tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12518345186383843152024-03-19T06:08:53.273-04:00Kerry Blue Terriers: The Adventures of Buster, Persephone, Bailey & GracieDedicated to the proposition that all chipmunks are edible -- pass the grey poupon!Persephone and Busterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16947192726769293616noreply@blogger.comBlogger335125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251834518638384315.post-14505676861207140552013-04-14T17:17:00.000-04:002013-04-14T17:17:13.872-04:00The Joy of Spring: in which Bailey and Gracie practice their dance moves and destroy the newly-seeded lawn.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Duchess Gracie, Paragon of Propriety</div>
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Armageddon: The Performance</div>
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<br />Persephone and Busterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16947192726769293616noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251834518638384315.post-27536221027525085832013-02-09T22:51:00.000-05:002013-02-09T22:51:29.465-05:00Gracie & the Blizzard of 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Friday night I went to sleep, confident in the certainty that</b></span></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">certain things--</span></b><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>like the landscape--generally stay the same. I don't know why this makes me feel good, but I'm a dog. A creature of habit.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>Winter is not to my liking. My agent shall hear about this.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>Persephone and Busterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16947192726769293616noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251834518638384315.post-30548825450492210642012-10-04T21:49:00.000-04:002012-10-04T21:49:02.395-04:00Our Summer--by Buster, Bailey, & Gracie<br />
<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is Buster, returning after a long absence. My human keyboarder with the opposable thumbs has again ignored my pleas and entreaties to keep our blog properly maintained. So I threatened to allow the chipmunks to continue their excavation of the back yard.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sigh....Summer's over, and it was much too brief! </span></b></span> <br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Our sojourn at Camp in the People's Republic of New Hampshire allowed me and Bailey and Gracie the Parvenu Mommy's-Favorite Usurper Diva-Pup to renew our acquaintance with our buddy, Big-Bird.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bailey practiced her butt-poses while waiting for red squirrels to come within disembowelment-range.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I asked one little girl to pose for Dad's camera, so she froze her wings in position for a split-second.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">At times, we would just sit on the deck and count the sun-rays reflecting off the pond...</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Momma's Darling, pampered Gracie-Come-Lately assumed a classic Bailey-pose on the deck.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Monsieur Loon took all the really good trout before Dad could get them!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The sunlight reflecting upon the bill was a nice touch. He mocks lesser fishermen!</span></b></span><br />
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Buster here, reporting from Critter-Central, with news of more new friends who have the good fortune NOT to be primates!</div>
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My very favorite, of course, is Ms. Mallard--who has constructed her nest among the daffodils, precisely two feet from the most trafficked sidewalk in the region! The little ones are expected within a day or two.</div>
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They chase each other around with seemingly murderous intent and much display.</div>
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They mate for life and defend their awkward, diminutive wee ones with every weapon in the arsenal.</div>
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Those are today's critters. I'll have more soon!</div>
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<span id="goog_1599331701"></span><span id="goog_1599331702"></span>Persephone and Busterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16947192726769293616noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251834518638384315.post-57730949390581489432012-04-21T22:05:00.000-04:002012-04-21T22:05:12.578-04:00Springtime--and another edition of "My Critters" --by BusterAh, Spring! Buster the Amateur Zoologist at your service, with the latest report on new critters I've discovered in the neighborhood of Chez Buster. <br />
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First, we have Mr. Redtail. Every morning, there would be a pile of dove feathers--but no dove! A mystery, to my thinking! What could be separating doves from dove-feathers with such efficiency?<br />
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Then, the dove-feather-separator made his appearance in person! Or rather, in raptor...<br />
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Cute little guy, don't you think? I love his fuzzy feet.<br />
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Okay--one more picture! Just to demonstrate Mr. Redtail's total disdain for table manners...<br />
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Next, we have Mr. Wood Duck. I was disturbed by the sound of quacking from a tree above me. Ducks are not supposed to perch. Then Bailey told me that there's one duck that does. <br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">In its natural habitat, this creature is a formidable night-time competitor. The Olympic-class sleeping organism of the animal world. The REM Master of dogdom.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I'll have more to report after Dad and I go shark-fishing in the Farmington River.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Your friend,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Buster</b></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>And in the spirit of Green Things, let me introduce Buster's new buddies--the Wood Ducks!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><b>These little guys are pure emerald, with flashes of orange, white, and grey. Like the Wee Ones took out a paintbrush and designed a duck, just to be pretty.</b></span><br />
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I was innocently walking down the street with my faithful manservant, seeking the usual three hundred places to leave my autograph for adoring fans, when we came upon a sign...<br />
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Beyond the sign lay a path. It had not been there before. So I decided that this was an opportunity to display decisive leadership! I began towing my reluctant valet forward to see where it led.<br />
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Someone had placed markers along the route. Markers! Plainly, for the purpose of Marking! I set to work!<br />
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The trail soon reached a river. Perhaps the Styx? It did look a little gloomy!<br />
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My lackey muttered something about sitting down, and I assured him that such an act would be viewed as sacrilege by the natives.<br />
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I do confess, it turned out to be a surprisingly beautiful river! My squire suggested that this might be the legendary Quinnipiac, named after a now-extinct tribe of the Algonquian people. The name itself means “original people,” and they inhabited the <i>Wampanoki</i> or “Dawnland.”<br />
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Undiscovered species of lichen beckoned. The lackey scribbled in his notebook, and I urged him forward.<br />
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Hmmmmmm.... Another sign! Remarkably, it must have been constructed by the same tribe that built the first. <br />
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I think we have discovered the mythical civilization of Terrier Incognita Australis! I shall mark the occasion and plant the flag for Queen and Country!<br />
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Plainly, this appears to be an advanced civilization. Their dwellings bear a remarkable resemblance to those of civilized people!<br />
