From bad to good……

Well yesterday I had plans to get up early and head out to do a bunch different things with Diggs. Well right before I stated getting ready I got a call from my mom. My grandmother passed away at 2am. I spent the next few hours making calls to other members of the family and to friends. After all that I decided that the best thing for me to do was to go on with some of what I had planned to do. So I got dressed and Diggs and I headed to the farmers market for our weekly walk. The adoption organization that I got Diggs from was there trying to find new homes for other dogs. Their goal was to find new homes for at least 10 dogs, they found homes for 11. Well Diggs and I walked over to where the tent was set up. As we were walking around a lady walked up and asked, “Is that Diggs.” I told her it was and she told me about the last time she had seen Diggs witch was right after they had found him on the streets. She said that he was very skinny and so happy that he has put weight on. She then wanted me to talk to the lady that was in charge. I had e-mailed them a few days before this event to let them know how digs was doing and told them the story about Diggs and the girl from the week before. She was so happy to see that Diggs was doing so great. It made me feel so good to know that I have such a great dog. I even got to see Ruffles, she is a Shar Pei mix and if Diggs had not worked out I would have adopted her. I was so shocked to see that no one had adopted her yet. She is such a sweet girl. Well after we spent some time with the other dogs we headed to go shop for some food. I could not get much because we were not going to be home till late. I did get some tangerines. As I walked away from the table I decided to get a bag for the volunteers that were at the tent with the dogs. I handed the delicious tangerines to the lady in charge and told her that I wanted to give back a little for the good work that they do. Oh about the tangerines, they are some of the best I have ever had. The couple who sells them are some of my farmer friends that I have met through going to the market. They are organic growers and have the best watermelons when they are in season.

After the farmers market digs and I headed to a new park that I had never been to. This park is where a lot of the mountain bikers go and I wanted to go take a look before I loaded up the bike and headed out there. The park is on the other side of town so it takes a little while to get there. The park was good except that they restricted the number of trails that dogs can go on. There was a 1.5 mile loop or a 4 mile loop that dogs were allowed on. Diggs and I headed off on the long one. We saw a few people out on the trails witch surprised me seeing as it was not very hot out and an overall great day. When we finished with the walk I wanted to spend a little more time alone so I grabbed the book that I am reading, Rescuing Sprite by Mark R. Levin, and headed to one of the picnic tables and read a little. I have not gotten very far in the book but I really like it. I left my camera at home so I don’t have any pictures for you right now. I did take a few pictures with my phone and I will post those later.

On the drive home I came up with an idea on how I could honor my grandmothers life, to cook one of my favorite things that she use to make for us. So when I got home I started making her peach cobbler. It did not come out as good as hers was but I baked it out of love. So my day started out bad but ended on a high note.

So when I woke up today I thought about heading out to another park with Diggs. I looked outside and the sky looked like it was going to rain at any moment. I decided to stay home and get a few things done. In the middle of the day got a call from a friend saying that they were going to take me out to lunch. It was great to spend time with my friend and had a great meal. Tonight I spent most of the night looking online for bowls for Diggs’ crate and some travel water bowls. The one that I had gotten before was not working out like I had hoped it would. The bowl I had was too flimsy for water. It would make a great food bowl for when we are out and about. Now that I have finished writing this post I’m going to pick up the book and read a little before I head off to sleep. Diggs has been fast asleep for some time now; guess he is still tired from yesterday’s day out.