refuses to do a scavenger hunt anymore which I started doing when my girls hit their teen years here.....What are you going to be doing with all that time off?  any special plans?

Is Neil hitting one of those 0 milestones? 

I can just see Molly sitting on your lounge...was she sitting with her front feet on the floor by any chance?  and that guy asking her what she wanted from the shop....should have told him a nice piece of lamb for dinner!  Sounds like she is really starting to mature and develop her own personality....making sure they know this is her house but also getting right friendly with those men! I swear that is a female dog for you!  Males were gaga and worse over me here so it is that old opposites attract thing here. 

  It would be a blast to have our Molly's together....have a feeling they would love each other to the point that we don't exist...running and playing and just being goofy.  Think of the lovely pictures we could get ....by the way did you see the "boys just want to have fun" pictures in the blog section? if not take a look ...and I dare you not to laugh.....and if you are like me I can just about hear your next thought!

uhoh!! so Molly wants to help paint with her wonderful tail?  silly baby. 

Not a state holiday here for either Good Friday or Easter....even a lot of public schools have class on Friday....and some malls are open on Easter Sunday ....just glad mine is not.  Business as usual here it seems for whole weekend for all too many places.  I hate that shops are open on Sunday now....when we were kids Sunday was church, dinner with family and then special family time ....and I think we have lost those chances to build those memories in our families now.  I used to refuse to shop on Sundays....and now I end up working them to often!