Summer has finally made its appearance, well it sort of came in with a push through the atmospherically gates. After a month and some of daily rain, what some of you might call spring, I call the mud season, and we also got the unusual cold weather. I’ll rephrase that – Someone had asked if I’d make a veggie garden this year and I had responded with a smug smirk “When hell freezes over”; well it did and I made a veggie garden.
What does the weather have to do with life’s lesson? Probably nothing – I just need to complain, then again…. as you know I had built a Taiga Critter Spa (aka pond) a school of goldfish and all its trimming. You know the saying “Things that have a probability to go wrong will go wrong” Here I was, faithfully every weekend, first thing in the morning until the sun went down or the black flies and mosquitoes put on their bibs and sharpened their utensils to feast on me, to get my project done, including my veggie garden. In the rain, in the high winds and oh yes lets not forget hell having frozen over. Which of course is where my veggie garden went, straight to hell.
Nevertheless in spite of all the odds the Taiga Critter Spa got completed and Lord Michael and the troop are completely enjoying their own little private garden and spa. Daily. Did I mention twice per day and as often as possible on the weekends?
Master Murphy being the leader and the dominant male of the troop, would ritualistically position himself to the far reaches over the water with his hereafter high in the air while waving his paw over the surface in a serene meditative ohm chant. Urging his adoptive sons and subjects to follow his examples.
I in the meantime was busy planting rose bushes and baby trees. This is where Master Murphy decided to teach his adoptive sons how to climb trees, but having one day chosen a mighty gigantic tree to begin on and got royally stuck, he then decided the baby trees were ideal to teach how to master a tree. Sadly the little tree bent under his weight and finally snapped and this is how Murphy taught all about instant deforestation.
I replanted baby trees trying my best to explain to Murphy we need trees, they give shade, which in turn keeps our well water flowing as well as once the trees have grown they supply wood for the fire and give us heat. Speaking of heat …..
Over this weekend the cold spell snapped and someone left the door open and we had a heat spell. Yep 91°F – 112°F with the humidity. This is when Master Murphy and the rest of the troop decided while Lord Michael and I went outside to take care of what needed to be taken care of, the students (school of goldfish) had to wait, they would remain inside the house where it was nicely cooled by the air-conditioning. I know there is a lesson in all of this, alas, I just haven’t found it yet. So meanwhile, I’ll be soaking in high concentrated salt water to get rid of the mosquito stings, Master Murphy is teaching his secrets of successful living to his adopted sons.
Master Murphy teaching his adopted son Timber the secrets of life.
While Lord Michael and I are refilling the bird feeder with fruit pellets
Trying to catch a bird in the bush - makes a dog have a sore snout.
Tundra - on the lookout
Tundra - warning the troop - dog alert
mine!! GRUFF
ALL MINE!!
A dog's carpet shall not be touched by kitty feetsies
And ... that's life's lesson
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Have a great and safe week
Huuuugs
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and I do have stuffed puupys as well,just not a breathing one 
