A Long Spring

A Long Spring
May 17th 2009
wolfmoonsleddog
Southeast
Location: Armuchee, GA
Time - 10:57am
Temperature: 51 degrees F
Conditions: Overcast, cooler with light drizzle.
Forecast: Rain today with highs in the 60s. Partly cloudy tomorrow. Highs in the 70s, lows in the 40s


Above: Calypso and Susan getting used to the pen, which I am currently working on expanding and improving.

Well people down here in Georgia are commenting on how long the Southeastern spring is lasting. I’m surprised too but you won’t hear me complain. The cooler weather is perfect for us and it means we might get to scooter again over the the next few days.

It was actually not so nice yesterday. It was sunny and not too hot but it was humid. We have been working on clearing out an area back behind the dog pen so that we can expand and improve. It used to be open behind the pen with a few pines, cherry trees and an oak. Unfortunately the oak and most of the pines had fallen over the years and it became very brushy back there with wild grapevines trailing all over the jumble of fallen trees. It hadn’t really bothered me and I’d left it like that. However, since I got back, I have been looking into making the pen nicer and the logical place to expand was out from the back - where all the fallen trees were.

So yesterday we started clearing away the fallen trees. I hated to take away all the grapevines but our entire hillside has plenty of others so I am not too worried about that. We cut up the fallen trees and hauled them off to the side. Then we cleared some of the brush away so that it’s actually opened up back there and doesn’t look like an untamed jungle anymore. There are still quite a few cherry trees, which will provide a nice shaded area for the dogs. So now we are fence shopping and trying to score some posts.

Susan loves the pen. She is enjoying herself tremendously out there and has relaxed quite a bit since we arrived. She still is more nervous inside the house but she is much better than a week ago this time. Calypso has stepped right back into life in Georgia and does not mind being in the house at all, although she is still searching for her toys in places they were put LAST Summer. Still, Calypso has really mellowed out in the last year. Perhaps she is becoming a dignified adult (I say this and I’m sure she will do something within the next ten minutes that says otherwise). Perhaps she is just saying to Susan: “This is how we roll in GA.”

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Dave Lukosik on 17 May 2009 at 8:05 pm # edit this

Nice photos of Calypso and Susan running with the scooter and in the kennel. Check yourself for ticks after working in the woods clearing the area for the kennel expansion. The ticks are out here in NC! My new boy Hitch is like Susan making the transition to a new home. Have to encourage him to come inside the house. Lets have the cool weather as long as possible!

wolfmoonsleddog on 24 May 2009 at 5:16 am # edit this

Thanks, Dave! We are definitely keeping on the lookout for ticks as they are out in full force here. So far so good.

I’ve got new pics of the kennel expansion coming soon!