April showers bring.......................

Severe Thunderstorms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last week we had some some rain, of course its springtime in April. Well this one was not your ordinary storm it had hail and I mean a lot of hail. I have not seen it hail that much in a long time. It was pretty small, maybe around dime size and a little smaller, but it was loud. There was no way I was going to be pelted standing out in this so I took some photos from my garage standing in the door way.


hail in my front yard around my spring flowers.

If you look close the street and parking a lot are white. It hailed so hard and fast it covered the streets making them white within a matter of 5 minutes.

This is out on my back deck. The dogs had already walked over the hail after it stopped. The white stuff on my swing is hail as well. It took 24 hours for all of the hail to totally melt off the deck in one spot.

Another front yard view. If you look close at my evergreen tree you can see white spots which is the hail bouncing off my gutters on the house. Also the street is covered white.

This is the second bad storm we have had so far. The first one had a lot of wind with it. I had let the dogs out and within a matter of 5 minutes my dogs where at the back door wanting in quickly. Well the rain was coming down hard and with the wind it was blowing the rain straight at them and the side of the house which faces west. I have not seen my dogs run back to the door and want in so fast. I had a little chuckle because they were both pretty much flat up against the door wanting in out of the rain and wind. I keep both of them in when it is bad out side. Kayla has no problem at all with storms. If she had her way she would be out in them just walking around the yard. My poor Shadow on the other hand does not like the thunder, it just drives him crazy. All he does is pace around the living room. It is no fun at all for him. I did find a couple of things that does calm him down a bit, one is we play with his tennis ball. It works for a while but then he starts in again on the pacing. The other is I give both dogs some peanut butter in there bone and kong ball. It gives the storm time to pass and keeps Shadow calm.

I love spring with all of the flowers coming up and the grass getting green and leaves coming out on the trees, but when you live in Kansas City, Missouri and spring time turns to all of the severe storms it is not fun. We also live in the area they call tornado alley which makes all of the storms a little more intense. It does get a little scary around here when these bad storms pop up. I have lived in this area all of my life so I know what I need to look at and what needs to be done to keep safe. Also I can tell by Shadow just how bad a storm is going to be. Animals are a good indicator on storms in the Spring time.

Until next time,

Puppy kisses and bear hugs,

Sheryl

3 months in review and catch up

Well, I see that I have some catching up to do here on my blog. So we are going to do the last three months review.

January- Well let me see first off it has been cold and snowing. Oh Boy!!!!!!!!!! I am so ready for winter to be over with.
Next Kayla has been sick again. This time something new not her breathing issue this time. It seems this time she has been eating or taking in more than she has been passing out the other end so to speak. The emergency vet gave her some liquid medicine that you give with a syringe (with out the needle). I thought she would not like, because to me it smelled nasty, but come to find out (of course) she liked the stuff. I lost my head and was not sure what I was thinking. This is a dog that eats anything you know. So after a few days and my scare wore off she was doing much better. All in all that is pretty much for January.

February-Lets see I have been designing and making new larger bears with and without open mouths. I have also made a new smaller version of my open mouth bears as well. They sure have been a big hit. I have enjoyed meeting my new collectors. It has been great to be able to create my bears.
I am still out of work and looking for a new job. A year being without work is coming up quick. It does get depressing at times but I know that I have to keep going and in between keep myself busy with other things and of course my BEARS.
Kayla has been doing great we made it through this month without any illness. I am so doing the happy dance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

March- It has warmed up a bit and the flowers are starting to peek out of the ground and then we got a March snow storm at the end of the month. That was great. we got about 6"of the old white stuff. Winter just wants to keep hanging on and I know we all want it to go away.
Kayla made it another month. Doing the happy dance again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Still creating bears as well.
Other than that it has been pretty quite around here.

This has been your 3 month in review. Now I am going to start fresh with a new post for April.

Talk to you soon.

Sheryl

Valentines Day Heart Dog Breed Pin Give away race game is over

The Valentine's Day Heart pin give away is now over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please everyone check your emails I am needing shipping address so I can get everyone there little pins.

Andrea-Dreli Bears-English Springer Spaniel
Heather-littlebearries-Yorkie
Joanne-Desertmountainbear-Weimaraner
Pat-Denby Bears- Basset Hound
Vicki-Westie
Kay-KatieCountryBears-Golden Retriever




Thanks to all you have posted there comments.


