WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE????

Today, I saw this post on Facebook....made me sick.  Someone burned this poor dog... took pleasure in causing this animal unbelievable agony.

I'm sharing this story, so donations can be made, or in case someone knows who did this... This 'person' needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent. What kind of human being could do this? What possible pleasure could someone get from such cruelty? This poor dog, just an innocent puppy.

My sister fosters for this organization, they are a wonderful rescue.  IF you can, donate, please help this poor baby, 'Mandy'.  It's easy, just go here ~ even $1. is helpful!!

....DRIVING THAT HOT....ROD...LINCOLN.....

Yep, that's what you get when you get into the Houston Airport 3 hours late.

It's huge. And very deluxe, from it's 'sitting in the living room interior', to the trunk, that for sure you could stash a few bodies.

Riding in it reminds me of being a kid, only they were always black.. it was the funeral color du jour. Been a long time since I've come in behind the Lincoln hood ornament.

Dad, this one's for you~

ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS........

Forever,  I've wanted a black standard poodle. Always.  Even had the name picked out.

A couple weeks ago, my sister, who fosters for a rescue, had one. The perfect one. I hemmed and hawed and finally brought it up to Mark, who, looked at me like I was crazy. We decided against it.

It bugged me.

Really bugged me.

Bugged me like I couldn't stop thinking about it bugged me... And lo an behold, another one came into rescue...

I went to meet him, and he was magnificent. I really liked him. He had a couple 'issues' though... the main one being a boogery nose...

I've never seen a dog sneeze actual boogers...have you? And the rescue lady (who wasn't my sister) said, 'oh, he had kennel cough and is being treated, so they didn't give him that shot, but the antibiotics should clear it up.'

Hum...

So, I needed a minute to mull it over. Then it occured to me...Clemmie.

Sweet psycho Clemmie.....

Clemmie, has problems remember? She has that Protein Losing Enteropathy which is an autoimmune disease. The treatment is a steroid that suppresses the immune system. She can't have her 'shots'. She could catch it, it could kill her.

So I took a pass...

And in retrospect, it was the right decision ~ What, am I crazy???? Two doglets is more than enough.

They both have the attitude of a big dog, actually more the attitude of a wild hyena.

Whew...

VACATION???

Nah, not really. But Mark DID take the week off.

Sort of....

And it was busy.

We spent time sailing, driving around in the convertible, getting the oil changed, hanging out in the hot tub, eating out, running errands, spending money. Just usual stuff...

But, as with all good things, it's over. Actually it ended yesterday, when he had work to do. Today we headed to the boat, and had Jessica and Blain join us. It started out gloomy, but burned off and out came the sun, and a lovely breeze. The Mac started today. That's the sailboat race from Chicago to Mackinac Island. We were in the midst of the start... well, kind of.

We enjoyed the day, Jess and Blain were staying in Chicago tonight, and we had to high tail it home, as..........Mark has work to do.

We did take a little detour, and checked out the new Marilyn Monroe statue by artist Seward Johnson... she really is larger than life.

I didn't get out and look myself, but I did hear her lace knickers from the movie are even in place...my, my...can a girl have NO secrets???

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MY KIND OF TOWN......

Spent most of yesterday on the boat, had some friends join us... it was a beautiful day!

Perfect wind, and temperature, we sailed around, came back into the harbor to grill out and 'host' another boat for a tie up!

Some good friends were in today with their boat and tied up for a bit. I guess I was so excited to be hosting another boat, I forgot to take any pictures of our little party. My bad.

After our 'little party', we headed back out for a sunset sail.

It was a delightful evening, and we enjoyed watching the city lights come on. As always, I tried for a perfect picture at night.

This time I came pretty darn close.

TIMBER...............

That's a myth, they don't yell that...

I know this because the giant tree in front of my house was cut down today. I'm pretty verklempt about it...it was a great OLD tree. It offered a nice nesting place for my squirrel population and some serious shade for my bedroom and porches. And, it was a totally cool treehouse feel for my upstairs porch. Sitting up there, you really were hidden and felt like you were indeed in a tree house...but, that's over.

The tree guys came early.  And I was planning on sleeping in...not happening.  The doglets assumed their place, on the back of the loveseat looking out the window... only, today, when there really WAS something to bark about, they didn't.  Go figure... Anyway, this was a tree in my parkway, so the Village arranged for the removal. I tried to get some pictures, but didn't do so great, I got a large piece of floating sawdust in my contact and gave up.

But, here you have it..

And actually, I don't so much mind how it looks... here's an old 'before' shot,

and here's the 'now' look

Don't mind the shavings and the cone... they eventually did disappear. And I did sweep up a ton and I mean a TON of shavings...ugh...

Oh, and one other thing... my sister has a foster dog I really, really want.  I just need to figure out a way to make Mark think like I do.  Actually on more points than just this dog, but for the moment...small steps~