Late last week Miz Daisy and Mom went to the soccer practice field/running track for an adventure. Sometimes the rubber ball gets thrown and chased, sometimes it's just a good walk and investigating all the new smells.

This walk was different...Miz Daisy brought something home! A soccer ball! A well-used and left behind green and white leather soccer ball!!!

The ball was flat, that made it easy to carry. As soon as Daisy snuck it inside, Miz Blossom, Rosy AND Dusty, yes Dusty, wanted a closer look and smell of it. Within mere minutes, a flat, black inside rubber bladder was discovered and that also needed closer looks.

By the next morning all that was left of the bladder was a few small, well chewed pieces. The cover has almost disappeared as well.

All in all, a good time was had by ALL!

Well, this afternoon Miss Rosy was feeling PRETTY good about how she ended up with the "TOTD", TOY OF THE DAY! 

I'm not sure who chooses or what protocol is used to single out THE toy for today. Only yesterday the deflated, flattened and well chewed on and chewed up football was ignored by one and all. I know for a fact that football was not inside the bedroom, where the dogs sleep, this morning when I got up. I tripped on it as I headed into the backyard for the morning pooper roundup. (With 4 dogs it must be done more than once a day)! 

Rosy doesn't allow any dog within a good three feet when she controls the TOTD! Any dog that encroaches on the 3 foot "zone of possession" is greeted with a deep, guttural growl and the "Border Collie stare!" 

Today she was tested multiple times by Miz Blossom. As sweet and innocent as Miz Boss'em Blossom is, Rosy was strong and didn't give in to her "baby" sister.

After Rosy had the football for about an hour, she grew bored and chose a new "TOTD". It was the orange mini-football, with a rather loud squeaker inside, that just happened to be in the possession of one Miz Daisy. And Miz Daisy loves to play "keep away." It took Rosy a good 20 minutes to take possession of the NEW, IMPROVED TOTD!

And, Miz Daisy could care less!

We thought we had planted all the plants we needed in the backyard, HOWEVER, someone suggested that we might think about expanding our planting to a small area just outside the front entryway. 

Off we go to the biggest plant, shrub, bush anything else you can plant place in all of Sonoma County. It's so big you need a map. I told them I was looking for some different types of cactus plants. Some that bloomed, some that added a little color and some trailing plants.

OK, where are they? "The Succulent Plants" are located in area 9, just inside and to the right." So, we wander around and find where the carts are because we're gonna need a ton of "Succulent's." I began to feel that this whole experience was going to be a bit more difficult than I had imagined. All we wanted was some simple cactus plants to spruce up and add color to the front yard planter.

Then we saw this, a single Daisy bloom. Suddenly our moods changed, and we had a blast picking out 9 plants!