Sunday Sept 22, 2024 Vist Bray Park

 

 the most thankful for Sunday Park Walk was the lady who came out of the rest room you see above left. She walked straight towards me with a big grin on her face, she was tiny and weighed less than me. She bent over an hugged my head, then she hugged my body, then she talked to me and kissed my face and scratched my ears. She and Mama yammered on and on while I had the best hugs I ever got from a stranger. She told Mama she came down from NY and could not move her bulldog with her because he was to old to survived the trip. Mama told her about the shelter that has so many older dogs that need adoptive parents, she said she would look on line.  twice she started to go to her car and came back for more hugs.. We THINK she might have been a dog lover... 

2nd Thankful was from our early morning walk Saturday. We saw a 3 month old black lab puppy trotting beside his daddy, coming our way. we saw him twice in the last 4 weeks. Mama said to the man he sure is growing fast, and he is really walking so much better. You see the first time we saw him he looked like a ball with a leash and was bouncing up and down and pulling and well, acting like Da Phenny. ha ha

This time he was a good dog like me. the man said he is perfect on leash but the  minute the leash comes off he goes crazy!  More yammering between Mama and the Man. He said you have a very handsome old dog, I love his face... Then he said my 14 year old dog died a month ago. He was a street dog, we got him from the streets and he looked so much like your dog. Can i show you his picture?

He picked up the puppy and walked close and touched my nose and I nosed the puppy nose and Mama said I don't believe it when he held up his phone because for some reason the man had a photo of ME in his phone and I was sleeping on a sofa but it was not my sofa.

Mama here, that dog he found in the street was almost identical to Beau. The face markings exactly the same. We are thankful he saves rescue dogs and we got to meet the new puppy. He got a lab puppy because he moved across the street from his grandchildren and wanted one for them.

Halloween 2024 Beau

Mama is doing some kind of draw a line a day thing to see what she comes up with.

 She did not feel like doing a Halloween and considered using old stuff, but then She had to go to bed because her hip was hurting and she only walked me half the way we go and came home and went to bed on the heating pad. 

and here I am behind two ghosts. Just for you

She fiddled a little more and this it for this years Halo-Ween, that me, the Halo-ween Beau. 

PS! Mama and Daddy's skin cancer surgery was approved, 4 pm Nov 20th, Same time, same Dr.,
Same Room. I am thankful because I only get left Home Alone ONCE for Two Surgeries

The Blessings of Beau on Sunday Selfie

We are now 24 days from Hurricane Milton and I wrote this post on day 11

 I am writing this, Oct 20, now 11 days since Milton. The blessings during the storm with Beau are as follows

He was never afraid, even when the hounds of hell were roaring around the house like a giant wolf was huffing and puffing and trying to blow the house down.

During the worst part, at 1:30 am, the northern edge of the eye was directly over our house, as I huddled in the hall, praying, he went in his closet/condo and to bed. for one hour the winds slammed and howled, the quiet of the eye came and the winds became tornadic winds, so said the radio I was clutching to my chest.

He peed/pooped every single day, outside, no matter what the storm was doing. 

He slept well as long as he was in the room with us.

Rattling generators, whining

humming songs from generator belts, noxious fumes that gave me a head ache, he slept and did his thing without complaint, 7 days of aftermath, he was our rock.

On one of the days, towards the end of 7 days of no power, the house next door, erupted into 3 pit bulls fight, loud and vicious, men cursing and fighting, dogs fighting, women and children screaming. It was Hell, I shook like a leaf during it and for and hour after. Beau never blinked and eye.

He had his annual visit with the vet, blood work, and shots, all $354.00 of it was done 2 days before Milton slammed us.  he was a good boy, and 3 days ago we got a text that all was clear and he is in good health. YAY

Beau was our Blessing! we hugged, rubbed, massaged him, stroked him and he is the best therapy dog EVER! He calmed our spirits and was our Rock. He also had us laughing at his antics, the same ones we laugh at every time he does them. We smiled because each morning he was so happy to go ride to get ice. 

LOVE LOVE

After Milton

 

Photos taken Oct 13th, 2024, windows open, cool air, no AC but we have it if we need it and the fridge has food in it. The thing is, the government is using our street for a detour while they put the traffic signals back together from pieces. we had 250 traffic signals torn down on the ground from Hurricane Milton, I LOVE IT, the windows are allowing me to hear all the noise and if I stretch my neck I can watch all the big trucks, semi's carrying food to Walmart and Publix, and 10 Power Trucks in a line like elephants and sirens and police cars and trucks with tractors. Lots to watch.