Corner View: Earth Day

Earth Day is actually tomorrow, but I thought it would interesting to share today, our wonderful ways to help our planet. Typical ways of observing Earth Day includes planting trees, picking up roadside trash, and using recyclable container for snacks and lunches just to name a few.

With this all said in a nutshell and my first week watching Jane's baby "corner view", I'm not prepared. Would you believe if I told you the dog ate my homework? OK maybe a dog didn't eat my homework, but one did managed to take up my time last night.

Last night Gary and I were coming home from a walk at my favorite place, the forest preserves. We were talking about how many deer there are this year, when all of a sudden he says there is an animal walking up our driveway. As we got closer he said it is a dog in our yard. I immediately jumped out as he was driving up the driveway. If you know my driveway I'm lucky I didn't roll down the driveway. Sure enough in the corner of our side yard was a little pup!

We were able to corner her and open the back gate to get her to a safe spot. We sat out back waiting for her to calm down. She was so scared running in the back trying to find a way out. Lucky we still have some treats left over from Kelly. This little girl is so sweet. We brought her inside to give her water and noticed she had a tag and was micro chipped and also recently spayed. I called the number on her tag and found out her name is Mookie and she was from a rescue group called Almost Home Foundation. Leaving a voicemail and with a quick return call back we found out a neighbor down the street is fostering Mookie. When her foster dad opened the door, she decided to explore the neighborhood.

As I am writing I realized Mookie DID actually help me with my post today. Isn't fostering a dog/cat or taking one in our home as a pet is our way of helping a dog/cat of our planet?

In case some are wondering, no we didn't keep Mookie, but very tempting. I will be out of commission for the next couple of months and it is too soon for us after losing Kelly. All this wouldn't be fair to her. I believe in my heart she will find the perfect home. I have a feeling she is just taking a short detour as I feel most rescue animals do until they are safely home.

In Mookie's honor and my appreciation for her help in this post. I am doing a give-a-way! I will make a donation to her rescue group and this organic basil plant in a bamboo pot, from Potting Shed Creations for you. Not only will you watch your plant grow, but you can add it to a favorite recipe. The company is in a recycled school, they use products that are good for our earth and they have their employee's dogs walking the halls. Now how cool is that?!

All you have to do is leave a comment on this post, so I know you were here. I will draw the lucky name on Sunday.

Stop on over and visit our corner friends to see some of their great ideas to lend a hand. List is on the side bar.

Have a golden day my friends!

Hugs,

Joyce

xo

P.S. If anyone has any ideas for next week's corner view let me know otherwise I will post a topic on Friday.

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children"

~Native American Proverb~