Jun 29, 2008 - Moosomin

Sunday began with a breakfast worthy of Waffle House again complete with smothered hash browns. As I was getting dressed from the shower Mom hollered for me to bring GG out to visit 2 other schnauzers being walked by a lady. The lady who lives in Austin, TX has a 100 year old mother living in a nursing home in Winnipeg. She drives her Holiday Rambler to Winnipeg each summer to visit her mother. The dogs, rescues were named Pumpkin (female) who was rescued on Halloween 10 years ago and Pepe` Lapew (male) because he smelled so bad. Pepe was...

Jul 16, 2007 - Moosomin, Saskatchewan

Thunder and Lightning! We had our first prairie electrical storm at the Ponderosa in Swift Current last night and it was a good one. When we went to bed about 11:00pm, the skies were clear and it was 35C. About 2:00am, the thunder and lightning started and the skies lit up with flashes - very impressive, and pretty loud too! Then came strong wind gusts followed by heavy rain. This was a good old fashioned prairie thunderstorm. We kind of enjoyed it - seeing the spectacular lightning show and all, but we were a bit worried about the wind as...