The Leaves are Gone

The leaves are almost all gone off the trees.

They are all over the ground now and Sadie just loves to play in them.

But the leaves in our back yard were getting kinda out of hand.

When Sadie would run through the leaves, they were almost up to her shoulders.

So Sadie told her dad about this problem and then put him to work raking all the leaves up .

She had a lot of fun running and playing in the leaves while he was hard at work raking, but then she also had to snooperivse to.

Leaf Problems

This is a picture of Maxx , taken about a year or two ago.

If you look closely at this picture you will notice that her belly is unusually pink.

Maxx Has O. C .D (obsessive compulsive disorder) , where she licks a lot especially when she gets stressed.

Maxx will lick so much, that she licks her fur off her belly and her legs ( thats why her belly is so pink).

She has done this all of her life .

Maxx was about two years old when our vet diagnosed her with O. C. D.

The vet said it isn't that bad, or at leases not bad enough to be medicated for the problem.

He said some cats with O. C .D will lick all of their hair off from their chest down.

So you may be asking what stresses Maxx out so much.

Well its the leaves, the same ones that make our wooded areas so pretty.

The leaves changing colors don't seem to bother her much.

But then the leaves start to fall from the trees, and I guess to Maxx they must look like they are falling from the sky.

Maxx doesn't really like anything falling from the sky , she doesn't like it when it snows ,she doesn't like when it rains.( But the rain doesn't stress her out as much, unless its a thunder storm)

I said to her once " But Maxx, you live in the house."

And she said " But I can still see it through the window."

Maxx just has a funny way of dealing with change.

A Rainy Fall Day

We had a rainy fall Saturday.

After Sadie, Jack and Momo spent a short time playing, they got sleepy.

Sadie laid down by her dad for a nap.

Jack snuggled next to me.

And the little Mo Man decided the rug on the floor looked good for a nap.

Even though Buttons doesn't play with the dogs like Momo does, the rainy day even made her sleepy.

Sadie wanted to take a picture of all the wet leaves from her point of view.

Sadie said " she wanted to give you a view of what the leaves look like when you have short little legs."

She said " She likes the leaves better when they are on the ground, but she likes the leaves even more when they are dry , because she can run and jump in them and her nose doesn't get wet when she sniffs them."

Saturday Adventure

Our Saturday adventure was pretty relaxing this weekend.

My brother was a little under the weather this weekend, so Jack wasn't at my parent's house this weekend.

So Sadie had the grandparents all to herself.

She took advantage of too, all the cuddles were hers, and the treats too.

Sadie noticed somethings were a little different on our way to the grandparents.

So in between the cuddles and treats we went outside to take some pictures.

The leaves are starting to change colors, and Sadie took notice to this.

Sadie said when the leaves fall to the ground, she is going to take a better sniff at them .

But for now she will have to just look at them on the trees.