“On the second night of Hanukkah, my true love gave to me, 2 mice stuffed with cream cheese.”That is Stella and Noel back before Stella lost her mind (2015) and decided she hated other cats.
I know you thought it was Mini Cooper. They look very much alike. =^..^=
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Stella and Noel are in the window with Hanukkah lights and the Christmas pickles. We run out of places to put all the holiday treats we make.
Louise is a great helper when it comes to selecting a Christmas tree. And yes, we have down sized so much the tree fits in the trunk.
Have a wonderful Sunday.
This is part of the Black and White Sunday Blog Hop. Thanks to Dachshund Nola and Sugar for hosting.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
We at DogDaz have so much to be thankful for and today is the perfect Thursday to restart our Thankful Thursday blog hop because it is American Thanksgiving Day.
1. DogDaz is thankful for safe international travel and the ability to move around the planet, especially to get home to see her furries (and her humans).
2. We are thankful for a wonderful pet sitter who knows how to take such good care of the doggies when Mommy is off on her work journeys (Thank you Sonya and pack). And to V and K8 for feeding the cats everyday at home, which Mommy usually does.
3. We are thankful for all the wonderful and caring people in our life who feed us and love us and take us to the vet when we need it.
4. We are thankful for our blog friends who come back post after post, even when Mommy is not able to read their blogs because she is in a world that blocks internet access, or she is under a rock somewhere trying to lift the weight of the world.
Wishing everyone a safe and festive holiday season. And for those that celebrate Hanukkah – may your doughnuts be full of jelly and your candles be bright.
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This is part of the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop from PepiSmartDog.com
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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 ❤
DogDaz Zoo 