Day 3721

We were pleased to discover that Lord found a home this weekend. Since Janet and I are still fostering Dawn, that leaves only three Dalmatians remaining at the kennel. Charlie, Hank and Larry are all doing well and we enjoyed spending time with them this afternoon. Hopefully, they will find their forever homes soon. This has been a good year for adoptions.

Dawn got another long walk this morning. She's getting a lot better on a leash. She learns quickly and is eager to please. I think it has been good for her to be out of the kennel. Her wounds have almost healed and she is much more confident now. Dawn has had a hard life, but she's ready for something better. This girl deserves an amazing forever home.

It looks like it is going to rain on Wednesday, so it was now or never for roof repairs today. I applied more silicon material to the roof in a few suspicious areas, but had a hard time finding places where water might actually get in. The new patches should have plenty of time to dry tomorrow and then we'll see if I have been successful. After all I've done recently, I can't imagine how water could still get in the house. Water is persistent though. Water has definitely won this ongoing battle before.

Where has the time gone? I thought I had plenty of time to get my taxes ready to take to the accountant, but all the sudden I'm up against the deadline. Guess what I'll be doing tomorrow. I thought taxes would become simpler after I retired but that has not turned out to be the case. Hopefully, I'll do better this year than I did last year.

I saw the owl family on my walk this afternoon, but took no pictures today. The way the nest is situated, it looks like photos might look nice around sunset. It looked a little dismal today. The skies were heavily overcast and the birds blended into the trees. I need to try to get better pictures though. There just aren't that many opportunities to photograph an owl family.

Facebook is still giving me problems with uploading links. It took me forever to post yesterday's blog entry. Sometimes I wonder if it's worth the trouble. I don't really have that much to say anymore. I'm still determined to reach Day 5000 but it might be an uphill battle. I'm going to be real mad if Google decides to abandon the Blogger platform before I reach my goal. It certainly could happen. They pulled the rug out from under me with Google+. I liked Google+ and used it a lot more than Facebook, but Google didn't care. They abandon lots of things.

Why is there a run on toilet paper? They say that along with surgical masks and Tamiflu, stores are running out of the stuff. Is toilet paper what we're going to need most in a pandemic? Who knows. Truthfully, I don't think anyone knows. That's the problem. Fear of the unknown can be a powerful force. People tell us to wash our hands, but we've all seen to many zombie apocalypse movies. We need something more powerful than soap.

Tucker is today's Dalmatian of the Day

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