There wasn’t a whole lot of spare time. And I couldn’t enjoy the spare time I did have because all week it was unGODly HOT. One of the reasons we decided to work remotely again this week was so we could get some motorcycle riding in. That and we just love working here. Even if we do have to share an office (GASP!). More on that later.
I decided to do something different this evening (I started this post last night). A blog post (this one) that’s more images than words. So I need to stop typing now and post some images.
Here goes…
Our house is in the woods. The woods are full of critters. Some smaller than others. Some more alive than others, too.
The girls are forever digging stuff up in the woods. They LOVE being able to run loose and explore. Thursday, while I was on the telephone, Belle and K came walking up out of the hollow. One was carrying a deer skull, the other a neck bone. Hubby was here so he retrieved the bones and disposed of them immediately. Unlike me. I like to leave stuff lay around for a while in high places and take lots of pictures…
With those bones in mind, perhaps you can imagine my horror when I saw Belle running around with THIS in her mouth. Maybe you can’t. I assure you, I was appalled. Because I knew I would have to be the one to get that thing, whatever gross, stinky, dead thing it was, away from her. This is what she usually carries…
Belle LOVES that raccoon. She carries it around often. I could plainly see the mystery critter was not the coon. The horror soon turned to relief, however, when I discovered the mystery critter to be an old dog toy (bunny) that someone had lost in the woods at some point. We haven’t seen that thing for ages. It’s ears were both missing, which I found sort of amusing.
This is one of the reasons we enjoy being here during the week. Our outside office. We have to share, but that’s okay.
If it weren’t so darn hot, it would have been perfect. Only the mornings were tolerable. Last week, I had to wear a jacket to work in this space in the morning!
We could never do this at the MD place. We live too close to the airport.
The dogs like the outdoor office, too. Until it gets really hot.
The hammock is a nice touch, don’t you think?
We did have a bit of drama yesterday. That project I’d been working on all week? The one that was due at the end of the day? At just before 5:00, I was getting REALLY close to being finished when it started storming. And the power started flickering on and off. My computer has a battery. But no power means no Internet. No Internet would have meant I was screwed. Big time. I’d have no way to deliver the completed files on time. My blood pressure was through the roof, let me tell you. I did manage to finish and get the files uploaded, thank goodness. And then I gulped a beer straight down to calm my nerves.
We needed the rain. But still. It rained liked this for a few hours. There was one quick gap in the storm (thank you, Weather Channel radar) so I was able to take the girls for a quick afternoon walk.
Finally, I decided my time would be better spent making dinner than trying to stay dry on the front porch and watch the rain.
Usually I’d shoo the dogs away, but by then it was thundering pretty loudly, so I let them hang out in the kitchen.
This tiny little kitchen isn’t big enough for me and three dogs. Luckily, everything I needed was at hand, so I didn’t need to move around much.
It stopped raining hard around 8:00 PM, I think. It didn’t stop completely until after we were in bed.
I think I’ll go see what the world looks like after three hours of crazy, hard rain.
This was a lovely post, I liked seeing how you work (NICE) and the dogs and stuff.
Great pics.
Great office space! 🙂 I can just about imagine how you felt when the power went out – I’d go for a stiff drink!