Good Morning Chickies, I hope you all have a blessed weekend!  Ours was great but to be honest, I'm a bit tired this morning.  On Saturday, I hit our neighbors garage sale and scored when it came to clothes for our two youngest grands.  In the afternoon, hubby and I ran to a local farm stand and bought two dozen ears of corn; we brought them home, clean & shucked them and then cut off the kernels and bagged them.  We  have about 15-17 bags of corn for the winter-yeah!  I started doing this about four years ago; the corn was some of the sweetest I'd ever had and knew we'd enjoy it throughout the cold months, if we froze some.  Yesterday we watched two granddaughters for the afternoon-you see, our daughters church was putting on a children's production called Paul and Silas; the children have been working on this play all summer.  The final dress rehearsal happened yesterday afternoon and the play was last night.  Let me tell you-it was incredible!  I'm not saying it just  because 6 of our 11 grands were in it, but truly it was amazing!  I will post photos tomorrow; I know there will be a u-tube video out there somewhere. 
Right now I'm taking Hunter for a walk and then will ride. I'm anticipating helping my girl out this morning-thinking they will all be tired today.  I can tell fall is here-this morning it is cool and should be 10 degrees cooler today, tomorrow is supposed to have rain and be twenty degrees cooler. 
Have a energy filled day!
Hugs to you~
Noreen & Hunter

School At Nana's House

Happy Friday to you! This morning hubby went over to our daughter's house to supervise a company replacing their front window, that was damaged by the summer storm. It made sense then that our grands would come here for school. My girl knew that I hadn't posted yet so took this picture for me. I hope you have a great day and wonderful weekend.
Toodles,
Noreen & Hunter

Morning Patrol

Happy Thursday Friends~Ever since little Bentley left us, the dogs have been pretty mellow. There are times when they play and wrestle but they haven't been doing their Blitzes as much as usual. I think the little guy tired them out! Whenever I leave, both dogs perch on the chair looking over the porch and street. Since I hadn't gotten many pics with just Hunter and Lily, decided I needed to this morning. Do you think they'd turn and look at me? Nope.

 

 

Hunter finally gave in and posed for me.

 

Hope you have a splendid day; I'm off to go to a brunch at a friends house-what to take as a thank you? A beautiful fall colored Mum.
Hugs,
Noreen & Hunter

Fall Blessings

Good morning friends and Happy September! I so love this picture and although I know it is much too early to see these colors, a girl can look forward to the changing leaves. We had a lovely bbq on Monday night with our daughter and sil, their five kiddos and their mini Schnauzer; to be perfectly honest though, having four dogs(even small dogs) running through the house made the noise level so much higher. Their pup Petrol and Bentley got along famously-no surprise since both of them are terriers. Hunter loves Petrol too; there weren't any arguments within the pack. Yesterday, Bentley went home and I can honestly say our house is so quiet now. Hunter and Lily play throughout the day but also have lots of naps. It feels so good to be back to normal!
I've tallied up our miles on bikes as well as walking for the summer months-here they are:
June: Bike rides total 96 miles, walk 13 miles (this is just walking Hunter, I think this number was fairly low).
July: Bike rides total 130 miles, walk 28 miles.
 August: Bike rides total 85.50 miles, walk 45.50
Grand Total: Bike rides- 311.50 miles, walking 86.50 miles.
 I am hoping to continue riding as much, but we will be traveling for a week so know I won't be clocking up the miles then.
As our season changes, I pray you will find delight in the cooler days, array of colors and blessings from above.
Hugs today!
Noreen

Small Town Parade, USA

Happy Labor Day! This morning bright and early, hubby took chairs and a blanket over to a street near us, where our annual Labor Day Parade was going to take place. This parade could be in any small town USA; it is one of the things we love about our town. I am only sharing a bit of the parade; you will notice the focus on Agriculture-specifically tractors and horses.  There are also floats that honor our military, past and present.  It covers about 6 miles and lasts more than two hours. Here is our daughter and her youngest.

 

Hubby and oldest granddaughter.

 

Our Peanut

 

 

 

 

 

This fellow was a young 89 yr old WWII Combat Veteran. It is hard to read his sign but he got a round of applause from the folks watching.

 

A local Square Dance group.

 

 

Jews For Jesus, now called Completed Jews. Love the energy of this group!

 

The horn is called a Shofar.

 

This following picture is for our friends, Murphy and Stanley, two great mini-doodles. Looks like it could be one of  your cousins.

 

Loved how this truck and float were decorated-with sunflowers, so cute.

 

Can we say these gals were hot!

 

For Auntie Susan-just to show our boy's silly side.

 

Apparently, this was one of the many activities in our town that he liked. The Hot Air Balloon dawn patrol failed, the car show failed, the craft fair failed. Maybe it was the variety of things in the parade. We did miss having Carrie and her family with us; seems they always take vacation at this time of year.  The rest of the day will be relaxed until dinner; Kim and her family will be coming over for a bbq and games.
I hope you've had a wonderful weekend and great Labor Day!
Blessings,
Noreen & Hunter

Three Tired Amigos

Happy Friday Friends~ Here at Nana's Dog Kennel, the kids are behaving themselves and having so much fun that the little guy, AKA Bentley, is so tired out and napping.

 

You will notice the beach towel on the chair with Lily; somehow there are now more scratches on our leather chair-so I'm hoping to protect it from more. Anyone know how to diminish scratches on leather furniture? When you have a dog or two, you just roll when this happens. It really isn't a big deal, just curious if anyone knows what to do to protect it from more.

 

 

Hunter has always loved laying underneath furniture; the sofa table was his favorite place when we first got him, but then he grew up. Now, he is always under this antique dresser; especially when he is trying to avoid a little Cairn monster....bol(for you non-dog folks it means bark out loud).
 I've already been out combing the town for garage sales and also met a friend for coffee, to share about our cruise. She had me over before we left and showed me a video of their cruise.
When I got home,  I was hoping to get out and weed but it has already gotten hot, so maybe tonight.
 Hope you are coloring your world with love and happiness.
Noreen & Hunter

Boys will be Boys

Morning Peeps, I just got back from a short bike ride, maybe 5 miles, and thought I'd share Hunter and Bentley's morning with you. Bentley arrived shortly before eight and the play time and tag began. He still isn't sure of the doggy door but I know know by next Tuesday, he'll have it mastered. They immediately went outside to play tag; the lawn was wet and of course they hit the beds-so if you look closely at Hunter's paws and legs-you will see one dirty pup. I was going to wash his legs but since the lawn is still wet, it won't do any good.

 

It didn't take Bentley long before he found one of Hunter's Bison bones. I'm not sure he's had a large bone before-you can tell he is enjoying it.

 

Lily doesn't get here until this afternoon; we will have one busy household. We have lots of events happening in our town this weekend. Concerts, races, Bulls on the Beach at hubby's golf course-like a mini rodeo for the kids. We have an all town parade on Monday and a craft fair as well. I know we will be at the concert and then join our daughter and family at the parade as well as the craft fair.
What are your plans for our long weekend?
Have a great Thursday!
Noreen & Hunter, with Bentley's help