Mischief Monday - Rain, Rain, Rain by Phod

Dearest friends,

When I sit down to write this there is some serious flooding in the city of Gatineau, Quebec, about 30 km (18 miles) from our house (it is where the Man works). 390 homes have been evacuated, 689 people have left voluntarily, 142 pets are being helped by the Red Cross, almost 300 000 sand bags have been filled, over 117 mm (4.5 inches) of rain has fallen since May 1 and now 80 members of the military have arrived to help out.  This follows the 7th snowiest winter on record and the 2nd wettest April on record. The highway Man and Lady use to get to town is now closed due to flooding. The government has closed the offices in Gatineau (meaning Man has the day off) and are begging people to not use the bridges over to Ontario, meaning Lady is working from home instead of going to the office.

Up here in the hills, it is wet but not dangerously so. We did have some water pooling near the base of the house in spots and it was getting high so the Man went out and dug some trenches and our little problem was solved.

I don't really like to be wet in the house and because the Man and Lady have been closing their bedroom door so I can't roll all over their bed to dry off (that really isn't nice) and because we don't have carpet, I have been doing my best to find suitable places to sit.

Lady laughed at me for picking the mat by her sink in the bathroom. I think it is the perfect fit!

Join us in sending good thoughts to all those who are seriously affected by the flooding in our area. The rain is suppose to stop today (and be rather light at only 5-10 mm) but a cold front is moving in and we have had some snow.

I think the weather is broken!  But I have my Precious so I will be ok!

Your pal, Phod 

Our Sunday Walk

On Sundays when it isn't icy we go for a special walk. We walk down the road, past our favourite street, then down our second favourite street. Instead of staying in the valley, where there are a lot of good sniffs we go up the hill.

The road is called Sarrisan. It is very steep.  It is perfect for a Sunday walk. Lady won't do it when it is icy because it is sooooo steep.

Our pictures don't really capture how steep it is.  (Lady had us alone with her phone so it was hard)

Near the top

Looking down

You can see how it looks like the road disappears

This spring our walk has been extra special because there has been a piece of deer hid near the top that we get to sniff and roll on. Lady says as long as we don't try to eat it she is ok with us smelling it!

Do you have a special weekend walk?

Flower Friday - Starting To Grow

Lady worked from home on Wednesday so we spent some time out searching for our first spring flowers.

We found some weeds - they are bright and pretty and show spring is really here!

Rain, Rain Go Away - by Hailey

April was the 2nd rainiest April on record.  In fact we got more rain April 2017 then we did the entire  combined months of April, May, June 2016. May hasn't been much drier. May 1st was the wettest May 1st on record and we have had rain every day since (although it did clear up late in the day yesterday for at least a bit).

Due to all this rain there is some flooding in the nearby city, Gatineau (it is where the Man works, but his work has not been effected). At least 50 homes have been evacuated. The water in the streets is so high, boats are needed to rescue people. We hope all the people and animals remain safe and that the continued rain ends soon.

Here are some pictures from cbc.ca.

With all that rain, I have found the best way to spend my days -

curled up in bed. Now if Lady would just put her phone down and let me sleep!

Wordless Wednesday - Grass Is Back!

Tasty Tuesday - The Antler

The Man thinks I am evil as I only bought one antler at the pet store this week. The reason is, if there are two, they only ever chew one, and they still have half an antler they are chewing. Also, they do a pretty good job sharing.

They did such a good job when the new one, they did something rare, they shared the bed. Hailey wasn't thrilled that Phod joined her but tolerated it!

Mischief Monday - Go To Sleep!

During our blog break last week, our girl had not one, but two horrible nights.

Night one: Thursday night - reason first thunderstorm of the season.

The good: she didn't bark and when one of us got up and moved downstairs she was able to hid in the basement bathroom quietly. (we took turns sleeping down there, I ended up spending about 2.5 hours on the couch).

The bad: Prior to settling she was pacing and shaking and once I was awake, I was up for 1.5 hours or so.

Helping me work Friday morning

Night two: Friday night - at 3 am she decided she needed to pee. She had refused to get up when the Man had tried to take her out before bed, so in some fairness to her she hadn't been out for probably 8 or 9 hours. She will be carried out in the future if necessary. I was only awake about an hour that night. 

At the time of the writing of this post, it is really windy, so I fear another sleepless night and then the next two have a lot of rain . . . . . 

More napping on Friday after the sleepless night