86. Gurgle and glug!

Gurgle, gurgle, glug, glug!  My, oh, my, have we had the rain.  You can see the creek across the road from our back porch the water is so high.  We drove up the canyon yesterday to see the waterfall and we were not disappointed!  I don't know that we have ever seen it so strong.  A couple of days ago we were enjoying the incredible color of the leaves on the Golden Rain tree.  We have so few trees that turn fall colors, I can only imagine the beauty of the East Coast.  Well, anyway, I was enjoying the beautiful leaves, Bob on the other hand was thinking in terms of time with a rake.  

Our experience last week with Maggie and the Furry Friends was so rewarding and heart warming.  Villa Maria in Santa Maria is a board and care facility and most all of the residents just love the dogs.  The animals that were there that day were all experienced with Maggie being the exception.  She handled herself brilliantly, if I may say so my self.  One of the residents is blind and he really loved her with her long floppy ears.  Maggie just snuggled right up.  The sounds and smells didn't bother her at all.  We plan to go to two places on Christmas Day in the afternoon.  All of the members had their dogs all decked out.  Maggie had her hat, but I can see that we need to go shopping.  Gotta keep up with the "Joneses!"  A girl can't have  too  many outfits, now  can  she?!  There were lots  of other  dogs, but  I  started  taking

photos too late.  You get the idea though.  Oliver, to the right here, had lots of bells on his  legs.  He

is a rescue that, as you can see, is now very well loved.  We hope each and everyone of you can find something that warms your heart because if it warms yours, odds are it will warm the heart of someone near you.