Ice Cream Cookies

I never knew such an invention existed!

Thanks for the discovery, mom!

Love ya lots,
Mitch

Twinsie Moms

Dauby and Margaret are sharing the same nest and yes, there are eggs beneath them but they're not fertile. 

Dad gave them water to keep them happy. 

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

Love ya lots,
Mitch

True Color Thursday - Gingham

This week's color for True Colors is blue and white gingham and yellow and white gingham!

We did okay with the blue and white gingham~

But there are no yellow and white checkers anywhere around here!  Mom remembers dad's mom having yellow and white gingham curtains at her kitchen window but Nanny has been gone for 25 years and so have the curtains. 
We really tried, Reilly~

See you all next week.

Love ya lots,
Mitch

Progress

Mom has been working with me with the treat machine and  I'm making progress!  She told me that I need to stop being so lazy - the treats don't dispense by themselves.

My foot misses the bone lever a lot but I'm trying really hard!

Score!

Now for the action~

I'll keep working at it!   The cheerios are sure a nice reward!

My treat machine is called the Yuppy Puppy treat machine for all of you who would like to know.  

Love ya lots,
Mitch

Happy Easter

No more bunny ears for the rest of the year please!

Happy Easter and Passover to all of my friends!

Love ya lots,
Mitch

Marshmallow Chick

Not only do I have to wear these stoopid bunny ears but Francesca is teasing me with an Easter chick!

 I'll show you!

 Now guess who's teasing me?

 I don't want you to place it on my nose or my head and I don't want to wait.

 Are there any more, mom?  Those are sure yummy!

Love ya lots,
Mitch

True Colors Thursday - Stripes

For some reason, mom thought we had a "free" week for True Colors last week so we chose the color yellow. We were supposed to be looking for black and white stripes.  OOPS!
The color for this week is red and white strips.

I'm in my patriotic bandana~

 A carousel horsie from the rocking horse collection.

 We're inside the dollhouse kitchen.

See you all next week.

Love ya lots,
Mitch

I'm Going Orange

April is prevention of Cruelty to Animals month.
I'm going orange for the animals!

Please join me and tons of others in the fight against animal cruelty.
Go orange!

Love ya lots,
Mitch  

Happy April First

Did you recognize me?  I got carried away with mom's blusher. 

Happy April Fool's Day, everyone!

Love ya lots,
MitchyBoy

The Black Swans are Free

Dad opened the door to Gussie and Myrtle's swan pen on Wednesday.  They took their sweet time adventuring out of their safe sanctuary.

 It wasn't long before Margaret and Dauby, the Mutes, saw what was happening and they came swimming over to let the black swans know who the queens of the pond were.
Gussie put them in their place immediately. He wasn't mean about it but he was firm and they backed off.

 The Flintstones get along with everybody. They are just the happiest little geese.
And Huey and the Noozy girls don't mind sharing their space with the black swans either.

 So far - so good!

 I'm smokin' a black swan feather!

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

Love ya lots,
Mitch

True Colors Thursday - Yellow

Reilly and Denny are taking a week off from True Colors but I keep discovering all of these pretty yellow flowers so my color choice this week is yellow. 

I'm a pointing AireBoy!

 Cesar the St. Bernard is barking at me and distracting me.  I was trying to pay attention to you, mom - honest!

 I think My Maggie's yellow collar looks very handsome on me!

See you all next week!

Love ya lots,
Mitch

Another AireDish

Remember this picture~

 This wood is cherry and mom finds it to be one of the hardest woods to carve.  Your tools have to be very sharp and there is almost no room for error, meaning that if you chip it, it's hard to sand it away and disguise the booboo.

This piece of cherry wood was sitting in our basement for at least 5 years.  Dad brought it in from the workshop to be used in one of our Sunday fires in the fireplace and every week when we brought wood from the basement to our family room to burn, mom just couldn't bring herself to sacrifice this piece of cherry.

The plan was to make a cherry Maggie dish seeing as the wood has probably been on our property for as long as Maggie lived here.

The wood had a warp to it and mom knew it and she wasn't careful enough when she was sanding it and the neck snapped.    Mom was just sick because she'd put so much time into it and because all she did was think of Maggie while she was working on it.

Mom asked for dad's help fixing it because she had no clue how to make it sturdy enough to continue and not have it keep breaking.

 It's finished and it's just lovely and mom is so very pleased!

 This is the cherry patch that dad helped mom to fashion on the back of the dish. 

Thank you so very much, dad!   You made mom very happy.

So we have one more AireDish to add to My Maggie's memory.

A few days ago a small package arrived in the mail.  It's from Lacie, Scruffy and Stan.
It's a gorgeous handblown Airedale and mom and dad just love it!  Thank you so very much, guys!  You are so thoughtful and considerate to do this.
And I just love the card! It looks just like LacieCakes!

 You guys are just too sweet! Thank you so very, very much!

Love ya lots,
Mitch

Sleeping Giant With Rocky

I got to hike Sleeping Giant today with my sissy  and her BoxerBoy, Rocky!
I've never hiked the Giant with any other doggie except My Maggie.  

 I think we can be friends, Rocky.

 Yup, we can be friends~

 It's been almost 2 years since we were here.

 The last time we came Noah's pinkies were with us.   What a fun time that was!

 There's the castle up ahead!

 We made it!  It still looks and smells exactly the same.   Did you bring water, mom?

 It is a beautiful view from way up here isn't it, Rocky!

 Hey, George and Tess - I found some Saturday steps!

That was sure fun! Thanks for hiking with us, Missy and Rocky!  Can we do it again soon, please!

What am I doing now? 
Please don't bother me for at least an hour, mom!

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

Love ya lots,
Mitch