Nineteen Years

 Friday was our 19th Blogaversary!   It all started with Maggie and then Mitch came along and then Molly and we all got our chance to blog.   Mom lived with Mackie for almost a year and then Molly and mom moved to their apartment with the fenced in yard.   They saw Mackie a lot when they lived there and there were overnighters and of course, mom continued to groom him for a few years after that.  

Mackie loved his GoDog chartreuse ball.

Maggie loved Mr Carrot and Mitch loved his Macintosh apples and Molly adored her tennis balls♥    The needle feltings were all made by the late Carol Usher.   Mom says that if she was still here on Earth, there would be needle feltings of me too.   She was a very talented and creative person and she is still missed by so many to this day.   

The Airedales have all passed on and mom misses them all but Molly most of all as the girls had each other's backs when they moved away from the only home that Molly ever knew.  

And now it's my turn to carry on and mom says that so far, I've done a great job!

The best part about blogging is all of the friends that we've met along the way and it's been a LOT and for that, we are forever grateful.  

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Nature Friday

 We are joining Rosy this week for Nature Friday~~

This was our sunrise on Tuesday morning - to the east~

Minutes later - to the north~

The ornamental pears are always the last trees to lose their leaves~

We have had frosty morning and non-frosty mornings~

Mom let me investigate this fallen log.  I'm sorry that the picture is blurry.   I was excited but didn't find anything exciting.

These Weeping Willow trees are so gorgeously golden!

This was one of the frosty mornings.  The Red Maple is taking her sweet time dropping her leaves!

Yesterday, mom and I hosted Thanksgiving at our house!  Besides helping to make the pumpkin pie,  I got to taste giblets for the first time.

Wait - are these my bits that the vet stole from me earlier this year?  I want them back!!!!  Get out your needle and thread, mom!

Giblets are sure tasty!

Happy Friday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Happy Thanksgiving

 I helped mom make the pumpkin pie!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Wordless Wednesday

 

Love ya lots♥

Duke

The Beautiful Red Leaves

 Mom says that two times since we have lived in this house, red leaves have fallen to the ground all at once.   They are so special and they look so festive and pretty♥

Today would have been Mitch's nineteenth birthday.  We miss you, Mitchy♥

Love ya lots♥

Duke and Molly

Silent Sunday Selfie

 

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Nature Friday

 We are joining Rosy this week for Nature Friday~~

The leaves are dropping!

We are still seeing red leaves on our walks but not as many now~

They sure do have lots of squash at this home.   Maybe they intend to make a pie or soup out of them?!

Back at home, our red maple still hasn't lost all of her leaves but she's working on it~

Happy Friday, everyone!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Wordy Wednesday

 Mom discovered that Amazon sells colored dryer balls for dogs so she bought me a three-pack.   Guess what?  The balls are smaller than my big white snowball dryer ball and they roll underneath stuffs and she has to retrieve them for me and she doesn't like them!

I want my dryer balls back!

They were fun, mom~

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Sunday Walk on a Monday

 We had rain and thunderstorms on Saturday night and on Sunday morning, everything was soaked and foggy~

It was such a warm morning and very unlike mid-November!

Have you noticed it yet?

Mom bought me a holly collar for Christmas and it came with a charm.   Are boys supposed to wear charms?

Happy Monday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Sunday Selfie

 Dreaming of snow~

Happy Sunday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Nature Friday

 We are joining Rosy and Sunny for Nature Friday~~

Off we go~~

Landlady Maryann's pond is looking so pretty~

That is one large hairy vine - most probably poison ivy!

We are still finding lots of red leaves on the Burning Bushes~

The Lily of the Valley leaves look so pretty and golden in the Autumn~

Look what I found!   Mom wouldn't let me bring it home.

Mom has raked these leaves up already but days ago, we had a beautiful red carpet!

Happy Friday, everyone!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Wordless Wednesday

 

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Tasty Tuesday

 This time of year, mom makes lots of soups.   This soup has ingredients in it that she loves so she didn't follow a recipe for this one.   It's sausage and spinach and carrots and celery and lentils and black olives in a chicken stock base.   She rarely makes a soup that doesn't contain black olives because she really loves them.

I got a carrot stick~

I love celery!

Mom loves a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese when it's time for dinner~

Today is the perfect day for soup - actually, we think that every day is the perfect day for soup~

And for dessert - yes, I love bananas too!

Today, we honor our Veterans and thank them for their service to our country and for keeping us safe.

Happy Tuesday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke