Spring arrived in Texas about three weeks ago I think.
Our winter was fairly mild, a couple of days and nights where the temperature made me think I was back in Michigan.
But about three weeks ago or so the rain really started.
During the winter we get the sporadic shower. But for the last three weeks we have had what I would call a fairly regular dousing. Rain that would mist, then drop a bunch of rain, then mist again.
Alternate a couple of days of rain with a full day of the Tejas sun and the plants decide it is time to start growing.
Over the course of the winter the front lawn was mowed possibly three times. The backyard, maybe once.
Now, I have had to mow the front yard twice in three weeks (about to go out and do it a third time). The backyard is starting to become the safari height that Curly loves. (Mind you safari height for Curly might be just below calf height of your average human).
We just got back from the new Super-HEB that is up near 2243 and 183 in Leander.
Very cool place, just like Meijers, minus a few things here and there. But very close to being Meijers. Gina loved it because they had a vast selection of beef organs. (For the dogs.)
In case you didn't know this. We feed our dogs raw meat (sometimes there are bones in there that they eat too). And since you don't want them developing allergies by feeding them a single protein source. Emma for instance has developed a food allergy to Chicken and Turkey. We have been feeding the dogs chicken necks for quite a while. And I like to feed them the ground turkey, because it is easy and you can get it for a decent price, plus if I want a turkey burger there is usually enough left over after feeding them for me to have one.
So, Gina bought some Beef kidney, a beef heart, some sliced beef liver, chicken hearts (not for emma) and some beef finger tip ribs.
Yesterday we stopped by one of Gina's favorite places in Texas,
Tail Waggins . It is up in Georgetown, TX not too far from the Georgetown Animal Control (where Gina worked before NetworkIP.)
They had called Gina to let her know that the "Duck Necks" had arrived. Duck necks, from Long Island, NY. A 40 lb box of duck necks, vs the usual 40 lb box of chicken necks she would get (duck instead of chicken, for Emma).
In case any of you are worried none of our dogs eat the
wet pet food that has been recalled recently. The nice folks at Tail Waggins have printouts of all the recalled foods, so that anyone wanting more information while there in the store can find out if their animal is at risk.
However, Tail Waggins DOESN'T sell any of the recalled food. They only sell the high-end premium lines like Innova, Wellness, Nature's Variety. And with that, they try to educate pet owners on feeding raw food, rather than a prepared kibble or canned food.
We did get some samples of a couple of different foods for Peanut as she has refused thus far to eat anything except the Eukanuba Small-Breed Puppy food. It isn't on the list of foods that have been recalled, but everyone close to the animal world believes that the ball isn't finished bouncing on the recalls yet.
Needless to say Tail Waggins is having a good month, given that everything they sell is high-end and made almost entirely from meat (couple of them include oats and rice, but I believe most of them are wheat free, given that many animals have wheat allergies).
Anyway, it looks like my PC is finished transferring the music to my Rio. Time to go and mow the lawn.
Laterz
