Pre-Halloween Selfies

Wow, October is almost over, seems like it just got started and now its almost november!! Where does the time go???

Petcretary the tree cutting crew and a friend are still working in the backyard to get rid of all the logs, limbs and other tree debris. It's a lot more open now...but sheesh, what a mess. It's a good thing it is fall and soon everything will be covered in leaves and or snow...so that when spring comes, all the now bare areas can start growing grass and tons of green weeds again, BOL! Petcretary will scatter grass seed when everything is cleaned up. For some reason neither Dalton or Benji are interested in digging! Unbe-woofable!! But thankful!

Anyways, soon it will be Halloween. We got ourselves dressed up, not anything scary, spooky or evil, since actually *she* doesn't care one bit for this holiday.

We don't even see trick or treaters here, because the  treats in our area are so scattered, being as we are in a rural setting. There are more lucrative places for the little ones to go and fill their sacs. There won't be a lot of light either, since the next full moon isn't till mid November.

So here are our selfies in pickleball mode, BOL!!

Petcretary was sort of sad that Benji's outfit didn't come with a hat like Dalton's...though Benji sure couldn't care less, BOL!! Dalton rocked it this week!!

We didn't want to make an ussie...oh well!

Pawppy has our food delivery from Chewy, and we sure hope there are treats in there, too!!

We are joining the Sunday Selfies Bloghop! Thanks, Kitties Blue, for hosting as always!

Back From Vacation ~ Guest Selfie ~ And Angels

 Petcretary came back from her vacation and rescued/released us from Doggy Jail...we were SO glad to be back home! And wow, there was all kinds of tree junk to explore in our yard...though petcretary calls it a huge mess. So we've helped snoopervise her making large brush piles and playing Smokey The Bear to make sure she doesn't burn down the whole yard! She said she'll get help to cleanup  the large trunks and logs, some of which she sold to the tree cutter, and some she'll pay to have it hauled away, as they are a bit too large to safely burn. (Let alone move around!)

Hurry girls, we want to get out of here and go home!

On the way back here, Petcretary met an unusual Mountie at a rest stop...he obliged with a selfie, and then he wanted to have another with her, BOL!

It was fall in full glory out west...and now its like that here, too:

Here are the happy newlyweds:

They got dressed up for a traditional Chinese Tea ceremony as the groom's family is Cantonese.

 

Here they are shortly after the wedding ceremony...but the bride had already taken off her beautiful and very long train and veil...

The next day the couple had to fly to get to their honeymoon destination...and petcretay and our Auntie were walking in the airport looking for their own departure waiting area, and they suddenly were met by those two!! Imagine that!! 

They also had a lot of the wedding party and some guests on their own flight back...a lot came from the same area where our auntie lives, and some had to travel back to another city a few hundred miles more to the east.

 When petcretary got back to our house there was this huge tent in the neighbor's yard...they had a wedding there the same day as petcretary's niece!!

It took two days to get it taken down!!

Here we are having a yummy treat as a  bribe for good behavior when we got home...

And since the 20th was Tocktober, and we missed that, Dalton obliged with a great tock-shot, BOL!!

Investigating the big pile of tree rubbish...

 Benji showing off *his* more modest Tocks!

That's all folks!!

Now for the new angels we heard about while the maker of the mementos we send was not at her computer...

Treeno from Life & Cats.  Treeno only has Facebook, since the blg is inactive...

Gracie from News and Views By Coffee Kat

Madison from My GBGV Life

You can visit their families by clicking on the captions....to leave your message of comfort if you haven't done that yet.

It may be a while yet, before we can visit you as *she* is very busy with the outside work, and a whole lot of other duties, chores and her work.

Us Pups are Happy that things are back to normal...sort of...around here, so we'll join the Happy Tuesday Blog Hop...as well as the Sunday Selfies one at the Cat on My Head...even though we are late.

Absent ~ Vacation

 Petcretary is going on vacation...

Vacationing...where in the world?

First she'll drive about 325 miles, to her sister in Canada.

She wishes....BOL!

Then they both will fly to the west coast:

And take a load of baggage...if the airline will allow for the extra poundage...BOL!!

Will this pass the Luggage allowance size test?

Fasten your seatbelts!

Where they'll rent a car...

BOL!!!

They likely will not go on one of these...

