Some Sad Good Byes

 We had to say "Good Bye" this week

to a few very important things.

 

First being our hope of ever

getting a faster Internet speed.

 

True.....after trying all the

providers we know of, we have

come to the conclusion that

there is no higher speed

available in our little corner

of the world.

 

I find that so hard to believe but

that is what we have been told.

 

So "Good Bye" hopes of ever

enjoying faster visits to all of our

blogging friends.  (However, we are not

going away, we are just going to

be eyes only.  We will try and

comment as often as we have time

for.  We might try emailing)

The Second very very sad "Good Bye"

was to my sweet friends Baci

and Logan.  They moved far far

away to Colorado.    We miss them

tons and tons.

 Third and more painful than you

can imagine, we had to say "Good Bye"

to five of our shade trees that were

killed by a beetle last fall.

 

Brutal little buggers, those beetles.

We depend so much on our shade trees

here at Canine Country Club.

 

Yes we still have 17 big beautiful

shade trees and considering the

temperatures have already

reached 98 degrees with a prediction

of over 100 for the next ten days,

The play area that they sheltered has

become almost unusable.

You might not be able to tell from

the picture but three of the trees were

about 50 feet tall and they were

so perfectly green and beautiful

every year.  And they were homes to

many many species of birds who

greeted us each morning with

their songs of happiness.

 Watching them  being carried away

through the air by the big crane

actually brought tears to My Vickie's

eyes.   As they took their last

look down on the kennel we sent

our thanks for all the wonderful time

that they shared with us.

 And finally, we said "Good Bye" to

my new little friends.....the foxes.

The pups are now hunting on their own

and with the summer campers and hikers

moving closer and closer to their

den, mom and the kids have

decided it is time to leave.

 

We sure hope to get glimpses of them

in the future and if we are lucky enough

to get a picture, we will be sure to post it.

 

So, enough of the "Good Byes"

I think it is time to take a dip in

the river.  Man is it hot.....

 

Love

Bert



Isn't nature wonderful....

 We have been dying to get up

into our mountains this week.

It seemed to be beckoning My Vickie

in every thought and moment of

daily working here at the kennel.

I figured, since we were so

very busy at the kennel that it would

just be wishful thinking....until....

Wednesday, she could handle it no

longer and she grabbed me, asked one of

the girls to cover for her and close.

 Before I knew it we were off.

We drove for a bit then she pulled off

on this little winding country road,

traveled a few miles then parked

and out we got.

It was BEAUTIFUL.    We found

this great trail that followed the lake up

into the mountains around it.

We saw little critters in the trees,

 Bigger and little critters in the water.

 Strange critters we had never seen before

And YES.    Water.   Lots and Lots

of cold clear beautiful water.

At last it was clear until I dove

in and stirred it all up.

 But My Gosh!!! She was throwing Sticks

 So I stirred up more and more water.

Then I brought some of it back to shore

and shook it all over the rocks so

they would have something to drink.

 To add to the cuteness the next day, My

little CC came to visit. 

 So Goose was visiting for the day and

he and Allred were having words

when I walked by.  My Vickie got this

funny picture of my tail as I went

past Goose.  It looks like he has

a tu-tu doesn't it. 

 

Dancing Goose.  Can you picture it.

Then My Vickie loaded up the pack

again and "Believe it or NOT"

but she took that pack and went up into

the mountains again.

WITHOUT ME.

 She told me later that it was because

she was gonna go find some little

fox's that were up where we watch

the moose.  She was afraid I would

want to play with them.  I could have

told her, that I would have just sat nicely

with her and watch.  I think they are cute too.

 While My Vickie was busy taking pictures

of the little fox's there was a big ole

Moose swimming in the lake behind

them all.  Thank goodness John was

paying attention and noticed the Moose.

They left the fox den then and went to

photograph the Moose.

 The antlers are growing about an inch

a day now and this guy has a pretty

good set growing out.  There was another

Moose that they spotted just after sunset

who was even bigger.

They are different than the moose

My Vickie saw in Alaska.

Thinner, longer legs, longer body

but just as beautiful.

She promised me that I could go with her

next time.  Maybe the little fella's will

still be hanging close to their den next week

Anyway, tomorrow I get to go meet

up with my dancing buddy Goose

so I better get some sleep.
 

I wanna send my love to Benny

"Fight Like a Frenchie" dude.

 

and leave you with a fun video of the

fox pups and a deer that came by.

Have a great weekend.
 



Golden Boy....My Foot

Today we went for a walk

Bert disappeared behind a dumpster

This is the smelly, dirty, critter

that took his place.

 

 

 

We tried to swim off the

smell, even bathe it off

but it is so deeply

embedded in his hair and skin

that the rank little boy

is clearly going to smell

for weeks.

 

 

And you thought he was a

"Golden Boy"

See Beautiful - Most Beautiful Heart

Welcome to the one year anniversary

of the "See Beautiful" Friday Posts.

 

Although Bert and I have not been

able to post much in the last while,

it is this post that we will always try

to do because of the love that comes with it.

 

Please check out the other "See Beautiful"

Posts from our friends in the blog hop.

You will find much beauty to add

to an already beautiful day.

 

Plus this week our friend and host

SUGAR is having a Giveaway

that I am sure you will not want to miss.

 

Now join me if you have a few minutes

for a "See Beautiful Story"

with a touch of Alaska background

 

 

One day a young man was standing in the middle
of the town proclaiming that he had the most
beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large
crowd gathered and they all admired his heart
for it was perfect.
There was not a mark or a flaw in it.
Yes, they all agreed it truly was the most
beautiful heart they had ever seen.
The young man was very proud and boasted
more loudly about his beautiful heart.

