Starting the "Bucket List" with the Coming of First Frost ... Brrrrr!

Now that the first frost/snow is predicted, the beautiful colored leaves are falling and mowed for the first round, the tender flowers are brought in, the last of the firewood is stacked/covered and the last veggies are picked ... hummm, what adventurous things would the girls like to do ... Tricks workshop coming up ... who wants to try it?

Mya won the "draw" and went to the "Fun Tricks" workshop!
(some of the things used in the workshop)

First snow of 2015-16 on the Picnic Table ???

When cool weather comes, Sutter finds herself with a room-mate!!!

It's a gorgeous sunny mid 60 degree November day ... leaves all mowed (till tomorrow!) and woodbox is full, so we're off to "Doggie Agility Practice" and then off on a special Vermont adventure afterwards ... enjoying winding backroads along the river to the great 1946 Vermont Country Store!

What better photo-shoot prop than an old truck!

... and we drew quite a crowd ... "they're so well behaved!"
(Glad it looks that way in public)

Our Baby Mya Turns Two Years Old

Mya & her Dad Nova on their very last visit!

Mama Dazzle on "Birth" day ... 3 girls & 4 boys ;o)

Which of the 3 girls will be a Proudfoot???

It's clear ...  it's Miss Green ... she's the one for sure
 ... an outgoing girl!!!

"Can I go home with you yet?"

She's Home ... with her "Forever" family!!!

Mya graduates as the only AKC Star Puppy in the class!

Starts "Scent Tracking" and loves it!

She loves the sport of Agility and is good at it!

Graduates Canine Good Citizen

Loves every adventures with her sisters
(Emma, Mya, Willow, Sutter at the Ocean)

Everyone helps with yard chores!
(Sutter driving, Willow, Mya & Emma in trailer)

She's all grown up ;o)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET GIRL ... ADVENTURE ON!

October Already?

Temps 40-50's, 3" rain, firewood covered, apple-pickin' done, hummer feeder brought in, boat fleet pulled out of the pond, stormwindows cleaned and going on, rare inside cabin cleaning top-to-bottom, in stages ... WHERE DID SUMMER GO???

"We miss Summer already"

Second and final bushel of our own apples ... Good eatin'
... Apple Crisp & Applesauce for the freezer!

What!!! More stacking!!!

Juicy!

Emma, Willow & Mya in a "three-way-tug"

Agility Practice ... 3 girls "Wait" while 1 girl runs!!!

Fall Color is coming!

Mya has learned to pick up dropped kindling
sticks when woodstove is fired up ... she's sooo
proud of her new job and then runs to the cookie jar ;o)

Moving Right in to September

As we're thinking of a Fall roadtrip, whether camping or trip to the ocean, the girls have started some new training to allow all 4 to walk together ... we've had one lesson: heading out, everyone tried to go their own seperate way ... then on the way back, everyone was tired/hot and started to get the idea ... PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE before adding the distraction of people!!!

Tandum leash-walking

One handler, two leashes and four dogs
(each pair coupled together at collars, with spare coupler
 to connect the 2 pairs if they get too rambunctious!)

Woodstacking  Crew ... one more cord to go!!!

Resting Up under Computer work station ;o

Labor Day Cruise ... gorgeous day!

Four happy girls after a great Agility practice  ;o)

They like to reach up and pick their own ...
family pole bean picking!!!

Mya has swelling under her tongue & now has a lump between her
lower jaw bones ... ? cause, but getting it checked out
 ... she was a very good girl at the Vets ... on antibiotic/antihistamine!

Road trip adventure to Connecticut to visit Gracie & family ...
wonderful time visiting and exploring their yard!

Wonderful pickin' of our own Cortland apples!

August ... Summer's Going Way Too Fast!!!

Now that it is August, the first sun illuminates the tree tops across the pond from the East at 6:30am, hits the "Breakfast Nook" at pondside about 8am and then starts deminishing behind the tall trees to the West around the yard about 3:30pm ... the Hummers (? 4) are constantly drinking at the nector feeder preparing for their Fall migration, the apple tree has lots of apples this year (no peaches this year) ... the various bees are flitting from flower to beautiful flower around the yard, the girls are enjoying their Blackberry/Black Respberry grazing, the tomatoes, cukes, bush & pole beans are starting and firewood stacking has begun!

Sutter is a hard task-master ... her crew is off on a project!

Watchin' the tomatoes ripen ;o)

The prickly cucumber "bit" Mya!!!

First harvest ... not abundant but it's "OURS"

Named our last duck to leave the pond "Jane"

Box garden (made with old picnic table) has green bush beans,
 daisies (from Judy) and pole beans behind ... waiting!

Emma's Muddy boots ... time for a swim!

Second harvest ;o)

Watermelons getting bigger!

Yummy berry grazing ;o)

Emma, Sutter, Willow & Mya 

Some of the beautiful Day Lillies :o)

Willow has on her "mud" boots ... one swim and they'll be gone!!!

Tart Cortland apples soon!

Ready for this year's wood delivery (green & seasoned cords)
last year's cord of wood stacked ... "and we helped!"

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