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3.22.13 Follow Up Friday: Cakes and Closed Doors

What a week it has been.  The animals, and humans, gave me the best birthday ever.  We ate a lot.  Played a lot.  And cuddled much.  That was perfect.  Thank you all for the sweet birthday wishes.  That was so nice.

winter walk 1I am glad to say that I am back to walking my mile with the dogs, even though it hurts.  I am trying to accept that maybe, from now on, my knees are just going to be a constant reminder that I am alive.  As long as the pain can stay on the nagging side and not the screaming side, I guess I will have to learn to deal.  At least no surgery! Louise and Sofie are so happy to be back on the road with me.  And we even are walking with Mojo rising occasionally (Louise’s boyfriend from next door).  

Peanut left last Sunday to go back to school, so of course, Nine ended up locked in her room one night this week mysteriously.  I swear that cats can teleport through closed doors, but it seems they can only go one way; they do not seem to be able to teleport out.  He was around for dinner and snack, but V found him in the morning frantic.  We did not hear a peep all night though.  I do wonder what he destroyed in there (sorry Peanut, I will go check).  

Many blog friends were worried that Noel would hurt Sofie with her menacing glare.  Let me assure you everything is all right.  We have never had a cat to dog fight in this house.  Only cat to cat.  Noel could do some damage if she were to get angry, so I never want to cross her.  

2013-03-17_13-32-09_8Weather has been crazy but we are going down to the water more and more.  The Osprey have returned and their nest is up and ready for the family.  Amazing.  I just read an article that the Bald Eagle population of Maryland has grown tremendously in the area.  I haven’t seen any by me yet sadly, and I am wondering if maybe the Osprey keep them away.  They sure don’t keep the Turkey Vultures away (wish they did).  

Baby Girl croppedBaby Stella has fallen in love with K8 and won’t leave her alone.  She is in her room all the time now.  I think she needs to be separate from her brother Nine, to have any chance at a voice. She did a great job of playing tag on Thursday with Little Binky of AngelWhisper.  

That’s it for the week. Thanks for playing along with us.

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Follow Up Friday is part of the blog hop hosted by Heart Like A Dog.  Check out the other blog hoppers:

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Posted by on March 22, 2013 in Cats, Dogs

 

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3.21.13 Thankful Thursday: Playing Tag With Little Binky And You

First, we must say thank you Mother Nature for the spring equinox today.  Love Spring Love Love Love Love.

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And we are thankful this week for AngelWhisper2011. Little Binky and Granny are playing tag with us.  (The dogs especially like to play tag when they can chase cats, so they say a special thanks.)  Binky and Granny have a very special relationship, as Granny has a gift for healing animals and has a special animal that whispers to her from the great meadow in the sky. His name was Angel, when he prowled the earth.  Little Binky is some cool looking cat!  

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Thank you for playing tag with us.  Our youngest zooling, Baby Stella, will be answering for us today.

Here are the Tag Game rules:

1. Post these rules – Done.

2. Post a photo of yourself and eleven random facts about you – Done below

3. Answer the questions given to you in the tagger’s post.- Done below

4. Create eleven new questions and tag new people to answer them.- Done below

5. Go to their blog/twitter and let them know they have been tagged – going, going, tag you are it!!!

Here are 11 random facts about Baby Stella: stella

  1. I sleep in the jungle of plants in Mommy’s bathroom.
  2. I like to eat by myself in the kitten room.  I tried eating in the kitchen with all the other animals, but decided I like to dine alone.  
  3. My favorite spot during the day is looking out the laundry room window.  
  4. When I can sneak into K8’s room, I like to hide on her bed.
  5. Many days you will find me hiding under Mommy’s bed. It is dark and quiet.  
  6. That blond dog, Sofie, chases me even though Mommy tells her not to.  
  7. My brother Nine steals all the toys and hogs everything, all the time.  
  8. I talk to Mommy at dinner time and tell her where I want to eat.  
  9. Mommy thinks I was born in September 2011.  That would make me 1 1/2 years old.   
  10. I eat plants.
  11. I love my family, even though I am shy most of the time.  It is hard being the youngest.     
Stella last night at bed time w/ K8. (photo by K8)

Stella last night at bed time w/ K8. (photo by K8)

Here are Little Binky’s 11 questions for Stella:

1. What do you prefer, water or milk? – There is no milk in this house, Mommy is dairy free. We drink water only.

2. Do you like rain or snow? – I have only seen it through the window, but I think I would prefer snow.

3. Do you believe in Furry-land? – Are you telling me there isn’t a Furry-land? “MOMMY!!!!! Say it ain’t true.”

4. Do you believe in Angels? –   Of course we do. We have several old souls in the house but not any angels at this time.  Mom says the angels only come if we need special help, but the spirit of our past loves are with us all the time.

5. What do you do if you find a lot of money?  I am not sure what money is, but I would give it to Noel, since she is head cat.

6. When are you the most active and when you are the most laziest inactive?  I am pretty quiet most of the time, but I like to play in the late afternoon and right before Mom goes to bed.

