Autumn

 Happy First Day of Autumn!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Silent Sunday Selfie

 

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Duke

Nature Friday

 We are joining pirate Rosy this week for Nature Friday~~

The Sedums and the Phlox are blooming and the scent of the Phlox is so wonderful in these, unfortunately, more humid temps!

The Joe Pye Weed is still in bloom~

We found a MilkWeed pod bursting its seeds!

Landlady Maryann's Roses are still blooming away~

Happy Friday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Wordless Wednesday

 

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Duke

Tasty Tuesday

 

Who doesn't love baked mac-n-cheese!

Happy Tuesday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

A Needle Felted Selfie

 Mom has had Airedales for over 25 years and our house is loaded with Airedale stuffs.  She constantly looks for English Cocker Spaniel art.  She found an artist who does needle felting on Etsy that she thinks does great work.   

She had to send them a photo of me that she liked for the artist to work with.   She loves the smile in my profile picture and let the artist know that  my smirky Cocker smile was important to her.   Did she capture it?

My framed Duke portrait has a place in the slant back hutch but I'm still surrounded by way too many Airedales!

Happy Sunday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Nature Friday

 We are joining Rosy this week for Nature Friday~~

We were walking a different direction on this walk.   

This is a Sycamore tree.   Mom loves how knobby and textured the bark is.   

One of mom's favorite flowers♥

We aren't seeing many Morning Glories so this one is a treat~

At home, our Black Eyed Susan's are in bloom~

The wild Asters are blooming near our small wooded area.

We discovered a Honeysuckle in bloom.   Mom has never seen them in bloom this time of the year!

Landlady Maryann got a new driveway.   It was gravel before and now it's paved.   She loves her new driveway☺

Happy Friday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Wordless Wednesday

 

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Duke

Happy Teddy Bear Day

 We read on Rosy's blog this morning that today is Teddy Bear Day!  Mom has a teddy bear that she has had since her very first Christmas, which was a long time ago and almost makes him an official antique.     He's a Knickerbocker teddy.

He's mohair and he used to be a darker brown and he used to growl when you turned him upside down and he had a pretty yellow bow that is long gone but he's still intact for a handsome old guy.   Mom had very high value treats so I wouldn't touch him☺

He spends his life way up high in the cedar closet so he stays safe.

Happy Teddy Bear Day and Happy Monday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Silent Sunday

 

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Duke

Nature Friday

 We are joining Rosy today for Nature Friday~~

This week, we are heading past the farm going in the opposite direction.    

A lot of activity happens at the farm and it's a huge property.  Our mailbox is across the street from our house and it's actually on the farm's land!

Approaching the farm, we discovered a Cane Grass.

The farm house~

They sell produce in the grey barn~

Heading down the hill, we found a furry Mullein plant~

As we continue down the hill and round the corner - remember the pumpkin we discovered last week?  This week we found a pumpkin flower!

Mom took a better picture of the baby pumpkin.

Walking along, we discovered the Woody mailbox was back in place and we were so happy to see it!    This time it has a flag attached so the mailman knows they have mail that needs to go out.    Mom has walked by this mailbox with Maggie and Mitch and Molly and Mackie and now it's my turn♥

Happy Friday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Tasty Tuesday

 Mom made a veggie and sausage soup last week.    The ingredients are chicken broth, diced tomatoes, sausage, red peppers, celery, zucchini, chick peas, black olives, spinach and Mrs Dash's onion, garlic and Italian herbs spices.   

I got to taste the red pepper both raw and cooked. 

I got to taste the zucchini too.  Mom wasn't sure about me eating it raw but I scored with the cooked squash.

Time to play with my new Awful Mad Kitty!   He was a gift from mom on International Dog Day!

Happy Tuesday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke