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a day in the park...

with Kass :)
i love that she lets me practice :)
thanks Kass :)

Glen Arbor Park

Just another day at the park..
Glen Arbor Park in Murrieta, CA
Essa enjoys visiting everyday to play with her friends.. running and romping and wrestling..and getting pretty tuckered out by the end of an hour!
We've met all kinds of dogs.. all different breeds.. all different personalities..and everyone gets along very well!
Socializing is soooo important at a young age..Im so glad we found this place..and so glad to have made new friends .. both four-legged and the two legged kind :)

treasures to be hold..

mushrooms...

dog-butts...

dogs in tunnels...

dog feet...

dewdrops
ahhh... life at the dog park...

oh that face...

i just can't get enough of this face...


need pics of your pets???
give me a shout!

and then there's THIS face.. lil Mz Penny..

who's battling the fight with Leukemia right now..and so the Pfatties ebay group have rallied and created a special auction to help raise money for the Leukemia - Alabama Chapter for Miss Penny..
I do hope you'll pass the word.. feel free to grab this banner and post it all over the web..and stop by the auction scheduled to start on Valentine's Day..

girl in pink

Tim gave me roses for valentines day..so I couldn't resist playing with them.. :)

ahhh..ain't love grand? Betsy-Boo and Tippy taking their nap together on a rainy afternoon here in Murrieta..

pretty in pink...

threw this together last nite..

today am thinking of my mother in law..

and tomorrow will hold yet more news...

lets pray its all good news..

i see the moon...

and the moon sees US!

The moon tonite..in my back yard.. while hottubbing :)

Mud & Snow...

what could POSSIBLY be MORE FUN???

The mountains have been dumped on..and the snow looks sooooo pretty :)

Tim and I took a ride around over the weekend..and decided to head up the mountain to Idyllwild to find snow to play in..and play we did :)
The trails were covered in snow..and much to our delite..we found MUD too :)

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

And found this man in Idyllwild carving this Bear ...isn't it amazing???

In Idyllwild ..Tim poses by some snowbanks :)

Then... that nite..we had VISITORS to our catfood dish out on our back patio!!!

These guys were HUGE!!!

swimming with sharks...

errr..i mean..swimming with baby alligator lizards...

for the past two days... I've had to fish this guy outta the pool..
not sure if its the same fella..maybe i should start 'tagging' them lol
isn't he just SOOO Cute??? awwwwww


i love them when they're so wee.. we have found them even smaller before..and they are just so adorable!

Usually..when Betsy-Boo's not doing this....


or this...

she can be found outside 'hunting' and likes to bring me lizards..

this one she brought back to play with...

then she usually takes them off somewhere and 'feasts'. We've found so many headless bodies about the yard... its disgusting!
all of this usually happens when Tippy is inside...
doing this...

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

A Weekend Up in the Pines...

Not too many pics to actually prove that I was up in the Pines.. but a couple to tease you with.

We headed out Friday ..and decided to go 'cool off' up in the Mountains ..so we drove up to Idyllwild.

But whewwweeee!! It was just as hot up there!! But lovely none the less...and we hit a trail to go see the sites. This pic below is on a trail up in Idyllwild..and it over looks down onto the lovely city of Hemet.

Sorry these pics are out of order..but the two pics shown below are when we came down off the mountain and decided to stay a nite at Lake Skinner in Temecula. It was 99 (pointing away from the wind)..and its hard to make out..but it reads 106 pointing into the wind... in the SHADE!! whew!!

A couple of hours BEFORE i decided to take a pic of the temp...the reading was at 113.. pointing into the wind..in the SHADE~

lordy~

Usually i enjoy the heat.. don't mind it.. just give me shade.. something cold to sip..and i should be all set.

But call it hormones.. or just plain crankiness.. but i just wanted to be COOL... or jump in my POOL... like.. NOW! lol

We cranked on the AC in the RV..and chilled out for a couple of hours and waited for the sun to go down.

