A White Day!

Ok... it was a semi-white day! And unlike someone else who lives in this house... I didn't mind dilly-dallying in the yard as the snow was falling!

I'm not real sure what this is... but it tastes like water when you lick it! ... And you know how I love water!

Mom asked me to sit for a photo... And look! I've got a snow flake on my nose!

Next I laid down to make snow angels! ... Or maybe pecan angels... I forget which!

Later in the afternoon after it stopped snowing, brave boy Luke joined me in the yard to sniff around and do some businesses.
Our yard is mostly shaded by 60 year old very tall trees, so our only accumulation was spotty.

It was pretty exciting when it was falling, because we were all hoping it would keep coming down... but alas, it did not. It was a nice afternoon, though... and I can't wait until next time!

Please to let us have snow again???!

How much did we get? Well, I don't know how to measure snow... but there was about an inch on the fence. (I know it's not much... but please don't say anything to Mom. She's delusional about our big snow day!)!

Surprise For Me???!!!

First, let me say that when I hopped into the CRV yesterday... I didn't have A SINGLE inkling that this wonderful weekend getaway was in store! But now there's a party???!!!

Can someone please keep an eye on my brother? I mean, I love him... but he's looking hungry... and a little intense!

Chin rubs from my Aunt Madison... I love better than presents or cookies... but this evening includes them all! And there is singing... and Uncle Tom has a video camera...

And honestly, I am a little stunned... "All of this for me???!" I mean, I know I complained just a little about how Luke got a big party... and I "celebrated" at home with just my Mom and brother (how embarassing!)... but not in my wildest dreams did I think I would be treated to a weekend in Wimberley with the Herd... much less have any other sort of celebration!

Why... this is proberbial cherry on top of double strawberry shake wif the real whip cream... so good you fink you might just be dreamin!

Part of my awesome surprise is a wonderful gift from Aunt Karen, Uncle Craig and Cousins Rizzi and Zeke! I more than ANY thing wish they were here with me... but in their place they sent a rumblin bleu pig, a extremely cute long legged bird and tasty TASTY treats!!!

[In my sweet package there is a jigsaw puzzle... which is foreshadowin of my next big vacation! This puzzle is "one hundred dogs and a cat"... and I can't wait!]

And from The Herd, I received a cute card, a big stuffed squeaky bone... some healthy ener-g stuff what my the Mom loves (so she can keep up with me)... and attention galore!

Cousin Porter love her gift to me so much... she sneak back in my bedroom to steal it back!!!

And I do not protest, because... bless her heart... Porter has been THE object of my affection this entire weekend!!!

To her credit, I have overtly tried and tested the Porter... and she has been congenial to most every thing that included my shnoz, but she did the draw the line this afternoon with an ear inspection!

Peace.

Peace is having lots of Goldens around, all toys out of reach, cool evening airs, sweet sounds echoing through the trees....

Peace.

Here With My Herd!

Yes, I am! And I'm happy Happy HAPPY!!!

This is just about the best surprise EVER!!!

I LOVE my Aunt Madison, Uncle Tom... who were Mom and Dad to me for nine months... and then there's The Herd, who were my brothers and sisters!!!

I was really depressed about my birthday celebration... but Mom and Luke have really come through for me! This is just one aunt and two cousins short of a perfect weekend!!!

YAY!!! We're here!!!

Happy Birthday to me... here in the Hill Country!!!

Happy Birthday Boy!

Today is my seventh birthday, and I awoke to a great deal of singing and carrying on... and even though I prefer a much lower key (and also later) start to my day... I played along, out of good sport!

Then this afternoon once the family had gathered together again, I was surprised with some special toys and treats... all BLEU, of course! Why, there was a big bleu monkey, a bleu yeu (sheep, of course) and a little pink funny thing with a bleu nose and other extremities. And most importantly... there were BLEU BERRY TREATS!!! But, wait...

Uhhh... can someone tell me why my brother is so happy??? Does he not know it's THE BLEU BIRTHDAY... not THE LUKE???!

I mean, seriously, ya'all... He's a little too happy. And it's making me nervous!

Oh oh oh... and while I wait for Mom to get the flash right... Luke is going in for my birthday presents!

Please, Mother... I implore you... make him stop!

