Spike came to us on Worsham Street in Texas courtesy of neighbors Dana, Carol, Becky and Lisa who found him cowering in the street, managed to get him into our front yard with an original plan to find his owner, and luckily for us became a part of our family since that rescue in 2012. We had four other dogs back then, but Spike settled into the pack without struggles or discord. Pretty and I wonder together sometimes how in the world we had five dogs at once, but usually three of them stayed with me in Texas and two stayed with Pretty in South Carolina until we sold the Worsham Street home in 2014. Everyone hunkered down together then at Casa de Canterbury, selected their own best buddies in the pack, and mourned later losses as they went down the valley one by one.
Old Man Spike slower but maintains patrol duties
Charly was saved from a kill shelter in Columbia by Pawmetto Lifeline in the spring of 2016, turned in by owners not interested in trying to take care of her and her seven puppies. When we decided we needed another dog to keep Spike company (he was the last survivor of our five and did not like being the only dog), we went to Pawmetto Lifeline and were told all of her puppies had been adopted but she wasn’t. We took her home that day – I wouldn’t know how to act without her staying stuck to my side like glue 24/7. We think she’s probably 10 years old, still feisty, still barking at anyone who dares to come for a visit.
Finally, for everyone who asked about our new swimming pool liner (fewer than I can count on two hands), we are pleased to announce the pool has been restored, renewed and ready for swims in two days.
where did summer go?
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Two students and two teachers were killed yesterday in a high school in Winder, Georgia with eight more students hospitalized. Words like senseless, tragic, mind-numbing pain, sorrow mix with anger, futility, anger, frustration, anger, and fear in a battle of jumbled thoughts in my mind. None of the words adequately describe my feelings when I saw the 14-year-old alleged killer and his father this morning in court. A child who studied mass school shootings? Neither do I have adequate words for the families and friends of the deceased who sat in the courtroom to confront them. The unimaginable became the unthinkable.
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6 responses to “Texas Spike, Carolina Charly and the new pool liner”
In this often crazy, chaotic world, thank the stars in heaven for dogs. They are our ever loyal companions. Give Spike, Charly, and Carl a little love from me.
I forgot all about the pool liner. Like Charly, I can’t stand getting wet and so pools and their equipment are never on my radar. It does look refreshing. Hopefully all of your water aficionados have many more days to enjoy splashing and swimming. (Ugh!!!)
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Alas, as the vicissitudes of life would occur, the weather has been cooler the past few days and will be even cooler next week so the poor water aficionados in our family and friends were horrified that there was no available water for more than three weeks…Pretty leads them. She has been woebegone.
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As a pumpkin spice girlie, I don’t know if I’m allowed to wish you a warm autumn. Hmm… No. Better not. I don’t want to jinx the cool temperatures up North!!
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Hahaha, pumpkin spice girlie! Better not wish us any warm weather yet…you love your cool weather up there…love and hugs from your SC family tonight!!
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Spike & Charly are a gorgeous old couple. There’s something special about them when they get to that kind of age. Do they like swimming? 😊
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And of course, you know Carl is the fly in the ointment at his ripe old age of 14. They are all very special to me, my closest buddies while Pretty toils away in her antique empire!
Spike can swim but not interested in pools. Charly is a true terrier spirit and wants no part of water, including pools and rain.
Carl has fallen in the pool three times now and has somehow managed to keep his nose above water until he is saved by someone!
So in answer to your question, I would say none of them really “like” swimming.
Our granddaughters, on the other hand…a definite yes.
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