Heart Like a Dog

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Fall Foliage

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I sat at this computer last night struggling to 1) finish my Michael Vick post 2) come up with a different post.  I couldn’t do either.

I’m a little under the weather right now, nothing major, just a cold but it’s making me feel pretty yucky.  I’m a big germ-a-phobe and am very careful about cleaning my hands after touching anything.  The office I work in shares a lobby with a Pediatrician’s office so you can imagine there are always sick kids running in and out of there.

The bathroom is in the lobby and I’m extremely careful about using a paper towel to open and close doors on my way back from the bathroom.

I have hand sanitizer in my car, my purse and a big ole industrial size, wall-mounted beast close to my desk.

I take germ fighting seriously.

My boss came in on Monday with a cold.  I remember saying to him, stop touching everything, you’re sick!  But when you work closely with someone I guess it’s inevitable, I must have missed a key sanitization moment, because here I sit, whining about a cold.

Pre-cold symptoms I did spend some time this past week taking pictures of the beautiful area I live in, I shared some of those photos yesterday but thought I might take an opportunity to put some more up here today.

All of these pictures within a couple of miles of our home.  Pre Delilah we walked here a lot, post Delilah, not so much.  I do hope we can get back to walking in some of these areas again.

I’m using the Gallery feature that 2 Brown Dawgs turned me on to, so I can fit the pictures here.  Hopefully this is more convenient than getting tendonitis in your finger from scrolling too much.

The Gallery option for inserting photos will only allow me to install one gallery, so while these are four different locations, unfortunately they are all lumped together.

A quick index.

Valley Falls (indicated with a (VF) in the descriptions) is a park which Sampson, Delilah and I can access from the trails in our woods.  There is a pond used for swimming in the summer (no dogs allowed) and a beautiful trail system.

Risley Dam (RD in the photo descriptions) is actually a reservoir (no dogs swimming) about a two miles from our house.  The photos I shared yesterday were taken just before sunset on Wednesday evening, while these photos were taken from the other end of the pond on Thursday afternoon.

The Tankerhoosen (Tank in photo descriptions) is a couple of bodies of water that pool in one area, turn to running water and pool in other areas as well.  I guess you could say it’s a series of small bodies of water.  We’ve taken the dogs swimming here last year, but there was too much goose poop and I had a hell of a time keeping Delilah out of it.

Finally Bell Sanctuary (BS in photo descriptions) is another series of walking trails not far from us.  We have yet to thoroughly check this area out, although Sampson, Delilah and I have explored it a bit.

That’s it for me, hope you have a great weekend.  Let me know when you want to bring your dogs for a walk, okay?

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  1. Colds take me down for a day, it’s a rule, I get a cold and I’m miserable for a day, headache, my whole body aches, can’t eat, renders me useless, but only lasts a day then I’m back to my invincible self.
    I’m the opposite when it comes to germs, I carry a hand sanitizer but never use it, I think I got more careless since I got Doggy, soon I’ll catch a dog’s desease and gotta be treated by the vet.
    Really nice pics, I’ll mail Doggy so you can walk him lol

    • Friday and Saturday were like that for me, then I got out my netty pot and I felt a whole lot better.

      Oh don’t mail Doggy, I’d hate for him to have to go through that meter!

  2. I have found taking a dose of Zinc and a dose of Vitamin C when I start thinking I’m getting a cold usually stops it. I work in a public office and am horrified at the coughing, sneezing and hand shaking that go on!

    Sam

    • Good thought Sam, my uncle says two Bayer aspirin and a zinc at night, I did that three nights and I felt better. OMG I swear my boss does not wash his hands! It freaks me out.

  3. Hope your cold is over quickly!

    Beautiful pictures! I love the water shots. How are the ticks in your area? The ticks are awful where we live and even a quick walk in the woods gets you a couple of the blood-sucking passengers.

    • When we got back from Risley dam I found one tick on him. Everyone says the ticks are bad this year, but I’ve got a great protocol and so far we’ve only had four.

      Thanks I am already feeling better!!

  4. Sorry about your cold. I teach PreK, so I rarely get colds. The benefits of working in a germ factory are that you have pretty high immunity.

    You certainly have some beautiful areas to walk in! I’m jealous!

    • Thanks we love our area for walking. I would think walking through all the pediatric ick and two grandchildren would help boost my immunity! LOL good for you!!

  6. Sorry to hear about your cold. It is hard to be creative when your head is full of snot. But I think I know why you got it. Too much sanitizing. Your immune system is out of practice because you kill all the germs before they get to your white blood cells.

    Go eat a pile of dirt. It will get that immune system working in no time. 🙂

    BTW, loved the photo gallery. I think those are the best photos I’ve ever seen on your blog. And I’m saving that even without lots of dogs in the shots!!

    • Luckily for me the colds go through pretty quickly. It might be true that I over sanitize, but I try to save that for the times I can’t wash my hands. 🙂 Like after I come out of the grocery store or after I pump gas.

      Glad you like the pictures, it’s hard to mess something that exquisite. 🙂

  8. I’m sorry you’re not feeling well. I’m not quite the same kind of germaphobe, but I do hate it when my co-workers come in sick. Hopefully you’re feeling better now.

    Those are some beautiful pictures! We don’t get changing of the season where I live.

    Get better soon!
    Colby

    • Thanks Colby, I’m better already!!

      Yes the changing of the seasons is the main reason we put up with winter! LOL

  11. Those are beautiful pictures. Fall is my favorite time of year. Up by our cabin, most of the leaves are gone. I am sure they will be long gone by the next time we get up there.

    • We’ve had some rain the past couple days and are losing the leaves. 🙁 The icky part of fall.

      But are there pine needles at the cabin? That is the important thing. :-0