Yard, Gardens, Birds and Critters

 Lacy was sitting by my feet just waiting.  I was going to cook hamburgers.  I cut open the pound package and made three patties.  I was using bread as I didn't have any buns and I wasn't about to go to the store.  I made those patties to fit the bread. I went to throw the wrap away and saw a tad of burger. Miss Lacy got her first treat!  When I make burgers, I always add cheese.  I use American Cheese on hubby's and Velveeta on mine. If I cut into the Velveeta, I always have to give one little bite to you know who.  Now you may wonder where Rosebud is!  She doesn't hang around in the kitchen.  She knows what's going on just like Lacy but she evidently has no interest in the little tidbits she might get. Okay, burgers are done, supper ready, we sit down to the table.  Rosebud is laying on the floor by the wall and Lacy is in between my feet under the table.  Who knows what might drop!  If nothing does, she makes sure I know she is there by whining and jumping up to

 A small story about my Lacy! Lacy is a beggar! She is always by my side in the kitchen. Yes, I have dropped things on the floor and she licks them up! That is her job! The rest of the time I am chopping, dicing, cooking or whatever, she is waiting, sometimes whining, wanting that one special thing to drop!  Today was no different!  I am making my favorite potato salad! Cucumber Dill Potato Salad.  I got the recipe out of the J.C. Manor Nursing Home Cookbook and have made it instead of my old standby that mom used to make. It is a refreshing potato salad. I am chopping up the celery. Lacy keeps whining. I finally said, "here, but you aren't going to eat it!"  Sure enough, she dropped it right back on the floor. The next thing was the green onions. She could whine all day long and I wouldn't flip her a piece of that!  Next came the dill. There was no way that Lacy would touch dill, so I didn't even bother! Mixing it up with Mayonnaise and Kraft Cucumber Ranch Dress

 You wouldn't believe it unless it has happened to you! We had to get a new deck. The other one was way too old for replacement with soft boards and some really rotting out wood.  The old deck was torn down! The thing about this is, our dogs have always went out the back door, out on the deck, down the steps and to the fenced in back yard. Convenient for us and for them. If it was raining, sometimes they went out the back door at the garage. We would leave the door propped open and they would do their business, sometimes, and run back in.  Lacy is kind of different! If it was raining and I let her outside at the backdoor on the deck, she would, sometimes, stand under the eaves and potty and come right back in. Of course, both expected a towel at that time.  The new deck took two days. First torn down, then rebuild. I was so happy! I let the dogs out. They went to where the steps used to be, no stairs. I showed them where they were, they just looked at them, looked at me and wanted