Audrey Hepburn with Mr Famous during the filming of The Nun’s Story, 1958.
Monthly Archives: June 2012
6.20.12 Wow-Some New Awards For Us!
This beautiful “Very Inspring Blogger” Award was given to us by our new blogfriends at I Adopted A Dog – Now What? Taylor is a 1 year-old black Scottish terrier/dachshund mix with the cutest little black eyes and nose. She came to heal her new Mommy, Jessica, after the sudden death of their previous little dog, Hopper. It looks like Jessica is doing a great job from the pictures and stories she tells. Don’t worry Jessica, just listen to Taylor and she will tell you what to do.
And thank you to 
Dear Kitty. Some Blog. for sharing “The Versatile Blogger Award.” Though this is a reprise of a previously won award, like chocolate, one can never have to much! Thank you so much for thinking of us Dear Kitty. Here are ten random facts about us:
- Mommy is typing this from Istanbul, Turkey
- Mommy should be sleeping because it is the middle of the night there and she has to teach in the morning
- Mommy has had to much Turkish coffee.
- Mommy travels a lot but does not get to spend much time enjoying the wonderful sites of the cities she goes to, but she always tries to take one day.
- Mommy says there are a lot of dogs and cats on the street of Istanbul. They seem well feed even though they seem loose.
- Mommy loves meeting people from all over the world and working internationally, even when it means she has to leave us for many days.
- We do not like when Mommy is away but we get lots of treats and to go to Doggie Daycare a lot.
- Mommy is thankful and a little surprised with all the people that are reading DogDaz. She said it is because we are so very cute and photogenic.
- We are not surprised because she tries to be the best zoo keeper blogger she can be. We love our human and she loves us. We know she misses us. A lot.
- Mommy hates writing in third person, but sometimes it just works. LOL
Because we are dogs and Mommy is away, she told us to thank you, but paying forward will have to wait until she is back in the USA.
Just another DogDaz 
morning at the zoo ❤
6.19.12 Shoes and Slippers Revisited
From 11.30.11 Shoes and Slippers
(This was one of Mommy’s first blog posts. Wow she used to ramble.)
C doesn’t feel well and wants to stay home from school. She caught the cold from V, who was in bed all day yesterday, who caught it from K8 when she was home from college over the T-day holiday. But Grammie thinks they caught it all from her. How is it that even though I stay in bed and pretend to still be sleeping, the cats, who are right there so they know I am faking, and the dogs, who are across the room in their blanketed kennels, all know that I am awake and start to whine? Don’t you crazies know that humans are suppose to get more sleep? You sleep whenever you want. Cats, I read, sleep 18 hours a day. Me, I have a specific time when I can get a few zzzzs. Oh well, up and at it. Don’t think you are getting feed until at least 6:30 (or you will want dinner to early). Do they feel your energy subconsciously when you are trying to fake sleep? Does it hang in the air? Maybe I am moving my feet and they hear the rubbing of the sheets? I haven’t been able to sleep more than 2 hrs at a clip in about 20 years. I just figure that is my normal. The animals on the other hand see it as an opportunity to get in some late night snacks and conversation. Just another regular DogDaz morning. ❤
Lean on me
Why do dogs like shoes and slippers so much? Is it because they smell like us?
6.18.12 It’s for the birds! Revisited
From 2.28.12 It’s for the birds!
Look close in the hole of the nesting box.
Yesterday’s post about the Big Tree made me start to think about spring, which appears to be about a month early here in the Mid-Atlantic. I am happy because walking the dogs is easier, and all my feathered friends start to come back in the yard in full color. We sit for hours watching them come to the feeders and the watering spots. I am amazed that, except when the dogs first come racing out of the house to catch squirrels, the birds just stay where they are and do not mind them. We have some wonderful creatures that bless us every day, We get humming birds, and humming bees, butterflies, moths, and skippers.
Can’t wait until the real spring comes. Thanks to K8 once again for the great pics from last year. Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
6.17.12 Bassa’s “You Make Me Shine” Award
Thank you so much to our favorite Caucasian Shepard Dog friend, Bassa and her Tall Person from Tbilisi, Georgia. We are honored to receive the “You Make Me Shine” award from Bassa’s Blog.
Mommy is still away in Turkey, but she told us that we should thank Bassa and make sure she knows we are very impressed that she has made it to 52 days of blogging. Happy Blog-iversay or Blogday (not sure what to call it). We really enjoy the antics of Bassa and her Tall Person as they show us around their neighborhood. They have a very unique perspective on everyday things like trees (with turtles hidden in the bark) to telephone poles (that look like elephant trunks). Tbilisi sure seems so much more interesting then where we live. Maybe when Mommy comes home she can take us to visit you.
– Lulu Belle & Sofie Bear for Mommy
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
6.16.12 Leaving On A Jet Plane
Mommy is on her way to Istanbul, Turkey today for work and won’t be back for a whole week. She is not taking us and we are very sad that she will be gone but she said 13 hours on an airplane is no place for dogs. (What’s an airplane?) She told us to behavior ourselves and look after the humans, the cats, the blog, and each other. We are not happy about having all this work to do while she is gone and have decided that we will post some of her more interesting blogs instead of trying to paw new ones. We think Mommy travels to much and should just stay home with us. We miss her already. Maybe she will bring us some exotic bones from wherever she is. I wonder if they have dogs in Turkey and what they look like.
“Take pictures Mommy so we can see Turkish pets. We are going to sleep in your office and not move until you return.” Love, your adorable sweet doggies – Lulu Belle and Sofie Bear
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
DogDaz Zoo 