Category Archives: love
The secret to warmth
The secret to keeping warm on a really cold and wet camping trip is simple. Step one: Move chair closer to fire. Step two: Sit in chair. Step three: Pick up furry Collie and place in lap. Simple. 😉 Today … Continue reading
One year ago today
One year ago today my best friend and heart dog passed away. He was only two months away from his 9th birthday. Far too young to pass away. I miss him everyday. He taught me so many valuable lessons about … Continue reading
Lassie’s Day – Lassie loved babies
Lassie truly did love babies. He loved their scent and the strange noises they make. He especially loved when they were old enough to sit and eat snacks in a high chair. Lassie’s favorite spot to lay was under the … Continue reading
Black & White Sunday: My BFF
Pictures taken in August 2005. Lassie’s first camping trip.
I miss him more than I express.
Today we’re linking up with the Black and White Sunday blog hop hosted by these two lovelies:Â Nola and Sugar!
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This ‘N That Thursday: Petal’s Christmas gifts.
Today we are joining the This ‘N That Thursday blog hop, hosted by 2 Brown Dawgs & Ruckus the Eskie, while we share what Petal got for Christmas!
Petal was a very good Collie this year. Which means she received a ton of gifts. It had nothing to do with the fact that she’s spoiled. 😉
Poor Rudolph. Petal shoved him out of the photo. She waited until the day after Christmas before being naughty.
I got her a little stuffing-free squirrel/skunk/something animal (it has a few squeakers and some crinkle paper, Petal’s favorite), a stuffing-free crinkly Santa, a dinosaur stuffie, a Christmas owl water bottle cover, a stuffed Rudolph and a new bed cover that I made myself.
See? She wasn’t spoiled at all. 😉
By the way, those Wet Noses cookies are a huge hit. I’m also a little proud to say that I knew exactly what toy you and Sailor had give her, Carly. I knew just by touching it. That is how often I go to pet stores and play with the dog toys. I recognize a KONG Squeezz stick without seeing it. If that doesn’t say crazy dog lady, I don’t know what does.
I got some really wonderful gifts too, but this one is the one that touched me the most.
A ring with Lassie’s name on it. A ring that will never leave my finger.
I hope you guys had a Merry Christmas and Petal wants to know, what did you pups get for Christmas? Were you naughty or nice?
P.S. For those who may be curious, the ring is from Silver Promo.
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Paw Print Ornament
In an effort to keep my mind busier lately, I’ve been crafting. All dog related things so far, of course.
Earlier this month I made a Christmas ornament with Petal’s paw print. Something I had always meant to do with Lassie and Ella’s paw prints, but never did. But we won’t talk about how much that upsets me, especially after finding that it was a really simple and extremely cheap project.
Instead we’ll just be happy that I did this with Petal and admire how it turned out.
I followed the simple tutorial from Sew DoggyStyle. I think the hardest part was balling up and then rolling the Sculpey clay out. That stuff was SOLID. I ended up using a rolling pin and temporarily staining it red. Then trying to shape it into a nice circle? That took some time.
The easiest part was actually getting Petal’s paw print, thanks to my Mom feeding her treat after treat while I squished her paw into the clay. To avoid having my handprint squished into the other side and messing up the circle I spent so much time on, I laid the clay on a clean, glass, cutting board and laid the cutting board on the floor before pressing Petal’s paw into it.
I ended up having to take that rolling pin to the first paw print and gently roll it out because it was hardly noticeable. I pressed too gently, afraid she’d fight me on it or worse, that I’d hurt her. After my Mom reassured me that Petal didn’t even flinch or care about anything but the treats she was being fed (it was chicken, by the way, the good stuff!), I did a better job the second time and luckily didn’t have to do it a third time. I pressed on each individual toe and even wiggled them just slightly.
After that was done, I made a little hole to string some ribbon through later and I carved the year on one side and her name on the other.
Then I popped it into the oven and baked it for an amount of time that I wish I had written down! Oops. I do know that it wasn’t very long.
After it was done baking and cooling off, we sprayed it with varnish (Varathane Polyurethane in a clear gloss). This part took the most time. We sprayed the front and then left it to dry for 24 hours before spraying the back and allowing it to dry for 24 hours. Then just for good measure, we sprayed the front again and then the back again, waiting 24 hours in between.
I didn’t use the Sculpey glaze stuff that was used in the tutorial simply because I already had a can of varnish on hand.
I didn’t have to buy any ribbon either, so this priceless ornament only cost me $2 and some change.
Not only does it look great on our Christmas tree, but it also looked pretty good when I hung it on Petal’s collar. 😉
My gorgeous girl.
I love those taller-than-the-mountains bunny ears!
Merry Christmas Eve everyone!
♥
Black and White Sunday: My Sweet Girl
3.6.2013
All curled up in her lovely fur.
I adore her.
P.S. Happy St. Patrick’s day!
I would’ve posted a much more… festive picture, but alas, I am not very festive when it comes to St. Patrick’s day. I am also forgetful.
But Petal’s sweet face is worth more than a pot of gold, so… there’s that?
😉
Today we are participating in the Black and White Sunday blog hop hosted by You Did What With Your Weiner, Dachshund Nola and My Life In Blog Years.