The Green Monster….Day Three Hundred, Forty Four

November 9, 2011 By Jodi

Hubby and I were chatting in the car. I mentioned something about Sampson and how cute he was and Hubby said, “He kills me.”

Naturally I was puzzled, “What do you mean?” I asked.

“The way he ignores me,” was his response.

“Oh, he ignores me too,” I brushed it off.

“When I come home, he runs right to the back door to go out, when you come home he tears from wherever he is to the door to greet you.” He said.

It really is cute when he does it. Sampson has this little “RooooooooRooooooo” he does when he is excited or happy. I’ve been trying to capture it on video but each time I have the camera ready, he doesn’t do it. 🙁

I tried to appease him, “Well honey, I walk them almost every day, I give them lots of treats.”

“Yeah….I guess,” he said.

But secretly I smiled inside.

Is that wrong?

Seriously how can you not want that smile to be for you?

How Did The Deer Fare?…Day Three Hundred, Forty Two

November 7, 2011 By Jodi

Since I had no power Saturday morning I took the dogs for a long walk to help fill my time.

I mentioned to Hubby after the walk, “Branches and limbs continue to fall up there; I know this because I am clearing and moving what I can as I notice them.”

Hubby said, “I’m sure there are, it’s been very windy lately.” His brows furrowed “I wonder how the deer fared?”

I shook my head quickly back and forth, “I don’t know, I wonder where they go?”

Yesterday power was back on so I took the dogs for a long walk so they would be good and tired so I could clean. 🙂

I put their fluorescent vests on because I was planning on taking them on a less traveled (by us anyway) trail.

There is one area where there are deer trails, and you can manage to wind your way through this denser area if you have to, normally I stay clear of it unless my hiking buddy is with me. I prefer to stay on the well traveled paths. 🙂 Sampson normally pays pretty close attention to this dense area, his head is high with his ears alert.

Since Delilah is attached to me by the 30 footer, she doesn’t get the opportunity to run off nearly as much as she would like.

Normally they are spotting chipmunks and squirrels, I know this because they typically don’t go very far and tend to stop and sniff right around a tree base or a rock.

Yesterday Sampson snapped to attention and dashed off into the woods; normally I let him get a bit of a run then call him back, but he wasn’t coming; then I saw the white tail of the deer. Delilah and I waited on the path, with me calling him intermittently until he came back.

A short time later he took off again in about the same spot and I thought things were cool until I heard the sound of something large scrambling through the brush, and there was another flash of white tail.

Today on our walk Sampson chased a deer again, in a different spot. I think we are safe in telling Hubby that at least one deer survived Alfred in our neck of the woods. 😉

Back To Normal…Day Three Hundred, Forty One

November 6, 2011 By Jodi

After seven nights and almost seven full days, we are back on the grid. Our electricity is on!!

It was on when we got home last night and after turning the heat on and cleaning a few things we ran out to the grocery store for dog treats and I picked up a few things for breakfast.

It was so good to sleep in my bed last night and not have to wake up every two or three hours to load the fireplace or fight Delilah for my sleeping spot. 🙂

While sounds of chain saws and generators resonate outside, inside a different sound can be heard.

DUH-LIE-LAH…yes we are cooking inside again and Delilah is up to her old tricks. She continues to evade my efforts to photograph her licking the pans on the stove even though I caught her there twice today, I just wasn’t quick enough with the camera.

She was kind enough to pose with what was left of the banana she stole this morning. (Yes, it’s there, look closely at the wet mark on her pillow, you can just make out the stem.)