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Strangely, the trip home took all of five minutes! I can only conclude that we felicitously came upon a rare, space-time anomaly--a Black Hole--and transported ourselves across the Known Universe to our very own back door! Quantum Entanglement. Superposition of States. I will leave the details to Her Majesty's Mathematicians to explain for future generations...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Next to the Norway Maelstrom and the Pillars of Hercules, my favorite</div><div style="text-align: center;">spot for an afternoon exploration is Quinnipiac Gorge. All I need is my</div><div style="text-align: center;">crazed human-with-Y-chromosome, and we're off! Maybe we'll see</div><div style="text-align: center;">some giant ground sloths or wooly mastiffs....</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I'll bet a wooly mastiff ripped this tree down! I hear that they're not</div><div style="text-align: center;">especially well-mannered creatures...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Ah--the Fabled Upside-Downtree of Quinnipiac.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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And the Den of the Dreaded Cave Terrier!<br />
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I must be brave.<br />
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In the Land of Siltstone, one must be cautious. I heard that three airedales got<br />
buried under forty feet of this stuff when the cliff collapsed, and it took them<br />
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Take THAT, vile siltstone !<br />
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A bubbling spring... why does the sound of this make me want to raise my leg?<br />
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And we come to the infamous Rottweiler Rapids!<br />
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There used to be an old railroad bridge here--until a large Rottweiler<br />
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Darn, I'm thirsty! A pint of Guinness would sure be nice!<br />
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I think I'll just sit here and imagine that the river is flowing with the Nectar of Celtic<br />
Mother Goddesses...although a Harps Lager would do almost as well...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Yes--HEED THE SIGN !<br />
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More later. I think my next trip will be to Tristan da Cunha. Or maybe<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They say the snow will finally come to my house. Ms. Blue said it's about time. Ms. Blue also said</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that this was the first winter in all her 11.5 years that we didn't get "SNOW".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Said it's almost March and nothing but water fell out of the sky. We take our snowy weather</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">very seriously ya know. I went to sleep last night and this is what I dreamt about it......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hear a voice far away....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"WAKEY! WAKEY! Ms Grrrracie the Grrreat.... Time to go out." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hmmm, today is becoming curiouser and curiouser.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It seems that dreams aren't quite real.....now where did I</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">put all that snow again?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was here....now it's just a little soggy out and the mud is</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">here and my feet are not snowy...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">IT WAS ONLY A DREAM?**</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ms. Grrrracie the Grrrreat, blushing in great embarrassment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ms. Blue still waiting to head plow into a good snow drift.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">theBUSTER, kinda sad the snows just didn't pan out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">&</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ms.Persephone, snuggled in the couch swiping her paw on her head saying,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Phew, missed another one! HeeHee!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Persephone and Busterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16947192726769293616noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251834518638384315.post-22276957613435106152012-02-04T17:53:00.000-05:002012-02-04T17:53:34.823-05:00The Unbearable Lightness of Being Buster<b style="color: #073763;">Hi, friends--It's Gracie! Today, Buster decided he would take flying lessons. He gave me the honor of being his Air Traffic Controller!</b><br />
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<b style="color: #073763;">Let's look:</b><br />
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<div style="color: #073763; text-align: center;"><b>1</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<b style="color: #073763;">And here I am, talking him down! Personally, I give him a 4.5 for Technical Merit and a 6.0 for Artistic Impression! I do like the positive dihedral effect with the ears...</b><br />
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<b style="color: #073763;"> </b>Persephone and Busterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16947192726769293616noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251834518638384315.post-64298392629567125992012-01-07T22:11:00.000-05:002012-01-07T22:11:25.542-05:00<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Okay--there's absolutely NO excuse for failure to keep up with important correspondence. Bailey here. Please find a way to forgive me. I have been, well, <i>indisposed.</i></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>As you can see, I have been fitted with a humiliating Clown-Suit, and I have been subjected to the most unnerving harassment by my human tormentors.</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>It seems that Doctor Joe had to remove a lump from my Nether regions, and because I am a terrier, those blessed primates don't trust me to leave well-enough alone!</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Gracie, of course, slithered around with her big brown eyes, looking like a canine Shirley Temple. She mocks me.</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span><span style="background-color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">Bailey</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></i></span><br />
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</div>Your buddy Buster here: Good News! The Wolves are no longer at the door! After seven and a half days of living like, well, a <i><b>wolf</b></i>, the power came back on in the middle of the night last night. I must say, this was a pretty humbling experience! <br />
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Let me introduce my newest, BEST friend, Snuffles the Kerry-Warmer! He sputters and purrs for about 3-4 hours at a time, providing Bailey and Gracie and Yours Truly with real warmth from a small electric heater. After that time, our human lackey gets up in the middle of the night and feeds him.<br />
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Snuffles had to be purloined from the People's Republic of Rhode Island, since none of his kind remained in Connecticut. I'd like to be that popular!<br />
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Miss Bailey really appreciates being warm. She's getting on into her Prime-Diva years, and she likes to curl up beside the electric heater by the window and just soak it up.<br />
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Now that the furnace (and everything else) is running again, our pack of not-so-dire wolves has ventured out onto the Tundra to survey the damage and chase small, furry creatures.<br />
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Gracie has absconded with MY squeaky tennis ball...<br />
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Miss Bailey stays close to the noonday sun!<br />
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Today's by-word? <b><i>Canis Familiaris !</i></b> With the emphasis on the adjective! I like being domestic! Warmth. Regular meals. Dutiful human servants. It's not a bad life! How did our lupine ancestors ever manage?<br />
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Hmmmm.... Bamboo patch carpet-bombed. Not a good sign!<br />
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Let's walk down the street!<br />
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Now I know why the power's out and mom can't make her hot cocoa....<br />
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This explains the loud cracking sounds all night!<br />
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I tell you, this is not looking very promising!<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Gracie tells me we'll be without electricity and heat for awhile; just like in the Old Days, when wolves howled and lived by their wits!</div><br />
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Well, it's been a full week with no electricity, no heat, no internet. Dad's posting this from his University for us. I'm tired of wolfdom. I'm bored. I want a hot pizza dinner and a bath! Send help!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our green sugar maples are turning to red and orange. But Mr. Loon still holds forth, occasionally unleashing his lonely cry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>No one's around. Except the Loon. But I think the place is kinda pretty with no humans.<br />
