Dog is Love

I saw the above saying on a bumper sticker recently and thought it was cute, and so true. Dogs love us unconditionally, deeply, truly, sweetly. Our little guy is a typical shepherd puppy, crazy one minute, nipping at exposed fingers and toes, and calm the next, sidling up for a hug and a kiss. This is not the best picture of him, but I snapped it yesterday morning in the midst of a romp around the dining room. He does not like to stay still for long, so taking pictures of him can be difficult!

Hubby and I attempted to find a swing set at one of the local stores yesterday, but had no luck. One store had a beautiful swing set but they wanted over $800.00-a bit more than our budget allows. Another store had a more reasonable but very nice model advertised, but didn't have it in stock. Frustrated, we came home and I perused the internet, hoping to find a better deal and more variety to choose from. I did find many different models, but most were very expensive. In the end, we tentatively decided on a wooden structure from Walmart which has lots to play on at a fairly reasonable price. Unless we find something else, we will probably go with that; I'm not sure when we'll be able to buy it, as it was a bit more pricey than what we'd expected, but I know that our little one will glean lots of enjoyment from it. It will be nice to have a swingset in our yard, for those times when there isn't quite enough time to take a trip to the park or we need to do some work in the yard. She enjoys gardening, but her attention span is limited; she needs other play activities to do while we're watering flowers, planting, mowing, etc.

I have a tentative goal list created for today, to include painting clay mushrooms we made a few days ago for our fairie garden, and finishing the garden, as well as painting the little clay sun and moon we made. Due to the high humidity in Florida, it took a few days for the clay to dry out enough to paint. This is one of the crafts we are doing in celebration of the Summer Solstice/Litha.

Have a beautiful Monday!