Happy Birthday, Dad

We sure did have fun on Natucket this year! We hope we get to go back again next year!

Mitch and I put our furheads together and we came up with the perfect gift for you!

We hearby declare that we owe you one (and if you want we can make that two because it means more handouts for us) large size ice cream cone/cones and mom has promised to drive us all to the ice cream parlor of your choice!

From your cutest daughter, Maggie~

And from your most handsome Mitchy boy son~

We love you, Dad! Happy birthday and many, many more!

Maggie and Mitch

Barktoberfest

We left our house earlier than expected yesterday morning because dad wanted to see Ian Igersoll's cabinet shop where his friend, Mike, builds furniture! It's in West Cornwall, Connecticut, and it just happens to be right next to the famous Cornwall covered bridge! We've seen lots of pictures of it but this is the first time we've ever seen in in person and with the autumn leaves in the background - it's breathtaking! The bridge still has a wooden deck so that when we drove over it, it sounded very funny under our tires!Barktoberfest was only 10 minutes away from the Cornwall bridge so at this point we didn't have too much farther to go before we got to see lots of Airedales!

All the doggies got to wear tags this year so we all knew each others names!

Mitch couldn't wait to say hi!

Scuffer and I caught up on our yearly news! Scuffer is Carol Usher's dog. She our friend who makes the WoolieDales!

Are you Albert, my Giant Schnauzer friend?

Mom and I checked out all of Denis's sculptures! There sure are a lot of them here!

You can't believe how tall this giraffe is!

This one looks like Rufus or Brutus, our Saint Bernard buddies!

There were lots of pumpkins lurking about!

OMG, are the two of you Winston and Clementine, our Pug buddies? Do you realize that this is an Airedale event! I guess these Puggies are Airedale wannabees??!!

Meet Cole! He's a 5 month old boy! He reminded me of Mitch when we first got him! Mom wanted to bring him home with us! He has quite a personality!

What's up with your ears?

Hey, you're a Welshie like my friend, Taffy!

Mom got a few pictures of dogs in costume!

This is Dexter clowning around!You have to see Saxon! He's dressed up as an armadillo! He has a nylon stocking over his face! Would you let your mom do this to you? Not me and Mitch says not him either! Imagine the patience this guy has! We sure hope he got LOTS of treats for putting up with this!

Guess who I got to meet and actually put my paw on and try to pick a fight with? Tess! She's a pretty famous show dog that wins lots of ribbons and I got to stand right next to her and touch her! She was actually very nice to me despite my behavior!What a great day we had and very exhausting! We slept all the way home! Mom didn't hear a peep out of either one of us! And when we got home guess what mom and dad had for dindin? PIZZA! The day couldn't have been more perfect!

Tune in on Wheelie Wednesday and Autumn will show you the neat gift that mom treated herself to at Barktoberfest!

So until next time..............

Love ya lots,

Maggie and Mitch

Baking for Barktoberfest

Tomorrow is Barktoberfest in Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut! Twice a year New England Airedale Rescue has these events! We always seem to miss spring time because it's always such a busy hectic time at our house with barn raisings and dad's timber frame class but we rarely miss the event in the autumn!

Mom and I decided to make Rice Krispies Treats to take with us and share for lunchie with everybody else!

Do you notice that one ingredient is missing from the above picture? Yup, it's the marshmallows! That's because we were having too much fun with them to remember to put them in the picture! haha

Toss me another one, Mom! I want to see if I get catch marshmallow #2!

You can see the black spot on my tongue in this picture! How many other Dales out there have black spots on their tongues? We wanna see them!

Let's go for a third shot, mom! Here it comes! I'm ready for you my little sweet pillow of yummy goodness!

Now we have to confess! The recipe is sitting right there in front of mom and she even had her bifocals on to read it and guess what? We screwed the recipe up! But we can honestly tell you that if you turn up the heat and put a lid on the pot and stir, stir, stir so it doesn't burn the whole mixture will melt and you can salvage it. WHEW! We were just having too much fun and got carried away! OOPS!

It tastes great, mom! Don't worry! If you wouldn't have squealed, nobody would have ever even known the difference!

We'll be leaving tomorrow morning at 9AM and arrive at Barbara Curtiss's around 11AM and that's exactly what time the event starts! Nope, we won't forget the camera and we won't forget the Rice Krispies treats!

I'm off to decide which collar and bandana I should wear!

So until next time...............

Love ya lots,

Maggie

A Great Autumn Day

The UPS man brought us a pressie today from our goodest and bestest friend, Putter! Earlier this month, Putter's mom and dad and cutest ever twinsies got to go to a faire and they won stuffies and they were kind enough to send Mitch and I one each! That was so thoughtful of you to think of us, Putter! Thank you so much! I want the Dalmation and you can have the Rottie, okay, Mitch?Sure, that sounds fair to me, Maggie!

OOPS!!!! I lied! hehehehe

Putter's mom also sent this good looking book to our mom! In early December our mom is going to fly to Florida to visit with gram and gramp so she says she'd like to put the book away and save it till then to read it on the plane so she has something fun to do for 3 hours! The book is called, "The Powerful Bond between People and Pets". Has anyone read it yet? Mom says thank you so very much to your mom, Putter! You guys are so very thoughtful!

