We Went Batty On Boxing Day

 Boxing Day was quiet around here, until it was late at night...suddenly us pups were acting weird, almost spooked! Then petcretary saw something fly by...wait, what???!!! OMD!! A UFO??? Nope, it was a BAT! YIKES! How a bat got in here is anyone's guess. So petcretary got a big bath towel, and convinced the bat to get into the stairs area and up it went, so she cornered it on the landing, and got the towel around it and took it outside...and us pups were trying to get at the chattering blue 'parcel' *she* was carrying...we went outside too, to see if we could have at it there, but it flew away in a hurry. The weather was in the 40's so the bats may be confused about what time of the year it is. Not sure. We have lots of bats flying around our property in the summertime, but to have one inside is not usual at all! So after peace was restored in our den...and petcretary was back at her desk...we went to our doggy beds, but not for long...because...believe it or not, their was another bat in here!!!

Good Grief!!

This time *she* had he presence of mind to get her phone camera out...before doing the towel capture and release procedure all over again! Thankfully after that we have not seen any others! Phew! And 
*she* hopes to not ever have to trap a bat inside here again!

These little critters make a chittering sound when they were caught in the towel...they must have been angry at petcretary or very scared. At least she didn't see any bat droppings...but while she was wielding her towel she tripped over her own feet, and knocked down one of our Christmas trees which stands on a side table, but at least it didn't break, nor did *she* hurt herself. Too bad we didn't have our own cameras to take pictures of *that* pandemonium!! BOL!

We actually like the bats. (outside, mind you!), because they pollinate plants, and they get rid of a lot of insect pests, esp mosquitoes!

For our Christmas gifts we got treat puzzles. To help exercise our minds, presumably! so now we have to 'hunt' for our treats...we are still in the learning process of how to open all the little doors or slide them to unlock the treats.

This is the tree that got knocked over...and *not* by the bat!

This bat when the wings are folded is very small, only a wee bit bigger than a mouse, but when the wings are in use, the span is amazingly large!

Poor bat was panicking and seemed disoriented.

Wonder what Jeremiah thought of this bat, BOL!

What a disturbance of my naptime!

Well, it was funny to see petcretary trying to catch that bat, but I guess it would be best to not have to do it again, ever!

We are in the Sunday Selfies Blog Hop, Hosted as always by our kitty friends at The Cat On My Head

It's Benji's Gotcha Day!

 Woofs to all!!

Way back in 2018, I was in a local shelter in Michigan, after having traveled all the way there from Texas! Imagine that! I was about 6 months old when that happened...but I don't know much else, except that a lady came to see me and later she brought a big man to see me too...and soon a little doggy came too, he and I played together. Then some papers were filled out, and the lady put some other greenish papers on top of them and then my leash got handed to this lady and the man...and I got into a big van, along with the smaller doggy...who I was told was going to be my big brother, even though I was bigger than him, BOL!! We drove for what seemed like a LONG time, and then I was let out of that van, and went into a big house...where there were two other menfolk and a CAT! Yikes!! Well, I sniffed everything I could reach, and went outside in their huge yard...everyone told me that I was here in this new environment to STAY, forever...well at least for the rest of all my days!

And here I am all these years later...my little big brother loves me and we have lots of fun together, well, most of the time...sometimes we decide to have a tiff, but mostly they don't last long and we're good buddies again,. BOL!

That kitty scared me, he didn't like me at all...(Pipo), but the lady who is my petcretary now, told me to be nice to him since he was an old dude and was sick a lot...even though he would whap me if I strayed too close to where he was, even if I didn't even pay him any attention...sheesh! Oh well, sometimes if I was resting he would come up to me and carefully sniff me...sadly he passed away when I had been in my new home for less than 2 years...I sort of miss him...and I know petcretary does, too.

Anyways that's my Gotcha Day tale...and it made for a great almost Christmas present for me, and a very Happy New Year that year, and I get to commemorate that every year again!

So here's to me on my Gotcha Day!! And I hope for a lot more of them, too!

Me in my Gotcha Day party hat!

My first selfie; taken on pawppy's lap.

