Quiet here

Howdy blogaroos. Squirmy here from the house of quiet. Unless of course it’s mealtime. Or the dog down the road barks. Or the delivery guy comes. Or a leaf falls off a tree…

I’m saying it’s quiet because we have no company. Alice sadly left us yesterday morning. Before Alice visited, Sue and Keith were here. So we’ve had company for several weeks. So now it’s just the Warden talking to us. It’s kinda boring. Alice left and then it pretty much rained for most of the day. We lounged around like shaggy beached whales. Listening to the Warden cough…

The Warden gets a pesky cough sometimes- often related to allergies. But she’s really been hacking the past week or so – and yesterday was particularly ear-blowing. She’s hoping it’s not the plague – she’s vaccinated and she has managed to avoid it so far. She took an at-home test yesterday- and we watched with great interest. None of us love ear cleaning – so the thought of nostril roto rooting is pretty scary. Count me out. Her at-home test was negative, but that didn’t stop the coughing. Maybe she has Kennel cough?! Paws crossed she’ll be feeling better soon- she too did a pretty good beached whale imitation yesterday.

It looks like we have rain in the forecast for the next few days. AND all eyes are on Hurricane Fiona who could be thinking about a Nova Scotian visit on the weekend. Here’s the thing- Hurricanes are kinda like me. Let me out, and there’s no telling what direction I’ll go. And predicting days in advance- well sometimes it feels like rolling a dice. But given the possibility that she could pay a visit, I think it’s probably time to tie down the peed-on deck chairs. And maybe tie down the BBQ too. I better also go out and bring in all my toys. Don’t want to have to go searching for them in the woods.

You know – there has never been a Hurricane named Frodo, Elroy or Wojtek. There was a Leroy. But not an Elroy. Wonder how one gets on the list. I guess there hasn’t been a Hurricane Snoopy. Or Lassie either. I checked for future names up to 2027- and none of us is there yet. The Warden said one Hurricane Wojtek in Nova Scotia is enough. Funny. If you’re bored and want to learn about Hurricane names, here’s some info.

https://earthsky.org/earth/how-do-hurricanes-get-their-names/

Time to drag the Warden out.

Have a good one. Peace and paws up. Stay safe.