Whshhhhhew. And she did. And I have been given the option of any toy I want! I chose the bleu monkey, and am working on a clever name for him!

Of course, unlike some brothers we know, I oblige Mom and pose for all the photos she wants to take!

There's a smile on my face, but I'm thinking... "Hey, wait a minute! The Luke got a big huge swim party at Pet Paradise on his birthday, and all of his friends came... and here I sit in my own stinking family room! This is not fair!"

What else can I do, but... Kill the monkey!

Kill him dead... one gentle and tender squeak at a time...!

Hey, wait another minute!!! What is the Luke doing over there with his back turned to me!!! Sigh. Well, I guess it's ok. At least I know he won't wear the squeaker out (since he's a sucker not a squeaker)!

[Note from the Mom: The Luke and I have a VERY special and fun adventure planned for the Bleu this weekend! He's going to be SO surprised!!! Stay tuned!]

Persnickety

I am joyous about the food preparations and servings... but I have an irrational fear about tile floors!

I will eat on the edge of them, but not fully on top of them.

Mom, who welcomes and encourages me ANY and EVERYwhere... thinks I am persnickety, about the tile floors.

And really... I have been encouraged to walk on them, spoken to lovingly and cuddled on them. I sometimes sneak onto them, but feel "caught" when Mom finds me there.

I have been here 8 months, and in that time... she has never scolded me.

That is not to say that she has not been forceful in two commands... "come" and "drop it", but that's because my two favorite games are "hard of hearing" and "chase me"!

Yes. I am ornery.

I'm gradually growing in comfort, though, because in the last month... I've pranced confidently (and absent mindedly) into the bathroom to get loving from the Mom!

You have no idea how BIG that step is for Big Boy Bleu (aka Bleu Bear)!

Big Boy

On a small rug...

And to quote the Luke... "Just sayin."

A Safer Choice in Sleeping Companions...

Given the precarious situation I found myself absent mindedly snuggled up in the other night, I am not heretofore more careful.

And this night, I choose pink bunny, which is actually a bear in a bunny suit, and one of three (bears in pink, green and purple bunny suits) that that were delivered to Luke and me by the Easter Bunny!

Luke and I share our toys really well. And there has never been a spat, not even one.

And that is because of three things.

The first one is that there were no toys available to us in the first six days of our slumber party.

And then on Night 6 (New Year's Eve), Mom brought home my trousseau!

Luke and I had already made a brotherly connection, and even though I knew the basket was mine... I allowed Luke first pick. It was the least I could do for him, since he opened up his home and him Mom to me. Right?

And actually, I very rarely play with the toys in my hope basket, but prefer those I have been given in this new life. My first life was wonderful, really it was... but here, I am Co-King, with no chance for de-throning. There is singing and there is happiness and I have more nick names than ever. Life is really all about me and my brother... THE Luke!

Bad Weather

Mom!!! Please make Luke's patooty settle down!!!Uhhh... Perhaps I should be more specific.

Some place other than my nose would be preferable.

Ahhhhhh, yeah. Life is good so long as I don't move my tail!:::Don't move it. Don't move it. Don't move it:::!

danger Danger DANGER

The storms have subsided and there is a calm about the home, until... Mom finds me snuggled up with Luke's baby.

Luke loves her, I think, because she was Comet's favorite toy. He found her in his first week or so here.

Mom went to great lengths to put away ALL of Comet's toys, so she thinks it is fate that Sweety Girl's favorite "reindeer with the candies for the feets" was left somewhere special... for Luke to find.



I like her too, because she has many good scents...

But nearing bed time, Mom panicked when she discovered our snuggle fest.

And when "last call" was abruptly announced by Mom, I was brought to my senses! I sure don't want to be caught in repose with Luke's baby!

I hopped up to go outside, and you can bet when I come back in, I'll pick another baby to snuggle. No problem!

Bad Weather and a Beautiful Idea

It is storming and not just that, but it is STORMING!

Luke has gone brazerk. He jumped over my head about a million times. And Mom has stepped over me almost as many.

She finally made me get in the bed so my big self was not sprawled out across the tiny floor.

I resisted the thought at first, but now see the beauty of the idea!

Good Weather

Good weather for snoofin the ground...

Good weather for snoofin the airs...

Good weather to be watching Luke out of the bunker!
Good weather for Mom to be watching me!...

