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This is always a nice day for us because Frankie is named for St. Francis of Assisi, and he is the patron saint of animals and the environment. So, to celebrate we took Cho Cho for a hike, and gave her the chance to test out her swimming skills in the little lake.
>… your ICE SCRAPER is?????? Yep, that is right, we had to scrape the car windows this morning!!!! It was a balmy 31! At this time i a year i always think, you know in January 31 degrees will feel like a heat wave!
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It was 44 degrees this morning and we have a frost advisory. At least for the first time, we’ve grown a pumpkin that is bigger than 2 inches in diameter. We’d say this one is a good 6 inches! the only problem we have is that it is more yellow than orange. Here it is. We call it “baby”. Its next to her mama, whom we purchased at meijer.
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Can you guess what this is a picture of?
Its the girls playing on the swings at midnight! That was a new experience for us, too! Ive never been to a playground at midnight before! We went to the ND – Purdue football game this weekend (at purdue) and our car was parked next to “squirrel park” which has a nice playground in it. So, when we finally made it back to the car after the game it was 12:01 and the girls wanted to play. Why not! What fun! They had been so good at the game, and were super excited that they stayed up “till the next day!”
Here is Frankie with the Leprechaun. As you can see our seats were right down by the field. We were in the endzone, so the view of the last touchdown was awesome!
PS. For a funny laugh, Bee wrote a book this afternoon about her travels, and she wrote it all by herself!! When I read it, i noted that she spelled “Purdoo”. Perfect!
>… I suppose that title could reference alot of things these days … but really Im just referring to Cho Cho’s teeth. She’s lost two more molars. The big dog teeth need to start growing in or she is going to need dentures!!
>I dont know what to say. It must have been in a place in the yard that doesnt have much of what it needs. Its not grown more than the size of a softball – maybe a hair larger. Our other ones have grown to the size of soccer ball, which is more typical. Nows its turning a tad yellow which means its past its prime. Dwarf puffer i guess. pics to follow!
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Guess what she left? A dog biscuit! ha ha. Cho Cho lost her first baby tooth!! The race is on to see who will lose their next tooth. Both Bee and Cho Cho have loose teeth! Lets just pray its neither Scott nor me. ha ha. Bee and I just tried to take a picture of Cho Cho’s missing tooth, but she wouldnt let us. So, we got this snap shot of Bee wiggling her wiggly tooth!
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Our little golfball size puff ball is gone!! So here is our baseball turned softball size puff ball. Well, it seemed to grow just a tad, not that much really. Im wondering if it will get as big as a soccer ball or if this one is dwarfed. Maybe Im just impatient. They seem to pop up over night, except when you are watching it grow. In the mean time, I found a recipe for puffball pizza!!
>Oh no! The puffball is gone!!! We picked it and put it on the table outside so i could bring it to my friend to cook. Well we noticed last night it was gone! But who took it? The raccoon? a Squirrel? A bird? that puffball is BIG!!! This is really mystery. The good news is that we have two more puffballs growing. We’re going to take pictures of them and document their growth. Last night one was the size of a golfball and the other the size of a baseball. We want to see how quickly they grow!! How the heck are we going to remember to look at the puffballs each day? We’ll we will try. Any guesses out there as to how long it will take to get to a soccer ball size? Lets call last night (sept 10) day 1…
Pic from day 1:
>We have giant puffballs in our yard again. this time we picked them and might actually eat them. We visited a friend last week who has cooked puff balls all of her life, slicing them thinly and sauteing them in olive oil, garlic and rosemary. They took on the taste of the spice; i didnt think they had much of a “mushroom taste” but I admit I was a bit grossed out by the texture and by thinking too hard about what i was consuming. The puffball itself is whitish, smooth on the outside, and textured somewhat like a dense sponge or even styrofoam. I cant think how else to describe it. it doesnt have much of a smell and is not rooted very deeply in the earth. Fromwikipedia, “Calvatia gigantea, commonly known as the Giant puffball, is a puffball mushroom commonly found in meadows, fields, and deciduous forests worldwide usually in late summer and autumn. It is common throughout Europe and North America. Most giant puffballs grow to be 10 to 70 centimetres (3.9 to 28 in) in diameter, although occasionally some can reach diameters up to 150 centimetres (59 in) and weights of 20 kilograms (44 lb). The inside of the mature Giant puffballs is greenish brown, whereas the interior of immature puffballs is white. The large white mushrooms are edible when young.”
