Dog Summer Flowers

She Decided To Bake A Lemon Cake

Carol leafed through three cake decorating books but still couldn’t find just the right one for her picnic. Well, it would be picnic food. However we just step out the patio door to set up the picnic on the patio dining set. It looked very color coordinated with the gray brick patio.

The blues and lavender shades of the flower beds were a lovely accent too. Soft and sweet smelling, they now swayed gently in the breeze. They were the perfect addition to the landscaping. She was especially proud to have planted them herself. They came in little plastic cartons similar to egg cartons and were easy to plant in the soft earth.

The neatly trimmed bushes and lawn were all ready for the day of the family reunion. It was going to be a perfect day. She was anxious to find out what her parents thought of their interior decorating and the landscaping improvements they completed since last summer.

Taking her new Schwinn mountain bike out of the garage, she waved and smiled at the neighbor next door. She put on her backpack to carry the food home in. She rarely took the car to the grocery store in the summer. She enjoyed the exercise. She also felt she was contributing to conserving energy. As she rode down the street, she worried a little about the fact that rain forests were diminished every day.

She was dedicated to recycling, composting and buying products that came in recycled paper and plastic materials. Already she was discovering bags guaranteed to degrade within a certain number of years. Some new plastic degradable materials had been around for a long time now.

The manufacturers might research a biodegradable plastic to sell all those containers of water in. Everyone carried a bottle of water around. It was especially important to stay hydrated while bike riding.

It was just last week that she spent a day buying mountain bike that was fast and light in weight. She loved the hobby of riding her bike on woodsy trails. They both went together, she and her husband. It was more of a pleasure now that it was easier to pedal uphill. She had a helmet for safety and used sunscreen and wore sunglasses too.

She tried to be health conscious. She tried to save the planet and contributed to the humane society. She believed in adopting a shelter dog and hated puppy mills with a passion. Spay, neuter your pets and avoid purebreds from puppy mills at all costs. She and Betty White had a lot in common when it came to animals, she mused on the rest of the ride to the grocery store.

Garden flowers and chow chows, dogs pant in the yard on hot summer day in DC