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Moments like these make a gray-bearded dog kind of reflective. I just can't remember what I was reflecting upon. <br />
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The White Pine That Ate Cleveland is shedding its needles all over.<br />
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I think I'll take my human manservant for one last walk down the road!<br />
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Okay--Battle Stations! I get the back seat for the trip home!<br />
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We pass the old arched bridge over the Ashuelot River. <br />
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The recent rains have created a torrent!<br />
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</div>Persephone and Busterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16947192726769293616noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251834518638384315.post-7531096599702645442011-10-23T16:15:00.000-04:002011-10-23T16:15:25.042-04:00"He Took His Vorpel Sword in Hand, Longtime the Manxome Foe He Sought..." -- The Saga of the Leaf Monster, Part 36<b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And it came to pass that once more the vile and fearsome <i>Leaf Dragon</i> did make his cursed appearance within the realm of Sir Buster!</b><br />
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<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>'Twas a creature of malevolent design and great cunning.</b></div><br />
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<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Sir Buster's faithful Squire, Mistress Gracie, had never before seen such evil.</b></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>To be continued, next year, same time, same place!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Your faithful Scribe,</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Miss Bailey</i></span></span></b></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i>Let us journey to a lonely land I know. </i><br />
<i> There's a whisper on the night-wind, </i><br />
<i> there's a star agleam to guide us, </i><br />
<i> And the Wild is calling, </i><br />
<i> calling. . .let us go. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
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Let me introduce my faithful apprentice, White Fang Gracie!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i>Swift as the panther in triumph, </i><br />
<i> fierce as the bear in defeat, </i><br />
<i> Sired of a bulldog parent, </i><br />
<i> steeled in the furnace heat. </i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i>We spring from the gloom </i><br />
<i> of the canyon's womb; </i><br />
<i> in the valley's lap we lie; </i><br />
<i> From the white foam-fringe, </i><br />
<i> where the breakers cringe </i><br />
<i> to the peaks that tusk the sky</i><br />
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<i> Piercing the silence velvet-piled, </i><br />
<i> A lone wolf howls his ancient rune -- </i><br />
<i> The fell arch-spirit of the Wild. </i><br />
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<i> Mine eyes with wine I make them shine, that man may seek and sate; </i><br />
<i> With overhead a lamp of red I sit me down and wait </i><br />
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We return now to our dashing Buster of the North!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i>This is the Law of the Yukon, </i><br />
<i> that only the Strong shall thrive; </i><br />
<i> That surely the Weak shall perish, </i><br />
<i> and only the Fit survive. </i><br />
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White Fang Gracie is temporarily disoriented by snow-blindness, so she must rock a bit.<br />
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Jewel-Weed Break! Factoid: The hummingbirds have left the North Country. Why? 'Cuz these little gems are now in bloom all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico! By the time the little guys reach Yucatan, they've snarfed enough sugar to give an elephant palpitations.<br />
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<i> Shameless, but, oh, so fair! </i><br />
<i> I bade her sit in the model's seat </i><br />
<i> And I painted her sitting there. </i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i>Let us journey to a lonely land I know. </i><br />
<i> There's a whisper on the night-wind, </i><br />
<i> there's a star agleam to guide us, </i><br />
<i> And the Wild is calling, </i><br />
<i> calling. . .let us go. </i><br />
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End of Arctic Reverie. We're back home. And what's real and what's not? The girls--Three Horse-Dogs of the Apocalypse--gather together in Persephone's backyard to terrorize defenseless wabbits.<br />
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It's a job.<br />
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Your faithful correspondent,<br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Buster</b></i></span></span>Persephone and Busterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16947192726769293616noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251834518638384315.post-12798600125529178982011-09-02T22:05:00.001-04:002011-09-04T11:51:50.776-04:00The Little Matter of Hurricane Irene<br />
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Buster at the keyboard tonight with a brief account of one MISERABLE weekend, watching objects blow around, and worse, NOT BEING ALLOWED OUTSIDE!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Here's what Irene did to a tree around the corner.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Then, she filled the rivers with just-a-bit-too-much water! This is the Quinnipiac River intruding into a yard down the street.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The Farmington River developed a real attitude and just kinda moved off of its banks and started flooding things!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The Upper Collinsville Dam just disappeared.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Gracie took a tour of the place and was hard-pressed to find a dry spot!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bailey and Gracie are regrettably getting into the spirit of the thing--the Cyclone, that is--by doing their very best imitation of the Flying Monkeys from the Witch's Castle. More on that later...</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Your faithful correspondent,</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Buster</b></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br />
Persephone and Busterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16947192726769293616noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251834518638384315.post-21226513019521304842011-08-27T22:32:00.002-04:002011-08-27T22:39:12.290-04:00The Return to The Pond<div style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVqjXxcpyTYQ27jqv2gSoOWEsYAbtyvrM5BfsTfp-UgCSEtGCFo0YNVYy6xvLkD-4mzV25tEsrdkrMsLU9KTbzGXdGOFjRC99C8CoZxc5ffO7ILU5SID2oY3X7z1IZPEfpYb09uDqMnQA/s1600/Loon1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div>Hi, friends! Bailey & Gracie here--just back from New Hampshire in time to catch Hurricane Irene.</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"></div><div style="font-family: inherit;">We vote for going right back!</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: inherit;">Anyway, we thought we'd share a brief account of our adventures before the power goes off...</div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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Our most important Mission: Chipmunk Patrol !<br />
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Alvin tormented us by scurrying about in the Pachysandra below the deck, collecting sunflower seeds from the birdfeeder; but he DID NOT get in!<br />
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</a></div>Mr. Loon was there to greet us. It's reassuring that some things never change!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lunatic Buster carried his Sacred Tennis Ball around the front deck, tossing it and retrieving it over and over again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I, Bailey, demonstrated my self-assurance by leading myself around by the loose end of my collar. This technique is all the rage in rural New Hampshire!<br />
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The little ones came and went, competing with diminutive ferocity for the sugar-water that will propel them across the Gulf of Mexico in a few weeks.<br />
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Our loon buddy proceeded to empty the pond of trout with enviable professionalism.<br />
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What do you think? Isn't my posterior elegant?<br />
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Big Bird strolled the grounds, terrorizing the frogs.<br />
