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Wednesday the truck from Lowe's arrived at 10 am with 3 pallets of goodies for the fence and garden. I was so excited but I told one friend that half of me was jumping up and down and the other half was
wanting to go hide under the covers because I know all of this means lots of aches, pains and hard work. I unloaded part of it and was pretty much done in until Friday.Friday I attacked the garden and spent the day out there. I tried to do more Sat but I was moving at a snail's pace - work for 10 minutes, rest for 30. I finally gave in about 4pm and headed in.
Early Thursday morning I heard a dog howling over in the woods. Sooooo, we seem
to have a new puppy. He looks like a beagle with the brown floppy ears, black on his back and white belly. I couldn't find him until late Thurs because he was hiding in the base of a tree. I tried to get close to him but he growled so I tossed some food over and set a bowl of water about 20 feet away.Late Fri evening he ventured over and sniffed my hand. After that I had a fast friend. Everywhere I went, he was right behind me. Near dark I put him on the porch and made a basket with one of my dirty sweaters because he would howl and carry on when I got out of his site. He immediately crawled in the basket and slept for 9 hours. He must be housebroken because he didn't have any accidents on the deck. I put him outside about 10am and he immediately did his business.
I've put up "found puppy" signs out front and will call the shelter today to see if anyone has reported a missing dog. I sure don't need another dog, especially another male. The two I have try to fight all the time so not a good idea. The puppy tries to follow Pickwick everywhere. I can't figure out if Pickwick is playing when he takes off running or trying to get away.
Finally, let's talk legs LOL. It has been almost a year since I fell and ruptured my right Achilles tendon. The first
few months the leg was totally limp. I couldn't make it do anything. Little by little I have developed massive muscles in both thighs and my left calf from dragging the right leg around. I didn't realize this until I went out in shorts this week. Fat leg, skinny leg, what a site ROFLOL.Now I am also noticing that my right arm is more muscular because I use a walking stick around the yard and use it to pull myself up and down the hilly terrain here. I still can't drive, the leg still won't respond when I try to lift it up to apply the brakes. Also I still have a lot of numbness in the foot so I don't think I could get very far trying to hold the gas pedal down. Oh well, eventually.
Off to get some more rest. I am still very sore but tomorrow is bringing more nonstop rain. I am going to curl up with my gardening books and do some more planning. I am sure I will be ready to tackle the garden again Wed or Thurs when this front moves out.
Hugs
Linda B:)
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