🌈Angels ~ Again🌈

 Once again, Petcretary got busy with making mementos for a couple of new Angels. Losing your furry friends is hard enough, but at this time of the year the only angels are supposed to be Christmas ones...

Chuckles from Dog Paddling Through Life

Mr Who who used to live with 'ATCAD'     (Alastronia: The Cats and Dogs)

If you haven't done so, we know their families would love to have comforting messages from you.

We don't have many words, so we are joining the Wordless Wednesday blog hop.

Party!!

 We went to a Christmas Party!!

And got some treats...and we were good pups...We got to see Santa Paws, too...but we'll show you those next time, tee-hee! Got ta keep ya coming back for more, BOL!!

So yummy, that I even got some on my head, BOL!

Please sir, can I have some more???

My little stub of a tail is going as fast as it can, BOL!!

We found Santa's chair, but he wasn't there so we had fun there by ourselves, BOL!

We had fun, but I'm glad to be going home now...

I was more relaxed when we left the party than when we left the house, BOL!! When my ears are like this, I am HAPPY, for real!

Artwork of us for Christmastime

Wow, *she* got to see Santa too??   (Our pawrents went to a concert and Santa was there to join the audience, and he went on stage, too!)

We're enjoying a mid December Sunday Selfie Blog hop! Hosted as always by the Kitties Blue.

A Few Words And A Lot Of Tears

There are three recent new Angel Kitties to remember and send our sympathy to. In no particular order...

Dansig, from Messy Mimi, is HERE

Scylla, well known to many, is HERE

PocoTaz...we knew him from our Catster days, he has no blog, but is on Facebook

We are joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.

What We Didn't Like...

 We had a winter storm warning in the middle of the past week...that day started out like any other late fall day, a bit breezy, no snow onthe ground and there was even a wee bit of sun. The temp was about 34F...so not too cold, either.

Then in the late afternoon the winds picked up and after a while we had ice pellets coming down..and when it got dark, there was a bit of freezing rain...followed by very high winds and a lot of snow. Though as far as the reports went, we here got off easy, we didn't loose power or any trees, etc. And the total of snowfall was around 4 -6 inches. Those peeps who live near the lake got dumped on...they were blessed with FEET of snow, yikes!

And by the time it got to around midnight the tempo was 18F. No wonder we had such high winds!

We pups and even our pawrents were not impressed...anyways petcretary was busy with a lot of other things, and forgot to take pics of the snow stuck to everything...though she said it was pretty...but we had to wait a long time for them to clear the walkways, and make paths for us on the grass...so we could do our doggy business easier, BOL! 

As of this writing, its now above freezing and we might get rain tomorrow! Yo-yo weather!!

We are hoping against hope that we won't get too much snow...

We actually found a nice sunpuddle for a brief while...

We think we'd rather spend the winter here at this nice beach!

We are joining the Kitties Blue at The Cat On My Head for the Sunday Selfies Blog Hop!

A Memento For A Special Friend

 

Recently, on December 4th, Blogville learned of the way too soon loss of a famous and wonderful Dog-Mom, Gail. She will always be  remembered for her wit, amazing pictures of wherever she had been, and the antics of her pups. Starting a long time ago with Hamish, then on to Bertie, and a couple of years ago with Nobby.

You can read about her journey at My Take Doses; Of Wild Yam

Gail's Blog Nice Nobby/Naughty Nobby is HERE.

I, 'Petcretary', was not privileged to know Gail and her earlier pups, but have only been a follower of her blog for a couple of years...and yet I feel this loss as much as any who have known her from the beginning of her blogging journey. 

Gail, we all miss you terribly, and we know that Nobby does too. Now you are free from the illness that robbed us of you, and we hope that Hamish and Bertie were reunited with you.

You were a special friend to many, and we'll not ever forget you.

We are joining with Nature Friday, since Gail was an ardent lover of the natural world...

Nature Friday

A Guest For Sunday Selfies

Well, Thanksgiving was wonderful here, our two unfurbros were here to help devour all the delectables that were offered...and we even snagged some turkey dinner ourselves...though petcretary was watchful that we didn;'t get fatty skin or bones. She actually forgot to take pics of us noshing it all up...not that we care, BOL! 

Today is also December First! Wow, where has the year gone??  Before we know it it will be Christmas, and then the new Year, 2025 will be upon us!! Tempus Fugit...Holiday season is here!!

And Friday we woke up to about 4 inches of snow...sheesh. Its too early for winter weather..at least we think it is. So pawppy and petcretary cleared the walkway and driveway and even some paths were made into the grass for our benefit...and after a few hours *she* checked the outside again, and the shovels came come out once again...and then she'll have to leave for her work. Phooey! Saturday  it was 21F, so no snow will be melting on its own for a good long while and the forecast calls for snow showers for the whole week ahead. We live at the edge of an area where we get lake effect snowfall, and the radar shows it quite well...sigh...

Petcretary is working this weekend, though thankfully she was off for Thanksgiving!

So she dug into the archives and found this Guest to star in the Sunday Selfies.

When petcretary was at her niece's wedding, she was very near the Pacific Ocean, and when she had some free time, she found this seagull who was willing to take a selfie for us all to admire later. He even did a 'shake your booty dance, LOL!

Petcretary was one of three 'firsties' to Teddy's Teaser Class, and then she was able to quickly find the place where the teaser was, so she was also the first right guesser!So she got these two badges:

We also had a sad moment in Blogville, as Riley from Xena Schnauzer Warrior Princess with Lucy and Chia, left for the Rainbow Bridge and earned his Angel Wings.

If you have not already done so, his grieving family would appreciate any comforting messages you might have for them.

Riley

Come and join all the other Sunday Selfies by clicking through this link. Thanks for hosting, Kitties Blue!

Happy Thanksgiving ~ 2024

 

We wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

We are happy and thankful that some years ago, this lady whom we now know as petcretary came and took us out of the shelter(s) we were in, after we came to them all the way from Texas.

We are thankful for our loving furmily who put up with our mistakes and mischief and our barking. We are thankful for warm beds, yummy and healthy noms, and a good vet whom we see regularly...we even like *him* a little bit, BOL!

We love our huge yard, and the fun we have running up and down the fence roa=w with our 'girlfriend', whose name is Rose.

We are also thankful that the snow we had last week is now all gone...but we did hear we may get more over the next few days...are we thankful for the snow?? Nope...but we are thankful that the sidewalks get shovelled out and that if needed, the shovel does work on the grassy areas to help us find the 'right' spot to do our...well, you know! BOL!

*She's*  been awfully busy lately, so she didn't have time to make new Thanksgiving images for us, so she dug into the archives and found these...some are sevearl years old and some are from last year.

A visit from our Angels who are thankful that the blog they started keeps on keeping on.

Since it's Thursday, and we are thankful on Thanksgiving we are joining up with Brian's Home Forever for his regular Thankful Thursday blog hop.

Don't eat too much turkey...and woofing of turkey, Petcretary said we might get some, too...so we are thankful about that!!