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Puppie’s got a head scarf on

March 10, 2008 by Tricia

A few days ago I posted about having fun with dressing up our puppy. Well I didn’t really dress her up … I just put the bandanna that we’d been given by the Petsmart groomers on her in a different way.

I made it into a scarf …

I didn’t post photos the other day when I mentioned what I’d been up to with our little Lab. The photos were still on the camera, but I finally got around to uploading them onto the computer so now you can see how silly our dog looked.

We have a lot of elderly neighbors – mostly Macedonian and Greek and they tend to wear head scarves when they are out and about. Midnight really looked like one of my neighbors that day. We’d just put ointment in her eyes – she might have an eye infection (she’s been treated with medicated ointment several times since we got her) or maybe allergies – and the ointment made her eyes look a bit watery in the photos.

So what do you think? Does she look like a pitiful little dog with the scarf around her head or what?

Watching movies while I wait for new episodes of favorite TV shows

March 10, 2008 by Tricia

We’ve had the movie channels as part of our cable package for years, but I must say that we don’t really use it often. We watch more of the regular top cable shows and documentaries or special shows on the specialty channels than we do movies.

However, having said that, with the writers strike going on for three months and new episodes of our favorite shows delayed until sometime in April we’ve been watching more movies on the movie channels this year.

I can’t remember which movie were were watching last week, but half way through the movie we started seeing subtitling in Spanish. It was really strange! I guess someone messed up at the station and put a DVD on with subtitles or something.

Have you been missing new episodes of your favorite shows too? What have you been watching instead – or have you found something else to do during what used to be your TV time?

Lovely Nova Zembla Rhododendron

March 9, 2008 by Tricia

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Rhododendrons are one of the plants that I think of when I think of spring. The photo above is a picture of my one and only Rhododendron Nova Zembla. I took this photo last May when the buds were just about to bloom.

The flowers of Nova Zembla are a beautiful shade of red that contains a hint of purple. There’s a pattern on the delicate small flowers as well. This plant is just lovely when it’s branches are bursting with blooms.

I wish it’s blooming season was longer, but I’d say that I get close to a month of blooms out of my Rhododendron each season unless it becomes too hot too fast!

I’m fairly certain that my Rhodo will do well this year as it’s had a nice protective cover of snow over most of the winter.

I also have two Azalea trees. They’re still on the small side and don’t bloom anywhere near as profusely as the Rhododendron, but they too are quite lovely.

Do you grow Rhododendrons or Azaleas?

Now I’m off to Orovo to get some supplies. I need to build my muscles if I’m going to have to keep shoveling all this never ending snow!

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Satellite City!

March 7, 2008 by Tricia

Well I missed Wordless Wednesday when my migraine took me out of commission in the middle of the week so I won’t called this a WW post, but it is time for a photo.

Look at all those satellite dishes! I have no idea where this photo was taken, but they obviously don’t have cable there!

Have you ever seen so many satellite dishes in one place? Any clue as to where this might be?

Pampered Puppy

March 7, 2008 by Tricia

We have a very pampered puppy.

She has so many toys it’s not funny. I jokingly call her my yuppy. She’s even got two doggy beds. Of course the one that’s in her crate has to be removed during the day because she’s still teething and lately she’s taken to chewing on everything again – including her doggy bed!

A couple of months ago I ordered her a new doggy bed from a Canadian company called Mammoth. Our dog is a Labrador Retriever and her first doggy bed is a donut shape and it’s only about two feet long. Midnight is 6 months old now and she just fits in the original doggy bed. It will be too small soon … so, as I was saying a couple of months ago I ordered her a new bed, one that will be more than big enough even when she’s fully grown.

I think the new bed is about 40 inches around! It’s huge! Oh and it’s filled with a memory foam mattress or well maybe not a mattress but memory foam. It’s so soft! She really is pampered! I wish my bed were that comfortable!

The new bed is too big to fit in the crate. Well we could cram it in, but we probably won’t do that. Right now it’s in our living room on the floor in front of the TV and it’s filled with her toys and a real bone that she likes to gnaw on.

I think we’ve finally got enough things to keep our dog happy for a long time. Well unless she goes nuts and destroys all her toys, that is!

Do you pamper your dog or cat? Does your pet have more toys than you did when you were a kid?