This past week, including Easter Sunday, was a study in spring weather. One day it was warm, up in the 70 degree range, then snow came in.
While the accumulation was not great here in Elma, less than one inch, Rochester (about 70 miles north) received nine inches of snow. We were on the fringe of the heavy snow band.
Still, the wind blew and the snow had a decided horizontal element to it, making it a good day to stay inside and enjoy a hot cup of cocoa.
During the week we had colored Easter eggs, an exercise I hadn’t taken part in for some time. Brought back some memories of days when our kids were younger, and back when I was a kid.
Activities for the rest of the week were somewhat limited; the remaining boxes were removed from the storage area and put in the garage, Pam’s painting continued, and I did [still more] lawn clean up after winds had blown quite a few leaves onto our lawn.
For any who might view my Galleries, a few technical changes have been made. Most photos now have rounded corners and video clips are labeled as to their run times. Galleries that have one or more video clips associated with them have an * in the title. Layout of the galleries has been standardized with captions below the thumbnails and centered on the page.
I know these changes mean more to me than to others but I enjoy tinkering with the underlying code and I think the changes present the photos and video clips in a more attractive way. The hard part was editing all the galleries and video pages; a very time consuming and (at times) tedious task. Glad to have it done.
Pam is trying to trim up the dogs Bru and JoJo as they are well past their normal grooming appointments. Both were getting quite shaggy. (Blondie is a short hair so grooming is not a high priority with her.) Although not perfect, the dogs do look much better after their trim. JoJo is still a work in progress as she will sit still only so long while Pam works on her section by section. I think dogs and humans will both be happy when pet groomers reopen for business!
From The Photo Archive
Back to when it all started: August 10th, 1974.
That’s it for now. Thanks for looking in!
Pam’s Two Cents:
I was thinkin’ I might eventually invest in some equipment and try doing the dog grooming myself, now that I’m retired. Using a scissors and comb this time, I proceeded to give it a try. Bru ended up with one errant snip on her belly and I cut myself in the hand working on Jo. Both wounds were bleeders. I knew there was a reason I paid people to do this.
Home grooming might work with Bru, who is a smaller dog, so the overall volume of hair (and thus time devoted to the task) is less. With JoJo, however, who is basically a Springer Spaniel mix, too much dog and too much hair.
And too little patience all around.
Happy (future) Trails.
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