Last Day of August

Hello, Gerstuhl here!

It is the last day of August. This is the last day of summer. It is, however, not the last day with my darling Gunnar. I have lived with him for a while now. He is a very nice fellow. 

It has come to my knowledge that my humans will come get me this Sunday. I love them, butin a different way than I love Gunnar. I look forward to seeing them again, but I will miss Gunnar. Gunnar has told me he will miss me as well. We will certainly see each other in the future. Until then, we have some days until Sunday is here. 

Last Day of Summer

Itis the 31 of August. By the calendar,it is the last day of summer. It has been a sunny and fairly warm day. I have liked it and I believe this weather will continue for a couple of days. Summer may very well continue into September, if the weather is right. I like autumn too, but it does not have to start yet.

We Did Not Have So Heavy Rain

At the Belgian Grand Prix in Formula 1 yesterday, it was so heavy rainfall that there was no real race. The cars went around the lap twice, after the safety car, then the race was red flagged and discontinued. 

We have had much rain in August, but far from the kind of heavy rainfall as they had in Spa in Belgium. I am glad we have not.

The Formula 1 organisation has now decided to review the rules, to see if it will be possible to avoid such events as yesterday. We will have to see what rule changes may come about.

Publicly Criticised Vaccines, Died of Covid-19

A radio host in Florida who made a name of himself criticising vaccines got sick with covid-19 three weeks ago. He has now died. He even used to call himself Mr Anti-Vax.

I guess this man’s next of kin would now have wanted that he had vaccinated himself against covid-19. 

Sometimes, as it is often said, karma is a bitch. 

Northernmost Island

Scientists on the northernmost part of Greenland have found an island which is off the northern coast of Greenland and the northernmost part of dry land ever found. 

It is amazing that new islands can still be found. I thought the whole surface of the Earth was charted.

Rain Again

Hello, Gerstuhl here!

I have been back at my breeders’ for almost a week. It has been a week of constant rain. If there has not been rain falling from the sky, rain has still been left on the ground and in the trees. It is very humid and cold. 

This is not the place I remember. It used to be better weather here, if I remember correctly. Prehaps I am just nostalgic. I do remember days with good weather, however. Will there be any of those this time around when I am here? I do hope so.

Nevertheless, life is good here together with my new friend Gunnar. We have really hit it off. This is great.

Wonders

Sometimes, you wonder avout the great questions in life. The questions like: why are we here, what is the purpose of it all, why are treats so tasty? Then you just settle with the fact that life is full of wonders.

No Wifi

We have got wifi at home. Thisis usually a great means to communicate with the big world out there. Sometimes, however, it does not really work. I cannot see any pattern for when it works or not. It works well most of the time, but then you can just lose the connection, for no apparent reason. We have to be glad for all the time it works, but lesser downtime would be even better. It works when I upload this post, anyway. This is good. 

No Real Celebration

Yesterday was Paula’s birthday, but I did not write about itin the blog. This made some readers to ask why. It is a very simple reason: Paula celebrated a week ago, when her parents, sister, nephew, and niece were here on a crayfish party. We did not forget the birthday yesterday, but it was just a little extra celebration between Paula, Daniel, and us dogs. Now life is back to normal again.

Gunnar

Hello, Gerstuhl here!

This is my third day back at the place where I was born, Aangenaam breeders. I have come to know a very handsome dog called Gunnar. He is not the friendliest dog I have met, but once we got to know eachother, we have gotten along fantasticly great. 

It is nice to be able to come home once in a while. I miss the humans I live with, but when I am with them, I miss this place. Life is good, when you can go back to both.

Unknown Numbers

Now and then, unknown numbers dial your number on the telephone and try to get a call through to you. I have learned not to nswer such calls. 

Daniel got calls from unknown numbers on two different occasions today. He dismissed both. I am glad he did, since this is what you are supposed to do. There are too many weird people out there, trying to contact you through unknown numbers. 

Life would be better without calls from unknown numbers.

Open Sky

Daniel took his bicycle to the office today. The weather was promising, with sunshine and all. Once he was done and would ride home again, the sky opened up for a heavy rainfall. When Daniel came home, he was wet from head to toe. He hurried to change shirts, then he was happy again.

I am glad I did not have to go out in the pouring rain. Water is all rightto drink, but I am not fond of it falling on me from the sky. Rain is good for al, the growing things and fills up our well. Still, I want water in some instances, but not all. 

I am glad I could stay indoors throughout the rain today.

Late Food

For various reasons, we got food very late in the evening today. This made me more hungry than usual, but it also made the food taste a little better, once we got the food. I do not blame our humans, they did give us food, like they always do. It is just that some days, the food comes a little late. I do not mind.

Morning Walk Cut Short

It was raining heavily all morning. It was like a shower of rain all the morning walk. Luckily, we all agreed to cut the walk short.

Later in the day, the rain was over. Then we could stay out for a longer time, making up for the shorter morning walk. It turned out good, regardless of all the rain in the morning. It feels good when everyone is in on a decision, this time to cut the walk short, and it turns out to be a good choice. 

