Friday, 2nd of April, 2010

Robbie still hasn't come home. We are still hopeful that we will see him but so far no sign of him. I even have food left outside, just incase, but he hasn't been here to eat it.
I worked on the garden today. I got all the newspapers layed down and covered with straw. Now I need to work on the outside of the garden boxes but I am not in a big hurry about doing that until I get more boxes made. I moved the miniture pumpkins and gords plants to their home. They really look good. My radish plants are now out of the ground. I planted one row of pole beans and found some watermellon seed that I had saved from last summer and planted them in the garden, covering them with the aquariums.
I started to drive around the neighborhood to look for Robbie in the afternoon but I didn't have to go far. He was laying beside the highway dead. You could tell that it had happen probably within an hour. He was very badly hurt and I am sure he didn't know what hit him and hopefully didn't suffer. Ken and I will miss him so badly and I feel so depressed and sad. He was my buddy and always was with me. I just don't understand why he would run for he had a good home with plenty of food, and love.
Joyce called in the evening and wants us to keep two horses that her cleaning lady has. She knows we don't have a fence or any type of shelter but we sure do have the land to keep one on. When she told Jennifer that, Jennifer offered to put a fence up and build a shelter for the horses. I told Joyce to have Jennifer to come over to look at the area we would want the horses kept in, and to discuss what kind of fence and shelter she would put on the land. Jennifer has five children and wants a place just to keep them but she is not going to give them away for her boys love them, and want to ride them. Joyce also said she has found a free Welsch Pony that needs a home, plus the people that have the pony also have two pregnant horses and they want to give those ponys away when they are big enough to leave their mother. We can't keep these free horses unless Jennifer builds us the fence. So it is just a wait and see.
I had a terrible time sleeping. All I can think about is Robbie and why he would have left this place. Ken says he didn't run away, that he was just a dog that wanted to run. But nothing no one says helps. I just miss him so much. Ken wrote to Sam and told him and asked him to dig a hole for burial of Robbie's remains. I am sure Sam will do it but it won't be till next week when he gets back from California.