Jake had his follow-up visit with TED this afternoon.  He was diagnosed with
a much to rapid pulse and a heart murmur a month ago.

The meds are really working.  His pulse rate is way down and he has really
perked up over the last month.  So much so that I had to ask the vet what to
do if I missed getting his meds down him every so often.  There have been
more than a few mornings Jake was up and out before I was awake enough to
dispense drugs, and he hasn't been so quick to head back in for a long
morning nap.  Vet said that he needs half a pill a day, ideally 1/4 in the
morning and 1/4 at night.  But that just 1/2 at night is OK.

Our weather is a bit odd at the moment.  Sun is shinning and its pouring
down rain.  The first rain we've had since spring.  I'm guessing we are
catching the tail end of the storm that has been soaking Oregon.  This will
help a lot with putting down some problem fires, and with preventing some of
the fall fires we have come to expect.

Closer to home, it will settle the dust across the street.  There is a
vacant lot and dump trucks have been dropping off loads of fill dirt to
bring it up to grade for future construction.  Makes a great huge litter box
but a lot of blowing dirt whenever there was a breeze.

The rain is really coming down.  Glad I'm not a farmer who has to worry
about getting equipment into the fields and orchards for harvest.

Jo