 

Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of
the crowd and said, "Why your heart is not
nearly as beautiful as mine."

The crowd and the young man looked at the
old man's heart. It was beating strongly,
but full of scars, it had places where pieces
had been removed and other pieces put in, but
they didn't fit quite right and there were
several jagged edges. In fact, in some places
there were deep gouges where whole pieces
were missing.

 

The people stared -- how can he say his heart
is more beautiful, they thought?
The young man looked at the old man's heart
and saw its state and laughed.

"You must be joking," he said.
"Compare your heart with mine, mine is perfect
and yours is a mess of scars and tears."

"Yes," said the old man, "Yours is perfect
looking but I would never trade with you.
You see, every scar represents a person to
whom I have given my love - I tear out a piece
of my heart and give it to them, and often
they give me a piece of their heart which fits
into the empty place in my heart, but because
the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges,
which I cherish, because they remind me of the
love we shared. "Sometimes I have
given pieces of my heart
away, and the other person hasn't returned
a piece of his heart to me. These are the
empty gouges -- giving love is taking a chance.

Although these gouges are painful, they stay open,
reminding me of the love I have for these people too,
and I hope someday they may return and
fill the space I have waiting.
So now do you see what true beauty is?"

 

The young man stood silently with tears running
down his cheeks. He walked up to the old man,
reached into his perfect young and beautiful heart,
and ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old
man with trembling hands

 

The old man took his offering, placed it in his heart
and then took a piece from his old scarred heart and
placed it in the wound in the young man's heart.
It fit, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges.
The young man looked at his heart, not perfect
anymore but more beautiful than ever,
since love from the old man's heart flowed into his.
They embraced and walked away side by side.

  



 OK, this last one is from Utah
but isn't it beautiful?

 

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Land of the Midnight Sun

 Back from Alaska and let me just say,

That is a truly beautiful place.

Bert was not too happy about my

leaving and I hear he was a bit pouty

but he also had a great time staying

with Goose for two nights and with

Zero for one night. 

 

 Just before we left my sister

sent us an email of what had

landed in the trees above her

house.  At first I was a bit nervous

thinking it was a bad omen, but

come on.....they are just birds....

Right????

 The day before I left I made

it a point to spend a lot of

quality time with Bert, but he

knew something was up.  Even

when we were at the pond, he

hung his head over the rail

looking as sad as he possibly could.

Yes, I felt a little guilty, that is until

I got to Alaska.  Oh my is that a

beautiful beautiful place.

We stopped every few miles on

our way to Seward from Anchorage

hiking up into the back country.

There was waterfalls around

every turn, and like Bert

I like to see where they all

start their journey downward.

I was prepared to see all kinds

of animals both in the water

and on the land.

I was not disappointed.

 I am a total moose fan, I

follow the moose in our area

closely monitoring their

everyday lives.  I love their

gentle spirits,  there big

dreamy eyes.   But the moose

in Alaska are a whole different

breed than I was used to seeing

and the only word I can use for

them is Magnificent.

 Sea Lions, Otters, Seals

whales, porpoises, orcas...

all and more around

every turn.

And yes, we got to meet

the famous Ryker.  Oh he

and Bert would have had so

much fun. 

 Glaciers were everywhere

and to hear and see one

calve will set your soul to

quivering.  Oh the power

And Yes, it is the land of

the Midnight Sun.   This is

the sunset at one am.  I waited

for it to get darker but the sun

then ran parallel along the

horizon leaving an hours worth

of this view before it started to

rise back up into the sky.

I must go back.

 

"North" To Alaska

I can't believe it, but My Vickie

is leaving me.

She is going to see some

bloggy friends up in Alaska.

Alaska......How can she go

without me?    Seriously.

 

In order to "NOT FEEL GUILTY"

she gave me the most wonderful Saturday.

 

"Something to think of, while she is gone"

That's what she said.   Like that is gonna make

me feel better.   Alaska.  She is very excited.

 Well truth is....it did make me feel a

little better.   It was such a beautiful Day

My Buddie Goose came with us and

so as soon as we stopped at out hiking point,

Michelle, me and Goose were off to

find WATER.

 My Vickie stayed behind and waited for some

others cause, besides giving me a great day,

she and Paulette were setting a SAR

test for Zoey and Brenda. 

My Vickie was the tester

and Miss Paulette

(Miss Sophie's and my buddy

Murphy's human) was the victim.  (The lost

person.   you know what I mean.)

While I was busy keeping Goose and Michelle

entertained down along the creek, 

Zoey and Brenda

set off to "Find" our lost person (Paulette)

She was given a square mile of mountainous

terrain to search in two hours time.

Todd, (Brenda's husband) waited and watched.

My Vickie climbed high up the hill

well, she drove to a better vantage

point then climbed

so she could observe Zoey working.

I headed up and joined My Vickie cause,

well, I like to keep an eye on her.

In the mean time, Miss Paulette was all

lost and afraid in the woods.  She kept hearing

this buzzing noise and finally found that

she was hidden right next to a

hummingbird nest.

It kept her entertained for about an hour.

Then she heard a big noise in the woods

and turned to see the shadow of "BIGFOOT"

She screamed in panic. 

"Bigfoot, what ever

shall I do?" 

It was pretty funny.

All the time they were working

hard looking for Paulette and

her Bigfoot (haha) I just enjoyed

the beautiful country side.  Oh

we love spring. 

 There were fields of this yellow

sunflower like plant. 

And I met a new friend up

on the mountain in a parking

area.  (Zoey's cousin)

She was really strong.

 

 

And now I am back home and My Vickie

is packing her bags to go to "ALASKA"

Judy and Whitney are staying with

me while she is gone, but I still

don't understand why she would

go without me.  Something

is wrong here, that is all I can say.