Five Acres with a View

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While Rion and Lightning have been sharing dog beds for a while now, this was the first time I ever saw them touching while they did so.

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At 70F with no humidity I thought it was a lovely day for a walk. Rion, with his tarnished silver coat, didn’t agree: “it’s okay, Mom. I’ll wait here until sunset.”  (We have new (to us) phones!  With cameras! And Bluetooth!)

If you need a laugh…

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I wrapped Orion in the blanket because I was feeling cold. He didn’t seem to mind.

The web site GoPetFriendly.com Pet Travel allows you to find hotels and other accommodations that allow pets.  Ideally, I think vacations are to give me a break from taking care of critters, but not everyone feels that way.  I did find Red Roof’s policy of allowing pets very handy when I drove three cats and an elderly Golden Retriever from Plano, TX to Colorado Springs.  Dairy Queens were also very useful, because they were spaced about every sixty miles in Texas, allowing me a break from driving, a refill of coffee, a bathroom (needed after all the coffee) and a chance to walk the dog.

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Orion got his long overdue hair cut yesterday.

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Orion had so much snow clumped to his feet and legs that I put him in a tub of warm water to dissolve it.