But they likely will see lots of these:

Those two ladies will likely use this type of thing a lot, though:

They sure do not want to see any of this:

Or encounter too much of this kind of thing:

The highlight of this trip will be a family gathering for a wedding.

Here is a toast to the happy couple:

And here they are!!

We'll be back to our regular type of blogging soon, but first we have to have petcretary back home, and us too of course, as we are right now in the home away from home, aka doggy jail...at least that is what we call it...petcretary says it is a doggy hotel!

We are very wordy today...but we wanted you all to know why we are absent. Any mementos that need making will happen later...we hope you understand...See ya'll!

Garden,Yard and a Guest!

Petcretary is working this weekend, so we allowed her to dig in her photo library...so some are flashbacks, some are sort of fails, and a couple are of a sweet pup who came regularly to see his mommy until she went home after learning to walk on her broken legs again...hooray for her!

Summer is fast fading, so here are some pics from our yard and garden from August and mid September.

Three 'volunteer' oak trees that have been there for about 30 years now, thanks to the squirrel 'gardeners'! They are now big enough to provide some shade to the patio in late afternoon. A huge catalpa tree in the background which is very messy, and old and beginning to drop large limbs...and will soon be removed...makes nice shade but no one wants a tree to fall over unexpectedly in the storms we get here; and it would likely take down one or two of those oak trees if it did crash....

Another view of the many trees in our wooded area.

Ghost pipes, a plant that grows on fungus that is growing on tree roots...which means it is parasitic! Who knew!! I used to think it was a type of fungus itself, but nope, it is a flower, has pollen and makes seeds!! Who knew???

A volunteer sunflower, growing in a patio pot! When it made seeds the chickadees and goldfinches were swarming on it...and there were others in different pots on the patio, but the squirrels decided to eat them before any bird could enjoy them!!

Closeup ot the same sunflower!

This is Hank, he's a young hound mix, a bit skeptical of me at first, but then he decided I was OK and made a nice selfie while resting on his mommy's bed.

What big noses we have!!

Hey, Benji! I'm going to get you!! After this picture, Dalton body slammed Benji, and Benji who was tired from all the fence games with the neighbor pup, got up, seemingly disgusted and trotted to somewhere else, BOL!! Sorry for the poor light and bad focus...it was a cute moment to have 'recorded'!

We have joined up with the Sunday Selfies A fun blog hop hosted weekly by The Kitties Blue at The Cat On My Head. Thanks, Kitties Blue!!

An Ussie For Our Selfie

Wow, the week went by so fast, and now its time for the next Selfie Sunday.

Petcretary was quite busy this past week, so we said, just help us take one with both of us...but then somehow we didn't want to get close! BOL!

We did go for an overnight at the pet hotel we mentioned last week. While its very basic, the peeps there are friendly and seem to have fun doing their work with all the doggies...and there were lots of them!! Anyways we did eat our food, so that was a good sign, right? When we got home we just sort of plopped down on our nests and took a very LONG nap!

The pet shop didn't have the rescue remedy that Grannie (Peachy and Stippie) had mentioned, so petcretary went to the huge store called Amazon, and it just came today. Along with some other similar remedies, we shall start them ASAP and hope they will mitigate the stress for Dalton when they go back there for their 'long' stay. (And he'll stay on the CBD as well...)

OK here we are...politely giving eachother personal space. BOL!

At least we were looking at *her*!!

Yesterday was World Rabies Day...and yes we both got our new rabies vaccine about a month ago...which meant that we are now legal with our licenses for three years. Phew!

Tuesday Oct first is Black Dog Day...Benji: 'Hooray, I am a [mostly] black pup!!'  Dalton: 'Well I always have my black tuxedo on...'

Its also Fire Dog Day.

Well, we are not dalmations, nor do we help the fire brigade in our village, but we do have to snoopervise petcretary when she burns up our wood piles. She's been doing a lot of that lately...comes back inside smelling like smoked sausage, BOL! But she jumps in the shower and comes back to where we are, and  smelling like...well...like Petcretary!

What a huge pile of brush and logs, from fallen limbs and general cleanup...

Got weiners???

All that's left is a huge ash pile...till the next load of fallen limbs and so on. 

OK, Time to say toodle-oo till next time!

We have joined up with The Kitties Blue who are our hosts of The Sunday Selfies. Thanks so much!