Dogs of Our Lives

 (From September 20, 2025) Whoa! What the... Look at that! OH NO!! I know what  that  means!" Alert! AlertAlertAlertAlert! Everybody come quick! Important safety announcement! Oh, good grief, Nash. We are all already here. No kidding! I think he just wanted an excuse to howl. Yeah, he loves to exercise those pipes of his. And now my ears are ringing. Let's just go back inside. I'm sure it's not important. Listen UP, I say. Take a look at what I just found on the patio! Do you KNOW what that is? It's a Wooly Bear and its stripes tell us how bad winter is going to be. If I remember right, that big orange middle means lots of heavy snow, ice, blizzards, zero degree temperatures with wind chills at minus 300, and being stuck inside for months at a time! What?? Nooooo! That means I won't be able to play frisbee at the park! I'm shook!! SHOOK, I say! It's true! And remember that sparrow feather we found in the yard? That's another sign it will be a bad wi...

 (From June 21, 2025) "All right! Tammo's coming over to play today! Mama, stay back; Boompa's gonna open the door and I don't want you to get loose. It's not safe for you to  run  walk  shuffle free." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq49MTAL_jU&t=1s "Nash! Mama! I'm so glad to be here! Nash, I have a new game to teach you! Let's go out the doggy door to the back yard, okay?"  "I learned it from Grammy. It's called 'Spin-to-Win' and she plays it with her friends online. It's a lot of fun although you might get a bit dizzy. Ready? Set? Go!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVlo-psplBM&t=1s "Catch your breath, Nash. You did pretty good, er, for an older dog, that is." "I'm fine. Listen, Tammo. I want to share something with you alone so that Mama and Lisa don't learn about this and get scared. Be brave, son." (Whispering) "There are strange things going on out here in the back ya...

Hooh boy. I am so tired of winter. Even when there is a break in the weather and Lisa opens the door so I can  see out  continue my vigilant protection of the homestead,  that snow soon returns. We just can't catch a break. My toys are boring and I don't have enough of them to play with anyway. Molly just wants to sleep and won't play with me. Going to Grammy and Boompa's house for the day is a bright spot. But in the end, all Pepper and Tammo really want to do is snooze all day. Well, Tammo will play for a FEW minutes, but I need more exercise than that! Because of the cold and snowy winter, no one is out walking their dogs. Still, I remain on active duty. Constant vigilance!! Sigh.  Bored, bored, bored, bored, BORED. WAIT!! What is that?? Could it be??  Why, yes, I think it just might! https://youtu.be/DDmDxJYYWXk Alert! Alert! Alert! Alert! Everybody meet me in the living room! STAT! ::Yawn:: ::Grumble and mutter:: ::Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle:: This had bette...

Lynn, it's so quiet here. Nothing is happening. You just sit at your sewing machine and Craig just works on his computer. I miss Tammo. It's okay, Pep. He'll be back in the morning. He is just having a sleepover with Nashie and Mama. But why? Why did he go and not me? Sweetie, it's an Arctic tundra out in our yard right now. When you go outside (IF you go outside), you do the ol' squirt and scurry, and then run back inside and go back to snuggling in bed. Tammo wants to run, and he can't do that here, at least not right now. So Lisa invited him to come over to her house. He can use her dog door to go in and out at will, plus he is helping Nash who is also a little bored with all "this indoor stuff." (Nash's words, Pep, not mine.) How about I show you some pictures from the sleepover? Would that make you feel a little less lonely? I'll fix you a peanut butter Kong and we can sit together on the couch and look at them together, all right? A peanu...