coming or going...

with a new puppy in the house,

I have been seeing a lot more of the great outdoors

day

and

night

a lot of

---> out the front door

<--- in the front door

---> out the front door…..

don’t know if I’m coming or going!

it's just embroidery, have fun with it!

pardon the interruption…..

while The Hound and I rearrange our activities

back in a bit...

it's just embroidery, have fun with it!

squirrel spit.....

The Hound’s agenda for most days:

stand guard at the front entrance protecting domicile

lounge around the porch snoozing

but now The Hound insists on coming in for water breaks...

despite the freshly filled water bowl

outside the front entrance

and it’s all his fault...

see him?

in stealth-mode up there in the tree...

as soon as The Hound is making guard rounds

around the premises barking at anyone down on the street to throw back the tennis ball she rolled down toward them...

this guy stealthily sneaks in for a drink

from The Hound’s water bowl

The Hound...ewwww, squirrel spit!

No way am I drinking that now!

What’s this have to do with the pillow d?

absolutely nothing...

unless d. decides to take his beverage outside...

then beware of thirsty stealthy squirrels

it's just embroidery, have fun with it!

go sit.....

outwit, outmaneuver, outslick, outsmart, outthink...

it's just embroidery, have fun with it!

sledgehammer and sunset.....

another computer hard drive has ridden off into the sunset

but, the geek squad said...

patience, we will replace the hard drive

come home soon

it's just embroidery, have fun with it!

talkin' turkeys and wild turkeys.....

The Hound here...

Cathy aka Stitchfork is crashed recharging on

the couch after all the merriment

I’ve also been a busy elf with my traditional

hound-gift-giving to everyone

dog ID tags in case they get lost...done that

peppermint bark...done that

yellow cotton candy /do-not-eat-yellow-snow reminder...done that

after some brainstorming with some of the locals…

my gift this year was “the hair of the dog”

yep, I did hot glue some of my brushed hair

onto the tag as my signature

& then I slipped a tiny bottle of wild turkey in the gift box

They did card me at the store as I am only 11...

But hey, I explained, that’s 77 in dog years

Oh! We had a new family member at the table this year—

fourth generation!

I sat right under next to him as he understands

the joy of sharing a holiday meal!

and.....The Hound

eau-de-wet-hound…..

“If I stay close to the reeds, maybe she won’t

notice I jumped in the pond…”

“Uh-oh, she spotted me…”

“Bleh, pond scum does not taste good at all”

Yes, it's the hound's kind of fun…

but it was one wet-pond-scum-smelling-hound ride home

“Earned me a new, fresh-smelling collar!”

freshly scrubbed and dreaming of the next dive-in for frog-chasin’, blue-gill-scarin’, and pond-scum-skimmin’ kind of hound-hijinks

it's just embroidery, have fun with it!

dog days of summer.....

hazy  

hot 

& 

humid

with a chance of showers…..

The Hound

it's just embroidery, have fun with it!

meow...

while the hound was guarding our domain snoozing

with visions of tennis balls running in her head…

look what the cat dragged in

do you have a...

Canine?

Or

Cat?

The Hare...

Fig.1. The HARE

The Dog…

The Hare of the Dog

Disclaimer!

The Hound has NOT been imbibing

graphic from the H section of an early

English Dictionary circa 1754

via Karen at The Graphics Fairy

thread...of the Dog

ink...Fig.1. The Hare

Frozen Balls

yes, it snowed...again!

and The Hound is happy

you see, she is rarely seen without a tennis ball in her mouth

she can even bark at you with a tennis ball clenched in her teeth

...teeth that are ground down to nubs from those tennis balls

her favorites tho — frozen tennis balls!

she keeps a stash on the front bench chilling

tossing them into the direct path of your snow shovel

to get you to toss it back

she can be a real looney toon!

No, no, no! I’m not coming inside!

You come back out please!

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.......

sheepdog

large dog immediately recognizable by its long, thick, shaggy gray and white coat

originated from very old pastoral type dogs of England

first seen in artwork from the 1700’s

described as never being nervous or aggressive

can tend to be ‘couch potatoes’ (The Kennel Club said that, not me!)

intelligent, sociable and adaptable

may try to herd people or objects

famous sheepdogs:

Tiny, pet of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Martha, pet of Paul McCartney and of the Beatles song Martha My Dear

Sam Sheepdog from the Looney Tunes cartoons

Barkley from Sesame Street

The Colonel from 101 Dalmations

but my favorite sheepdog…

Prudence!

who could resist this face??

Alexis, my talented friend of Jac o’ lyn Murphy, knows Pru well

go see more of Prudence, and Alexis’ creations

The Hound here is avidly ignoring me until I stop speaking of Prudence