Ahhh!

Yesterday the theme was from an old Alka-Seltzer commercial, "Oh, what a relief it is!"  There was a good twenty-degree drop in temperature all day and nothing could have been more welcome.  It was actually cool enough in the morning that a shirt would have felt good down in the barn, but I wanted to feel that chill on my skin.  Ahhh!

Every colony of ground squirrels has its own lookout.  A large group has moved in and under the burn pile and this sentry was posted on one of the bigger branches.  There are going to be a lot of displaced squirrels when it's safe enough to light the pile on fire.

I was waiting for the battery for the leaf blower to charge when Camille called, asking me to come down and take photos of a dog that was in her yard to post on the local Lost & Found page.  The small dog was lying under a bush, hardly moving.  Cam showed up with food and water and Dog gradually roused enough to stagger to its feet to eat and drink.  Poor little old girl was totally blind, bumping into the gate and posts, but her nose worked well and she found every bite of kibble and drank a whole bottle of water.  The question then was what to do with her.  After a long wait on hold, Animal Services' solution was to bring her to them; they wouldn't come out to get her.  Cam decided to take her up to the house and see if the FB notice got any response.  And it did, almost immediately.  Little dog's family had been searching for her all night and, in fact, had sent for reinforcements from the valley to help hunt.  Turns out that Abby was diabetic and had Cam not given her food and water, she would have undoubtedly died under that bush.  Abby had picked the right yard to collapse in, and Camille was the angel on the spot.  I love happy endings.

I got the deck swept clear of leaves.

It was a good day.