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Black and White Sunday: You’re Going Where?
Sofie Bear
October 2013
I could not tell if this was her ‘ain’t I cute?’ look or ‘why are you putting your coat on and not taking me?’ look (but usually there is barking with that one.)
Enjoy your Sunday.
This is part of the Black and White Sunday Blog Hop. Thanks to My Life in Dog Years for hosting. Click here to get to know other wonderful animals and their parents and to see how you can take part in this fabulous blog hop!
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
Follow Up Friday: Noel, then Sofie, more Noel, and Leaves
Today is Follow-up Friday hosted by Jodi from Heart Like A Dog. This is where we review the week behind so that we can launch into the week ahead (or something like that).
I thought I would be gone by now, but, snafus being as they are, I have not been able to get my Chinese Visa because of a ton of different issues, and now it looks like I will be home for another 2 weeks. That gives me 2 more weeks to enjoy the fall, when it stops raining, and to be with my family and furries.
Black and White Sunday was a rerun of my favorite Noel picture. We have these silly cardboard things on the ends of heavy gage wire, that kind of look like bugs. It was just such a perfect moment. Duh?
Noel, the Christmas Cat
Monday Mischief was our last swim in our friend Amy’s pool. And, boy were we lucky we did that because the weather turned to freezing rain and won’t stop. One day summer – next day winter – around here. Sofie is doing fine after her tangle with the rose bush. The tip of her ear is a little ragged, but she will live.
Mom! Louise has all the toys and she isn’t sharing.
I was so consumed with arrangements for the China trip that I forgot to post Tuesday’ s Tails (sorry), but Wordless Wednesday was Noel again, this time hiding behind the cactus in the kitchen window. Since she is the Christmas cat (yes, we adopted her at Christmas time, and she came with the name Noel) – I decided she is a Christmas Catactus. (MOL)
Thankful Thursday brought to mind all the smells and sounds of the fall season. Even though we had torrential rain from the backend of a Hurricane named Karen. Lots of Followers commented how much they love fall too.
Sofie always sticking her nose in everything
That’s it for the week. Thanks for playing along with us. Check out the hop below and you can go play with others.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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Follow Up Friday is part of the blog hop hosted by Heart Like A Dog.
Thankful Thursday: Loving Fall
As the winds from Hurricane Karen swing back into the Mid-Atlantic, we are saying good-bye to the unusually hot Fall, and hello to more seasonable October weather (cold and wet). We have been very thankful for the added warmth that has allowed us to run around the river for a longer time and I am sure that the boating people were happy for extra days at sea. But now, with the dark mornings and the shorter days, it seems only right that the leaves actually fall to the ground, and that the earth begin her closure toward the cold months. I am a Fall person. It has always been a time of introspection, of pulling in, of preparing for the long dark time, after harvest. I love the colors, and the sound of the wind, and the cooler nights. I can’t say that I like the darker days, but they do allow for warm fires in the fireplace and soup and hot tea. Thank you, Great Spirit, for all the wonders of the universe that we are able to enjoy, every day. And, thank you for Fall.
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I’m also thankful that Louise is healing well and that Sofie is staying out of the rose bushes.
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This is part of the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop from PepiSmartDog.com
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Monday Mischief: Last Swim At Amy’s
Sofie playing Alligator
2 Labs and a Sofie tail
We went to Amy’s house and her pool was still open. Her Mom has these really cool giant elephant plants that we like to stand under to get out of the sun. We can’t believe that it is still so hot and yet the leaves are falling from the trees. Sofie got hurt playing in the rose bushes and Mom freaked out because she had little holes in the top of her head, her neck, and ripped a piece of her ear. With all the Sofie hair it is really hard to find the prickers in her skin and the blood just wicked up through the deep fur. She is fine though, but Mom said we had to get out of the pool because the water was not clean and Sofie could get it in her cuts.
Oh, Mom!!!! It’s 90 degrees out – let us swim!!!!
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Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Follow Up Friday: Manly Cats, Puppy Mischief, and a Note
Today is Follow-up Friday hosted by Jodi from Heart Like A Dog. This is where we review the week behind so that we can launch into the week ahead (or something like that).
Weeks fly by like hummingbirds. I know they have been here, but they are so fast that all I see these days is a blur.
Caturday started the week with the joker of the house, Nine, in one of his manly poses. He is always being silly and cracking us up. I really appreciate that since Noel is very serious most of the time, and Stella, she just is so quiet, you have to really go look for her to get much interaction.
Black and White Sunday, was finally a decent fall shot of Sofie Bear. I love fall pictures of the animals. The earth is colorful and they just always look like they are happy. Well, they are actually, because the air is crisp, not cold, and there are lots of things to chase and pounce on.
We carved a cat pumpkin.
I have been telling, and showing you the new puppy next door, Zelda. On Monday Mischief, I was able to catch some shots of her playing with Louise’s tail. Lulu is tolerating her very well. Sofie stays about 40 yards away. Puppies are just happiness exemplified.
There was a beautiful cat named Toby at the shelter this week. He is a senior with a wonderful disposition and needs to find a wonderful family to match. Thank you to so many people for reblogging/sharing on Facebook and Twitter. I know in my heart that helps. Thank you.
And to continue the Thanks on Thankful Thursday, I gave you an update on Louise’s condition. I am so thankful for medicine, especially when it is working. My beautiful baby is feeling much better, and I am thankful every day.
Mom, can you get me a new office chair?
And now it is Friday, How did that happen.
Fan Note: I am getting ready to go to China for a month to work. As a newly self-employed person, I take work where I can get it and this job is in Shenzhen, China (which is near Hong Kong). I am very excited because I have not been to either city before, but a month away is a really long time (I have never been gone for that long). I do not know if I will be able to do the regular daily blog hops, but I am setting the DogDaz Zoo daily posts up so that they will continue until I return.
I still do not have my brand new computer fixed yet (this has been a nightmare). Now, at day 17 of not having it work and 3 repair attempts, they are finally sending me a new one (but it is a different/lesser model – but I said yes anyway, because I just want a working computer at this point). Let’s hope it gets here before I go.
The dogs are going to Sonja the Petsitter for the month and the cats will be home with V. With all the medicine for Louise and the need for daily attention (they are used to me being home all the time), I thought it best they be around a pack of dogs (she has 4 Dalmations, a Cocker, and the Mix) and people who can interact more during the day. I am sure they will have some interesting TAILs when I return.
Squash & Me 2007
I will keep blogging at least until next Friday when I hope to leave. Sorry to miss the fall color, but hopefully, I will see it on your blogs.
That’s it for the week. Thanks for playing along with us. Check out the hop below and you can go play with others.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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Follow Up Friday is part of the blog hop hosted by Heart Like A Dog.
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