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All in all, The Pond--like a good St. Emilion--improves with age. Honestly, it gets prettier every year!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And the reason we were tormented by Vile Chipmunks? Northern Waterthrushes! In an evil conspiracy with the nefarious rodents, they kicked extra sunflower seeds out of the feeder and down to the garden below, where the little striped reprobates stuffed them into their pouches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Gracie, of course, was one wandering girl--she went everywhere!<br />
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How do you like our "Bookend" routine?<br />
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Note the recent addition of the Chipmunk Pursuit-Prevention Net. The humans have NO sense of humor!<br />
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Persephone and Busterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16947192726769293616noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251834518638384315.post-4467582348044710122011-08-02T13:00:00.000-04:002011-08-02T13:00:08.269-04:00"A Thousand Cherry Blossoms Fall in Defense of the Homeland"-- A saga of Samurai valor, by BusterComrades, I tell you, it was a close call! A malevolent Invader had massed his forces against the sacred Homeland, assisted by diabolical technology that could only be defeated by the spirit of Bushido and the wise customs of my Kerry Blue Ancestors!<br />
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I knew that I had to oppose this evil threat--even at the cost of my own whiskers. Buster, the Samurai would prevail against superior forces, and my name would live forever at the Yasukuni Shrine.<br />
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I wrote my last Haiku in blood:<br />
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Then I bad final farewell to my fellow warriors and commenced my mission:<br />
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The above footage was captured from the Enemy, who perversely claimed that he was only attempting to water the grass. Nefarious lies! I showed him how a Samurai terrier NEVER surrenders!<br />
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The Evil Invader slunk off in defeat and shame. But I had to ensure that his Weapons of Mass Destruction were neutralized, and that he could never subject my Homeland to such a threat again.<br />
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I returned to my washitsu, assumed traditional posture upon the floor, and participated in a tea ceremony with my admiring family.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We do hope that you and your little wunderkind-diva, Gracie the Favored One, are enjoying yourselves up in the mountains. We forgive you for leaving us with the crazed Lesser Male, whom we cannot torment as much as you. He simply launches into an exegesis of the advantages of canine lobotomies, smiles, and asks us politely to stop barking. WE NEED SOMEONE CAPABLE OF MANIPULATION. We miss you! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0inieVf-KYBY211w7BF6aV8RcJko4S6PaWuDDn4Tw-QTA6m6l9k8abCpXGT2X95e-230qETfgUKB7i324IBlazy6XyqJdXaCmEC6POb4_evh0oDGFbYJB_fMzL-30qlaUbdka9g0Mmwk/s1600/BaileyWabbit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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The temperature has fallen to the boiling-point of bronze, and we're chillin'! Life is good in the South!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I--Bailey, the Previously Anointed One and Actual Diva--continue to guard the domicile against the incursions of the Evil One. Yes, there are Wabbit Turds all over the back yard, and my status is upgraded to Defense Condition 2! One more turd, and there will be a massive retaliatory response. WMD!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Buster is vigilant in his own bizarre way, but not about anything that matters...<br />
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</div>Please note the sterling condition of the object of his deepest affection!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Consequently, our heroes were forced to move up to "close range," in order that Buster could "see" the ball.</div><br />
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</style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026"/> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1"/> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal">My theory is that he never actually "sighted" Wilson; he merely plowed the ball forward in space-time with his ponderous schnozz, creating a gravitational void into which Wilson plummeted!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Anyway, no worries, we're doing just great down here on Devil's Island.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dad promised that we might be eligible for parole in a decade or so.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Love,</div><br />
<i style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bailey, the Previously-Anointed One</b></span></i>Persephone and Busterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16947192726769293616noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251834518638384315.post-51054680634541007982011-07-21T21:45:00.003-04:002011-07-28T22:43:25.815-04:00Dear Mom<div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Dear Mom:</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We're excited that you chose to run off to the cooling waters of The Pond in boreal New Hampshire with that little parvenu, the insufferably cute little diva, Gracie. </div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Don't worry about us. No, we're doing just fine, holding down the fort at home, watching the temperature climb to levels previously measured on the surface of the sun.</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yes, we're okay.</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We thought we'd send you a brief report of our activities.</div><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Buster agreed to do the blog entry. He loves keyboarding almost as much as he enjoys stealing Gracie's toys.</span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">More about that later...</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've been guarding your home against a pestilence--an invasion--of EVIL WABBITS.</span></span></div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You must understand that this is a duty that I take more seriously than most terriers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One particular EVIL WABBIT sought to undermine the very foundations of your house by burrowing beneath it. Suffice it to say, I <i>followed </i>him.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This really <i>does </i>represent some of my better work, don't you think?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">In the meantime, Buster has been playing nonstop BusterBall all through the evenings with a singular intensity one sees in droid-besotted humans playing <i>Angry Birds </i>in an airport.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And yes! The hare-brained, testosterone-addled boy-child, incapable of catching a weal wabbit, has purloined Gracie's! Nah, nah nah nah nah!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Then there's the little matter of the heat...</span> <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">while certain annointed Chosen Ones were cooling their posteriors in the cool mountain airs of the Granite State, we have been guarding the gates of Hades down here in Connecticut with a resolve worthy of Cerberus, the Arch-Kerry Himself. Observe Dad's car thermometer as it registers the outside ambient temperature at 5:30 p.m. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We just wanted to let you know that you shouldn't be concerned about us. All is fine.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Give our best wishes to the little brown-nosing Miss Cutesy. We're taking good care of things (Did I mention the new septic tank?).</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Love to all,</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span>Persephone and Busterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16947192726769293616noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251834518638384315.post-61803078411264472252011-07-13T21:44:00.000-04:002011-07-13T21:44:37.752-04:00An Account of the Unspeakable Stress of the Fast Life beside The Pond in New Hampshire--by Buster<span style="color: #073763;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Blog-buddies, I'm BACK !</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yes, Bailey and Gracie and I have just spent the most awesome couple days amid the restless urban sprawl of New Hampshire!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, I'll let the pictures do the talking!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Plainly, this place is hopping with activity.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What do you get when you cross an American Bison with it's domestic cousin?</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Somehow, "Beefalo" sounds just wrong!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Anyway, it looked like the Beefalo farm had diversified its portfolio anyway.