Little house guest-Annie

This is Annie, as in "Little Orphan".

She's tiny but is still 10 pounds heavier than my dog Amos.

She's black, but you can't tell because she is lying in the brightest sun.

She's silky, but you can't tell because she's covered with burrs, sticks, mud and leaves.

She has an abundance of energy but she's winding down after hours of play.

She's well groomed, but not this weekend because she's staying with us.

Annie is a country girl this weekend, enjoying all the open air, pasture land and water. Annie's owner is visiting her daughter over the Mother's Day weekend and wanted Annie to stay here with us. Come Monday morning, Annie will get a good bath and some major grooming so our friend won't faint when she sees her dainty little dog.

faithful friend

Lee visits us before he returns to school, then he and Amos take a nap together.

troopers bowl

The troopers from our 2 counties qualified yesterday at their required physical assessment exercise. They had to meet 100% of the standards set by the state for running, situps, pushups, agility etc.-afterwards they had their area meeting. Then when they were done, and off duty, they met at this game center for an afternoon of bowling and pizza. There was a bit of friendly competition, a lot of joking around and even cartwheels performed by one of the troopers every time he bowled a strike. It was fun to watch and I hope they do some more of these type things together.