O, hi!!!

I'm a G Boy!

G stands for:

Gentle and Gentile... A Real Gentleman!
Go Along to Get Along!
Gleeful Grub Hound and also a Grazer!
Gee, I'm Cute!
Good humored (and also kinda Goofy), Good Looking and also Good Natured!
And... Golden!

What???

You were thinking Greyhound???

Morning Bloom and A Game...

We woke up to a beautiful night sirius bloom!

And now here's the game...

Can you find the Bleu???

OK, what if I turn my head???

The "H" Word

fIf you were to look in the dictionary under "loving", you are very likely to see my picture.

I love most every single thing in life. Really, I do ( with exception of trolley ride, doctor's office and equipment noises).

But one thing that disturbs me is when my brother Luke is in NBD (nervous break down) mode.

I have no problem staying perfectly still, and letting him step and/or hop over me. Does it get old? Yes, it does.

But I prefer that to the alternative of masking or drowning the thunder with the dishwasher.

I hate equipment noises! And that's when I need my own great big bunker!

Effy In The Bed

He doesn't belong in Luke's bed, so I relocated him.

And I tended to him, squeak squeak squeak, on my favorite rug next to Luke's (yes, Aunt Karen... Minnie Pearl comes to mind) second birthday bed, in which, almost without exception... I allow him to sleep!

Squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak...

Huh??? Problem???

Happy Gotcha Day to Luke!

It is Luke's Gotcha Day and he got a pink monkey and quickly whisked PM away to the boudoire!

Bestowed upon me, in honor of this Day of Celebration, was a pink pig! And I whisked PP away to my favorite rug!

Imagine my joy when I discover that the Pink Pig honks!!! Luke does not like me to squeak and or honk his, our or my toys... and I hate to admit it, but that makes the honking just way more joyous and fun!

We ARE brothers, after all...!

I pause briefly to give Mom my great big smile, which is the equivalent of my paws up on her toy selection! And I'm thinking, she couldn't have picked anything better, until...

She gave me Mama Duck with Duck Baby!!!

And I circled round and round and round and round the house... squeaking as I circled!

Happy Gotcha Day to Luke! I can't wait until mine!

Something Is "Up"...

Something is "up"...
But Luke and I can't quite put our paws on it!

I'm A Big Drinker

I am.

I love water.

And when I drink, I don't stop until the bowl is dry.

Mom likes to say "Bleu is filling his hump".

And I just did!

Intersection

This is chore day, and I'm not bothered... well, at leat not until Mr. Dyson comes roaring out of the closet!

I find the best place to be, otherwise, is at the intersection of rooms. Mom loves to step over me, and I know it. My favorite strategic places are where she has to do a three point pivot to move over and past me.

That position is made funner by the required calculations and navigation skills that Luke must display... because he's never more than about 18" behind the Mom, and he can't complete the three point pivot... so he jumps!

Wordless Wednesday

(Ok 6 words and a symbol, which I acknowledge is a LOT for me!...)

Mom went back to work today! :-(

Bedside Manner

Mom has been sick for several days now, but not to worry... Nurse Bleu is at her bedside!

If this goes on much longer, I'm going to ask Aunt Karen to make me a nurse's cap... or a candy striper uniform!

Twigs

Two twigs fell out of the pecan tree today! I loved it and didn't stop until they were mulch!

It Just Happened!

Don't ask ME how I got up on the big bed with this big cone on my head... but I think Luke gave me a boost (to repay him for chewing his tail this afternoon)!!!

I promise...

I will not lick my bobo again. I will not lick my bobo again. I will not lick my bobo again.I will not lick my bobo again. I will not lick my bobo again.I will not lick my bobo again. I will not lick my bobo again.I will not lick my bobo again. I will not lick my bobo again.I will not lick my bobo again. I will not lick my bobo again.I will not lick my bobo again. I will not lick my bobo again.I will not lick my bobo again. I will not lick my bobo again.I will not lick my bobo again. I will not lick my bobo again.I will not lick my bobo again. I will not lick my bobo again. I will not lick my bobo again. I will not lick my bobo again. I will not lick my bobo again. Really, I will not.

(Especially if you leave this cone on my head!)