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Here's the center of Marlow, NH. </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Finally--Pond, Sweet Pond!</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Gracie has to check things out. Poor Bullwinkle tried to swim across the pond, but all the attention scared him off.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>The hummers came and went...</b></span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Sometimes, two females would show up at the same time.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>The guys never show this much cooperation...</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> </b></span></span></div><span style="color: #073763;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></b></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Big Bird stalked the perimeter each evening...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4AKxOzdwNkQq71BMamjGM2MuazHgXx-X3nSZ7iu4HhZDTt7x64k6Vu6MEGBKItpfBlBw7B7zvBDPe27SHdkTeJzEnBS9TcVc1zCowX14xXGZfsseXkHXH4eklr3gTEt9Pu-47LbzQyuQ/s1600/IMG_0862.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</div><b style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The chickadees came to call...</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>And Mom gave me an awesome haircut!</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Don't you think I look quite debonair?</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Your friend,</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Buster</span></span></i></span></b></span></span><br />
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Well it's just a trick of the camera -- my NOSE is not that BIG! But it looks pretty funny. My HuMomm says I look like a cute flower with the bottle-brush beard...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7tygsqqp9g7gyJ2kfpkpObHGkVECSjKLVEy-7xKvGhvcGpSKlou5YDJo7D-vCQ3WUxA12jMpIaPfLcuWnOd_f3fS2y1wG0Yj4p4iw17mf8JFJUPhHvYN1PB9HnGSkHNEZOQRTJ-PDyw/s1600/Buster_Look-Alike.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7tygsqqp9g7gyJ2kfpkpObHGkVECSjKLVEy-7xKvGhvcGpSKlou5YDJo7D-vCQ3WUxA12jMpIaPfLcuWnOd_f3fS2y1wG0Yj4p4iw17mf8JFJUPhHvYN1PB9HnGSkHNEZOQRTJ-PDyw/s400/Buster_Look-Alike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606749910664113970" border="0" /></a>The Yellow Collar was my new collar, and it has my name "Grrracie the Grrreat" on the blue tag...and where to take me if I am lost.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Q_M6QSJ5XE8nJE_djhHbDMadQN9Xgaoxj-_8agx69jyTBrFIRxUSVCylvsztDox0gu45HNZGL9Ox6E9KmlCrlRF_3SjQ1pYDWVoTNHTg0VkQvw4eNR8UV59m3Eg3fFa1BTMPYNxh3xU/s1600/GracieBrownEyes.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Q_M6QSJ5XE8nJE_djhHbDMadQN9Xgaoxj-_8agx69jyTBrFIRxUSVCylvsztDox0gu45HNZGL9Ox6E9KmlCrlRF_3SjQ1pYDWVoTNHTg0VkQvw4eNR8UV59m3Eg3fFa1BTMPYNxh3xU/s400/GracieBrownEyes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606749143414599858" border="0" /></a><br />As I got older and outgrew the pretty yellow collar, I borrowed one from Ms.Blue (she has the most beautiful collection of collars! -- She's like the Emelda Marcos of the Kerry Blues...only collars not shoes!) To get back to Me Me Me...notice I'm flirting? Well I decided I needed to cultivate this here flirting thing!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">WAIT WAIT... I WANT TO SHOW MY REAL COLLAR!!</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fast forward to "spring" and my sore nose..........<br /></div><br /><br />;<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_hyphenhyphen43VkloSjiTfKrHZm8sKX7mjd18-mlM9x60t7pY5b-bOWhFMx9rT0vtVBCclp4vZ00uugtcG3q6r89X_Jt0OyzbkhkM3aBIpwerV3qDHuf3eq2LN7Iei3muPmw50Jj7OnsqFWZnfI/s1600/12.5.10+sick+gracie.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 386px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_hyphenhyphen43VkloSjiTfKrHZm8sKX7mjd18-mlM9x60t7pY5b-bOWhFMx9rT0vtVBCclp4vZ00uugtcG3q6r89X_Jt0OyzbkhkM3aBIpwerV3qDHuf3eq2LN7Iei3muPmw50Jj7OnsqFWZnfI/s400/12.5.10+sick+gracie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624641873618508386" border="0" /></a> I wasn't feeling so well, I had a really sore nose! It was swollen and my eye on the right side was running and I had to see a "vet".... she was nice vet. When I got home, I had a prezzie waiting for me.<br /><br />My humomm said she was saving my new collar for my birthday but thought I needed it then...<br />It's got purple in it and it's a Celtic chain... and I'm an Irish dog.. so<br />it really looked pretty on my curls...and I'm pretty vain.. so, well,<br />it did help me feel better, because<br />it was verrrrry pretty, with my swollen nose.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Back to our regularly scheduled program...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWIcmv4Rd3zN7MBxrL-rwibuLXrithnDaGk90MujzQEwcNNNuUAXhKyt-KEnoWWwGYIIJtfWn8ZQ3D-5XzCI8yz23UpxjskSEsEa2bwwXZgRSxY3PKuya8e0IDOieRVPm_uk_iY-xYHbA/s1600/Gracie.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWIcmv4Rd3zN7MBxrL-rwibuLXrithnDaGk90MujzQEwcNNNuUAXhKyt-KEnoWWwGYIIJtfWn8ZQ3D-5XzCI8yz23UpxjskSEsEa2bwwXZgRSxY3PKuya8e0IDOieRVPm_uk_iY-xYHbA/s400/Gracie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606748939493000066" border="0" /></a>See how quiet and demure I look, holding my new leash w/the purple salamanders? Purple is <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">my</span> color... This was also a "Lake Picture" -- I <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">do</span> like the lake.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnU7TeR27iYw3MdIPOeKdUMZBOZ6RsbRfTER9xrb62bZyTY0yNBlS0k_8FJ6-GnEM81906lWUAjx8DOMd9_sLPNh6v2BcjqQRPzLhZ_IFxZwVBzwrD1lxN5RA8woyggecfFlyA1_x152g/s1600/Gracie%2526Bailey.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnU7TeR27iYw3MdIPOeKdUMZBOZ6RsbRfTER9xrb62bZyTY0yNBlS0k_8FJ6-GnEM81906lWUAjx8DOMd9_sLPNh6v2BcjqQRPzLhZ_IFxZwVBzwrD1lxN5RA8woyggecfFlyA1_x152g/s400/Gracie%2526Bailey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606749811807636194" border="0" /></a>I like this picture of Me Me Me and Ms. Blue -- I sure was a little pipsqueak, because Ms. Blue is a bit on the vertically challenged end of height. She was teaching me to watch for chipmunks and to be patient. I looked <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">now what are we gonna do???</span> hmmmmm<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE5eyG1xdWwFJzRLcRdPi00M35rOlsf0M5cW4KsH5H4FjqQqwARMq5rE8UisTpHsOW3FgwK816lW3oKDy1YUlJeb-vTf5AREuLhvSHMkJDc5cT-LtN6jlaHMb0exNQRmPf4kYG-GKb6_k/s1600/GracieFlightSuit.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE5eyG1xdWwFJzRLcRdPi00M35rOlsf0M5cW4KsH5H4FjqQqwARMq5rE8UisTpHsOW3FgwK816lW3oKDy1YUlJeb-vTf5AREuLhvSHMkJDc5cT-LtN6jlaHMb0exNQRmPf4kYG-GKb6_k/s400/GracieFlightSuit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606749267640813586" border="0" /></a><br />Oh another Lake picture--we went to close the cottage up for winter and it was sooooo cold my huMomm thought I needed a jacket, so I borrowed Ms. Blue's...it was toasty warm and I was getting reeeeeally tired.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6GHuzhx6fwJQ7wJxOgnSB-Ww_Djhg_iQcsYweGA5wlMeHdtZ4yhyphenhyphenGbvGGdsYUBgFDT_nvnjdcUhLJPebAL9HTkE4pqWqVMP7dNG3CfkoBbZXJyOF2zr-bqjWqb6hIshCzSR52e6OlBgA/s1600/Gracie%2526Ball.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6GHuzhx6fwJQ7wJxOgnSB-Ww_Djhg_iQcsYweGA5wlMeHdtZ4yhyphenhyphenGbvGGdsYUBgFDT_nvnjdcUhLJPebAL9HTkE4pqWqVMP7dNG3CfkoBbZXJyOF2zr-bqjWqb6hIshCzSR52e6OlBgA/s400/Gracie%2526Ball.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606752954237901074" border="0" /></a>Oh sure, they had to put this picture of me and the <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;">purple (my favorite color)</span> ball in there.. I was zonked out from carrying it all over the place... zZZZZZZZzzzzzz<span style="font-size:180%;">ZZZZzzz<span style="font-size:85%;">zzzzzzzZZZZZZZzzz<br /><br /><br /></span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjni45MS7JNgdgZqxUa3EQ_PjZsZ70NT3qhPis-fG440-MProeyv_8t4dSQWPvXOty78afKVMVCpJvQ-0dHN_dALpkDoOz9CcqUNoHC1mJ2L1uf-pSdbbyw3huQ7MNBFzog_TNHPF4QyFE/s1600/DemonDogs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjni45MS7JNgdgZqxUa3EQ_PjZsZ70NT3qhPis-fG440-MProeyv_8t4dSQWPvXOty78afKVMVCpJvQ-0dHN_dALpkDoOz9CcqUNoHC1mJ2L1uf-pSdbbyw3huQ7MNBFzog_TNHPF4QyFE/s400/DemonDogs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606750992990704962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">HAH!</span><br />theBUSTER and I were playing Cerberus...only Ms. Blue hadn't jumped up to be the third head. The humans think this is soooo funny, theBUSTER and I play this all the time. The GNAH GNAH noise is pretty intense.<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAL55PBhusG9s_By25Kw397tIZ_RgU8WHCoI12kz6jIqnvppmEqhZNW8gKGjiPSoasLuT_BOge0HbrFlJ5GDMM906IdejFPAMYJhXzZ_aSYVP_llxoPwtaM94yTL3EbuBYL3I0WQjM740/s1600/IMG_7706.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAL55PBhusG9s_By25Kw397tIZ_RgU8WHCoI12kz6jIqnvppmEqhZNW8gKGjiPSoasLuT_BOge0HbrFlJ5GDMM906IdejFPAMYJhXzZ_aSYVP_llxoPwtaM94yTL3EbuBYL3I0WQjM740/s400/IMG_7706.