2018 glimpses

Wanted to put up a little update....

 

 

                                                          Gramps still in his Garden

                                                                       Lilly at the Lake

                                                         Lilly at home in Canning Oct 2018

                                                      Lilly at Medford Beach, Nova Scotia

Out at Crick Hollow with Duke

Camp Fail!

 Hi it's Duke and winter hit hard out of nowhere.  We thought we were getting off easy but we got blasted in February and it stormed so much that calves came in the house to stay warm! 

 

And this little guy escaped from his box--or maybe I helped because I wanted to play.

 

 

The Lake is beautiful and covered with snow!

 

 

We sweep the lake and make a skate rink- can  you see me?

 

The snow drift are so high and the road to Crick Hollow is long....I wonder can we make it?

 

 

It might be easy going in snow shoes, but I have long stilts! I wonder if I can do it?

 

 

 

No I can not!

 

It is such hard going I need to take a break. I lay right in the snow in typical wolfie fashion! We turn around and go home.

 

I had fun but this little wolfie is calling it a day!  Bye for now, love Dukey!

Oh Autumn!

 

Guinness here reporting from the Crick hollow.

 

Maggi met a bear in the woods!

 

He smelled the fudge brownie baking in the woods!

 

And we still remember Saige and her tree...

 

..and some how after all these years...

 

you will still find me in my hole...

 

Where I have been for nearly 8 years...

 

I am enjoying the Autumn of my life.  Love Guinness.

Guinness goes to Check the Cabin...

  Oh hi Guinness here--we are going to go check on Crick Hollow.  Would you like to come along?  Ok--hop on in--first stop Tim Hortons...

 I will take an I Heart You donut please.  What would you like?

 It is a long walk into camp.  Gulp.  We take lots of breaks.

 We get to the cabin.  My human is mad because she can not make some of her pictures big on Blogger like she use to.  We would like some suggestions because it really deters us from blogging!

 We sniff around camp--everything has wintered well.

And soon we are right back where we want to be...asleep by the fire.  ZZZZZ  Bye for now--Love Guinny



A Saucy Boy

 Guinness here.  My human promised me she would take me to camp for the weekend for a little vacation.

 During the end of the week I start getting a little saucy and restless.  I bark and get obnoxious.  I rip up all my toys and try and get attention.

 I start making demands and get into lots of trouble.

 But out at camp I can stay outdoors all day and come and go as I please.  Much easier on my mental health.  And see this hole I am sitting in?  I dug it out since I was a wee little puppy.  It is my special place at camp.

 I love sitting in my hole and chomping a bone--see me?  It is my very favorite place.  Everytime I go to camp I work on that hole and dig it out a little more each time.  I have cleverly situated it in a nice central location so I can keep an eye on everything.  I am not stupid you know.

 So I am dreaming about my weekend where I can finally de-stress.

 Look at my face---see how much more contented I am at camp?  My head is swarming with all the fun things I did and all the nice adventures I went on.  This is the look of a happy, occupied Guinness.  That is when my human knows I have reached my happy place.

However, I can not guarantee I will be good ALL the time.  The picnic table could still use some more chomping.  I might have to get to work on that again.

See you next week.  Love Guinness.

Baked Beans and Brown Bread

Guinness here.  Here is me at my little cabin deep in the woods!  Do you want to go for an Autumn walk with me and Maggi?  Well c'mon!  What are you waiting for!

 It has been a spectacular Fall with an abundance of color and radiant splendor.

 The leaves just seem so extra, extra beautiful this year.  And the air has been so sweet and mild.

 Hehehe...so do you think Mag-Pie  is quite happy today?

 We start off down the trail.  But then it starts to pour.  And I mean cats and dogs!

 C'mon, we will have to tuck into the wood here and wait it out.  Can you squeeze under the tree with me?

Look. it is a grey ol day but when the rain dies down all the colors seem extra intense.

 Well, since I am already wet might as well go for a dip!

 Maggi would like to show you how pretty the marshlands look behind her!

And I would like to show you how big and handsome and rugged I look in the mist!  Hehe!  Don't I look just like an ancient hound of Irish lore?  GROWWWWLLL---hahaha!

 We have been walking for 3 hours.  My human said she got a bit of a chill in her bones.

 We walk through the magic looking glass to find the hidden, magical cabin.  My human had made a fire and now the cabin is as warm as toast.  You can imagine how exquisite it is to step into that piping hot cabin.

 And I have worked up quite an appetite.  Food please.

 And a drinky too!

We decide to stay the night.  It is too cozy to even think about leaving.  Don't worry, there is brown bread baking in the propane oven, and a crock of beans to warm up on the wood stove.  Oh--your bunk is waiting for you in the little loft bedroom upstairs.  Sweet dreams.