Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Almost Summer


It's sure been nice around here lately.  We've been spending a lot of time in the backyard and learning not to bark at the neighbor dogs...actually, Monty has been learning that because I don't need to  More time in the backyard means more snooping around time though and guess what I found.  Remember those plastic and rubber frogs I dug out of the rocks around the pond?  Well...Mom hid them, or so she thought, in a bucket under a bench.  Not a very good idea because my nose is pretty good and I found them!  She couldn't figure out what I was playing with so came out to see...now they are really gone.  Can't find them anywhere.  I did find a clump of grass that that landscape guy put in which caught my fancy...pulled it up and was having a wonderful time tossing and chasing it...well, not exactly chasing since it didn't run away.  Was fun while it lasted.

after the trim
 
Mom is trying to make me look like Janet did when she groomed me.  It seems to be taking a few days.  She was using the clippers on my rear end and all of a sudden I heard "oops".  Now my rear cheeks don't match. Maybe she should just try a lion cut...Dad would have a fit and I'm not sure Mom could do it right so I'd probably be embarrassed. When I am up on the grooming table I can see everything going on in the street so it's rather fun.  I do watch for the little bunnies so they don't get in Mom's garden. One time a rabbit ran right across the driveway and into the flowers, I tried to go after it but was called back...because I'm so good, I came!

the bath
We've been getting Dad ready to take Tantivy to Canada where he will do the first leg of the Van Isle Race...that's sailing in case you weren't aware.   Two years ago he did the whole thing and we tracked them on the computer because the boats have some kind of gizmo on them.  Anyway Monty and I will have to take care of Mom and protect her while he's gone and I'm going to have to track her this week instead of Dad.  We went to Kelsey Creek Park today just to see how I'd do...well, don't wonder because I did great!  Dad put a sock at the start that smelled pretty good and livery so I guess they need to wash socks and use the same one for the end find.  We did a 200yd track but the cover wasn't much.  Showed them I knew what I was doing even if I did have to roll in goose stuff a couple of times...wonder what happens in a test if Mom says "Don't!" when I do that.

Not too much news lately.

                                                  Juno