I'm really here to stay forever??

I wasn't too sure at first about snuggles with another pup...but we do that a lot now!

Petcretary says I look like a puppy in this picture, even though I am 6 1/2 years old, BOL!! And starting to get a grizzled muzzle...sheesh, already??

Happy Gotcha Day, Benji!

Because we made a card for Benji's Gotcha Day, we are joining the Caturday Art Blog-hop.

Angels Are Supposed To Be For Christmas...

 A few days ago, I was saddened to read about some new Angels, in Blogville. Sadly not Christmas Angels, but a kitty and two pups.

And also, I just read about Mariette from Mariette's Back To Basics, who passed away, leaving behind her three senior kitties, not to mention her many friends and relatives. She indicated in her last post that she was quite ill, and not coping well at all with her many health issues, and she said her personal goodbyes there. Still it's a shock. A very sad one. May she be joyful in heaven and reunited with her beloved Pieter.

Here is a link to her Obituary.  I cannot bring myself to make a memorial image in her honor...but I and so many others will miss here most terribly.

And more sadness at this special time of the year...the loss of beloved pets.

In no particular order...

Carly from The Blessing of Animal Companions

Jimi from Hands On Bowie and Jimi

Princess Leah   She doesn't have an active blog, but is on Instagram

.Please visit these blogging friends if you haven't already, and add your words of comfort. It will be appreciated.

Since these images are a type of flashback/memory, we are joining the blog-hop called Flashback Friday...

Christmas!

 We wish all of our blogging family a very happy and blessed Christmas!

Petcretary is working, so she'll dress up to cheer up all her little old ladies and gentlemen.⛄️🎄

Pawppy will be at home to keep us company...and we'll keep alert to make sure our little Christmas trees and their lights stay on to welcome petcretay back, when it's almost midnight!

We'll get our pressies on Dec 26, unless those two elfs on our shelves divulge their secrets about the things they've seen...

We just now realized that petcretary didn't put up our Christmas Header, so thoughtfully made by Miss Ann of Zoolatry...Oopsie! Didn't get our background changed either.,..we hope this kind of forgetfulness is a one off...

Anyways we finally got the pics from our visit to the second Santa...so here they are:

Here's our card once again, in case you missed it earlier...

While we do have a lot of words...our pics are wordless!

Our Christmas Card for YOU!🎄

 Oh, Wow, its SO close to Christmas!!

Us pups got dressed up again yesterday and went to another place...and would you believe, there was another Santa there!! And petcretary saw Santa at her work this past week too. Now wait...isn't he supposed to be up at the North Pole until Christmas Eve, when he collects those reindeer together and hooks them up to his sled...and only then. And anyways why do we know about three different Santas? Something isn't quite right...will the REAL Santa please step up and explain??

Anyways, the rescue group (ROAR), where Dalton came from, had Santa there to take pictures with. But Petcretary didn't yet get the digital copy of them...so she only has prints. And no way to show you those here, right now...hopefully she'll get the digitized version very soon.

We did make some other pics today, and we can show you Santa #1 from last week...

I feel better now that I am on the other side of the place where we have to wait in line...cause that big mean doggo snarked and snarled so loud at me and Benji that I got upset and woofed my cookies all over the floor...sheesh, it wasn't my fault at all!

I'm bored waiting in line...but at least it wasn't me who did the snarl, it was that other huge dog, and he was so rude he made Dalton get all upset...

Yikes, and WHO are you???

Well, OK, you do seem to a friendly dude...you in that red suit!

Happiest when I know we're on our way home!

I sure am glad that's over...BOL!

Petcretary and a co-worker having fun at work! The other lady was being Max, from The Grinch...LOL!

And what you've been waiting for...our card! You may have gotten it in an email message already, if not...check your spam folder cause *she* forgot to add a subject line, and so it says No Subject...and some spam filters might reject that. Anyways if you didn't already receive it, feel  free to snag it from here!

On this last Sunday before Christmas, we are joining up with the Kitties Blue, at The Cat On My Head, for The Sunday Selfies Blog Hop! Join in and have fun!!

🌈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.