An interesting lunch.....

Each Columbus Day weekend, in a beach town near to us, there is a gathering of MANY rescued greyhounds and their "people". I have come to know a few of them. Some of them arrive a few days ahead of time, so earlier this week, hubby and I met up with some of them for lunch. The weather wasn't so great that day, but we found one of the restaurants with a covered and heated patio and LARGE picnic tables. We enjoyed a nice lunch there and had a really fun time. It was hubby, me, all these people and all these dogs (some greyhounds and a few not). Now...tell me THAT wasn't an interesting way to eat lunch!!! (Yes...there were 12 dogs there!!!)Lucky us...we have a wonderful gal in the neighborhood who is willing to move in and house-sit for us so we can go away!!! That is terrific as we don't have to worry about mail piling up or plants going unwatered. So....we are taking advantage of this and will be going off for a few days to see some fall foliage down by my good quilting/blogging friend, Tonya!! We are going together to a HUGE fabric store in NC.......MaryJo's....can't wait! I hope to be able to post photos from NC...we will see what happens. I won't be online as much while we are away, though, so if I don't visit your blog over the next several days, you will know why.

Yesterday at the beach......

Yesterday we went with friends and their greyhound and our little dog to the beach. Twice a year in southern Delaware, there is a greyhound weekend. It's called Greyhounds Reach the Beach. The one in October is attended by LOTS of people and greys......a couple of thousand greys, usually. The one in April doesn't have many attendees, but since we live so close to it, we have gone every year recently. Below are some of the photos taken yesterday. You should be able to click on them to enlarge them. It was a glorious day....not windy...and temperature of 75 with bright sunshine and blue skies. Of course, today it will not go above 60 and the rain is returning for a couple of days. *sigh*

People and their pets enjoying the nice weather.
Our friend, Linda, with her greyhound, Chatsworth.
He had just taken a drink of the salty water....
and didn't like it at all.
Another look at people enjoying the great day.
My husband with our little dog, Pepi, who is a senior...
around 11 years old now. The guy squatting down behind them in the
picture is a professional photographer who was there taking photos
of the dogs on the beach. Our dog HATES the beach. I guess he doesn't
realize how lucky he is to live near the beach...many would LOVE that...
but not him. Silly boy!!!

Our friends' greyhound

Yesterday I spoke about us going with our friends for them to meet Garth. Well...Garth didn't seem too impressed with them and they just didn't feel a connection. (The adoption folks said that a connection is important.) So...they considered two others and this handsome guy is who they adopted. I'm not sure what his name will be, but he is a real laid-back sweetheart and he and our dog got along VERY well and were both very well-mannered on the long (over 2 1/2 hour) ride back home late today. The second photo shows how well this sweetie already bonded with my friend on the ride home! Pretty cute, huh?