We took Bear, Cabela and Beethoven to the dog park today. Of course, there is a convenient fire hydrant available for the boy dogs. Here you can see Beethoven and Cabela inspecting it. Click on the image to enlarge.
Good Weekend
Lots of football, food and family. Nothing to post other than to wish that you had a good weekend too.! 🙂
Car Wash
We stopped at the Humane Society car wash event today to get the desert dust rinsed off of the old truck. It was for a good cause since donations went to the benefit of the Humane Society of Wickenburg (NO relation to HSUS the commie anti gun idiots). Click the image to enlarge.
Fall Color Flowers
These nice spider mums are in the vase on my desk this weekend. Click on the image to enlarge.
Meet Beethoven
On an impulse, after seeing an item in the local newspaper that featured a “Pet of the Week” item, we went to the Humane Society of Wickenburg (NOT affiliated with HSUS) and adopted Beethoven, another Miniature Pinscher. Now, Cabela has a new little brother.
Beethoven (AKA Bay Bay) is a little underweight and has been through several adoptions that did not work out, but we have had him here all day and think that he will be just fine with us and our other two dogs. He is about eighteen months old and at this time, he is on my lap enjoying a nap and back rub.
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Another Grueling Day of Retirement
My biggest problem today is getting the water chemicals adjusted in the spa. I have the MPS (monopersulfate) and the alkalinity in range, but the PH balance is a little high. I went on-line to find out how to lower the PH. The answer is to add a mild acid to the spa such as white vinegar or a commercially-available granulated acidifier.
I took a photo of a couple of water test strips showing the before and after results when I added chlorine today. You can see that the second strip (closest to the container) matches colors for in-range condition for the top two pads only.
The plan is to see if our local discount store has a granulated acidifier in stock. If not, plan B will be to order some on-line.
We have had spas in the past in California, but we never worried very much about the chemical composition until now. We want this spa to outlast us, so we better take care of both it and us. 😉
Purple Sage
There are many purple sage shrubs that grace the landscapes of homes and businesses. Now that “second spring” is here, many of the shrubs are in bloom. Click on the image to enlarge.
