Cooper & Spicy's Kingdom : A rainy start to a new month

Sunday 1 November 2020

A rainy start to a new month

Happy Sunday everyone! Our day started cloudy but it's raining now. After today and tomorrow, we are in for a nice stretch of sunny and warm weather. That's good news as our awning is now scheduled to be installed one week tomorrow, as long as the weather holds.

Our week was good. Russell cut the grass once more, maybe the last time this season. We'll see. Our flower beds are put away for the Winter. We got our snow tires on yesterday and the driveway snow markers were also put in. Our Winter gear is ready to go, for us and the pooches.

On Tuesday, we celebrated Spicy's 10th birthday. It was a fun day. That night though we got Cooper's blood liver enzyme results and they were not what we, and our vet, had hoped for, despite being on a liver supplement for 8 weeks. We owe it to Cooper, and ourselves, to investigate further so the Coop will be having an abdominal ultrasound this coming Wednesday. We are grateful that our vet could make it happen so quickly. We pray and hope for positive results.

We dusted off the piano keyboard that Russell got me when we lived in Huntsville. I plan on resuming playing the piano this Fall/Winter. I took lessons in Huntsville and luckily I remember most of it. I guess it's like riding a bike....as long as I know where the C and F notes are, I'm good to go!

Halloween was a success on our street. We had a good turnout and it was done in a very safe way. As a matter of fact, we were talking with our neighbour this morning and we thought that doing it the way we did it is probably the best way moving forward. Much less disruptive for us and the doggies, no door bell ringing. We were able to eat our dinner at the dining room table while watching the kids help themselves to candies. I think we have reinvented the way Halloween will be in the future!

Our province continues to be in a semi-lockdown until November 23. Covid cases have stabilized for the past 4 weeks but now they need to really come down. The pandemic is not looking good anywhere else, be it in Canada or in other countries. As if this wasn't enough for people to deal with, there was a terrible tragedy that took place in the old part of Quebec City last night. Two people died as a result. Our hearts go out for the families of the victims and the whole province.

That's my blog for today. I leave you with a couple of pics from last night, one taken during our walk yesterday and our famous NYC doggie clock. We bought this clock in 2012, in New York City, as were walking back from a Broadway show one night. We fell in love with it. It's actually a gift from Russell's mom, who wanted to buy us something special for our home in Huntsville. When we saw the clock in the window of a tiny store, we just knew we had to get it. It will always have a special place in our hearts.

I wish everyone a wonderful week. It will be one for the books, I suppose, with the US election on Tuesday. We hope the right person wins but we're not holding our breath too much. Our focus though will be on Cooper's exam on Wednesday, our main priority at the moment. Stay safe and well!