A soggy Sunday

Happy Sunday everyone! We woke up to thunderstorms and rain. It will be a soggy day. Our grass is growing like weeds and is very green. 

It's already mid-June. The garden centres at the grocery stores are almost done. It's crazy how quickly the gardening season seems to come to an end, at least when it comes to planters and annual flowers. The Hostas that I planted are thriving and are looking very healthy. I am pleased.

Our boys are doing well. It looks like Merlot will be a dad soon. This is so exciting and we can't wait to see the puppies. I guess that will make us "doggie grandparents" LOL! He will be away for a few days this week as another female is in her prime for breeding. Busy boy! Sherlock will once again get some one on one attention, which he doesn't mind at all. It's all good. 

It looks like the cardinal chicks were born sometime last week. There is lots of activities happening now, with feeding and all. We see both male and female in and out all day. When the chicks are fed, we can hear them from the deck. Noisy little things. We suspect they will start leaving the nest later this week.

The hockey season will end either tonight or Wednesday. The FIFA World Cup is under way and Canada has earned its first-ever World Cup point. Well done! We don't follow soccer but it's nice to hear that our country has done well so far.  

I leave you with a few photos taken last week and one of Cosette at the Colosseum. After her nice wins, she got to visit Venice and Rome. Lucky girl! 

Have a great week everyone!

Me chilling on the deck with the 
Boys.

Dual guardians on duty...the 
patio area is secure under their watchful
eyes.

Morning rituals, while we have a 
coffee ,the boys enjoy a seat at the 
table.

Merlot loves to spend time face planting on
 the deck sofa.

A must while in Rome, Cosette 
posed with the Colosseum as her
backdrop.

Merlot enjoys the crazy maze, his way....knocking 

a cone over and a short cut to get out LOL!

Sherlock can't be beat when it comes to 

running the maze.

The finch are taking advantage of the full

feeders.

Few things are as tasty as new grown grass.

Cooper with his chew and Spicy trailing
behind...these two were always a tight unit,
this moment captured July 5th, 2023.