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606753225730320114" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Well, here's a picture of FALL' when I couldn't help myself but pick up leaves with the ball, then role around in the leaves.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiET5LrvDtDKhzwnpgoIYIDhxVasjQZcEZuaC2FxFjsQFuUc5BvW7Yc8ECn81shebuZdw1aTWhZLOy24-DYEr25-vHOgN30rJC2tsdNOiTpLvcnW-mhxO3R__Gr4YmcZel2IZJS-b1JqJg/s1600/gracie%2527s+autumn.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiET5LrvDtDKhzwnpgoIYIDhxVasjQZcEZuaC2FxFjsQFuUc5BvW7Yc8ECn81shebuZdw1aTWhZLOy24-DYEr25-vHOgN30rJC2tsdNOiTpLvcnW-mhxO3R__Gr4YmcZel2IZJS-b1JqJg/s400/gracie%2527s+autumn.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624622213678665170" border="0" /></a><br />When Fall comes, everythingfalls from the trees and boy it doesn't take long for it to fall......<br /><br />I think I must have just had a bath and haircut in this. My huMomm just loved all the colors on the ground and her little blue dog in the middle....she said I was "Cute!"<br /><br />She also said, "Wait 'til the snows come, Grracie..... you think this is neat!<br /><br />What are snows anyhow? I mean it just doesn't make sense to me......<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">O.K.</span> I think I've got it! Not yet, you say? How do you<br />know...this stuff is kinda cute as a moustache . Besides, I'm cute too, I have a snow-stache!<br /><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oVwUQcTvFs5NtcFL6hVVR1FW8ZNuXRKN2WPHcug-SCWuwBAWMJM-eZc7HkTl9mn0B_O1VPCzr43a2tXIfF0GKOfceTemBVL1lrrWCconRvCi3HVoSUTCvjLjVtX2PGQWYW5llqN8YG8/s1600/GracieSnow.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 380px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oVwUQcTvFs5NtcFL6hVVR1FW8ZNuXRKN2WPHcug-SCWuwBAWMJM-eZc7HkTl9mn0B_O1VPCzr43a2tXIfF0GKOfceTemBVL1lrrWCconRvCi3HVoSUTCvjLjVtX2PGQWYW5llqN8YG8/s400/GracieSnow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606752715236738194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">O.Keeeee , the above may have been my "first" snow... but this one below it is...<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">MY FIRST <span style="font-style: italic;">REAL</span> SNOW!</span><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVSs2vd0dD4tDPBKr-OgYIZ4fpEwyCS2j7vyjb7hlbiJGfhqwYGo68nG9TseIIL5_MXEX3pUXpWJnj-ZC4JuW9mSU9FYku3CarVfPtloyRG2cQqaTgOQUkrVDg1DmbXBqrk4d3DJl2fA/s1600/Gracie+Contemplates+Global+Warming.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVSs2vd0dD4tDPBKr-OgYIZ4fpEwyCS2j7vyjb7hlbiJGfhqwYGo68nG9TseIIL5_MXEX3pUXpWJnj-ZC4JuW9mSU9FYku3CarVfPtloyRG2cQqaTgOQUkrVDg1DmbXBqrk4d3DJl2fA/s400/Gracie+Contemplates+Global+Warming.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606753684255826610" border="0" /></a><br />Oh my! I feel sooooooo <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" >small...</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>Look, I can't even see the shed! I can't even see theBUSTER, or Ms. Blue? Where am I anyway? HELP!!! ANYONE OUT THERE??? HELLLLLLLOOOOOOO..<br />Can someone please help me? Puleeeeeze?<br /><br />Alrighty, they didn't really leave me out there to be an icicle; it just seemed that way! They all thought it was pretty funny, because I had never seen SNOW! Well, I bet there was a time<br />when <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">they</span> had never seen the stuff either... so there!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">*************</span></span> ----<span style="font-size:100%;">snowflakes</span>---- <span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">***************</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">'Tis the SEASON TO BE JOLLY, FA LA LA LA LA!!!!<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsuSeC-Zgb2bzkiMZKmGEYDD__IHNhEGAI3xFT9EkunimyUT_3KY1r5naedY-a8k7lpgR5lTtAOAghc3L1KEofofC0JRDnhjboxCCRVqPQGRIhvzKjivWpnGd3-p32Y-Bt0bz7KVo8KTA/s1600/Gracie-Elf.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsuSeC-Zgb2bzkiMZKmGEYDD__IHNhEGAI3xFT9EkunimyUT_3KY1r5naedY-a8k7lpgR5lTtAOAghc3L1KEofofC0JRDnhjboxCCRVqPQGRIhvzKjivWpnGd3-p32Y-Bt0bz7KVo8KTA/s400/Gracie-Elf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606753448424482834" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is embarrassing....they said I was an elf and needed to dress up for the<br />OH K sion ...whatever that means! I am soooo cute.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Santa Paws and elves and trees in the house..<br />what else is gonna happen in my first year?<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oVwUQcTvFs5NtcFL6hVVR1FW8ZNuXRKN2WPHcug-SCWuwBAWMJM-eZc7HkTl9mn0B_O1VPCzr43a2tXIfF0GKOfceTemBVL1lrrWCconRvCi3HVoSUTCvjLjVtX2PGQWYW5llqN8YG8/s1600/GracieSnow.jpg"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;">OMG<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">wOw!!!!</span><br /></span></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9cXMo-O8XaImjeZDw_wT2sTbh2C3O5hr0fTEq2O3PyMJfuf7fLIU2iRlaay0ArqJR4g_9KJkhxeCDYGixGUjf7dFmO-v3wq3dPGu3LEH3ILD1kboDAgi6UhozQHEmzlxDfoIF_cTyh8/s1600/crazy+kerry+kristmAS.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9cXMo-O8XaImjeZDw_wT2sTbh2C3O5hr0fTEq2O3PyMJfuf7fLIU2iRlaay0ArqJR4g_9KJkhxeCDYGixGUjf7dFmO-v3wq3dPGu3LEH3ILD1kboDAgi6UhozQHEmzlxDfoIF_cTyh8/s400/crazy+kerry+kristmAS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624631247315594738" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />They got the rest of them in their elf costumes too!<br />Then they made us all sit and stay •OR• in Ms.Blue's case lay down and stay... The humomm said it<br />would make for a more interesting family "portrait"...<br /><br />Like what is this portrait thing anyhow?<br />People are strange about this SEASON thing.<br />I sat, but then after 100,000 pictures I just figured I would rush the photographer....arrrrrrgh!<br />I showed her my pearly whites...and then hurled myself towards the camera person...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >HAH!</span><br /></div>Hee Hee, Ho Ho...that was my first Christmas!!!<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Would ya just look at that... Christmas was just a while ago, then New Years, now I'm getting all gussied up to go to<br />Florida with my humomm and make my debut!<br />I'm special...I'm going to the specialty!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIaqG5vpNVQi-7lRanJoqJC6Ly-XUpWkdF3J8YG91Typ2tB9SzZIhbvPmUlSA2_2QheyiQ1c5XQX9xpoko2WSC8IUKQzBtGCm0IZuYI82XV6ZW7o1e2i020-J-B7NLJjQDhohcPmOra-s/s1600/Ms_Gracie_Portrait.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 346px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIaqG5vpNVQi-7lRanJoqJC6Ly-XUpWkdF3J8YG91Typ2tB9SzZIhbvPmUlSA2_2QheyiQ1c5XQX9xpoko2WSC8IUKQzBtGCm0IZuYI82XV6ZW7o1e2i020-J-B7NLJjQDhohcPmOra-s/s400/Ms_Gracie_Portrait.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606753874454956482" border="0" /></a><br />This is me getting my hair cut of the century.. getting ready to take a ride to the "Kerry Specialty".... what is a <span style="font-style: italic;">Kerry Specialty</span>? I mean really, I am special already, I don't need to do a "<span style="font-style: italic;">Kerry Specialty</span>"....do I?<br /></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobd6XhXgIqcvPE4P5vj2w9wVZn1wvXLLD9JJQ7qveRCHbJ4QoPS8SiHpKbmkrddu3n2npipUhB7SpcNBB8-pf3jmDqEzndvpEL9ctTj3X38dDp8burk7b_aQqPDB8c_wiS1kf6yqTp18/s1600/GRACIE+gait+%25231_2_2.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 129px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobd6XhXgIqcvPE4P5vj2w9wVZn1wvXLLD9JJQ7qveRCHbJ4QoPS8SiHpKbmkrddu3n2npipUhB7SpcNBB8-pf3jmDqEzndvpEL9ctTj3X38dDp8burk7b_aQqPDB8c_wiS1kf6yqTp18/s400/GRACIE+gait+%25231_2_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624627218353067650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1_pf1IY0EYg8eb-ngNCXVH-Szc6LdBhP0KqqsQxJBCcilc7ZONeEpY7gP2egk3-gTsUnco2TVlu2bguhEPA1MXFdk-AKiPmrH4KLLbFbdhMoW4QFH8S1qkzo9KOhBoIz0y04MC1hSt0/s1600/sully+man.Jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1_pf1IY0EYg8eb-ngNCXVH-Szc6LdBhP0KqqsQxJBCcilc7ZONeEpY7gP2egk3-gTsUnco2TVlu2bguhEPA1MXFdk-AKiPmrH4KLLbFbdhMoW4QFH8S1qkzo9KOhBoIz0y04MC1hSt0/s400/sully+man.Jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624627869953699842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Uh Huh... I did have to go... and I gaited! See how cute I was! I got prizes, and I got to meet my daddy dawg.... ----------<br /><br />He is sooooo handsome.<br />I don't know if he realllly noticed me; he didn't play the <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">gnah gnah </span>game and make lots of noise like theBUSTER , but I sort of liked him anyhow!<br /><br />I was in a crate right next to him and he did make me happy and felt a little like I was at home. Daddy-Dawg is theBuster's cousin.<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='410' height='300' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw_jplNcxH-ox-p5sQ-3K_zIxUtH3GYGOTEa6pxHiUjAPCUerBZT7oZnkvQKALMX7Mzk6K9ejpDtz6a5lCNhg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br />When I got back, I was very happy to see my people, my BUSTER, & MS.Blue, so I stole theBUSTER'S <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Wilson</span>..... and made up a song ---- "Ode to theBUSTER & Wilson" by <span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">G.