I thought we lost Beth this morning
She was out in back and chased a squirrel up a tree. She sat there and baked and barked, them started back to the house.
Lisa, one of our morning helpers, got a short video of the mutt barking up the tree, with the squirrel perched on an upper branch. Understand, it is not a big tree.
Beth was halfway to the house when the squirrel took off.
Beth took off in hot pursuit.
They both ran on the east side of the house. The underground fence did not seem to bother her one bit.
I put shoes and a coat on and ran out the front door. She was nowhere in sight.
I called and called a d looked on the east side of the house.
No Beth.
I decided to get my phone, call Julia and Emily, and get on the golf cart to go look for her.
When I went back in the house, there she was!
Lisa had raced out the back door while I was getting shoes on. She found Beth on the east side of the house. I suspect the squirrel scampered up the red oak over there.
While I was out front looking and yelling, Lisa was coming in the back door with the dog.
Honestly, I felt sick to my stomach when I could not find her in front.
The lesson I learned is to check the yard for squirrels before I let the dog out! Also, mabe I better change her battery in the collar.
Jackie always asks me why it takes me so long to read the paper on line in the morning.
It's not just reading the paper. It's deleting all the e mails that come on that account. I had not gone through them since Sunday, and tonight I deleted 324 e mails! Granted, some were ones I had read, like the Trib, Adam Kinzinger, Heather Cox Richardson, Lady Canarvon, but most of them were ads. And a lot were donate to my campaign ads.
Honestly, I was shocked at how many I deleted. I guess advertising picks up right before Christmas.
Tomorrow there will not be that many. I just need to clean up the inbox a couple of times a day.
And I should clean up my wooden desk top at least once a year!
2026 is rapidly approaching, maybe then.
Peace and Love
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