Stump pulling weather

Dog pulling stump or stump pulling dog?

This afternoon the rain gave up for a little while and let the sun set in peace.  We had a tremendous amount of rain fall today.  All that rain protected us from the heat of the day so this afternoon was really quite cool and comfortable.   The dog and I walked down to where a pond had overflowed it's banks and crossed the dirt road. I wanted to see what kind of damage it caused to the road.  The pond was still high and the dog jumped right in and started his favorite water game.  Under water retrieval.   While he was under water I actually had time to shoot two photos of him one of which you can see below.  What he is doing is pulling on submerged stumps on the pond bottom which were left  over when the land was recently cleared.  He wanted the bottom to be cleared of all this debris for some reason.  Sometimes he will pull up a huge piece of wood and drag it to the waters edge and then go back and start searching again.  I sat and watched him while he worked today for nearly an hour.  One of my brothers says my dog is nuerotic.   I think he is just a neat freak.   Thanks for stopping by this evening.  Bye.

Walking between the rain drops

How do  I look?  Is my hair alright?

The dog and I managed to get our walk in this morning when the rain stopped for few minutes around 730 am.  As we walked we saw one of the very small frogs that inhabit the swampy areas around my house,  sitting in the middle of the road.  They are very small.  Only about 3/8 of an inch long.  I have seen them moving out of the swamp by the hundreds after changing from tadpoles to frogs. I snapped a photo of the frog on the road showing how small he was.   We walked up to the east end of the paved road and had just turned around to start back when a bolt of lightning lit up the sky.  I do not like walking when it is lightning and the dog is absolutely terrified of it.  When the thunder rolled across the sky after the lightning the dog just hunkered down on the ground and looked at me as though he was saying " why did you do that" or maybe it was more like "I tried to tell you this was going to happen".   I made for the house as fast as I could with a half mile to cover.  I looked back and the dog was still cowering in the grass and just beyond him a curtain of torrential rain was headed our way. I had to go back and persuade him get moving which he eventually did.   He ran along beside me and when the lightning flashed and the thunder roared he tried to get under me for protection which tripped us both up.  We made it back home and I opened the gate and got the dog to jump in the back of my pickup so we could go and get coffee. As we left the house the bottom dropped out and it rained about 3 inches in a couple of hours.  It is strange but when the dog is in the bed of my pickup he is seemingly unaware of the lightning and thunder and he rides along oblivious to the noise of the storm wagging his tale and enjoying the ride.  Weird.  Thanks for reading my blog.   Bye.