</span></span><br />Listen closely, it's a fugue!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-2iQyPxUDHD9oqQxASVz1trFpxq4lrciCB9shwt31NkS5GfukM7rxOyXV30AzrQYGt_7GOICI4L2gE0o74YuQGK7kwBhSXV38ZxiRNhAYEIhuvGQiBTNHeyzCdrS9mYF_tbd_czQDog/s1600/Gracie-1.jpg"><br /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiMvy5bpVnFz9PJq4JwYISXLRPYj9omcLMs6_JycbheuC1K7TmlfjuWgHH3qQ-osBFGyYyZM-Q9Sa_SFouVSVLE3DMTOD9DU7AsVWrKttvthad-6VYZTeGbDC5nwZLe4tsMFm03fkLKU/s1600/Gracie_Stick-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxiMvy5bpVnFz9PJq4JwYISXLRPYj9omcLMs6_JycbheuC1K7TmlfjuWgHH3qQ-osBFGyYyZM-Q9Sa_SFouVSVLE3DMTOD9DU7AsVWrKttvthad-6VYZTeGbDC5nwZLe4tsMFm03fkLKU/s400/Gracie_Stick-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606756470587018802" border="0" /></a><br />The "SNOWS" are gone and the birds are out, chirping, but the grass hadn't grown up yet, so everything was kinda .....<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;">brown</span>. I was chewing on my favorite stick. My people said it's "spring-time"....<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >so this is spring</span>, my first spring. Much has happened, winter was very busy with snow and ice storms and more snow ....and more ice storms.<br />After all, this <span style="font-style: italic;">was</span> GRRRRRacie's First Winter! Now it's my first SPRING!<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwF73v1tTPf8Py9lkM42Dkhs__82DLywOLXU9gbjWH5tyxjt2ePGrOCBupHqwmJjxnE-kVn5Mle3EGsGmzwZbTa1I2hga2mviBQHs-Ohn_c4KEqfxLjXUJy4yIG_0HO-oWQVty1nAR9Js/s1600/IMG_0110.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwF73v1tTPf8Py9lkM42Dkhs__82DLywOLXU9gbjWH5tyxjt2ePGrOCBupHqwmJjxnE-kVn5Mle3EGsGmzwZbTa1I2hga2mviBQHs-Ohn_c4KEqfxLjXUJy4yIG_0HO-oWQVty1nAR9Js/s400/IMG_0110.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606755010463514290" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">SPRING is kind of WINDY, and warm and busy!!!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">We can run around outdoors because it's SPRING!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='420' height='310' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwvNB44DvC2ZQ6TMWb-0mCaQA7dmyCtzIuh0Fa_qwr0YzoQLyPrRo7mp8ppfbCBflMWxqcEgi8F-pVpwolrBw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br />theBUSTER said let's play "Wilson", so I said, "HEY, it's Spring"... so we can play ball now! He was kind of silly about it -- told me I was a little sprout the last time we played...hee hee...check this out! I'm NOT a sprout anymore..... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgce1UuaJ4C4aZf4HU9Fe-6GM9WtZGQKrOn-9AM5a3W1E3MB84sOsOkx6RPxwmCGzimni8ENfDMILVq6w_vXy2OIFyVzOT_UakP7ZtD89pnKso4FsA39pq1ZFq8vMqqeuKPjXWXK53wnRQ/s1600/IMG_0494.jpg"><br /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidR-nAvnhd37XT1W4eRMZD6U4X0x6uG0J7pucgZH_LpyaFhsj4N4L4_zCuCCTZvbOgeahhpnyddFd_fpqpNr8yOdsmnlVIKPpCLeKC1MB1OcvLpHcDXfOcWVJB9bB0TPgXXJs3oSEcJEE/s1600/IMG_0765.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidR-nAvnhd37XT1W4eRMZD6U4X0x6uG0J7pucgZH_LpyaFhsj4N4L4_zCuCCTZvbOgeahhpnyddFd_fpqpNr8yOdsmnlVIKPpCLeKC1MB1OcvLpHcDXfOcWVJB9bB0TPgXXJs3oSEcJEE/s400/IMG_0765.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623454883739036370" border="0" /></a><br />I'm a big Kerry Girl NOW! I like playing ball with theBUSTER, but, I also like just chilling with<br />the little blue ball that I had when I was a little sprout. It looks very small now.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8kQivLUMKQPSLwe32O-JuLzr8EwwxYQrzGt3aYD4mP6z60PcqpaINCRQHSLuaSux5q84bA3qgzHgeBBX9L5FVmKVzZQy9aA6pTsqnqcDSXJv5wMjmF94rfeoQxZRDycM72UL1BHe4B4/s1600/IMG_0769.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8kQivLUMKQPSLwe32O-JuLzr8EwwxYQrzGt3aYD4mP6z60PcqpaINCRQHSLuaSux5q84bA3qgzHgeBBX9L5FVmKVzZQy9aA6pTsqnqcDSXJv5wMjmF94rfeoQxZRDycM72UL1BHe4B4/s400/IMG_0769.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623454968030060610" border="0" /></a><br />I got a new <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255);">purple chain</span> </span>for the summer, because the humomm said we would be going to school! I'm not sure I'm ready to go to school yet -- those yellow buses are awful big<br />and, well, I kind of like being at home with my peeps.<br />&<br />Getting into trubble----that's my middle name.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMcLZgtjstkOSBR0_Mihr7f7T3WNgVBrdgA4YTBVqKHXiWbNEOtFeH2-2IlK6COGdjSAIv2cGcNrRsQaQT4cM_hxLNJNcpEHq1dvn5M25idjnKdX99mpchvGFPciVo1ahb1_Aqyl8aEI/s1600/pig+in+shit.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsMcLZgtjstkOSBR0_Mihr7f7T3WNgVBrdgA4YTBVqKHXiWbNEOtFeH2-2IlK6COGdjSAIv2cGcNrRsQaQT4cM_hxLNJNcpEHq1dvn5M25idjnKdX99mpchvGFPciVo1ahb1_Aqyl8aEI/s400/pig+in+shit.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624637629780585762" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />My huMomm said I looked as "happy as a piggy in s®†¥˙¨t..."<br />Wonder what that means?<br /><br />I was just digging a hole to China via Australia so I could see my buddy<br />Noah.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Well blog buddies, she cleaned me up so I could say 'bye.'<br />Stay tune for my Summer-time escapades at the lake!<br /><br />We will be at the lake for the fourth of JULY.<br />I don't remember what happens on the fourth of JULY,<br />but theBUSTER says it's lots of fun....<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgce1UuaJ4C4aZf4HU9Fe-6GM9WtZGQKrOn-9AM5a3W1E3MB84sOsOkx6RPxwmCGzimni8ENfDMILVq6w_vXy2OIFyVzOT_UakP7ZtD89pnKso4FsA39pq1ZFq8vMqqeuKPjXWXK53wnRQ/s1600/IMG_0494.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 367px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgce1UuaJ4C4aZf4HU9Fe-6GM9WtZGQKrOn-9AM5a3W1E3MB84sOsOkx6RPxwmCGzimni8ENfDMILVq6w_vXy2OIFyVzOT_UakP7ZtD89pnKso4FsA39pq1ZFq8vMqqeuKPjXWXK53wnRQ/s400/IMG_0494.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612303556734844386" border="0" /></a><br />Bye blog-buddies..until I get back from learning to swim!!<br />One Year Old, Grrrrracie the Grrreat, coming to you Live...<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:78%;" >p.s. isn't she cute? theBUSTER</span><br /><br />P.P.S.<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">H</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">A</span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">PP</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Y</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">4<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">TH</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">OF</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">JULY</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">!!!!</span></span><br /><br />FROM: theBUSTER, Ms.Blue, Ms.Persephone & me, Grrrracie the Grrreat!<br /><br /><br /></div>Persephone and Busterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16947192726769293616noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251834518638384315.post-31093640905595396372011-06-20T20:59:00.013-04:002011-06-20T21:28:31.394-04:00My New Career as a Digger--by Gracie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-lsk3Jt26PFWB5RmbF7tssOJUXPUKiBnmfPUiZjy2YNBDSkjIu5ldUkuQXPVgpXg9ADUb7UaOf3gDKxO2g9quGFYzZQqfc68JtO3IM0hiXh23UoiXUudqiESIJEwfTOy3XEhn9plChY/s1600/diggers.jpg"><br /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">My Uncle Buster has lately been spending hours telling me tales about the fabled Noah and his Clan of Diggers, down where they have to wear suction cups on their paws to avoid falling off the bottom of the planet.<br /><br />I made up my mind that I WANT TO BECOME A DIGGER, just like Noah!<br /></span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSg6wSNCjoDcyjkhdwM8uECGKO2ffCKDRmZlb0EKHWtjtmXooI487xa-jXut7I4UrNcCkyxGtW6bBr9_OtqMATKHrIifr0O9Ba8XytQiUfyj82fvD78Q1xUNF-fOjDDPzPJ6OldX29GI/s1600/Gracie-tongue.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSg6wSNCjoDcyjkhdwM8uECGKO2ffCKDRmZlb0EKHWtjtmXooI487xa-jXut7I4UrNcCkyxGtW6bBr9_OtqMATKHrIifr0O9Ba8XytQiUfyj82fvD78Q1xUNF-fOjDDPzPJ6OldX29GI/s400/Gracie-tongue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620472825768846546" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Uncle Buster described how he and Bailey learned the craft and spent many hours trying to tunnel to New South Wales! He was VERY proud of his work.<br /><br /></span></span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-lsk3Jt26PFWB5RmbF7tssOJUXPUKiBnmfPUiZjy2YNBDSkjIu5ldUkuQXPVgpXg9ADUb7UaOf3gDKxO2g9quGFYzZQqfc68JtO3IM0hiXh23UoiXUudqiESIJEwfTOy3XEhn9plChY/s1600/diggers.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-lsk3Jt26PFWB5RmbF7tssOJUXPUKiBnmfPUiZjy2YNBDSkjIu5ldUkuQXPVgpXg9ADUb7UaOf3gDKxO2g9quGFYzZQqfc68JtO3IM0hiXh23UoiXUudqiESIJEwfTOy3XEhn9plChY/s400/diggers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620473495084357842" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Just like the ANZAC </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Diggers of old, Uncle Buster and Bailey Blue trained day and night, focusing their energy, and dedicating their souls to the objective of reaching the Blue Mountains of the Antipodes!</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3XG_-7Q84L5IMEZFOcrUCkMQyWLiZJ5MFI0nGty9Isu5XBcY3bTjxi2ovCsm-b8I-GRy2SYI_c5n9nSHnaXBgFL4FP7ywSsqbHCITkwBihyx3h8DO38-zAwyD-XAhW_CuJfzgsj8Pcg/s1600/IMG_0711.