Order In The Room With The Moving Picture Box

If you were to only read Luke's Blog, you would quite naturally assume he is "THE golden boy" of this house, but in fact there are TWO!

Luke may be the King of the Computer and the Study and the Back Door...

But I am King of the Beds and the Room with the Moving Picture Box! Just ask Luke... oh wait a minute, no... you can't ask him... he's in the hallway!

Bano at Casa Del Rebano

This fine Memorial Day began with Mom luring me into what my brother Luke calls the trolley... behind him, of course... as he is always ready for a trolley ride, me not so much.

But I am happy with our final destination which is Casa Del Rebano (and add a ~ over that n!) for what it turns out is a... bano (add another ~ over that n too!)

And so Daddy... uh, Uncle Tom began with me, as I peer into the windows at Cousin Porter and Mama... uh, Aunt Madison... to please consider stopping this madness!

But I am, all in all, patient with the washing of the undercarriage!

It is the washing of the muffler that widens my eyes! (As Luke would say...) Just saying.
I am quite the civilized boy, unlike some boys we all know and love, who act like a fool!
And I wait patiently on the deck during my 20 minute soak.

And Mom marvels at how much smaller I look when I'm wet! And that just reinforces what I've always told her... I'm mostly hair!

She is so pleased with my good manners, but what did she think I would do... run off to roll in the mulch pile??? Why, I think not!!!

I am quite accustomed to the art and routine of this fine spa treatment.After all, I am the former resident also known as Numero Seis Jubilados!

And there is nothing quite as relaxing and joyful as the final rinse... especially when Daddy, uhhh Uncle Tom rubs my back... and Luke has given up his mischief!

It was a wonderful day with el rebano from whom I come! And it is wonderful to be clean and fluffed and back at home!

Special thanks to my Cousin Katie for teaching me the Spanish! If I messed something up... my apologies to her!

Sometimes

Sometimes I don't like to come in when the sun sets.

Sometimes...

My New Summer Bandana!!!

I owe many great thanks to Aunt Dav for thinking of me when she was on vacation and for buying me this great and festive bandana!

She bought it in Belize from a dog rescue organization, and that makes it even MORE wonderful! She bought Luke one too, but this one's mine because it's... BLEU!

(Luke was being contrary during photo shoot... Anyone surprised???... We were sitting together and then he just took off... see the swish of his tail?)


Unlike my somewhat rowdy brother, I will also "down" and pose for the camera!

I adore my new couture... And this wonderful gift also solves my problem of what to wear to Zeke and Rizzo's pool party!!!

Puppy Smells!

Mom came home smelling like a puppy... She said he has been adopted into a good home... What better home could he have than sharing mine??? I would be the perfect "mama" and playmate!!!
I'm depressed... but Luke, for some reason, is overjoyed... I don't understand that boy...

Trolley Ride Without Luke

First, let me say to Luke... it wasn't my idea to leave without you. If I had my druthers, you would have been here to take the "heat" and be my "front man"!

Instead, you are home sucking on your 'Kongy', while I quivered in the presence of dogs who don't know me but don't like me (what is wrong with dogs who don't like me???)

But all is good now, because this photo is taken when I am on my way home!

Luke is gonna be really mad when I get home... He won't understand that he should be thankful the doc was poking on me this time, instead of him!

Got No Clue!

Everbody think Bleu got all the clues... but I got none bout next half hour!!!

Happy Mother's Day to...

Mom and My Other Mom!!!
(you know who you are!)

Happy Easter Egg Hunt!

Easter basket and eggs courtesy of our thoughtful Aunt Karen... Photos courtesy of me and Luke on the hunt! (Treats inside eggs taste as yummy as eggs smell!)

Easter Bunny brought frisbee just for me!
(I don't know what to do with it)

Easter Bunny bring bone!
I know what to do with it!

I love the Easter Bunny!

Easter Bunny!

What that I smell???
Wow! Easter Bunny bring clean laundry...
and put it in the chair!

And whoa... what this??! New Bunny Toys!??!

Who all this for... mois?

Purple Bunny mine!


And this bed look just like the bed I got on Luke's birthday!
I love it!
Happiness is having as a multitude of happy places to nap!

Sleep With Pants

Mama come home late tonight.

Pants smell like Buddy.
No doubt about it.
I double "checked".

I sleep with em.