Sunday, May 26, 2013

Post date: May 27, 2013 4:17:12 AM

How about that, two posts in a short time. I'm supposed to be updating the basset puppy pictures but decided to add a little information here. I forgot to mention last post that the USDA inspector came a few weeks ago and we received a perfect mark of zero non-compliance issues. Of course, we were very pleased with that. Zorra's husky puppies are ready to leave at the end of this week. They are such beautiful puppies. Frances' puppies are doing so well now that they are on their own. She still thinks she is Mother of the Year but I know better. If there is a Mother of the Year, it would be Eleanor. Eleanor has 10 new puppies. Two of which were extra tiny when they were born. All ten are doing well and Eleanor handles it with ease. I can't resist posting a picture of them. We got our zucchini, summer squash, cukes, Indian corn, and broom corn planted on Friday. We think we have till about June 10 to get the pumpkins and squash in. One would think there would one dry day between now and then to get that done. This past year I have been involved with a committee of young moms (not me) and young at heart grandmas (that would be me) who decided our small town needed a decent playground. The existing playground equipment dates back to the 1930's and was so unsafe we did not want to take our kids and grandkids there. We figured it would take at least $40,000 to build a proper playground. A lot of money to raise in a community of less than 500 people. With great community support and amazing generosity from outside the community, we actually raised $65,000! We were able to expand the original playground plan and also renovate the basketball court as well. In four days, 13,000# of playground equipment is scheduled to be delivered and construction begins next week. Progress begets progress. Now another committee has been formed to raise the money to replace the existing below grade restrooms with new handicapped accessible restrooms. I better get back to posting those pictures.