April showers bring May flowers

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Marquie

Sunday night we had some loud, crazy, kinda scary, wind.
Then Monday it rained.
Today it snowed.

Yup, more snow!

Not much, just a light dusting, but that didn’t matter, Petal was still excited.

She kept leading me to the leashes, barking at me and then nudging the leashes with her nose.

Who could say no to that?

Not me, that’s for sure.

Today looks like this.

So I bundled up and took them outside.
Despite all the layers I wore, I still nearly froze (the wind was ice cold).
But it was worth it to watch them race around the yard.

Petal and Penny played “circle around the weird box thing that’s been here way longer than any of us have!”
Petal won, as always. Penny cried, as always.
She’s still not as fast as Petal.

Ignore the weeds. I gotta get those pulled.

They also played fetch…

I swear Petal knows how to skip. ;P

Okay, so Penny played fetch, Petal just ran along beside her.
Petal says it’s only fair to let Penny win at something. 😉

Look at those ears!

And what did Lassie do, you ask?
He poked around the yard a little, peeing here and there, but mostly he just followed me around, enjoying the wind,

and the camera. 😉

Now I’m ready for a nap.

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Posted on March 13, 2013 by Marquie

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Today’s walk

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Marquie

Our morning walk today looked like this:

Well, that’s what the sky looked like. It was definitely brighter than that out. 😉

It was so cool and lovely out.
The dogs were surprisingly mellow.
That’s not to say that they didn’t run around and have a blast though.
They just weren’t as ZOOM! WHOOSH! as they usually are.
So, after they got a little running around done, our walk was pretty calm and peaceful.

Lassie was, of course, glued to my side (where the treat bag is!) after he played for his usual 2-10 seconds.

Petal and Ella, once they were done racing, hopped around, going from bush to bush, as they sniffed about.
Then we (we being me, my Mom, and Ella) came across this little guy:

Or girl.
I wouldn’t really know.
Speaking of me not knowing, I’m not entirely sure what he/she is.
Anyone know?
After doing a few Google searches he looks like a tiger salamander to me.
Though I don’t know what he was doing out there. There wasn’t any water in sight.
A few slightly (very slightly) rainy days and suddenly the salamanders are moving in. ;P

Pep Talk

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Marquie

Petal loves to give pep talks to her dog siblings.

AKA, barking directly into their ear when they aren’t doing what she wants them to do.

What she wants them to do = run around the yard with her like they’re herding invisible sheep.
Today it was Ella’s turn to experience ~~her eardrums exploding~~ one of Petal’s lovely and uplifting pep talks.

“C’mon, Ella! You can do it! Just one more lap around the yard! Do it for me… do it for the children.”
“What children?”
“PRETEND there are children and do it for them!”
“Yeah, not happening. I need a breather.”
“Only wimps take breathers! Wimpy little cats!“
“You call this a pep talk?”
“It’s called tough love, sister.”

“FINE! I’ll run, but just to shut you up!”

“Happy now, Petal?”
*panting* *gasping dramatically* “I neeeeed waaaterrrr!”
“Wimp.”

Would you believe me

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Marquie

if I said I managed to get these shots (and many more that you’ll be seeing throughout the week) without getting trampled by the girls?

Well. Not more than once anyway.

There were a couple of other close calls

but I made it out alive.

a little bit of chasing action

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Marquie

While the girls were running around chasing each other and having a blast, Lassie was a great ruler and king

and laid in his snow throne and commanded his kingdom. ;]

Sleepover!

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Marquie

On Thursday Petal’s little friend, Pepper (a Cocker Spaniel/Poodle mix), came over and is staying with us until Sunday. Petal and Pepper have been playing nonstop and wearing each other out, it’s so nice! Haha.

These girls get along so well together and are about a year apart in age. They love to wrestle each other the most and sometimes they like to chase each other, too. But Pepper has a habit of biting at Petal’s ankles, which Petal doesn’t really like, so she ends up running with her butt tucked underneath herself and then she quickly sits down. It’s too funny.

They’ve been having a blast playing in the snow and wrestling in the kitchen. They’re so cute!

“Look Pepper! I’m an Ostrich!“

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

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