Hi all,

Well it is getting close to Valentines day so I thought I would do something a little different.
I made these cute little Heart pins from polymer clay. Yes not only am I a Bear artist I am also a Polymer clay artist too. These pins are of different dog breeds.

So here is how this give away is going to go. I have only six pins which now have been retired (which means I will not be making any more). The first person to leave a comment on my blog requesting which dog breed pin they want (only one please) will get that pin as a free give away.

So the fun of this is to be the very first person to leave a comment again with the dog breed of there choice until all of the pins are gone. I will email each person to let them know if they won or did not win.


Here are the breeds.... Basset Hound, Golden Retriever, English Springer Spaniel Liver and white, Yorkie, Westie and a Weimaraner.



Have fun guys and good luck to all.

Sheryl

New Bears for 2010

Hi all,
Please met my new bears for 2010. They are all now posted on ebay.


This is Jewel
This is Sammy

And these three are April to the left, Benson in the middle and Harley to the right.

I hope you all like them. Please stop by ebay and check them out.

sheryl

Happy New Year!!!!!

I hope everyone is having a great start to the New Year. We had about 8" of snow Christmas eve and I think it has been pretty much snowing ever since. The other day we got another 5" of the white stuff and today it is snowing again, mainly flurries. I never thought I would be so tried of shoveling my drive way but I am. Yesterday was the 6th time since Christmas day. I am so happy I do not live further north and east. I think I am packing up the pups and cat and moving some place warm. :) Ha Ha I think our whole country is in a deep freeze and there is no place warm at the moment. So I think I will just stay here...............

Here is the snow we got from Christmas. I know not so bad right. Well here in KC, MO it has been quite some time since we have seen this much snow. We used to get this through the winter when I was a kid many many many years ago. :) Everyone was used to it then - and they could drive in it. Most places would be closed over the holidays so there was no need to drive. Just stay at home play out in the snow make a little money by shoveling out neighbors drives. You know the good old days!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is a shot of my birdbath and the the little red things sticking out are what used to be my candy cane lights down in front of the bushes. You can see the candy cane lights better in the photo above. I must say now you can't even see any of them at all even my little sign. All Christmas lights will have to come down when all of this melts, maybe in April?????

The Holidays were great. Spent the day with my family and dinner, opened gifts. Just a good old fashioned Christmas. We do this every year. Its great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Below are my two pups opening a gift from Santa- (my Mom). She spoils them more than I do sometimes. They got a few more gifts as well from me.

Well again I wish everyone a Happy New Year. I hope we all have a good, happy and healthy one.

New bears for 2010 are now on ebay. I will post some photos later this evening.

Until then.

Puppy kisses and bear hugs,

Sheryl

Jingles on ebay

Hi all,
Please met Jingles. He is one of Santa's little helpers. He is made from Antique Curry 3/4" Medium density Mohair with a curly finish.

He is now posted on ebay for 3 days only.

Please stop by and take a peek.

Puppy kisses and bear hugs.

Sheryl

First Snow of 2009

Well we just had our first accumulating snow fall for 2009. I just finished shoveling my drive way and thought I would take a few photos. It looks like in my area we only got about maybe 4" of the white stuff and now it is really cold about 11 degrees out side now. At least the sun is shinning.

This is my house. I just finished shoveling out the drive way. Oh what fun that was !!!! Oh by the way my house is bigger than this looks, my evergreen tree to the left covers that side of the house. I should have stood out in the street to get a better view.

These are Yucca plants in my neighbors yard. They look pretty with the snow on them.

These geese just happen to fly by while I was out front. They said they had enough of the cold so off to the south they go.

This is my boy Shadow out in the back playing in the snow. This is the only time when it gets dark out side that I can see where he is in the yard. LOL

Here is Shadow and Kayla. They were playing in the snow before, but Kayla is too fast to take a photo when she is running around the yard. Those crazy dogs!!!!!!!!!


I hope to take some night photos of my Christmas lights outside. They are going to look pretty with the snow out there.

Talk with everyone soon.

Puppy kisses and bear hugs,

sheryl