Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Finally, A Breath of Fresh Air!





Finally we have some nice cool air from up north. The temp is 51 right now as I sit here writing this, the wind is coming from the north, low humidity, low dew points, ahhhhhhhhhh life is good :). We took both cats and Quasi the boxer to vet today for routine vaccinations and to have Quasi's heart checked, he has boxer cardiomyopathy, he has been on medication for the condition for over 3 years now, usually they do not live a year so I feel blessed, the vet said his heart sounds great. My dear sweet little Callie tired to bite both me and the vet when we were getting her out of the carrier.

The photos are up close and personal views of my brugmasias. The blooms are all done now, so no more wonderful fragrance, I will slow down on the watering and they will spend the winter in the basement.

11 comments:

Connie Peterson said...

Lovely, lovely flowers. And sweet looking dogs (and cat). You are blessed to be able to keep your boxer so long after the diagnosis!

Blessings

Melissa said...

the pink is like the inside of a seashell - beautiful...

Shady Gardener said...

Very, very pretty.

I've started a new blog, linked to my gardening blog. If you watch the right sidebar as you scroll down, under "Family and Favorites," you'll see "Making Memories." I've started to post on our little Wisconsin trip.

We had fun, but there wasn't the color you might expect. Did you notice that?

Catherine said...

Love the gorgeous closeups!!
Cat

Deb said...

Fantastic close up photos!
Your pets sound adorable.

kris said...

Cool - I like the close-ups!

We've haven't made it out of the 40's the last two days - what a change from the humid 80s over the weekend!!

kris said...

"We've haven't..." - I seriously have to start proofing before I hit the publish button!

Sara said...

These look like the inside of a parachute. Lovely photographs. Sara from farmingfriends

KC MO Garden Guy said...

Great pictures!! Sounds like you have some great pets, even if one tried to bit you.

Unknown said...

Those are lovely flowers--I like how the color deepens in all of the pictures.

Funny you mentioned the dogs and cats, as I was going to comment on how cute your two gardening assistants are. They both have such interesting facial markings--I love how that gives dogs such instant personality. :)

Tira said...

I can almost smell the Good luck to Quasi. One of my dogs was given a few months to live by the vet and she lived for 4 more years. My husband used to mix a small amount of his body building powder supplement into her food-seriously it gave her tons of energy!