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3XG_-7Q84L5IMEZFOcrUCkMQyWLiZJ5MFI0nGty9Isu5XBcY3bTjxi2ovCsm-b8I-GRy2SYI_c5n9nSHnaXBgFL4FP7ywSsqbHCITkwBihyx3h8DO38-zAwyD-XAhW_CuJfzgsj8Pcg/s400/IMG_0711.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620472046253560210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">With an appropriate sense of humility and dedication to the task at hand, I began my work!<br /><br />Not bad, if I do say so myself!<br /></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zhhxGOcjLCpN7OvtglFtCskMGyM3nd9h2yEPIQ_-3rNQv1XA6pItR5JeEhyzh-LMo0HGbYtD8PtIEgxJedyLBvRiO9jcoD9UeyN9DmpXsJe8HEHU0CIP15KIAo082EneypC7D45gAu8/s1600/IMG_0715.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zhhxGOcjLCpN7OvtglFtCskMGyM3nd9h2yEPIQ_-3rNQv1XA6pItR5JeEhyzh-LMo0HGbYtD8PtIEgxJedyLBvRiO9jcoD9UeyN9DmpXsJe8HEHU0CIP15KIAo082EneypC7D45gAu8/s400/IMG_0715.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620471965213355026" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Of course, I was caught red-handed by the feared Digger-Polizei! I promised I would NEVER confess!</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFFjfTYBNG_Tp9FmpcqZ9xAs-tilYu-bq04_unvUIHwubdpfP5-qzXGgjocH9EP04fpsa8HjiQchtoCtNUE6RDvbdT5K85XbvL-tuFB-aDF283Pl7VMvg9r5lN4rjlalEuItQwoGkBxM/s1600/IMG_0716.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFFjfTYBNG_Tp9FmpcqZ9xAs-tilYu-bq04_unvUIHwubdpfP5-qzXGgjocH9EP04fpsa8HjiQchtoCtNUE6RDvbdT5K85XbvL-tuFB-aDF283Pl7VMvg9r5lN4rjlalEuItQwoGkBxM/s400/IMG_0716.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620471834453700482" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The Digger Police lined me up against the Wall and asked me to say some last words.<br /><br />Nice wall, don't 'cha think? It was actually constructed as a result of my recent training as a Digger!<br /></span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-br7b90vGCnuyO5JySAJYLNyOqwRYwgy-CEZV2fBh2mHJlxm-YhEtMljj0pH8G-xF7zB2m2AoA4Vew26_lZyOsPmoNTQipjPFblQJlnei5Wa65MXv5wXgtnEgkJ_L69Qqam0MV3qpOBg/s1600/IMG_0724.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-br7b90vGCnuyO5JySAJYLNyOqwRYwgy-CEZV2fBh2mHJlxm-YhEtMljj0pH8G-xF7zB2m2AoA4Vew26_lZyOsPmoNTQipjPFblQJlnei5Wa65MXv5wXgtnEgkJ_L69Qqam0MV3qpOBg/s400/IMG_0724.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620471682884683586" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />It was my good fortune to escape before it became necessary to blather something like, "It is a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done..." </span>But La Guillotine was not in my Karma.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">I howled at the rabbit sitting in the front yard</span>, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">and he returned a contemptuous stare.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Uncle Buster came to my rescue and escorted me inside.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EguZsxyA5XY?hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EguZsxyA5XY?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We settled down for our evening Ear-Licking Ritual, and I dreamed of Australia.<br /><br />Your faithful correspondent,<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gracie<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Digger, Second Class<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><br /></span></span>Persephone and Busterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16947192726769293616noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1251834518638384315.post-57232341138250284262011-06-14T22:00:00.009-04:002011-06-14T22:26:45.839-04:00Critter Status--by Buster<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH35iMzNnPyXz-V0PioZx1QkjK02oh-S2RyTF3-WXbHzQFcvLVdhOWgrXBwQtqca-TfT-2sgGoDnVul97zd9NLe8BkAPgA01Gvxma1nJAC3t8y987EvK6-T4QWtrBUMesDSW8z8z4Lk84/s1600/Mr_Catbird-1.jpg"><br /></a><br /><br /><br />Hey, blog-buddies--it's Buster, bringing you the latest news on my personal collection of wondrous critters!<br /><br />Yes, you probably figured that I'm particularly FOND of critters. I chase them. I dream about them. I bark at them. And I have an awesome collection!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_bY49x_7j_GsdFnaITp77kpQrS6FYzvDfRAkZotCT7XgGj4gKz_McKSOSdEjr4rgb3Oy2TufCF_Ek0L_8sX1c-HE7qIVwe-G09Gb9FrBHfDviid8tKUp14tD0Xe1nJf1ZW19sxQoQf0/s1600/IMG_0454.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij_bY49x_7j_GsdFnaITp77kpQrS6FYzvDfRAkZotCT7XgGj4gKz_McKSOSdEjr4rgb3Oy2TufCF_Ek0L_8sX1c-HE7qIVwe-G09Gb9FrBHfDviid8tKUp14tD0Xe1nJf1ZW19sxQoQf0/s400/IMG_0454.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618262312294470642" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's my good buddy, Big-Bird! Back as usual to his favorite perch on the dock next door to my very own estate on The Pond in New Hampshire. Big Bird out-fishes everyone, and he likes to strut around and act, well, <span style="font-style: italic;">big !<br /><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYagf_SxRNlKoKkA_qmtLvLx5wH-I99iV28jk8L0AngJPAZowYPs08A1AIgOEJcF1y2oweiHDSbpm1pu2y5TFEdXGqMgHd-nISy1V5WRQZ6_PR1WjOrfdxlp7VjR1NCIHIjQQzWm03zU4/s1600/Mr_Heron.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYagf_SxRNlKoKkA_qmtLvLx5wH-I99iV28jk8L0AngJPAZowYPs08A1AIgOEJcF1y2oweiHDSbpm1pu2y5TFEdXGqMgHd-nISy1V5WRQZ6_PR1WjOrfdxlp7VjR1NCIHIjQQzWm03zU4/s400/Mr_Heron.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618261499762847858" border="0" /></a><br />Mr. Loon has returned.<br /><br />No sign of Mrs. Loon--but no matter. He enjoys the solitary life. He's competing with Big-Bird to see who can empty The Pond of trout the fastest.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUah6e06mt-l3QqjQTleK2Di0Bz47w657oDGeFvzWSxcir8OaJX8958PNLsoFRclVIubwKCFCXo2kjW2G_E75j_fPo-5FIn9ZTYErC1eh8K3_2Q_gUmGYMTW00y6N3kG3falfAlXuIO-4/s1600/Mr_Loon-9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUah6e06mt-l3QqjQTleK2Di0Bz47w657oDGeFvzWSxcir8OaJX8958PNLsoFRclVIubwKCFCXo2kjW2G_E75j_fPo-5FIn9ZTYErC1eh8K3_2Q_gUmGYMTW00y6N3kG3falfAlXuIO-4/s400/Mr_Loon-9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618261793393644178" border="0" /></a><br />Then we have The Vile Rodent of Whom we Do Not Speak! I will follow him 'round the Norway Maelstrom and through Perdition's Gate...Oh, never mind!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdGNp36TGLyHroJPx9kEyfb867zZHH_mduWW-bjvkjRVaRVMjO69LBhPcRd1zMXKPZNro-8rQ1we5rEWuQTNHx27h9mrR3iV23qf1VroFZ0NTckDyN4RpcOFTnGkEWVwkPt6PZgw6zTU/s1600/Alvin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdGNp36TGLyHroJPx9kEyfb867zZHH_mduWW-bjvkjRVaRVMjO69LBhPcRd1zMXKPZNro-8rQ1we5rEWuQTNHx27h9mrR3iV23qf1VroFZ0NTckDyN4RpcOFTnGkEWVwkPt6PZgw6zTU/s400/Alvin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618261278140257346" border="0" /></a><br />Mr. Catbird is pleasant enough...<br /><br />Perhaps with a garnish of whole-grain rice and the proper herbs.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH35iMzNnPyXz-V0PioZx1QkjK02oh-S2RyTF3-WXbHzQFcvLVdhOWgrXBwQtqca-TfT-2sgGoDnVul97zd9NLe8BkAPgA01Gvxma1nJAC3t8y987EvK6-T4QWtrBUMesDSW8z8z4Lk84/s1600/Mr_Catbird-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH35iMzNnPyXz-V0PioZx1QkjK02oh-S2RyTF3-WXbHzQFcvLVdhOWgrXBwQtqca-TfT-2sgGoDnVul97zd9NLe8BkAPgA01Gvxma1nJAC3t8y987EvK6-T4QWtrBUMesDSW8z8z4Lk84/s400/Mr_Catbird-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618265982418365842" border="0" /></a><br />You know, I love a parade!<br /><br />I especially love a parade of fuzzy, goose-stepping little critters with nasal-sounding barks.<br /><br />I love the spectator watching the parade!<br /><br />Life is good.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIpRZq2TuRQeS8Fg8Q3wgXivSrpaECFRHDqIXHKu2UioOr6P_emjpJ26OrNl_A6515_cL27xcW9KAro4IIbncm8sHYov6lMZzUaOmcNIF56cm3xRmEqucrD9zQIz034X2AvuvEYCeUqY/s1600/IMG_0671.JPG"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FHP2gAHlZWpGWZ_KxLif4ijkpgbK9jdCLa17jXjnK-zmGvHcQuG-GQK7bEaPsXt7fkZJ_5LzxTxj65Bwq91iZqDbUC-Y3G0emw-cRoEG76IGnpeLHqapmOSV0-GbTZtBmiUDiVscFVg/s1600/IMG_0663.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FHP2gAHlZWpGWZ_KxLif4ijkpgbK9jdCLa17jXjnK-zmGvHcQuG-GQK7bEaPsXt7fkZJ_5LzxTxj65Bwq91iZqDbUC-Y3G0emw-cRoEG76IGnpeLHqapmOSV0-GbTZtBmiUDiVscFVg/s400/IMG_0663.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618260721263711762" border="0" /></a><br />Looks like my gosling friends are old enough to drink! Party time?<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIpRZq2TuRQeS8Fg8Q3wgXivSrpaECFRHDqIXHKu2UioOr6P_emjpJ26OrNl_A6515_cL27xcW9KAro4IIbncm8sHYov6lMZzUaOmcNIF56cm3xRmEqucrD9zQIz034X2AvuvEYCeUqY/s1600/IMG_0671.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIpRZq2TuRQeS8Fg8Q3wgXivSrpaECFRHDqIXHKu2UioOr6P_emjpJ26OrNl_A6515_cL27xcW9KAro4IIbncm8sHYov6lMZzUaOmcNIF56cm3xRmEqucrD9zQIz034X2AvuvEYCeUqY/s400/IMG_0671.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618260901357294738" border="0" /></a><br />Well, that's all the critter-news for now.<br /><br />I'll keep you posted!<br /><br />Your friend,<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Buster<br /><br /></span></span></span></span>Persephone and Busterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16947192726769293616noreply@blogger.com4