7. What do you do if you had to take care of your own dinner? I am sure that Noel and Nine would help me and together we would catch lots of field mice and maybe even a snake. The dogs tend to eat everything pretty quickly so I think we would have to hide from them.

8. Where would you fly to if you had wings? Not far since I am a home buddy.  I don’t even go up on top of the cabinets like Nine does.  I do like jungles, as I sleep hidden in all the plants in Mom’s bathroom at night.

9. How do you show your affection?  I am a very private cat.  I show affection when Mommy is captive in the bathroom or if there is a snack on the bed.  I like to push my little big human, K8, around by poking her in the face when she is sleeping.  Mom is trying to teach me to be held, but I don’t like human touch very much.

10. What color is your favorite?  Brown (I am a beautiful brown, don’t you think?)

11. What smell is your favorite? FISH

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We love our blog friends so much and we are having trouble deciding who to pick for the game of tag (and it is stressing us out)  sooooooo  TAG YOU ARE ALL IT!!!!:  Please answer the following questions to play:

1. What is your favorite hiding place?

2. If you could talk to your human for 5 minutes in their language, what would you say?

3.  What is your most favorite food?

4. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be?

5. Do you have a hero?

6.  Do you have a bed time?

7.  What makes you laugh?

8.  What do you do that makes others laugh?

9.  Does anything scare you?

10.  Do you know how to dance?

11.  If you could be any pet blogger, who would it be?

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This is part of the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop from PepiSmartDog.com

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Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on March 21, 2013 in Cats, Dogs

 

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Thursday’s Extraordinary Bambi

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Posted by on March 21, 2013 in Animals

 

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3.20.13 Wordless Wednesday: Disdain

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If looks could kill, I think sleeping Sofie would be dead.

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This is a Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop. Thanks to BlogPaws for the hop. Head over there and see what they are blogging about.

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Posted by on March 20, 2013 in Cats, Dogs

 

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Wednesday’s Whiteness

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Posted by on March 20, 2013 in Dogs

 

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3.19.13 What Sofie Hears

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Last night the dogs and I went to bed around 10:00PM (22:00).  They went into their kennels, as usual on the other side of my bedroom, and I went to sleep.  I nodded off around 11:11, because I remember seeing the digital display on the TV.  The next thing I knew it was 11:26 and Sofie is whining and barking her head off.  I opened the kennels and let them both out in the back yard, at which point I heard the screeching of either a fox or a raccoon.  Sofie’s hearing is amazing.  I didn’t hear anything until I opened the door, but she was woken by the sound through the exterior wall, through the cover on the kennel.  When I got them back in and thanked them for making sure our home was safe, we all went back to bed.  Then about 4:30 AM she started the whine again, “Let me out and let me at it!”  This time, I ignored her and finally she quieted. (This is one of the reasons not to have your animals sleep in your bedroom, but I digress.)  I don’t want to discourage either of my dogs  from doing their job of protecting the house and family from intruders, but Sofie can hear a fox two towns away (OK, I am exaggerating, but only a little).  Her hearing sensitivity is much more acute than Louise or any other dog I have ever had.   At least I am assuming it is hearing and not smell.  Do I try to train her out of making any noise when she is in her kennel?  She only fusses when she either has to go to the bathroom or there is something like this going on outside the house.  She is a hyper-sound sensitive dog and I am trying to figure out how to instruct her when it is OK to bark and when it isn’t.  Or is this a losing battle?  

I definitely am losing the whine battle.  Check out an older post “Would You Like Some Cheese With That Whine” .   

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Posted by on March 19, 2013 in Dogs

 

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Tuesday’s Arctic Animals

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Arctic animals are in danger. Because they live in such remote places, we don’t think that their extinction will have any affect on us. Mankind has to realize we are in this together. We are one. Act now. Support WWF.

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Posted by on March 19, 2013 in Animals

 

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3.18.13 Monday Mischief: Only One So Far

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The dogs and I like to walk on the floating pier and I tell them to “go fishing,” and they run and sniff all the interesting smells around the boats.  But there isn’t much to sniff right now.  Only one boat appears to be brave enough to be in the water (it is still pretty cold – they are calling for flurries tonight).  Boats around here are mostly wrapped in fancy white stuff and on trailers in people’s yards during the winter.   But, they will start coming back to the pier pretty soon since the daffodils and crocus are blooming.  

The pier is on ‘Breezy Point,’ at the end of my peninsula, and, yes, it is very breezy. The girls are running into the wind, which they love.  Talk about mischief!  When the wind blows Louise can get into a lot of trouble following the scents on the wind.  I love the smell of spring in the air, even if it is below freezing. 

Do you get into more mischief in the wind? 

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This is a blog hop. I hopped it from Snoopy’s DogBlog. Check them out for more mischief.

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Posted by on March 18, 2013 in Dogs

 

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Monday’s Mandarin

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Mandarinfish (by PacificKlaus)

 
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Posted by on March 18, 2013 in Animals

 

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Sunday’s Funny

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Posted by on March 17, 2013 in Dogs

 

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