Showing posts with label Sadie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sadie. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

JUST CALL ME " DR. CAROL "

The Vet had changed the pup due date till June 29th.
He was wrong, I was right, she's in labor right now!
I'll have pictures tonight on the blog! Pekingese do not
break the sacks, cut the cords or clean babies. I will have
to play Doctor and do this. They do make great Moms though!






Daddy Jake is having a fit! Would not eat breakfast!


I finally had to cage him so he would leave Sadie alone...


We had an amazing Sunset yesterday I want to share!
7:45..........



I did it in progressive shots.............8 PM



8: 15.................





8:30................





8:45................








9:00 PM................




The answer to the weird photo.................
When Hubby brought it in, he said;
It's so hot out there the tomatoes are growing
tongues to pant with!
Those of you who gave it a guess will get an extra entry
in the book giveaway..........
My favorite answer was Willow Manor with, Angelina
Jolie's lips!












Saturday, June 13, 2009

" It's All About The Babies" And....

Poor little Sadie Boo is miserable.........
She has two more weeks to go, give or take a day....
The Vet says; 4 or 5 pups more than likely!
That's Ok Sadie, this will be your one and only time!!








Last weekend....it was all about these two babies.....
They'll be heading back to Germany tomorrow..ahwwwww!



The AND part.....the first ripe tomatoes.... :)


And...that first tomato sandwich.. :D
I need to make some of Vicki Lane's homemade mayo!!



This weekend...it's all about these babies.........




How Sweet it is.....or will be?





And......this baby and siblings






This baby eggplant is so cute!







A row of Okra...................








With blooms.....................means









Good eating soon!








And.....my Hubby, the Blackberry Prince....
picked these in one little spot this morning!
He's back out there now with a bigger bucket! :D









This is his thorn less Blackberries planted two years ago!







Oh my goodness! Baby blackberries for the first time!








In order to put baby containers like this in the freezer
full of roasted bell peppers for recipe use later.....
( I got this picture in the wrong order)







It starts like this...............
I dealt with veggies all day yesterday!
Rub clean, dry peppers with oil. Do not use olive oil or butter!






Place them under broiler or on grill and keep watch so they don't burn!
Turn to get all sides roasted, then put in glass bowl and cover......
The steam loosens the skins fast!






The tops, seeds and skin come right off............discard.






Place in bags or containers and put in freezer......
I love these on Pizza because they are soft....







Just call me " Squash Queen"!
I have given it away till every one's first words to me are;
" Don't need no squash, zucchini either"
so now I'm dealing with the excess.......
it starts with my wonderful food processor.
Slice it up, change blades and grate it.






It should look like this........I add a tablespoon of sugar.
This is Zucchini but I do Yellow this way also....








Spoon into bags..............








Label bags. Put in freezer. I did these yesterday.
The Yellow will be used in quiche and casseroles and soup.
The Zuchinni, in bread and Crabless/Crab Cakes!
They're Yummy!





This was my Pepper Sauce stash up till yesterday..






Then I dealt with these. The jar of sliced on the left, went in the freezer.






The others got canned...............added to my stash!



Growing some of your own food is hard work but so fun
and rewarding. Come Winter that freezer stuff will be devine!
We must have a thousand tomatoes out there about to come ripe!
I'll probably be red from head to toe before that's jobs over but come
winter.........oh my!
Last night Hubby did supper on the grill.....................
Organic Beef T-bones and Veggies .........
Homemade bread........
All from Swiftwater Farm............!





HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE !!

























Monday, June 1, 2009

A Wonderful Morning Till.......

We awoke to a beautiful Monday morning and even though
today is the dreaded start of Hurricane Season, Yikes, I was
in a good mood with a list of things to do!
First off, coffee on the screen porch.................




Get the wash out on the lines...................



Stroll the back and take pictures of the new blooms....
Like the Dinner Plate Hibiscus.........


My Rose Tree has 5 blooms opening...............


Then head to the front for a look..................
This Coral Bougainvillea is stunning !







Yea! The Zinnia's in the St. Francis bed are blooming!







This is a deep Coral Rose in the front rose bed..........


The Cigar Plant has started blooming!

A white Rose of Sharon full of blooms!

The Pink Hydrangea................

A lone Canna blooms..................




On the front porch one little baby left in the nest!
We thought there were 5 but discovered it was 6 !
The other 5 flew yesterday but this one is timid I guess!









I shooed him out and his Mommy who was scolding us both,
took over and away they flew!

I went in to fix up a package for a friend. I decided as the saying
goes, " to kill two birds with one stone". I would take the package
to the UPS Store and then take Sadie and Jake( dog-kids) to the vet.
They need their annual check-up and shots. We are going to board
them this weekend and they have to be current on shots.
BAD MISTAKE!! Here's where my good morning ended!


As I made my way down HWY 49 to the UPS store, A traffic jam!
Having grown up here, I knew a short cut, problem solved. I get
to the store, get out with package and wallet, crack windows and
assure Sadie and Jake, Mommy will be right back!


It took all of 5-8 minutes to mail package! I go back out and to
my horror, Jake has regurgitated all of his big breakfast all over
the back seat of Pearlie May,( my car) and in the front passenger
seat! I was aghast that not one bit was chewed up! I never knew
he ate his food without chewing it! He was standing in my seat
drooling down my window, wet face, chest and front feet foaming
at the mouth!! Of course when I go to move him, it gets on me!



Poor Sadie who was obviously disgusted, had hunkered down
in the back passenger side floor board! She's pregnant you know,
which means a weak stomach!


Poor Jake! I had never left him in the car and I guess he panicked!
Talk about stressed! When we got to the Vet, no way was he coming
out of that car! Needless to say....I had pure HELL trying to get two
little dogs into the Vet! I told the receptionist; I need to be at the
shelter dropping off instead of here spending money! AHWWWW
she says; you know you wouldn't take nothing for them babies!
Right now, I'd give Jake away, I said!

I got back home thinking the rest of my morning would be spent
shampooing the car seats. Instead, Hubby who by the way, begged
off from going with me to " help " with the kids, is out cleaning the car!
He felt bad for not going I guess ?? I'm picking them up in his truck! HA!

This is meant to give you a laugh at my expense! It probably was very
funny to an on looker. That is the part where the six pound dog is pulling
me backwards in the Vet parking lot!