About the middle of June my youngest daughter and I flew back to Indiana to see my mom for her 87th birthday. She wasn't feeling well but managed to hide it until near the end of the week when her birthday was. My daughter wasn't feeling well either because of a surgical procedure she had three weeks before we left. The daughter was cleared for all things normal but she still wasn't feelling well. She ended up going to the emergency room the night before Mom's birthday and we almost lost her early the next morning. Thank goodness for her own medical training as she was able to calm herself down once she realized what was happening and make her body work with the twelve doctors and nurses that were working on her to save her. She did make it and we flew back to Phoenix 48 hours later.
Going back to Indiana is always one of my favorite things to do, but this year was special because of the near misses we had but also because the deer were everywhere! It was just amazing to see them right outside the front door, but then I don't live there.
They eat out of the bird feeders and drink from the bird baths. Pretty amazing for a desert dweller.
I love seeing my mom with her greatgrandchildren but it is especially neat when she shows her great grandson how to make a sling shot!!
After we got back to Phoenix, our other grandson came to visit one evening. He and T-Bone are two peas on a pod and have a great time together.
This is the princess, Ms BG who has taken over our lives. She is a rescue and after living with her for six months, it is easy to see why. BG just came roaring in to the house after having been outside for a good 40 minutes with three other giants. She hit the living room rug and accordion folded it, made a right turn and just missed me as she came flying in the bedroom, jumped sideways up on our bed and raced off back to the living room. I grabbed her and made her sit while Tom got Schultz and told him it was his turn to go out and run her ragged since the other three, Hank, Roger and Queenie, hadn't been able to do the job. They were all panting when they came in. As we closed the door, Tom commented that it was easy to see why no one ever claimed her when she ran away or else was let out and they threw a ball for her and they ran the other way. They were probably breathing great sighs of relief that she didn't come back! But we do love her and have her enrolled in agility classes.
Giants have been raining from the skies in rescue. Valley of the Sun Giant Schnauzer Rescue will have taken in six giant schnauzers in ten days as of next Monday. This poor guy is only ten months old and will recover from his trauma of being dumped in a county shelter in Los Angeles.
We will get him healthy and he will find a wonderful home.