"Lord , please send cooler temps today...please? I promise not to get cranky..and I promise I'll be not to kick the dog"

Tim.. preparing the grill in Idyllwild County Park. The menu for the nite was grilled corn on the cob and tilapia..

awwww...look what I found at Lake Skinner!!!! Everytime.. (well..just about everytime..) we stay at our favorite spot at Lake Skinner (Site #301).. and look what was waiting for me???? Our initials!!! Tim carved these in one of the tree's there awhile ago...and look at how nicely it's 'aging' ...awwwwwwww... he's so cute like that! :)

this next shot was taken earlllllly monday morning..when i got a wild hair up my butt and decided I'd get up at the buttcrack of dawn to see what I could see..

a morning flower greets me...

and this set of nuts...hehehe.. greeted us while up in Idyllwild..on that trail.. we stopped to have a snack under a tree..and this was hanging above our heads.

back in Lake Skinner.. a cloud that seriously looked like an angel..flying.. blowing her trumpet.. so i quick jumped up and grabbed the camera.. but now looking at it..it totally doesn't look that way at all! lol (maybe it was the wine talking)

I hope you all have a great week and enjoy your last week of August... as for myself..Im looking forward to Friday ... :)

My friend, Christy (Ccswhimsies) is coming to California on a family vacation..and will be dropping by to give me a hug and hopefully stay for a lil bit before running off to the airport in San Diego to pick up family. Im so excited! :)

Sunrise Sammy

Good Morning My Beautiful Flower!
Through the View Finder Pics from this morning..
Last nite Tippy decided he wanted to crawl out our bedroom window..and sit up on the patio beams. He LOVES it out there... and he CAN'T get down or escape! So he lays out there..and has a 'cats-eye' view of the hummingbirds coming to the feeder below him..and the goings-on.

Sunrise Sillo
Originally uploaded by samwould

Gooooood Morning Murrieta! I woke up bright and early this morning around 4:47..and for the life of me...could NOT get back to sleep..so..I hopped outta bed.. slipped into my jeans and comfy shirt.. threw on a baseball cap..made a quick cup of coffee..and was out the door to take sunrise shots of the neighborhood.The spot I drove to wasn't the greatest to catch any great magnificent sunrise shots..as there were telephone poles..and wires and construction messin' up the scenery. So I will have to rethink my next early morning adventure.. plan ahead and scout out a great viewing site. If anyone can recommend a good Sunrise viewing around Murrieta, CA.. please let me know! But I had fun wandering about.. feeling like I was on some great adventure..searching for things to photograph in the great morning light. I saw horses..and cattle (again..sorry I don't know the names of cattle.. but my friend Connie for ALtered Route knows..and I sure hope she pops in here to tell me what I've photographed (pic of cattle on my flickr acct) hehehee)..revisited the old school... saw houses so close together its a wonder how anyone can fart anymore.. I hope you'll take a peek at my Flickr pics.. and post a comment if you like :) Ok.. naptime.. all that running around pooped me out!xox I
click on my Flickr Picture to go see the rest of the Early Morning Shots :)

Mojito Time

ahhhhhhh....all is right with the world once again now that Tim is back from a weeks stay in NY...

I sure do miss him when he's gone.. cuz when he's gone..it means I have to be a 'big girl'..and do all the errand running..and venture out into the big world.

I would really much rather just stay in my jammies all day..and avoid freeways...grocery stores and gas stations!

I like it when Tim is home because I feel safe and spoiled! lol He barbeques and feeds me the yummiest foods...and I make the drinks! This weekend's drink of choice was the Mojito! We planted Mint in our garden a couple of months ago..and are sure making use of it!

Fresh Mint, Club Soda, Light Rum, Sugar, Lime Juice, Ice

Tim made up some Sausage and Scallop shishkabobs.... they were sooooo good! He added onions and peppers..and grilled 'em to perfection.

(before grilling)

Sunday we ventured out in the jeep again.. this time heading North up to Hemet area.

Diamond Valley Lake charges admission to get in ($7) ..and because we didn't have a boat, and also because they don't allow human contact with the water (no swimming allowed) we snapped a pic.. and turned around. The view from up there is great..and there were some great clouds forming off to the east!

why is it that we are always running into these sorts of signs????

The Hemet Hills and their Lovely CLouds:

Tucked down in the valley below the Diamond Valley Lake is the Aquatic center..

I think the area could stand to use about 10 more of these centers..as Hemet sure felt like Hell's Oven yesterday!

If you're traveling on Rt. 79..you will come across a sod farm.. (I think it's called West Coast Turf)..and they have the best signs out near the road..

Huge wooden signs painted soooo life like..you'd swear these are giants sitting along side the road..relaxing! lol I Love it!!!

Not too far from the Sod farm is the Winchester Cheese Company. We have yet to visit there.. but I hear the gouda is yummy!!!

The hills along Rt. 79:

ahh..who says Brown isn't beautiful????? :)

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