This past week was a good one, not too busy. I think that most of what we had to get done with regards to our move is behind us. We have returned to a normal routine. We both go to the gym on a regular basis, we have our daily walks with the Coop and do other stuff in between. We seem to be in a groove and that's a good thing.
I got more gardening done. As much as we wanted to finish the planting next year, we found another place to buy some nice perennials so we may just do it all this year. Today, I planted 12 daylilies. It's looking nice and I will take some pics for next week's blog.
Cooper is doing well but he is still adjusting to his new digs, not so much the house and the city noises but the overall change. It's hard to pin point exactly what he has not adjusted to but he's off a bit. His plays are not quite the same and he doesn't eat treats the way he used to. Imagine that! Having said this, he gobbles down his two meals a day and sleeps like a log. Oh, and he will not refuse a kangaroo tendon. He went to a new doggy day care for half a day last Wednesday, a place in Ile Perrot called Chez Winston. It is a home and Tracy, the owner, is the sweetest person. She has an Old English Sheepdog named Winston and he is the same age as Cooper. Coop did well, played some and is getting used to the place. He will go back next week. In two weeks, we will meet with another potential home boarding family in Rigaud.
Russell and I have been observing Cooper and have noticed two things: the first one is that he doesn't used his crate anymore. His "new den" is either under the kitchen table or under the patio table on the deck. He also likes to sleep on the bench against the brick wall on the deck. Whatever works is fine with us. The other observation is that he doesn't like the texture of leather. Our new couch in our TV room is leather. We were wondering why he wouldn't go on it and realized that he doesn't like the texture of leather. So, we added blankets and voila! The things we do for our pooch.
Back to the title of my blog for today. After lunch, we drove to Verdun to watch the Montreal Highland Games. That was the plan but we couldn't find parking anywhere. We should have gotten there earlier. But it wasn't a waste of a drive. We took the Lakeshore Road all the way. It was a beautiful scenic drive and it brought back a lot of memories for Russell who was born in Verdun. We saw the street where he was conceived, Edna Street. How cool is that! What's even more amazing is that when we got home, Russell found the lease that his parents had on the Edna house. They lived there between May 1953 and March 1957, at a going rate of $30 a month. Russell also saw many other areas that he remembers from when he would visit his grandparents. A lot of good childhood memories were brought back today. It's all good.
That's it for my news this week. Another month is upon us tomorrow. School will start soon. Yikes! Have a great week everyone!
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| Perennial shopping with Russell and Cooper at Cramer's. |
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| Cooper and his new buddy Winston..... waiting for treats! |
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| Casey Ball's flower benches have a new lease on life, Cooper loves to catch 40 winks on them. |
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| Spot the seagull...he is as high as the jet....well maybe not! Shot hand held in the backyard on Avondale. |
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