Sofie & her faux family
We live in a multi-religious household, so we get to celebrate festivals all season long (goody!). Today is the start of the Festival of Lights, called Hanukkah (you may see it spelled many different ways because it is not English). The word Hanukkah means ‘dedication.’ The name reminds us that this holiday commemorates the re-dedication of the holy Temple in Jerusalem after the Jewish victory over the Syrian-Greeks in 165 B.C.E. The temple was defiled and the sacred fire, that was supposed to burn all the time, was out. There was only one day of sacred oil left and people were really upset because it would take 8 days to sanctify new oil. Miraculously, the one day oil supply lasted a full 8 days until the temple was able to be properly rededicated. Cool huh! (Note that the holiday commemorates the miracle of the oil, not the military victory: the Jewish people do not glorify war.) And that is why the celebration of Hanukkah is for 8 days and people eat fried things.
There are 4 special things we do here at the zoo for this celebration: we light candles for 8 nights (away from all the kitties because we really worry about fire and tails), we play a really fun game called Dreidel (it’s a top with Hebrew letters on it and Mommy gives us doggie and kitty treats she calls, ‘Gelt’ when we win), we eat fried stuff (especially potato pancakes called, ‘Latke,’ which we wait all year for because she only makes them once), and ‘Hanny,’ the Hanukkah Fairy, brings special little gifts for us every night (we think this is because a lot of other animals we know get Xmas presents later this month and she does not want us to feel left out).
“Nes Gadol Haya Sham: A Great Miracle Happened There” is what we say. And that is true in our house. Every day we find miracles in our life. We hope you do too.
Interested in more Hanukkah stories – check out the Hanukkah Blog Crawl.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
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“You won’t mind if we try a little excavating under this railroad tie, Mom, would you?”
“There appears to be some weird creature under the grass and we really want to help it escape from underground.”
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
This is my first blog hop. I hopped it from 2 Brown Dawgs Blog. Check them out for more mischief.
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Pickles the Puppy
Meet Pickles. She is my friends Mastiff/boxer. The sweetest giant headed thing you will ever meet. I thought she would grow into that head, but it just kept getting bigger, along with the rest of her. She is about 90 lbs now and solid muscle. I was playing tug with her the other day (big mistake on my part), and she almost dragged me across the room. They are thinking of getting another one and naming him or her, “Relish.” You just have to love it!
Pickles Today
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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I thought I would share some pictures on what I am calling “Furry Foto Friday.” What is your cutest foto of your furry friends? Is your camera 98% animal pictures? Do you keep fuzzy ones too, just because you like what they were doing?
Squash E Bear
Fall 2007
DagDaz Zoo
Fall 2012
Never eat anything bigger than your head, Sofie!
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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All year long I have seen blogs hopping. I have identified 4 days of the week for pet hops:
- Monday Mischief
- Wordless Wednesday
- This ‘N That Thursday
- Black & White Sunday
I am trying to figure out what a Blog Hop really is. From what I can tell it is a list of blog posts with a related theme all tied to each other. One blog acts as the host of the list of links, called a Linky, on their page. There sometimes are rules that must be followed on that page too. (Am I getting this right?) You add your info to the Linky and then repost the Linky on your blog to promote the hop. I think I like this idea. Do I have to go back to the first blog in the hop, or will any hopper blog do? Not totally sure yet, but I think I may try to be a bunny and hop on some of those days in my new year (remember yesterday was our first blogevarsary).
Sofie & Louise with a green carrot:
They are not bunnies but they do hop.
Do you know of any hops for Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday?
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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All the kids have gone back to school. The pawty is over. Now all that is left is the warm feeling of us all together, even if just for a moment. I really enjoyed my birthday. Mom made some pumpkin treats that were extra special nice. I got a new bandana and some toys. But I don’t want the world to go back to normal yet. I like basking in the afterglow of all the fun.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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Today is my birthday! Happy birthday to me! We’re gonna have a pawty pawty, We gonna have a pawty. Come over and play in the virtual dog park. Hope your day is as fun as mine. – Sofie Bear, the big 2 year old girl.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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