It
was cold again this morning – 34 by my unofficial but pretty accurate
thermometer. When I went out to get the dogs, Nellie stumbled from her house
and wobbled out of the kennel. Her soft little whimpers broke my heart. Perhaps
I erred in not turning on the light in her house last night. Or maybe the
running she did yesterday was too much for her. (She lagged behind me and then
ran to catch up.) At any rate she was stove up and hurting. 
Due
to Nellie’s condition, I decided a simple walk in the field behind the house
would be enough, but as she moved around, she felt better. We walked slowly out
to the street and up the hill. Then we retraced our steps to the house. Nellie
slept most of the day. In fact, both dogs discovered that it can be darned
pleasant to sleep in the sun beside the slider. They didn’t even mention the afternoon
walk until they heard the school bus go by at 2:45. By that time Nellie was
feeling much better and we took our usual afternoon walk. 
Some
storage units near the county shop have been converted to a garage for
automotive work, and today Nellie took the opportunity to do one of her
favorite things -- slip behind there and roll in the greasy dirt. Then she had
to have a bath. She enjoyed that very much. Really! She enjoyed the bath and
being toweled off. She didn’t eat much today, though – was definitely not quite
herself. Fortunately, she can afford to miss a few meals. 
No
staycation gift in the mail today. I had to content myself again with reading
the materials already received. Anyway, I was busy. I started
quilting the Halloween quilt by machine, and as near as I could see, nothing
bad happened with that. I might even embellish more of the center panel by hand.
During
the supper hour, Ken came by to get Bess for a run at the local gulch with
Pepper. Bess and Pepper mix it up pretty good, and Nellie likes to stay out of
that. I prepared a tuna pasta salad for my supper, and Nellie enjoyed helping
with the dishes without having to compete with Bess. KW
2 comments:
How goes the quilting now? Have you been able to do more in the days that followed this?
Poor Nellie! I'm not a fan of too hot or too cold either.
I have done some "stitch-in-the-ditch" with ho-hum results. I once heard someone call it "unstitch in the ditch," but I don't intend to unstitch. I remembered yesterday that I have that attachment for my even feed foot - and I know where it is. I haven't worked with it much, but I watched a tutorial yesterday.
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