Petcretary Came Back! With Guest Selfies

 Yes she did, but it was like 87 hundred days or something like that. (Actually 6)

She had a great drive of 320 miles to her sister, and she went via the new Gordie Howe Bridge. But..um...she forgot to take any pictures of that bridge! Sheesh! The weather was coolish and the sun was out, to enhance all the pretty scenes she saw as she went along.

After a day of relaxing, she and her sister went to the airport in Toronto. There they met up with their niece and great nephew. (He just had turned one a couple weeks before.) After going through all the hoops and loops to get on a plane these days, they went to a waiting area and enjoyed eachother's company for a few hours. (You have to get there way before a flight leaves...) Eventually they all got on a plane and spent about 5 1/2 hours to get to Vancouver where Petcretary's brother lives.

After dumping all the luggage at their hotel room, they got in a rented car and drove to his house...and had fun with the little great nephew, and enjoyed a pizza supper.

The next day was the 40th wedding anniversary of Bother and Sister in law. (Which is why we all went there...) Petcretary and her sister went to Stanley Park in the morning enjoying walking around the seawall, and the lovely sunny warm weather. After walking around there, we got back in the car ands drove around the whole park a of couple times. So much to see there...and it was BUSY! Likely because it was a holiday weekend and the weather was excellent.

Then it was back to the hotel to get all dressed up...and then on to the fancy restaurant for a celebratory meal. There were 14 of us there...all of brother's girls with their spouses and partners as well as some of sister in law's family including her Mom. Little great nephew was having a great time with all those people giving him love and attention! We ate all kinds of delicious courses, and there were oodles of leftovers...they did get into doggy bags, (Actually big boxes...) but they did not come home with petcretary, LOL! It really was a fun visit!

The next day petcretary and her sister drove back to the airport, and gave back the rental car...and then went through more hoops and loops to get past the security. Such a drag, but these days we all need to be kept safe. It was also Thanksgiving Day in Canada, but they did not serve a turkey dinner, LOL! So...that means we will have to wait until it is time for that feast to be held here at OUR house! (Or maybe one of the unfurbro's homes...)

The plane ride back to Toronto was uneventful, but when we got out of the airport, it was dark and very warm. Way too warm for almost mid October. So back to petcretary's sister's house...from where the next day petcretary chugged all her stuff into her car and drove the 300+ miles back home. At the border is was 87F!! At least there was a good breeze to help keep her cool.

We were so glad to see her back...we jumped and woofed and arrooed!! Over and over again!

The next day after it rained a lot overnight with a few loud thunderstorms, it was much more seasonal weather. And the trees have been painted by the fall paintbrushes. And frost is also expected very soon. That will bring the leaves to their color peak.

So now here are some pictures taken...(No  pictures of the attendees...no permission ~ Petcretary forgot to ask...)

Leaving Toronto...the spots are from the dirty window, LOL!

Approaching Vancouver Airport. That's the shadow of our plane!

A solitary heron...he stood there for ages. almost like a living statue! Stanley Park. walking along the seawall.

A lovely image from Stanley Park on Octobert 11th.

Ambling along, while I took a picture...of my sister!

Interesting driftwood here.

I am standing inside this huge hollow tree!

There is quite a story attached to this image...after the nice lady took a picture of petcretary, she said, now I will take a picture of you and your father...so she put her own phone in her pocket, and took the other lady's...then she backed up to get them in the viewfinder...and backed right into that big rock in the foreground, sat down very hard on it, and continued to reel backwards, falling right off of it in a kind of summersault, landing flat on her back and hitting the back of her head on the gravel ground. OUCH! But she got up again, dusted herself off and felt very silly...and still managed to take the couple's picture. She has a good bruise on her scalp, but is fine, thankfully!

The Lion's Gate Bridge, a beautiful landmark that 'attaches' Stanley park to North Vancouver, on the other side of English Bay, at the channel called the First Narrows. We went over that bridge many times in the two days we were there! The next image was taken from inside the car, while driving across the Lion's Gate Bridge. Blogger is wonky and would not allow me to put a caption on it directly...

Flags just outside of the driveway to our hotel.

The celebratory cake! Very fancy and delicious. Made by a friend of my brother's family.

This is the plane we flew back to Ontario on. They are getting it ready for us to get in and take off.

A beautiful web in my brother's front garden!

A clamshell (?) doing it's best for a selfie!

We met this kitty taking a shoulder ride with her Mom, walking along Stanley Park's seawall.

An Old English Sheepdog that we also met near where we saw the kitty.

He tried his best to sit still for a selfie.

We encountered this huge Chinese Praying Mantis when we arrived back at my sister's house after returning to Toronto. YIKES!

This dapper dude keeps watch over all the comings and goings at the duty free shop at the border. There wasn't anyone around to ask for help in taking a picture with him, or the following big dude.

Mr Moose was guarding the other side of the doors that the gentleman was at.

We hope to be back to 'normal' next week! Um...what is normal?

Thanks Kitties Blue for being our hosts!

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving

We wish all our Canadian friends a very Happy Thanksgiving, and may all your travels be safe as well.

Petcretary is visiting her relatives today, and celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving as well. She went alone, Pawppy and unfurbro the elder are staying with us pups....oh well, we hope to get yummy treats too, later!

