app art and blood...

 occasionally i use a fun app and art up my photo's.  the ice berg one came out really cool i think...

 the blood...well my poor girl got nipped.  ears always bleed a lot and she screamed/yelped pretty loudly as well.  she did not appreciate the dogs taking their play to this nasty level.  she is a sweet heart and i always worry because she can be overly bouncy and some dogs do not appreciate her energy. it sounded bad and looked bad but in the end it isn't too bad and i think she will heal

 I'm always afraid of a hematoma in the ear.   when they shake their heads the blood can collect in the ear flap and then require draining. also when they shake their heads blood can splatter across the walls.  thankfully, she did not do this.

 more art..so what happened.  trail heads are always an excited dog area.  i really should just put them on leash anytime we are near a trail head.  just another level of excitement.  the dogs in the lot were off leash though so when i see loose dogs i think i don't have much chance to stay upright so this time i left my dogs off leash and they ran ahead to greet the other dogs...well one of those dogs went after her.

 nobody's fault really.  the owner got his dogs into the car pretty quickly and asked about my dog...i think i said, "she's bleeding".  he apologized.  i think checking on us and apologizing in this new world are miraculous really.  i never screamed or freaked out. my dogs came running back to me as soon as they heard me and could get away from his dog. i didn't actually see the attack as it happened in between cars as i approached.

 the owner apologized a second time as i made my way to my car with the dogs.  i just said she was high energy and it can be too much for some dogs. 

 in a more civil world that is how things used to work.  everyone took a little blame, but nobody assumed that any blame should then turn into a financial exchange or law suit.  brush it off/walk away.  that was the way of the world.  a world that is sadly less and less familiar. so i was happy that this exchange went smoothly on the human side at least. 

 she does look sad after i cleaned her ear at home though. today she looked perkier.  i returned to N.Bivouac trails with them again today mostly because i just wanted to erase that memory.  she is super sweet i just don't want her to become a scared dog.

 the first dog we met today was a happy lab so that was good.  the next crew was a group of i think 4 dogs, one came running at us barking.  actually at first i did my usual and pulled over with the dogs and put them in a stay.  only one of their dogs was on "leash" it was actually on a waist harness so the human could skijor...the owner in this case today said that there was no way his big dog would run past but would drag him so he basically lay on top of the dog, which grumbled as we made our way past...so a test, but my dogs behaved perfect for me and we were on our way. 

 thankfully i have vet and vet tech friends just a text away.  her ear care is pretty basic i think she will just keep it clean and put ointment on for a few days and watch it.  dogs move on much quicker than humans do.  i really did not like the sound my poor girl was making as she was being attacked.

 just finished 2 nights work.  ER and then ICU. kept steady but not overwhelming.

 met with friends the afternoon the first day i worked for some sledding. I'd hit the dog park first.  the temperatures for that day were i think 2F.  so i bit of a chilly day out there. i think we were sledding for an hour. 

 goggles would have been helpful.  a few times i thought i may end up with some corneal abrasions from the snow blow back.  mostly i feared I'd end up injured from Ivy's antics.  i learned the best approach at the bottom of the run is to drop and roll of sorts.  roll out of the sled and curl up in a ball as Ivy seems to have begun jumping on me as i stop.  sledding may be too exciting for her.

 see it looks much better today, the injuries..i know i have some new bruises from sledding. my chin for sure has felt swollen...

 above is one of my favorite pictures of Ivy.  so funny.

 below is this evening.  she fell asleep like this on the couch while watching tv. she is getting more snuggly. when she was a puppy she was just way too crazy to ever calm down this much.

 in ER the other night i had ordered a large bed for a large patient...as i attempted to move this bed into the room the bed just died.  so now we had this huge bed in the middle of the area the ambulances bring patients though.  they could get by but not a great place for this bed to be.  ended up having to keep getting more and more folks involved trying to get this bed out of the way...it wasn't budging.  we thought perhaps if we plugged it in...

 but there wasn't an extension cord so we had to bring the code cart over so we could use the extension cord on that to plug the bed into and then into the wall.  it still didn't work.  someone did get on the bed and make some attempts at cpr, which cracked us all up. 

 all we could do in the end was through brute force drag it back a few feet and out of the path.  hopefully, they have moved it by now.

 I'm just off tonight and then i go back to work for 2 more nights...for New Years Eve. i may just block the dog door and leave some music on for the dogs just to try to mask the fireworks. 

 we have some lovely snow right now.  i have heard that it may warm up at least one day...i hope not.  i want this snow to stick around for a bit. 

 no missed walk days for some time.  still ice under the snow but it's getting pretty well packed down on most of the trails.

 oddly, stumphenge was not stomped down.  the bikers have been going through the center which makes me think that other area may be frozen over enough to travel. will have to check it out later.

 the pups are very encouraging in the mornings.  they do love to get on the trails

 many of the tennis balls and toys have found new homes...the snow may have dropped some off.  saw some bikers out near there and the guy was loving on my dogs and said he'd been thinking of bringing out more toys to add to the tree. he has no dog but loves them.  he's admired the trees we've decorated for several years.

 won't be long until these puppies are 4!!  how can that be.

 the snow was clumping a bit, Tusker gets much worse clumpage than Ivy Rose does. his paws are more furry.  poor guy. 

 the porcupine turned out good too

 when i first posted a few of these years ago a cousin of mine who i have really zero contact with but fb went on this rant about how my doing this was taking work away from artists....which seems nuts since I'm using my own art/photographs.  this particular cousin is very trumpy and seems fairly illiterate sadly.  i either unfollowed or unfriended him.  he had several other outbursts that were random and bizarre.  who needs that...

 the totem came out cool as well.

 certain photos work better with this app so it's fun to experiment.

 Sunday baking...today was apple muffins.  an old favorite.  they don't get very fluffy though. 

 the sea star tracks come out better with this app.

 i ended up taking a nap after my walk today. thus it's nearly 2 am and I'm awake.  i work the next two nights anyway so may as well stay on a bit of a night schedule.

 i have become very accomplished at doing nothing...or very little.  it used to be i would have guilt over doing nothing but now i realize that being able to just chill is a gift.  many have no idea what to do or feel horribly guilty doing next to nothing. 

 lack of productivity is not a bad thing i think though.  i mean the stuff that really has to get done gets done.  had a discussion the other day where what would one do upon retirement.  it wasn't an easy answer for others but for me...I'd do the same stuff i do now just wouldn't have to bother with work. 

 i am also totally fine being mediocre at all things.  i do not have to reach a point of perfection at anything to enjoy it. 

 our culture is so competitive at times that many take every thing they do to the highest level.  they can't really be happy with how they perform unless they are besting themselves or others. i do not feel a need to best myself or others really.  just happy doing.

 i really should do some decluttering.  it's time to put away Christmas.  i think I'll do that after these next two nights work. 

 the holidays screwed up my usual schedule. 

 i shall head to bed.  I'm a good sleeper too.

thankful A.  that I'm not competitive  B. that i no longer have the many church obligations that went with the religion of my youth. C.  sledding!!  and a bonus D.  that Ivy Rose was not injured too badly in the attack.  poor girl.