Rainy Day Gloom

Have a whimsical Sunday y'all. 🌬

no bake cupcakes made from
pancake batter. 

I prefer rainy over sunny days when I was still down south because of the  rain's whimsical power to purge the muggy feeling brought about by the extremely hot temperature. Here up north, I badly miss the sun when the rainy days seem infinite, everything is cold and damp and humid. The excessive rain and cold temperature invites mold and gloom which I am not really happy about. The plants need sunlight and so do I because I thrive on moderate climates, not so warm and not so cold. Rainy days however stirs me to write/blog more, do a lot of crafting and baking. Recently, I made this no bake cake topped with white chocolate and rainbow sprinkles just by using a stove top. It was a challenge though but an excellent de-stressing activity.

Adopt don’t shop. 

My sibs and I decided to take in another dog few days ago, a terrier mix female. To date we have four dogs: one six year old shitzu mix, a senior female terrier and her offspring which is half stray and half terrier, a two year old german shepherd. In addition to that we also have one male ginger tomcat which we also took in five years ago. Newbie doggie was originally our neighbor’s dog and was outside for the most part living like a stray because the family she was with prior isn't really ready to have a dog (and why did they take her in the first place right?). If I’m not mistaken, she’s barely a year old when she gave birth to a litter roughly a month ago and was impregnated by another ‘stray living’ neighbor dog because she wasn’t neutered.

Love thy pet...

it’s never ok to let your dog live like a stray if you already took them in because you’re supposed to take care of them, keep them safe and all, outside is not a safe place for a any domesticated animal. Putting a collar around their necks doesn’t give them immunity neither against impounders. Here in the country, some pet owners no longer attempt to retrieve their dog or cat once impounded because they don't want to pay to get them back considering mostly it's out of negligence in the first place. Let me just state this as a reminder, once you get a dog, it’s your responsibility as pet owner to provide them shelter, food, have them spayed and take care of them because they don’t have any other family but you that’s why it enrages me why some people even dare own a pet just to neglect them in the long run. She was kept inside her owner’s house for a while because she had puppies but as soon as they’re eating solid food and have been assigned to their forever homes, she’s outside living like a stray again and we just had enough so we offered to adopt her. She is a very friendly and happy dog and her happiness is contagious. Even if you see her every second of every day she'll give  you the same energetic  welcome as if you were out the whole day by wagging her tail tirelessly lol. We decided to groom her during her first day with us, fed her, bathed her diminishing fur and removed  the ticks from her now scrawny body. Any animal lover would do the same if you used to see her pretty then bald and malnourish the next. Our project is to feed her, give her some honeybee  (it's a natural anti-biotic according to the vet) and shower her with TLC so she grows her fur back soon.

So far, she peed on our carpets and poo-d inside the house but nevertheless I think she’s pretty trainable since she seemed a smart dog. Just a piece of advise, animals are family too, they're like babies, they need a lot of attention and taking care of especially dogs. If you don't want to own a high maintenance pet then better own a cat because they sleep a lot, just make sure you research first before you even consider owning any pet per se. You love them as puppies and neglect them when they're older. Might as well buy a stuffed toy not a pet if you cannot commit to take care of them.