So we will show you some flashback images.

MrJackFreckles (MJF)

Minko

Pipo

Dalton & Benji

We think seeing our Angels and our younger selves is quite awe-worthy so we are joining the Aww Mondays Blog Hop

Garden 'Selfies'

We were going to look at some things from our garden, and yard, past and present. We thought there were no new selfies of ourselves this week...petcretary was otherwise occupied...but then...well, she just had to get out her phone camera at the last minute...because:

Um...sorry petcretary...I was doing my pest control work...

Wow,  Benji, you sure made some big, deep holes!  Shush, Dalton, I see a squirrel up there. That/s way more fun that digging out moles.

Look, petcretary, I don't have any dirt on me...no evidence equals not guilty!

Yes, I, know...all this dirt on my face and schnooter means I am he who dug all these holes. (There were at lesast 5 of them, all nearby this one.)

Out came the pepper bottle, she used up all kinds of it, in and around those holes...so in my normal way of doing things, eventually, I, Benji will start new projects somewhere else, BOL!

So there you are, we had selfies afterall. Maybe we will save the garden pictures till when the weather turns cold and snowy to help us feel warmer then.

We can't link to the hop just yet, but we will add it in later this week. Or maybe The Kitties Blue might be able to help,us out...This link goes to the home page. Thanks for hosting!

Reggie ~ His Guest Selfies

 We have a sweet guest to show off today.

His name is Reggie and he often 'visits' the salon where petcretary gets her hair cuts. He  was there this past week, and petcretary cheated on us...oh well, maybe that is why there was so much chaos at her workplace the past two times she was there, BOL! 

(Her building was sold by the original company to a new one, and now everything is in flux and chaos mode...eventually sooner than later she hopes, it will improve and all the tech stuff they need to do their work well, will improve. Right now the only thing working well was the time clock for punching in and out, LOL!)

This past Friday was oldest brofur's  birthday, but we couldn't have a proper get together for him, because younger brofur is out of town...so sometime in the next few days we will share a yummy meal somewhere in a restaurant of his choosing...better be good! Maybe just maybe we will get a doggy bag?? We can hope and dream, right?!

Here is Reggie:

This cute visage of Reggie makes petcretary sure there are dachshund genes in Dalton, too.

We couldn't let Reggie own this post, so here we are too, BOL!

Dalton: I am tattling on Benji now...Petcretary was cleaning up a bit in the yard, and Benji  came running out of the woodsy part of our yard with something hanging out of his jaws...he looked a bit proud of his prey, but petcretary made him drop it...it was a young red squirrel...poor thing. Petcretary gave it a funeral...and found two huge digging places under one of the yet to be burned wood piles...so the little beastie had likely gone in there to hide, but the stubborn terrierist known as Benji dug it out. He is relentless...much to petcretary's chagrin. I won't tell if I was helping him or not....teehee! We will spare you the picture evidence...

On a side note, petcretary won this fun shirt from the gifting topia. She won it in a contest that Ms Ann from Zoolatry had. She thinks it is great, and it fits well, and it is in one of her favorite colors. Hopefully she'll get a lot of use out of it. Thanks for having that fun contest, Ms Ann!

Check out the Gifting Topia store here, to support the Cat Blogosphere.

We are joining up with all the Sunday Selfies at The Cat On My Head. Thanks for hosting, ZKitties Blue!

Dalton"s Gotcha Day Selfies

Today is Dalton's Gotcha Day! He came to live with us in 2017, so he's been here nine years now! Sadly we did not know him until he was an adult woofie, which may contribute to the fact that whatever baggage of his former life he still has not completely unloaded...maybe he lost the key...

Anyways he is full of beans, spit and vinegar...silly at times, ready to give a kiss, or to beg a scritch, or to bark at whatever he thinks needs a warning. Unfortunately, he still is fearful of his pawppy, when he is not sitting down...walking down the sidewalk stirs up awful memories in him, and he even raises his hackles at times....or gives a nip to his ankles. Whereas when his pawppy is sitting in a chair, he runs up and almost demands scritches! Pawppy feeds him his food and treats...who knows what goes on in his wee doggy mind. At least he has a good forever home with us, since being gotted.

And we love him, he with the huge ears, the almost constant wagging of that wee stump of a tail, and the permanent formal tuxedo that he wears! He loves his way bigger than him little brother, Benji, and they play well together, wrassling, chasing or doing zoomies in the yard...and to the annoyance of petcretary, digging big holes as they try to catch varmints in the yard, especially moles...sheesh, they damage more with their digging than the moles make with their trails and breathing holes...BOL!

Anyways, Petcretary made this card for him, celebrating his Gotcha Day, the first day of the rest of his life! And also celebrating the fall season!

This is the wee pup that Petcretary saw one day in 2017, as she went into the pet shop to get  something for MJF who was still with us back then.

Getting a scritch and a giving a paw in thanks.

I love you, Benji! Here  is a kiss! Thanks for coming to live here, too, my very own little brother! (Even if you are almost twice my size, BOL!)

We are hopping in the Sunday Selfies Bloghop, hosted by The Kitties Blue, at The Cat On My Head.