Day 533: Latitude: 29°45'48"N, Longitude: 95°21'48"W SNOW DAY!

*** Note/Disclaimer: This is not going to be an exciting post for all of you who get a lot of snow, but I'm in Houston, Texas... and my the Mom gets VERY excited to see a single snow flake! This post (lame as it may be) is dedicated to her... and to this historic day. You see, this is the earliest day in history that Houston has ever had more than a trace of snow... and a rarity to receive measurable amounts in back-to-back years!***


It snow real hard at the factory, but it had only started snowin just a little here when she got home and jubilantly insisted that me and also the Bleu go out in the yard for fun and photos.

It was pretty chilly outside, so I did my business quick and charged right back to the inside! (If you look closely, you can see a few flakes on my back!).

My back yard is shaded by 60 year old trees, so we didn't get a lot of accumulation... but yard behind me is full of swimmin pool and no trees, so there you can see it snowin!

And ok, here is the Bleu... I all ways say he slow, but the Mom get mad and say "not in the head, Luke... he just relax and casual and he live and love life in a different way!"... but any way, he would sit or stand or lay out there in the snow all day. Just sayin.

The Mom is persistant about wantin the Christmas Card photo, and here is the best we give her... I'm tellin you now so that when it comes in the mail, you know who the heck it from! Ain't recognizable other wise.

The Mom fink she crafty and in genius and she have treats in one hand and camera in other... and she cajole me... and this is best she can do! It sad... really it is.

Here is me lookin out on what little bit is stickin from under the big (and little) tree cover...

And then later, me and the Bleu carefully stayin in the non-snow covered section of the yard!

We don't want to mess it up... OR get our footsies cold. Just sayin.

Here I am cruisin the brick walk on the side of the house... Plants are a droopin from the snow. (Again, I know this is big yawn for most of you!!!)

It snow from about 10am until about 8pm, and it was great to just enjoy the day wif the Mom... whether we out tryin to score berry treat from her on the outside... or whether we on the inside, cheek-to-cheek, lookin at the outside! I also like it when the Mom got that special skip in her step! Just sayin.

The Bleu, he do go to bed earlier than the me... so here I am alone... lookin for pecans!

Found one! I am not too hip on lookin for them in the snow, but I am grateful that the Mom got out yesterday and raked up all the leaves and twigs and sticks... so that the snow would be prettier! Side benefit is that the pecans are all out layin here like it one big nutty convenience store!

More snow pitchers tomorrow! I know it's a yawn-fest for ALL of you readin this pitiful blog... but it's pretty excitin for all US at Latitude: 29° 45' 48 N, Longitude: 95° 21' 48 W!!!!!
I thought a SNOW DAY was when the Mom stay home wif you either on a count of the actual weather or by way and play of hooky... so imagine my surprise when my the Mom go to work this mornin full well knowin it gonna snow today!

Day 525: Happy Thanksgiving!!!

MOST HAPPIEST OF FANKSGIVINGS TO ALL OF OUR FRIENDS!!!

On this most special occasion what is my SECOND FANKSGIVIN,

I am behoove to share special day wif the Bleu

who is sorta celebratin this as he FIRST FANKSGIVIN...

and after all...

It is our first to share together just me and the him wif the Mom!
For our friends and family
We are very FANK FULL!

Day 524: Tell Tail Evidence Winter Is Almost Here!

First I present the notes to the Evidentiary Exhibit:

Point One. The Bleu, he don't get on big bed but durin one season of year and that is Winter.

Point Two. Me and my brother the Bleu we are different and we like different fings, take toys for example.

I don't know if it out of respect or preference or in he case, fear... but when he like a fing, I just leave him to it... and he real smart boy to return favor!

Point Free. The Bleu, among other fings, love bears in bunny suits and also Dinah Shaurs who I got for my birfday and name finkin she a dinosaur and not until some few monfs later did I realize she really a drag-gun, but I digress...

Point Four. Hey! Someone has been sleepin in my big bed say Luke!

Evidentiary Exhibit:


I rest my case.

Just sayin.

Day 521: Wash Day

The Mom is a highly organized chore machine (ha)... and ever weekend, she sort the laundry into several piles.

Whites go in my bed. Colors go in the Bleu bed. Make sense?

Today is dark and dreary and chilly. So we implore her... please to shift the piles just a little! (And yes, Aunt Karen... I STILL have the Minnie Pearl bed!)

And here also is the Bleu in my birfday bed what is now he bed on a counta he like it way more than me and I ok wif it on a counta I have my Easter bed!

Chores are exhaustin... Just sayin!

Day 515: Missin The Herd. Just Sayin.

What a great weekend! And what a surprisin way (for boaf the Bleu and the me) to celebrate the Bleu Birfday! But mostly what a wonderful opportunity to just relax and breave the clean air... sure wish I coulda helped the Aunt and Uncle more... but maybe they'll let me next time!!!

At any rate, any time the Herd was expectin they Mom or Dad... here a glimpse of the front door!

And here is the Dylan, who love to curl himself  up tight into a tiny cat bed!

And QT Pie Cain!!! Who cannot help but fall in love wif that face!!!... (Includin my the Mom so Fank the Good Lord... he not come to live wif the me, so I only share the Mom wif the Bleu. Fat plenty enuf. Just sayin).

Porter is such a pretty girl. Give her big props on a counta she only non-Golden... she only female... and she have ever reason to kick the Bleu's patooty, but she did not... entirely!

Scramble... wif the Bleu, bottom right!

The Herd just knows somefin good is a bout to happen, prolly on a counta any time some body disappear and then reappear frew that door... good fings are brought wif em!!!

And to confirm all that, please witness me (bottom right)... I am interested, but just a bit aloof!

What matters the very most is the return to the Herd!

Cousin Dylan in wait by the door!

Cousin Porter on the sofa, but it might be a mirage... Just sayin.

Sweet girl surrounded by six unruly boys... deserve quiet time wif no one around!

Dylan by the door, Cain in wait and the Dakota layin round...

The entire Herd reacts to Uncle Tom... just outside the door!!!

I fink I can speak for the Bleu in sayin... this weekend was tremendous fun... I happy to be home... but I miss the herd!!!

Day 514: Photo Shoot Two!

We are not so cooperative...

We are downright unruly...

And we are SO more than embarassed by how the Mom looks... (we try pretend she ain't back there!)

But boy o boy are we havin fun in the Wimberley!!! Very special fanks to the Aunt Madison, Uncle Tom and all my cousins for sharin this wonderful getaway wif us! It was a wonderful and super special way to surprise the Bleu!

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!