Wordless Wednesday 1/19 -- Three Amigas

Snow Flight

Bunny here, writing a little about our day after Christmas fun.

You may have noticed that certain hounds here at our house were rather unfairly neglected on Friday and Saturday while a couple of humans who call themselves "Mom" and "Dad" were off attending all sorts of family Christmas get togethers.  It turns out that no hounds were invited to these festivities.  I can't imagine that they had any sort of fun at these get togethers, and Mom assures me that it was truly a torturous experience.  After smelling Dad's gloves Friday night, I'm not entirely sure I believe that, but I'm a generous little hound and I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Sunday, however, they redeemed themselves.  We had more snow on Christmas and the world was a wash of white.  Blueberry and I got all bundled up in our coats and we went with Morgan, Mom and Dad to the dog park to stretch our legs. 

It was glorious!  There was a Sibe there, along with a Sibe-Golden cross and a small spaniel.  They were more than happy to run in the snow with us.  We had the best time.  I believe our pictures speak for themselves.

We came home tired, happy dogs and took a long Winter's nap.  Now if I can just get them motivated to go see that waterfall!

 

Wordless Wednesday 12/29 -- Flying

Let It Stop Snowing

Bunny here at the keyboard writing about our Winter weather here.

The weathermen said that we were going to be getting some snow this weekend.  That's like saying Siberians have a little floof.  It started snowing early Sunday morning and kept snowing and snowing and snowing.  I cracked out my winter hiking boots from Voyagers K9 Apparel and the snow came up to the tops of my boots!  I was surprised, because these boots are pretty tall.

All the snow made for some good napping inside, and I enjoyed sharing a little grilled cheese sandwich with Mom and Dad.  It wasn't a good day for doing anything outside.  We didn't even go to the birthday party for Dad's youngest sister because Dad said he nearly wiped out going two blocks to the local grocery store for butter for our grilled cheese. 

I'd say right now that we have a lot more snow than we need.  If anybody would like some, just stop by with a shovel and you can take as much as you want.  There's enough to make a whole army of snowmen out there!  I'll be inside sneaking drinks of Mom's hot chocolate after she sits the mug down on the coffee table.

Wordless Wednesday 12/8 -- Snow Angels

Let It Snow!

Bunny here at the keyboard to share pictures of our first snow of the season.

Friday night it started snowing and we were supposed to get just two or three inches.  Saturday morning we woke up and found out that we got a lot more snow than that.  It was so pretty as the flakes floated down out of the sky.  Mom and Dad had a talk and then they got me and Morgan into the van.  We headed off for the dog park.  Blueberry and Lilac do not like to get their feet wet or cold, so they stayed home.

We got to the dog park to find out that we had it all to ourselves.  Morgan and I were thrilled.  We set out to make good use of our time in the snow.  We thought a lot about our Siberian friends who have been missing the snow and wished we could share it with them.

There were squirrels in the park, too, and Morgan and I took a little time to hunt for them.  However, we simply had too much energy to spend much time sniffing for squirrels.  We had running to do.

Morgan gave her jingle bells a test run, and I have to say, they sounded great!  All you could hear was the birds, the squirrels scolding us from the trees and Morgan's bells.  We were really able to fly out there!

It was great to play in the snow, and Morgan and I really had an exciting time.  Hopefully everybody else had as much fun this weekend as we did.  It wasn't hiking, but it sure was fun!

A Snowy Visitor

You might have noticed that we had a visitor here the other day if you saw our Wordless Wednesday picture.  I happened to be home sick on Monday after we had yet another snowstorm here that dumped a load of heavy, wet snow on us.  As I sat on the couch resting, I glanced out the window and saw an owl outside not six feet away from me. 

I can only guess that the awning over our window provided much better shelter from the storm than the bare tree branches outside.  I've always known that we had owls around us.  The first summer we were in our house we'd hear them outside quite a bit as they hunted.  Several years ago, I saw our neighbor kids out in front of my house and found that an owl was somehow injured and lying on the ground under one of my trees.  After a call to a local expert, I put on some heavy leather gloves, lifted the owl onto my hand and carried him to the large shrubs in front of our house.  We left him some water and then left him alone, since we were told that too much handling was bad for him and would cause him to be abandoned.  He didn't make it.  I suspect he was somehow injured falling out of the tree.  Perhaps providing shelter for this one for the day makes up for that last failed attempt.

In any event, this small visitor was a welcome sight on an otherwise dreary day.  As you can see, the mighty huntress here was on full alert!  I guess her hunting instincts only kick in when she's outside or possibly she respects the sanctity of another mighty hunter. 

Chasing Away Cabin Fever

We decided to get out and beat the winter doldrums on Monday by bundling up and taking the girls to the dog park.  Even Lilac went along, although she protested until we got there.  Then she had a lovely time.  I was surprised to see her running a little with Blueberry and Bunny, even.  We cut it short for her, though, because we didn't want her breaking any toenails out there or making herself sore or lame.  It was great to see her romping with the younger hounds, though.  Bunny, of course, had a grand time and it didn't take much for her to get Blueberry to run with her.  I thought we'd share a few videos that might give you a smile.