Dog Day Afternoon

Yesterday was a dog day afternoon. That's a good thing. Sarah brought over her four dogs and we all got to hang out together. In the picture below is Heidi. She looks a little scary in the photo with her eyes illuminated as though she is possessed, but she's a sweet girl.

The photo reminds me of a class I once was required to attend as a new nurse. The subject was on the early signs that a patient is dying. The one sign that stopped me in my tracks is if the patient comments on the black dog in the room.

This freaked me out because I imagined that instead of the grim reaper, there is a black dog of death that visits dying people. I'm not especially superstitious, religious or spiritual, so this was not something I enjoyed hearing about. A friend did an Internet search and found that black dogs and death are part of some old stories and mythology. People who are dying may see what they expect to see, whether it is a deity, deceased grandparent or a black dog. I hope that is all that it is. If I'm sick someday and see a black dog in my hospital room, I'm not going to be pleased.



This is the Murph soaking in the pond. The temperature has been cooler lately, which is a very good thing, because I don't ever want to use the air conditioner again. I got my electric bill for last month and it was over $300. That was just for electricity and was for only one month. I don't even want to talk about my record breaking water bill.

I also don't want to talk about my car insurance bill. Getting a new car caused my bill to double.