Chris's Corner - Higgins Family Expands by Four Legs

Good morning everyone. If you saw my last post in the last thread I was talking about exciting/fun personal news. Many of you know we lost our beagle Daisy almost exactly two years ago. I've never been two years without a dog in my entire life...but I had resigned myself to the fact that we were probably done being dog parents. But then my wife heard about a huge beagle rescue in Virgina over the summer. She sent me a facebook post about 4000 beagles (adults and puppies) being rescued from a facility that was breading beagles for research... mostly on consumer products from what I can understand. Well, the government shut them down for numerous code violations as these dogs were living in horrible horrible conditions. A monumental nationwide rescue effort was launched and my quest to track down one of these beautiful, loving creatures began. Now, two months after the search began... we are happy to welcome Rosie... a two month old beagle into our home. We picked her up yesterday at the APA and she is the sweetest, most loving, cuddly thing you can imagine! She is already ringing the bell we have on the backdoor to go outside and do some of her business (not all...but the smelly parts )

So please welcome Rosie to the MTW family and the Higgins family! You will surely here more about her exploits in the days, months and years to come!

As for the heat.... it's going to be hot... but the humidity looks to stay realatively under control. I agree that a backdoor cool front will get close enough to bring some showers or even thundershowers to the region late Sunday night or Monday morning...before it washes out and what could be more serious heat builds in. A lot may depend on the tropics and how/if Fiona may alter the pattern off the east coast in the coming days. There are still more hot days ahead... but the days of summer are numbered.