Canadian Gardening: What's Happening in YOUR neighborhood today, part 10, 1 by fancyvan

fancyvan wrote:
Not such a bad day yesterday which was nice for the outdoor services. I watched on TV.

In the afternoon I journeyed cross town to the home of a sheltie breeder. She has been looking after some dogs for a lady who is in the final stages of cancer and 2 of them are turned over to Sheltie Rescue to rehome ( unfortunately the other 2 have to be PTS) , So although I am not fostering these 2 I needed to get pics and the paperwork done etc and then the breeder had 2 litters of pups - now 6 weeks old so of course I had to do some socialising with the pups!

The two we are rehoming are a sweet little 7 yr old and her 2 yr old daughter. They are rather shy at the moment - the past year has been difficult for the dogs with their owner in and out of hospital so they have been shuffled back and forth a lot but once they are settled in a new home they should be fine. We think they may go together.

An even nicer day today so I have been out raking leaves once again. Mostly they get raked onto the flower beds but I bag a few to use in the front yard - no trees there. My willow does not drop all its leaves until early Dec. so whenever there is a good wind the back lawn is covered.
( And it does make it difficult to pick up after the dogs!)

This morning I had an 'interview' with somebody from the hort society - my garden will be featured in one of the winter newsletters.

Linens and Things is going out of business and the sales started this week. I bought a couple of heavy long drapes to use over my front door ( becausemetal doors are always so cold in the winter ) and the stairwell to the basement which does not have a door.

Heres a pic of the 7 yr old we are rehoming.