Happy Lawn, Happy Dog, Happy Life

The last five days Banjo has learned so much. She is still a puppy and reminds us of that constantly. For example, when she sees a bug of any kind the chase is on and she has no regard for my Amaryllis or any other plant, tree or bush. Those Amaryllis, they were finished blooming anyway.  

I would like to say that she is trying to save the earth by diligently hugging that tree. Unfortunately, she is desperately trying to bury what was a bright and shiny, brand new plush bone that our friends bought for her. 

She wouldn't budge form this spot. I stood my ground and she definitely stood her ground. Her repeated attempts to bury the toy were futile. She ended up with nothing more than a dirty a bone. I washed it and distracted her attention to other things. The plush toy now stays inside. Anything she loves gets buried in the back yard. I'm not sure what that's all about, why do dogs do that?

I made up a trail mix over the weekend. Those peanuts with the candy corn is a sneaky way to eat a Payday candy bar. We headed out on the pontoon to meet up with other boaters. We've been slow to make friends because we have so much on our plate right now. 

Banjo always starts out the boating trip by flashing her pearly whites at all the neighbors and other boaters. She is ready at a moment's notice to alert us of any dogs, alligators and even the tiniest insect. She is one happy dog.

Here is Mi Miguel living the happy life. It isn't long though until she does what Mi Miguel has taught her so well.

Just like him, she reclines, relaxes and drifts off into a deep sleep. She too is living the happy life.

While they rest, I do what I do best, scrub down the floor of the boat, wipe down the dash and seats and then think about how I'm going to hand thatch the front lawn first thing in the morning.

Since we've moved in our front yard looks a lot like the Malcolm In The Middle lawn. Now that the seawall is finished there shouldn't be anymore big trucks on our very sad lawn. 

Yesterday morning, I set out to thatch the grass or what little we had left. Trying to keep Banjo in the yard, the neighbor cat out of the yard and deal with the heat, the front lawn was finally thatched. All we need now is grass seed and a little bit of rain. 

We have a happy dog and a (so-called) happy life. That happy lawn though, it's going to take quite a while before we ever see that. Oh well, two out of three aint bad.

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