After an extended Indian Summer, we are finally seeing some autumn color in Country Place. The elm tree is reflected in Lake #2. Below, a small tree blazes in the Hayden’s sideyard.
2014-10-18: Fall Festival & Hayride
October 18, 2014 By Leave a Comment
To see more photos of our Fall Festival and Hayride, click here
We had a lovely afternoon for our Fall Festival this year. As he has for twenty-plus years, Tom Perry organized the hayride with his usual attention to detail. Drivers included Lane Norvell, Steve Jackson, Brent Little, Earl Drott, Travis Hunt, Gary Fain, and Nick Moore. Treaters included the Maxwell’s, Boudreaux’s, Hunt’s, Graves, Strickland’s (Gary & Melissa), Duke’s, Lynch’s, Hayden’s, Rayburn’s, Regan’s, Magee’s, Tanner’s, Norvell’s, Koss’s, Henderson’s, and the Douglass’s. Our thanks to Mark and Renee Groskreutz for sharing their home as the site of our picnic. Lee Kodet and David Schaub did the grilling, and many families brought dishes to share.
Morning Glories in Bloom
October 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The morning glories are in bloom all over Country Place. This vine is on the Gober’s new fence.
Cocoa Mulch Dangerous to Pets
March 14, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Please tell every dog or cat owner you know. Even if you don’t have a pet, please pass this to those who do.
Over the weekend the doting owner of two young lab mixes purchased Cocoa Mulch from Target to use in their garden. They loved the way it smelled and it was advertised to keep cats away from their garden. Their dog Calypso decided that the mulch smelled good enough to eat and devoured a large helping. She vomited a few times which was typical when she eats something new but wasn’t acting lethargic in any way. The next day, Mom woke up and took Calypso out for her morning walk . Half way through the walk, she had a seizure and died instantly.
Although the mulch had NO warnings printed on the label, upon further investigation on the company’s website, this product is HIGHLY toxic to dogs and cats.
Cocoa Mulch is manufactured by Hershey’s, and they claim that ‘It is true that studies have shown that 50% of the dogs that eat Cocoa Mulch can suffer physical harm to a variety of degrees (depending on each individual dog). However, 98% of all dogs won’t eat it.’
The Health Pet site gives the following information: Click here
Cocoa Mulch, which is sold by Home Depot, Foreman’s Garden Supply and other Garden supply stores, contains a lethal ingredient called ‘ Theobromine’. It is lethal to dogs and cats. It smells like chocolate and it really attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and die. Several deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks. Theobromine is in all chocolate, especially dark or baker’s chocolate which is toxic to dogs. Cocoa bean shells contain potentially toxic quantities of theobromine, a xanthine compound similar in effects to caffeine and theophylline. A dog that ingested a lethal quantity of garden mulch made from cacao bean shells developed severe convulsions and died 17 hours later. Analysis of the stomach contents and the ingested cacao bean shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of theobromine.