Somethings got to go!

This shot is taken from our front door leading down the hall.

the stained glass door is about two thirds of the way

down. The hallway beyond that was originally the

staff hallway. Leading from the kitchen to the dining room

and to staff bedrooms  and the breakfast room.

With 5 children this size house was good

 but now they have all left home

 and don't come back as often as I would like

 it is far to big for us and we

 don't have the staff they had when it was built 105 years ago,

 to keep it as clean as I would like!

Because I am an addicted hoarder 

I really need to start getting rid of things

 but I have no idea where to start!!!!!

No more babies to admire

Yesterday I mentioned Maggie's visit to the vet

I thought you might like to see her last litter

1 tartan bear

1 cream dog

a  grey cat

1 tennis ball coloured green

Each one had been carefully selected

 for its obvious class and breeding

 and many a soft cuddly piece

 was ignored in favour of the tennis ball

For six weeks we were invited to admire

 and pet these precious babies 

as they were presented to us each morning. 

Woe betide Souki if she even looked in their direction, 

 so poor pet spent most of the six weeks

 on her bed at the back door wondering what had happened to her best friend

It rained again today. 

With just a few clouds, a grumble or two

 and lots of sunshine peeking through

 the cloud above just opened and down it came.

 The gutters couldn't cope within seconds

 and the verandah hid behind sheets of water.

 Winnie and Wells (my old and trusted blues)

 found their safety corners behind the chairs.

 Souki (the saluki) lay on her bed on the back verandah

 pining for her sister Maggie (the borzoi) 

Poor Maggie was carted of to the vets today

 for the big operation...

No more phantom pregnancies for her!

Perhaps the drought

has really broken after ten long, long years!!!!!.

to cool days again

No water running yet but 8" of rain

 has brought up the green grasses.

 We had three glorious days of cool weather

 but the heat is back 

and with it the humidity

 so the conditions are pretty awful.

 Today was 102 degrees, 

tomorrow expected to be hotter.

 And bless their little cotton socks they always

 measure the temperatures in the coolest place in town.

 WHICH IS NOT MY BACK VERANDAH!!!!

I do just love to read all those beautiful blogs

 from the other side of the world 

and for a few moments I actually feel cool so thank

you ladies!