Rise And Shine, Quietly At First...

She is quietly sleeping when "Sequoia Dawn", her six year old Chihuahua/Basenji mix (a rescued dog she's had for two years) begins to snuggle under her chin, while she lies on her left side. The sound of her ever-running radio is tuned to "Handel On The Law" as it usually is on Saturday morning, with Bill Handel making jokes about telling callers that they "have no case."



She slowly begins to turn onto her back, first checking to be sure she doesn't roll onto "Pugsly," her recently rescued five pound Chihuahua puppy that is now ten months old, and Peanut, her other five pound Chihuahua that is now almost eleven.



Snow Bear, her other rescued dog, a mixed Autralian Shepherd decided to sleep on the floor, since it was such a hot night. Snow Bear is now nine years old.



"Buddy Cat," her latest rescued critter is sleeping in the bathroom sink, where it is somewhat cooler, than sharing the bed with all the dogs, and mom, too.



She looks on the ceiling to see what time is it, even though she knows it's after six A.M. as that's when "Handel On The Law" starts every Saturday morning. It's actually already 6:30. She got amore sleep last night. She's been getting by on only four or five hours for weeks now, what with the heat and all. After all, this is sunny Southern California, and this is the Inland Empire, not one of the cooler coastal areas.



Well, it's time to get up and let all the dogs out, so Pugsly doesn't have another accident on the comforter. He is really doing well lately, but still doesn't have the complete bladder control of a more mature dog.



Quietly, she shuffles off to the bathroom, and returns without saying a word. One word from her, and all the critters will be on alert, and ready to go outside to take care of their business.



It's going to be almost 110 today, so she leaves the dogs out while it's still only in the 60s, so they can enjoy the nice cool morning, and returns to her bedroom, and takes a look at Plinky.com, to see what the daily prompt for the day may be. She's really been disappointed with the prompts of the last few days, and it considering possible leaving Plinky if it doesn't come up with more interesting and worthwhile prompts soon.



She puts water in the teapot, adds her usual two Pomegranate Pizzazz tea bags, and heads to the microwave to heat the already hot water, to coax the flavor and color from her tea.



She decides that Plinky apparently has reawakened, and left their recent dumb and useless prompts, and actually has one this morning that she will write to, and possible even use photos of some of her pets.



Ahhh. Teas ready, and she's about ready to begin her daily Plinky prompt response.



She begins looking for a picture of at least some of the dogs, all in one photo...