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[desoto_hia873]

Yesterday was Canada Day, and it was, for a change, warm and sunny all day long. I think that's the first day that it hasn't rained since April. I'm not kidding. This has been the wettest and most overcast summer I can remember since that volcano blew in the Phillipines in the early 1990s.

In celebration of said sunny weather, I spent most of the day hanging out in the backyard, reading a mystery novel, and throwing things into the pool for Bella to retrieve. Our pool is an old concrete one, and it has a ladder rather than steps for getting in and out. Out of necessity, Bella has developed a surprising skill: she can climb a pool ladder all by herself. How she can do this when she has no fingers and a heavy dokken (fake dead duck) in her mouth, I have no idea. But she can:

Bella Can Climb a Pool Ladder!

Other activities yesterday included helping MiddleJim buzzcut his hair and throwing a dead pigeon around the yard for Bella to retrieve. Yes, you read that right--a dead pigeon. Why? Because I'm hoping to get Bella to the point where she can enter field trials, and that means she has to like retrieving dead birds. :-P

I have weird hobbies.

Comments

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Well, since it's done nothing but rain around here - I'm sending some your way. In fact it's supposed to rain this afternoon.

And dogs are actually pretty good climbers. Good luck with the dead bird "shudder" but I can totally see the point of teaching her to get use to handling the corpse.

[spiceofbroadway.livejournal.com]

DON'T SEND RAIN! We have had way more than enough of it this year. I think I'm permanently prune-y from it by now.

Yes, the dead bird is a little squicky. Bella thinks it's wonderful, though. No accounting for taste. :-)

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

Oops, signed into the wrong account. That was me. :-)

[cathyteach2.livejournal.com]

Love the video! She is gorgeous and I'm so glad you're having such a nice afternoon with her. :)

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

I gave myself a bit of a sunburn sitting out in the yard that afternoon. But that's okay, but it's pouring again today. ::sigh::

[jwaneeta.livejournal.com]

That vid is SO CUTE. What a good girl.

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

I watch it over and over, and it just cracks me up. Her white kneesocks slay me every time.