Cancelled

Paula was supposed to work at the court of law today. She got up early in the morning, only to read a text message that the proceedings were cancelled and her services not needed anymore. This was a great disappointment. I can understand this. It is like when this blog belonged to my late mother, I was supposed to write the daily entry, but she beat me to it. Life can be disappointing when you have to do something you do not want to do, but also when you want to do something, but your chance to do thisis cancelled. I feel sorry for Paula. 

Crayfish

We had a crayfish party today. This is a Swedish specialty that most humans in Sweden love. 

The party involved Paula, Daniel, and Paula’s parents, sister, nephew, and niece. These are all nice people. It was an early birthday celebration for Paula, because her nephew and niece will be with their father next weekend and could not celebrate at that time. 

Peppe made friends with everybody. 

Rain Here and There

It is difficukt to know what to do avout a day like this. We had rain in the morning, so Daniel put on a coat when we would take a walk. During the walk, we didnot experience a drop of rain. It was sunny weather and Daniel felt the coat made him too warm. In the afternoon, we had rain again. Daniel had had plans tomow the lawn, but he could not do this when the grass was so damp. I am not sure if he was more sad than relieved over this. Changing weather conditions are funny, in a way. As long as we stay indoors, however, we do not need to care much.

Another Chihuahua

We got another Chihuahua friend today. Sir Paddington is a black and tan Chihuahua. This must be the very best colour combination of a Chihuahua.

On the Best Food There Is, According to Paula

We had some smörgåstårta today. Thisis a Swedish mix between a sandwich and a cake, and it is really tasty. It is Paula’s favourite food. I guess it is among my favourites, too, though I like pure meat better. 

If you have never had smörgåstårta, you should. It is like a combinationof the best dishes there are (except for pure meat). Try it, you will like it!

Back to Work

Daniel started working again today, after a few weeks of vacation. It have been good weeks for all of us. Even though Daniel works a lot from home, he is more available for us whenhe is not working. We understand that Daniel needs to work to earn money, money is necessary to buy food and treats. It is still a nice thing when Daniel does not have to work, but can devote more time to us dogs. Well, life is good anyway. 

The Last Days of Summer

The small dogs went with Paula and Daniel to the Ånnaboda Lake today. They got to swim in the lake. In the summer, it is warm enough to do this.

I am glad I got to stay at home. Swimming is nothing I fancy.

It is late summer now. When we are in August, summer is soon over. In September, it will definitely be too cold to swim. We take care of the last days of summer, but I like that I do not need to swim.

Thunder

It is late in the summer and thunder and rain have visited us. Thunder is rather nice. It is a good thing that none of us who live here now are afraid of thunder. 

Daniel often says that autumn is his favourite season. In some ways, I agree. There are fewer insects flying around and ticks are disappearing. Autumn is soon here. This is good. I wish the flying insects and ticks would always be where they are by late autumn. 

Paintings by Dogs

A dog charity in England have had dogs in their care create paintings. The paintings are then sold to raise money for the charity. 

This is a good initiative, I believe. It is always a good thing to give money to a dog charity. If you get a dog’s painting in return, it is a plus for all parties.

I want to see news on more initiatives like this.

Equestrian Gold

The Swedish equestrian team won the gold in the team competition today. One of the horses was All In, for whom Peanut has received his pedigree name. We are all happy for this third Swedish gold of these Olympic Games. This must surely be the foremost Swedish sport victory of the year, despite the other Olympic gold medals, world championship gold medals in orienteering and skating. It would only be surpassed by an Olympic gold in a dog sport like agility. However, alas, there are still no Olympic competitions in dog sports. As long as thisis the case, equestrian sports may be the foremost sports. Go, All In!

Penalty Shotout Lost

It was the final in the ladies’ Olympic tournament in football, Sweden versus Canada. Sweden started out great, but made a less good second half. It went on through the additional time to penalty shots. Some team needs to win. Unfortunately, the Canadians were best at the penalty shots. They won the gold. Over all, the Swedish team has done a great tournament, but it did not end well enough. We should be happy for another silver, nevertheless.

Ånnaboda

Hello, Piffy here again!

This afternoon, Paula and Daniel took me and Viola to the Ånnaboda lake. We had to swim a bit. It was quite fun for a little while, but I prefer life on terra firma. It was a nice outing, anyway.

All In

Peanut was pleased with the equestrian results in the Olympic Games. A Briton won the gold, Peanut is from Britain. A Swede won the silver, with the horse All In, for whom Peanut has got his name. It was a grand slam of sorts for Peanut. 

IceCream Temple

Hello, Piffy here!

Morran, Viola, and I got to go with Paula and Daniel to the Ice Cream Temple. It is an ice cream cafe in a park about a kilometre away from our house. Paula and Daniel had someice cream, we were there for fun. It was nice to do something other than the usual stuff. I can live without ice cream. 

Too Late

We sat up until late this night. It became too late for me to write a blog entry for the second of August. I always strive to write a blog entry every day, as it is a daily blog, but it does not work every day. I hope you like my blog anyway. 

Late Summer

August is here, the last of the summer months. It is not as warm outside, as it was many days in July. We will have to see how the weather will be in August. I guess it will be less warm. Autumn is closing in on us.

Daniel use to say that autumnis his favourite season. I do not know if I have a favourite season. Each season has its pros and cons. We still have summer for another month, though, which is great.