Lap Dog

A Rainy Day....

HEY! Someone's Out There!

Oh! It's Our Dad!

Where's He Going?

ARRRRRRRGH!!!!!!

Thoughts for Mr. Darcy's Family

My Shoulders ached for Strong Sure Wings
And my Feet were sore with the Need to Fly.

Poor Earth-Bound ones--- you could not know!
I raced the skies on Sturdy Limbs and tossed my proud dark head away from Captive Bones.

http://mrd23.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/mr-darcy-got-his-wings-today/

"Someone's Been Eating My Porridge...

...and they ate it all up!"

Fall

A Few Important Things.....

Guinness here, and I finally got my bloggy back. Our gorgeous Great Dane buddy Mr. Darcy over at http://mrd23.wordpress.com/ just had spinal surgery and his owners say he is not doing so well. When I had my surgery it was the same thing and I almost didn't make it. I needed a second surgery the next day and the vets asked the humans if they wanted to bother. After the 2nd surgery all my legs stopped working and I couldn't walk or roll over or anything. That anesthetic knocks the crap out of us big guys. How would you feel after surgery?--sheesh!!!
I fought though...and several months went by before I came around. If I chose not to fight that would have been ok too--it was a long ol' winter that year. We are never here for long enough and so all you can do is enjoy every day you have with us. We do not know our lives are short. It is a problem for you humans, but not for us. What is important is that we have a full life of adventure and spending time with our humans and eating good treats. It is better to have lived a short life of love and laughter than a long life of neglect and boredom.

We 3 bums are thinking hard on you Mr. Darcy! Keep fighting beautiful big guy!

And good ol' Groucho is getting strong and gaining weight.

Everyone we meet says Groucho makes them smile. You can't look at this silly little clown and not giggle.

He has a stay at home human mom who loves him --Groucho helps out with her home office job. He has a teenage human boy to sleep with at night and a human dad who is very proud of him!

And we would like to make a special announcement. Our buddy Diego Dog over at http://diegodog.blogspot.com/ belongs to a club called THE EVERGREEN AFGHAN HOUND CLUB in Kirkland , WA

Well, they have made a very generous donation to Groucho and everyone was really quite touched by it. And that donation will go to Groucho's health care check up next week. He needs a good going over to make sure he is in good standing. Thank you so very much to Deigo's humans and the Evergreen Club--we can't believe it.

...AND... I just have one more important thing to say. I really like to bob for apples. Love Guinness.

Unbelievable Burgeo--the final chapter.

Hi there--I am a Newfoundland Irish Wolfhound. HaHa just kidding. There are over 200,000 Moose in Newfoundland! We are not native to "The Rock" but were introduced in 1878 from Nova Scotia and our numbers have flourished ever since! It is very uncommon to go to Newfoundland and NOT see a moose. We like to eat the small woody plants and shrubs along the road so motorists must always be careful. Now it is hunting season though--so we are mostly hiding in the woods.

Today the humans are off to Burgeo and you won't believe it when you see it on a map. See on the very bottom corner the coastal town of Burgeo? Well, look at the red and white dotted road that cuts down the Province and then hooks up to the highway. That is the strangest road and ONLY goes to Burgeo. There is no other roads, houses, towns or communities the entire 2 hour drive. It is a road to Burgeo and that is all. This road was not built until 1979 and before that there was only coastal boat service available.

And here is a wonderful story. The humans were invited to stay in Burgeo at their friend Tiffany's house. Tiffany just purchased the house as a summer cottage. A long time ago the house was built by her Great- Great- Grandfather from England. It was the 2nd house ever to be built in Burgeo.

The house is over on that little Island, which is now attatched to the mainland by a small bridge.

Here are Tiffany's parents and Tiffany's mom is happy that the house is back in the family as she was raised here as a little girl! Her parents still live in Burgeo--down the road in a new house.

The house is about 160 years old and retains much of it's old charm. See how the kitchen is big and warm? It is because the kitchen was the main living area in the old days. Even still today in the Maritimes the humans all have "kitchen parties" where everyone eats, sings, and plays live music.

The original staircase still has the old textured wallpaper!

And upstairs are four adorable, tiny, corner bedrooms.

some of Tiffany's Great Aunts and Uncles were born in the bedrooms.

...like her "Uncle Stanly" who we met at the general store. He asked if we saw the claw marks on the wall. HAHAHA!

And here is a funny story while you are looking at the bedrooms. At that General Store most things are in bulk. If you want ketchup, you better be ready to by 3.72 liters of it. And Christa said something funny: "Wow, this Store has everything you need, knitting supplies, strawberry wine, plastic ducks..." haha--perhaps you had to be there...

In the morning, Janice's brother, Peter, snaps a picture of her on the warf out the window.

She is watching the Cod fisherman getting ready.

Here is the view in front of the house.

There use to be a building on this island! Local resident Keith MacDonald told them so when he picked them up for a random tour around the town. Hehehe. He was waiting for his son to get out of bed and kept driving back and forth by his house because he was scared of the cranky wife inside. So to pass the time he told them to hop on in. Keith's mother had 20 kids in Burgeo and kept the same crib by her bedside til the day she died.

Burgeo from the Bridge.

Burgeo from the back of the house. Peter took this panorama. He is a professional and you can check out his amazing photography here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/petermacdonaldphotography/

After all, if you don't have Peter MacDonald photography then you just have a picture.

There are 7 beaches at Burgeo. They are named 1 through 7 except for two of them--those ones have real names (?!). Here are some pictures of the beach--the first 3 are Pete's! They look great if you click and biggify them!

Tribal council.

The Tribe has spoken..

Tiffany's parents had them to their house for lunch. Tiffany's Dad also set Janice and Christa with a cabin in the crew's quarters for the long ferry ride back to Nova Scotia at 11:30 that night. He is Senior Captain of the Ferry so the girls were SO lucky! It means that they slept in comfy beds while the other passengers had a rough night at sea on the recliner seats! Thank you to the entire family for such wonderful Newfoundland hospitality--what a great treat!

Newfoundland gave a spectacular show right to the last minute.