A Note from Lody’s Past

In June, I wrote about Lody and Mowers. Yesterday, that post received a comment from a woman named Julie who suspects she has one of Lody’s puppies.  The dates are right, since Lody had one litter shortly before she came to live here around six years ago.  Lody went back to her breeder when her elderly owner could no longer care for her.  Her breeder started looking for a home for Lody since Lody didn’t care for being one of a large number of dogs.  I found out about Ch Wild Winds Lody through a friend of the breeder’s, and took her on a week’s trial to make sure she would get along with our other dog, Dudley.  Lody marched in, looked around, and decided she was home, even though Dudley needed a little work.

Grieving

My father-in-law went into the ICU of Bethesda Naval after surgery two weeks ago.  This weekend he decided to refuse further medical treatment.  He came home from the hospital yesterday afternoon.  Jack, who flew in yesterday, was able to talk to him briefly last night.  Early this morning, surrounded by his family, he died. 

I probably won’t be posting much for a while yet.

Emergency Lighting

At the grocery store today, I saw a display of these GE Emergency Lanterns on sale for $10 a piece.  I bought two of them, because the package said they would give 16 hours of lighting on 4 “D” batteries.  I was hoping they would be bright enough to read by.  They are if you keep the lantern fairly close to the book.  The light quality is much better than candlelight.

Of course, now that we have emergency lighting by which we can read, I feel certain we won’t lose power the rest of summer.  We already had several hand pump flashlights, but although they are good for making sure we don’t kill ourselves in the dark, and are safer to use than candles, they aren’t good for reading.