Our farm dogs had a busy day in the city today - Solo competed in UKC obedience and qualified with a 194 out of a possible 200 points and Trouble competed at the University of Minnesota's Leatherdale Arena where the Great River Stockdog Club was hosting a fundraising event. Entrants brought crates of ducks (5 in a crate) and the dogs participated in an AHBA duck trial. My friend Phyllis handled Trouble to her Started Duck title.

Jim spent the afternoon bringing in firewood from along the road - the County had come along and cut dead and/or dying trees away from the roadway and even cut it into manageable stove-sized logs. We were commenting that in years past the wood would have been gone immediately but this year it sits. The other big news is that the local NAPA auto parts store in our little town went down in flames today! As far as we know, no one was hurt, thank goodness - but the loss of even one business will hurt us all.