Daisy Dog turned 11 years old

My Daisy turned 11 years old on Monday April 22, 2024 seems like yesterday she was just a puppy.

As she has aged her nose drys out more, she has some lumps and a few warts all this stuff is typical for aging dogs but shes still My Pretty Daisy Dog.

We have truly enjoyed her and her crazy talking personality. Lots of times you can ask her a question and she replies in dog talk its so funny.

I wanted her by the Louisiana Irises because they are so pretty right now. I had no idea a web worm was on her eye lol. She is my pretty girl and I love her very much.

Happy 11th Birthday Miss. Daisy.

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Our little barndominium

Well for the most part the Livingston house is finished.

We had a few dilemas there at the end. The countertop for the kitchen and bathroom was

supposed to be white calcaata quartz with the grey lines. It was back ordered so I had to change the kitchen to the black calcaata with white lines. This meant taking back the grey backsplash back and getting some black subway and white grout.

The Luxury Vinyl Plank I picked out was out of stock so that was changed by a few shades but I do like this one.

The back porch was built last week and it is amazing. It goes 12ft out and 40ft long quite a large area of shade but it will be great. The same people will be doing the front porch and our fencing for the dogs.

I decided to trim the island with a rough cedar to break up some of the black and white and to add another texture. Right now I think I will accent in the kitchen with the red and maybe a bit of yellow. I need to get that done soon.

The plastic is still on the fridge and the stove and the switch covers are not on everything but atleast yall can get a general idea.

Here is my dilema the ceilings are 10ft tall so I have all this space ontop of the cabinets should I just finish off with the crowning or make cubbies for pretty glassware to add color pops?

I will try to remember to take the camera and take some better pictures on the next visit.

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The paperwhites and the cold

Every year the paperwhites bloom in mid to late January.

These bulbs belonged to my great grandmother and my grandmother had stored them for years and years. I found them onetime in a old tea kettle she had given me to paint on.

They are the prettiest little flower that brings in the new year. They bloom at a time not much else blooms it is always a nice surprise to see them pop up.

Sometimes it is in the simple things that could put a smile on your face.

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Happy New Year Weekend

I can not believe we are about to enter another new year.

It will take me six months to write it right. I will get stuck in the

2023 mode.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and has a Happy New Year. Be Safe.

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Livingston in the fall of 2023

When you are on a UTV you can truly experience all the pretty fall foilage down the trails.

There was just about every color made some more vibrant than others. Looking straight up in the middle of a forest of trees will make you dizzy thats for sure.

If I were younger I would have laid down on the ground to shoot these but not anymore.

Fall is a gorgeous time of the year and it really puts on a show in Livingston, Texas.

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Livingston House Update

Since I last posted about our Livingston house I have a few updates.

The inside has been painted with Sherwin Williams Repose Gray.

I wanted the wide flat trim for baseboards I think it is 6″ tall. The window seals are 8″ wide. This all looks really good. The trim is painted white.

The closets have been customized with double racks on each side of a shelving unit in the middle.

The kitchen cabinets, pantry and bathroom vanities have been put in those are all white shaker style.

I want black fixtures for everything.

I have picked out the countertop it will be Milton Quartz which is white with grey lines in it.

The island will get built custom unless I find a long skinny table that will work and it can be topped in the same quartz. I wanted a baker style table look with a quartz top no cabinets or sink in the island just a big work surface for my daughter Jeanelle and the two girls to bake with me.

The bathroom vanities will be the Milton quartz as well.

The light fixures, ceiling fans, can light inserts, porch lights, flood lights for out back have all been bought and are at our daughters house. I either had the stuff delived to their house or did a Lowes order.

The electrician is planned for next week.

We are making progress but one thing I have learned is what ever you think you can do a project for figure another 40% more. It never ends up working out like you had planned.

I will share pictures soon. Life is good!

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Kiwi the Conure

When our daughter Jeanelle went to work at Petsmart many years ago at the age of 16 she decided she needed a Conure.

One day she came home with this small Nanday Conure and little did we know how noisy this bird would become.

Years later she went off to college and Kiwi had to stay home with us. Over the years he had a companion Grey Bird our first cockatiel who was actually older than Kiwi he died after a few years then Lemon our second cockatiel.

Lemon and Kiwi quickly bonded as neighbor birds their cages were next to each other and looked out the front of the house towards the driveway.

All of a sudden Wednesday night I found Kiwi dead in the bottom of his cage we figured it up and he was 21 years old which is a long time for any animal. I am sure he died of old age their life expectancy is 20 – 25 years.

Since Lemon is now about 10 years old I am not starting any new bird additions youtube will have to keep him company.

The house is so quiet no squaking at the Amazon, UPS or Fed Ex trucks no advance notice of the garbage truck or mail truck or for someone approaching our yard. He was always the guard bird the first one to notice something and this would alarm the dogs and suddenly Lemon would start in and we sounded like a Zoo.

I will miss Kiwi who I have bonded with for the last 21 years even though he started out as our daughters bird.

Pet birds can bring so much joy to your life alot more than most people realize.

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Cash – AKC Champion Cane Corso

Our daughter bought Cash a three year old Cane Corso Stud from a lady in Indiana a few weeks ago.

She flew there and rented a SUV to drive back with Cash so he did not get to stressed out.

Cash is very strong much to strong for me. He is like a gentle giant and very sweet. He is Cricket’s size but has much more muscle to pull you with.

His hair feels like velvet it is so soft. He is trying to get use to the temperature changes from Indiana to Texas so our photo session was short and sweet.

Today October 7th, 2023 Cash became a AKC Champion which all goes back to his previous owner who was only 1 point off of doing this before she sold him to Jeanelle.

Shady Acres Leggett is proud to add this new stud to their lineup of Cane Corso’s.

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Mr. O’Malley

This little kitten ended up at our grandkids house in Livingston.

At the time he was maybe 3 weeks old our daughter took it to the vet to kind of get an estimate of his age and to get him checked out. He was full of fleas and she has not seen any fleas on their animals so they knew someone had dumped him. I have no idea how people can do this.

Now he is about 12 weeks old and hes growing so fast and they named him Mr. O’Malley because of a cat in the movie Aristocats. He is waiting to get old enough to get fixed because a few male cats show up on their property to fight him.

His best friends are 3 young dachshund puppies they play chase all the time.

He is very photogenic and very handsome.

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