Haze and smoke from the Arizona and New Mexico fires are blowing to the west; we have clear skies, a light breeze from the east, 31% humidity, and it's 75 degrees. A beautiful day! Even though the patio door is open, both kits are inside at this time... they really don't trust Mocha. Lovey is lying on the high counter watching Mocha sleep, while Nedi is in the cat tree, looking out. Rosie and Remy are both getting itchy again - and Nancy stopped giving them the benadryl that the vet advised, so we'll see what's going to happen. Jim's vet advised an interesting combination of human Pantene shampoo and original Pine-Sol (an antibacterial) as an aid to clean the dogs and relieve their itching. For puppies and older dogs, one uses 2/3 shampoo to 1/3 Pine-Sol; for adults in their prime, use a half-and-half solution. Suki, who had hot-spots, is a very happy girl since she got her bath, using the Pantene/Pine-Sol combo.
Odds-n-ends: Just to drive my persnickety neighbor crazy, I hung a tin and wooden cat wind chime from one of my old bird feeder hooks, and a wild air spinner thing with a prism in it from another. .... The Wallow wildfire in Arizona has burned over 607 square miles as of lunch time today. .... The Boulder County Emergency Operations Center just announced that we might get "minor flooding" from Boulder Creek, but that they do not expect any flash floods this season. (Hooray!) .... Talk about weird! About 25 miles north of Ottawa, Canada, a car hit a 440-pound bear, which sent the bear flying into an on-coming car. The bear hit the windshield directly in front of the driver, killing her, and her 40-year-old male passenger (in the back seat), before flying through the rear window to its own death. - In other words, when you're driving your car in rural Canada, beware of flying bears, deer and moose!
Ten colts are challenging the winners of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness in Saturday's Belmont Stakes. Some have faced Animal Kingdom and Shackleford in either or both races, and then there are a couple of new faces. The race has a Post Time of 6:35 EDT; all colts carry 126 pounds, and they will race for 1 1/2 miles (probably the first and only time they will be asked to run this distance) in Elmont Park, New York. These are the post positions for the Belmont, with a D indicating the colt ran in the Derby, and a P showing he ran in the Preakness: 1: Master Of Hounds (D); 2: Stay Thirsty (D); 3: Ruler On Ice; 4: Santiva (D); 5: Brilliant Speed (D); 6: Nehro (D); 7: Monzon; 8: Prime Cut; 9: Animal Kingdom (D,P); 10: Mucho Macho Man (D,P); 11: Isn't He Perfect (P); 12: Shackleford (D,P). Of the 12 colts in contention, 8 ran in the Derby, 4 ran in the Preakness, and 3 are new faces. Animal Kingdom has been made the betting line favorite at 2 to 1. The purse is $1 million.
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