Sorry I haven't been as faithful to updating this blog. It is safe to say that my personal time is taxed at best. Now I am the "wife" doing all the shopping, errands, etc. for my mother. It's time after all she's done for me.
The gardens are still doing very well, even with the season changing more and more each day. We are no way near peak foliage conditions yet, and that is fine with me. We still haven't had a killing frost yet, so once that happens, it won't be long before the leaves give us their final show of color before they drop.
Many of you have asked about the "kids"--Katie, Simone and Georgette. They are doing well, and Will seems to have found a good buddy in Katie. It seems that she has trained Will to remove his socks upon arrive at Mom's and give them to her. It's a game Katie started playing with me once I went to work. When I go in the bedroom to undress, she perches on the end of the bed and watches as I remove my socks. I throw the first one in the air, calling out "sockarooing"--she catches it in her mouth (ugh!), tosses it around, and then awaits the removal of the second sock. Once we complete that task, she balls up both socks and lugs them around for a few minutes, usually hiding one or both socks. In this way, I cannot put them back on to go out. So, in her doggie mind, I am forced to stay in for the rest of the night. Silly pup! So, Will and Sam's socks are even better as they are smaller and easier to carry around. Poor Karen is always looking for one or more when she leaves, so we always have lots of spares around.
My social life is growing in leaps and bounds. I am now a member of the Lewiston Senior Citizens group, St. Ann's Sodality (a church group for the woman of the parish), the Women's Literary Guild and also their Garden Club, and I attended a informational meeting for the St. Mary's Hospital Auxillary last week. I think they could smell fresh blood...
Before I end, here are a few more pictures of the kids, the gardens and the pups. I miss you all very much, and I hope to hear from you soon!
