It's been raining on and off all day today which is good for the new plants growing in the yard but difficult for my high energy dog Beeker. After I returned from work today Brad and I went out to do a noon time walkabout. Beeks and Maxie went with us. Maxie stayed pretty close to Brad as we walked around the yard looking at all the new growth on the hostas and other newly planted flowers and bushes. Beeks ran around the house three or four times so fast that we just stopped and watched him. It's hard to believe that he can go around the house that fast without wiping out. He takes the corners at about three g's. Then Max started to chase Beeks and would go from one side of the house to the other but stop before he had to run between the house and the fence, then went to the other sie of the house to wait for Beeks to come around, hoping to catch him as he came around the other side. At one point they were running so fast that Maxie (150 lb Newfoundland)skidded and wiped out into the Pachysandra, and just lay there, too exhausted to get up and too tired to run. They had a great time. Beeks cheated some as he knew he could go into the woods and that we wouldn't let Max go in there due to all the stuff that attaches to his long coat.
It's raining hard enough now we're going inside. It's time for inside chores and the dogs will settle down for a rest. That is until they hear the girl's outside in the cul-de-sac with umbrellas. That'll get Max and Beeks, our personal alarm systems, sounding off.
It's so lush and green all around us that we are nearly closed off on three sides from anything but the front driveway and circle. It is so comforting it's like our house has it's own green blanket.
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