And the fun doesn't stop here! Guess where we went for dindin? The Glenwood! wooooooooohoooooooo We didn't score any of mom's hamburger (PIG!) or dad's hotdog but we did get french fries and mom even dipped them in her catsup for us!

After the Glenwood we headed to Wentworth's for ice cream! Here comes dad with the ice cream!

Mom got mint chocolate chip and the lady who scoops out the ice cream must have known that we were along because there were hardly any chocolate chips in there! And dad got mud pie ice cream! yummmmmmm

What a fun and exhausting day we've had! Check out my pillow! It's Mitchy's butt!

So until next time...............

Love ya lots,

Maggie and Mitch

Wheelie Wednesday - Apple Crisp

Hi everybody! It's me, Autumn!Mom and I are making apple crisp today! Check out this cookbook! Mom got it for Christmas in 1963 from her mom and dad! I think it could possible qualify for an antique!Mom says this is her very favorite recipe for apple crisp and it sure looks like it! The page is all stained!My job is to make the crumb topping! It's a butter, flour and brown sugar mixture!We should have known that Appleboy Mitch would appear! "Don't throw that apple peel away, Autumn! I recycle!" It's time to sprinkle the cinnamon over the diced apples! Can you see this heart-shaped teaspoon? This was one of my sissy's wedding favors to all of her guests! The tablespoon says, a heap of love - the teaspoon says, a teaspoon of laughter - the half teaspoon says, a dash of kindness - and the quarter teaspoon says, a pinch of patience! So that's the secret to a successful marriage I guess! hummmmmmmmmmm

Time to put it in the oven and bake it! Hey, I can see my reflection in the glass door!

Yummm and it smell so good too! Now to add a dollop of whipped cream or ice cream and it will be the perfect dessert for this gorgeous autumn day!

Mom and Maggie made split pea soup earlier! I can hardly wait for dindin!

See you all next Wednesday!

Love, Autumn

Is It Poison?

Why is this witch being so nice to us?

OMG, Maggie! My most favorite thing to eat in the whole wide world! Look how lucious and sweet and red it is! I'm drooling!

You'd better be careful, Mitch! I think she's trying to poison us and then chop us up and make us into M&M soup!

Should we fall for it?

What do you all think? Let us know!

Love ya lots,

Maggie and Mitch - who don't want to be M&M soup!

Are You A Good Witch Or A Bad Witch

Who the heck are you and what are you doing in our house? Are you a good witch or a bad witch?

She must be a good witch and she must be friendly! She's giving Mitch a cookie and petting his head!

So you mean you're not going to grab us and throw us in the oven and bake us till we're golden brown? hehehehe - We're already black and tan and golden brown!

Do you happen to have a cookie for me too? You're a nice witch! We like you! You can come back and visit us anytime!

So until next time..................

Love ya lots,

Maggie and Mitch

The 7 X 7 Tag

Blue tagged us for the 7 by 7 tag! We both wanted to get in on the action so my answers will be in red and Mitch will be blue!

7 Things I Plan To Do Before I Die

1. Sleep on the sofa - we aren't allowed up there!

2. Go inside a pizza parlor and climb into a booth with mom and dad!

3. Eat a whole half gallon of ice cream in one sitting!

4. Ride in the grocery cart while mom grocery shops!

5. Eat 25 apples in one day!

6. Sit right beside Maggie in that pizza booth!

7. I want my own half gallon of ice cream too!

7 Things I Do Now

1. Walkies every day, except in the pouring rain

2. Enjoy every morsel of my breakie and dindin

3. Get plenty of rest - I'm 10!

4. Help mom cook every chance I get!

5. Spend lots of time with dad in his workshop

6. Dig lots of holes right outside the barn entrance to see who will break their ankle first!

7. Try and steal Maggie's toys upstairs and not get caught!

7 Things I Can't Do

1. Put treats on top of my nose and wait to eat them!

2. Do a long down-stay. What for?

3. Roll over!

4. Stop barking at the mailman and the UPS man - they're my enemies!

5. Stop racing through the house when it's time to eat dindin! I get in bigtime trouble for this!

6. Be off leash! Mom is afraid she'd never see me again!

7. Eat 25 apples in one day! Evil mom won't let me!

7 Things That Attract Me To The Opposite Sex

1. Kind eyes

2. A muscle butt

3. Great smelling breath

4. An attitude

5. Short women - I like them shorter than I am

6. A cute butt

7. Spring in her step!

7 Things That I Say Most Often

1. Stop biting my foot, Mitch!

2. Stop biting on my tail, Mitch!

3. Get off me you big dummy!

4. Please go away and let me sleep!

5. Wanna play, Maggie?

6. It's MINE!

7. Can we go out for ice cream tonight?!

7 Celebrities That I Admire

1. Lassie

2. Rin Tin Tin

3. Hector, in the Ballad of Hector, the Stowaway dog. Hector is an Airedale!

4. Rexx, the Irish Terrier in Firehouse Dog

5. Winn Dixie

6. Opal in 101 Dalmations

7. Toto from the Wizard of Oz

7 who get to do this now

1. Charlie, the Heeler

2.George, the Rottie

3. Gussie and Teka

4. Kaos

5.Mack, Lilly and Paris

6. Mango and Dexter

7. Noah and his sissies

We helped mom make dindin tonight and we got to sample red peppers! Yummmmmmmmmm

So until next time..............

Love ya lots,

Maggie and Mitch