Day 703: Long Hike, Lazy Nap[s] and Happy Birfday!

[Please to indulge me in this back-post to 23 May, when I was on luxurious holiday at Campo Blanco!]

It is easy to fink this is just second full day of long vacation and no need to hurry wif the agenda, so we loll frew a lot of this day, even though I am at high attention due to the sights and smells and sounds...!

Blurry it is, I am also in action....

I am on "the cusp" of action here... call it "restrained".

All need hear is word "go"... rattle the berry treat bag... touch my leash... or have my the Mom leave the room! Any of those, and I spring into action... specially the latter. 

And I am exhuberant to pawticipate in some longer hikes. I just love new ventures! The Aunt Madison wif her the Bleu and also his floofy tail are just beyond us on this particular road hike.

I catch up wif him at this pit stop and please forgive me for takin a pit stop. My the Mom is embarassed, but it is part of life. Just sayin.

I love me a good hike wif the clear blue skies and the sun what do shine and the cool winds and the most interestin scenery and also smells. It also feel real good when see Texas flag!!!

And now, closer to home... I show my 'sensitive side'. HA!

I know I got plenty of long days and good times... no need to carry on about how precious this day was but it really WAS!

HAPPY BIRFDAY TO THE COUSIN / AUNT BECCA!!!

Day 700: 700 Fings I Love... And Also Today's Update

Happy 700f Day!!!

On auspicious occasion of my 700f day here
wif the My Sweet Mom in My Forever Home, 

I make list of 700 fings I love about Second Life, and here goes:

Day 1 - Day 700!

And now... 

Today's Update

The Mom come home all tired but also perky today. And first fing what happen is we have surprise note in the mailbox! I know it is for the me on a counta I can read the envelope... See?

And wif just one shnoof, I conclude... It is from the Dory!!! Hey the Bleu, come shnoof!

Big Boy come a runnin on a counta he kinda got the sweets for the Dory cause she is so pretty and also spunky and now he all enamored on a counta... she send the pretty card!

Me and the Bleu are beggin the Mom "open up card, let us read!" when freakish sunshine come frew the clerestory window and make for wierd pitcher. Just sayin but I digress.

Here is the front of the pretty card, all monogrammed and all, I am jealous but also really frilled to receive it!

And I must tell you, the Dory has excellent pengirlship. And I just love her printed signature!!!

Me and the Bleu [and also the Mom, of course] treasure this card... and more than that, we treasure the Friendship! Just sayin!!!

And speakin of the Mom... She come home kinda like the Mom on a mission...

We do some outside stuff... the usual and also the stuff we do when Lawn Dude is here, on a counta he is! 

I make mental note of my bloomin night cereus... and maybe tonight is the night! Woohoo!

But then I quickly return my foughts and followins to the Mom who is gatherin and assemblin and stuffin fings into bags and also boxes... and such fings include our foods canister and snacks and such what are packed neatly in one of our food cartons which the Mom has placed by the door to the trolley.

I may not be keepin an eye on the box(es)... but I am for a fact keepin an eye on the Mom!

Some

Fing

Is

Up...

And I am on top of it! Just sayin.


I'll keep you posted as the situation evolves, as conditions change... as mysteries are revealed! Stay tuned.

Day 514: Photo Shoot One!

Well... it seem like a good idea at the time!!!


From left to right... Dylan, Buddy (lookin slightly toward left), Dakota (far back), Porter (black lab), Cain, Aunt Madison, me... and the Bleu![Notice ever body off leash except for me and the Bleu! Just sayin!]

We just adjusted camera angle, and you can still pick me out by my paw...

And some time it take TREATS to get all focused on same fing (below)... at same time! But now the Bleu is too far left... and I am shnoofin the ground!

So here is the line-up...: The Bleu, Dylan (way in the back), Dakota (in the middle), me... THE LUKE up front,  Cain (in back), Buddy... and Porter!

Non-Stop Fun!!! Me and the Bleu are so NOT cool... as we are the only boys who are not trusted off leash!!! But there is a reason for that... specially when it come to me, the Luke!!!

[Special fanks to the Aunt Madison for tuggin and pullin and rearrangin and helpin wif the logistics.... and also fanks to the Uncle Tom for direction and faif in all fese Goldens!!!

Just sayin.]

Day 513: Surprise Party For The Bleu!

Unbeknownst to the Bleu... (or the Mom or me!)... there was a Surprise Party in store!!!

Day 513: Kitchen Help

One of my favorite fings about this wonderful weekend is the yummy appetizers my Aunt Madison whips up each late afternoon. And as well mannered boy, it is only fittin that I help her wif the preparation!

Good manners are important in sweet and helpful boy, which I am most definitely boaf.

But prolly most helpful boy here is my Cousin, the Buddy! He is all ways eager and ready to pull kitchen duty, and he is very good at it! Why, just look at those eyes!!! They are sayin "please o please may I...!"

And just in case you wonder about the Breakfast Crew... It was my Uncle Chef Tom wif his assistants (aka The Herd, from left to right) Porter, Buddy, Dakota Iby the cabinet) and Dylan (out front to the right)!

Where you might ask yourself was the Luke... and the Bleu???

Answer to first part is... I charge in to mix wif the offer to help, but clearly, the Buddy and Chef Tom have fings well under control!

Answer to part two, is that the Bleu is a feared or maybe just super respectful of tile floors and food areas, but he cannot even be coaxed into the kitchen... and he will only enter (i.e. sneak in) to drink waters when noone is lookin.

So, when not pacin and tap tap tappin just outside of the kitchen...  Birfday Boy at ease time in family room.

Don't get me wrong, I am ok wif imaginary line he draw for himself... but I know it upset the Mom when he will not come in, share time and feel comfortable in this most wonderfullest of rooms... I fink he just need to spend more time wif the Buddy! Those two boys need to compare notes!

[Now... Trust me, the Bleu did not come upon this fear in our house! It is not that the Mom is loose wif the rules, but for sure she fink of house as OUR house... and me and the Bleu are welcome in ever square inch!]

Day 513: Bluffin Our Way To The Bluff

It seem like real swell idea for all us to leash up and head to the bluff for peaceful late afternoon scenic overlookin... but "peaceful" adjective might be just WAY too extreme to even come close to describin six Goldens and one black Lab on a bluff above the Blanco River... when two unrestrained dogs walk by on river's edge, below!

[CLOCKWISE: above is Cain (from rear), Porter (black lab), Dakota, Dylan, ME! And the rear end of the Bleu (at 6-7 o'clock)!

Below, I share a pitcher of the river below... I just wish I could share the smells and sounds...

I fink this might be what Heaven is like...!!! 

Day 513: Lovin Me Some Porch!

Don't know if I use proper terminology... but I have found my most favoritest porch ever! It has windows on free sides and cool breezes pass frew and it look out on some very amazin fings includin Uncle Tom and also... DEER!


This here is the Bleu smilin for the camera, and from left to right behind him... Cousin Cain, Aunt Madison and Cousin Porter!

Uncle Tom is out there doing some fing... and we all need look see what! It is truly a gorgeous day... inside and out!!! Google "contentment" and it prolly gonna direct you right back here!

My the Mom is architect and so I ask pitcher be tooken so she could propogate a new "Golden Ratio" or "Golden Section"... much like feorems of historically significant (really old and way beyond dead) dudes... and that is

GOLDEN SILL HEIGHT =  GOLDEN CHIN HEIGHT

Now all serious fings put aside... I will tell you this porch is great place to wake from nap... to smell smells... to see sights... to love life!!! [Counter-clockwise...  Dakota in window beyond, me in window near, Dylan by the Aunt Madison... and The Bleu!]

PEACE = RELAXED GOLDEN CHINS IN PERFECTLY PLACED WINDOW SILL... WIF WINDOW OPEN, TEMPERATURE JUST RIGHT, LOW PRESSURE FAR OFF TO THE EAST SO NORTHWEST WINDS DO CONTINUE TO BLOW!

Just sayin.

Right this very minute, we are lookin out at "the bluff"... and finkin... maybe we should all leash up and head out for the scenic overlook! The Mom and the Tom are also finkin... what a great place for the rooster tails!

Stay tuned for decisions... failures... and regrets!

Day 513: Herd Sat At The Mister T Day Spa & Hill Country Resort

This is my Cousin Dakota. He likes carryin fings in his mouf. He is gentle wif he stuff but he does like to carry em!

My the Mom and Aunt Madison went into town for some shoppin and such, so we were herd sat by Mister T, who is well knowed for his Golden pamperin and day spas. Just sayin.

As you well know, we Goldens love the pamperin, so we kinda swarm him sayin "me first me first"... so allow me to introduce and identify who you see below!

Far left is the Cousin Buddy! Then the Dakota (of course) has the shoe, and Cousin Dylan is behind him... Cousin Cain is sprawled out on floors, and the Bleu (green collar) is politely waitin in line to the right... and of course, yours truly has my back turned to the camera. (You can see healin spot on back from surgery... My hairs are growin back nicely!!!).

And below, the Bleu has gone in for some attention... NOW! And this might be a good time to tell you... that boy is sowin he oats this weekend... he is doin very uncharacteristic fings! Uncle Tom say it the fresh Hill Country air... I not sure, but I kinda like the Bleu bein in the trouble wif the Mom... in the stead of me!

The crowd fin out some and I move in for some good brushins... And that is Cousin Cain wif he back turned to camera.

And now it the Birfday Boy turn! Look on he face say "ahhhh yeahhhh!"! That is the Cain comin round corner and the Dylan walkin behind Mister T (my Uncle Tom!)...

There are no pitchers... no exhibits... no calls to 911... i.e. no way to exactly prove how it happen... but Mister T managed to trim my slippers today!

Dam. Mister T Good!

Day 512: Bleu Surprise!

Surprise to the Bleu... a weekend wif The Herd (and also me and the Mom) in Wimberley!!!

We are here, in part, to celebrate the Bleu Birfday and there could be no better way to celebrate than a weekend wif the Aunt Madison, Uncle Tom and also the Herd, what he love so very very VERY MUCH... in the scenic Hill Country at Casa De Manada!


And pinch me... how much better can life get when you spend it, this place have comforts of home along wif the good smells of the country! How much better can life get???

The Bleu make rounds, checkin it out!

And partin the sea of Goldens, I come outta the kitchen to check out the rest of the house! [I am the only Golden pointin toward you!]

Fun times on the Party Porch! Lovin the wrap-round windows open and the scenic views... but I wonder what ever body else is up to!

Have to check it out! So much good stuff to see and smell and look outta! Gotta make rounds.... Just sayin!

Very best diversion so far, however, is... DINNERS!!!

And the Bleu, he enjoy his...too!

The Mom is pitcher hungry so she capture some moments what need capturin and also many others... here is me, uber excited!

Here is the me, ready to settle in... and also up and down...

And here is the Bleu, wishin for all kind of fings what he love... and realizin that most all of em are right here!

More of our adventures to come... Stay tuned!