Oatmeal Cookies

We have a very fun event planned for tomorrow~
Dad is taking us to Barktoberfest in Kent, Connecticut, and we are hoping to meet up with at least 87 other Airedales!
This will be a first for Molly. She's never been before and it's been a few years since we've been. 

 We are helping mom bake oatmeal cookies to share!
Yup, we are mom's #1 taste testers!  The batter is yummy and there is certainly enough oats in here, mom!

 We are waiting for them to cool so we can taste-test a baked cookie just out of the oven~

 Perfect!  Just the right amount of cinnamon!

 Sorry that I was too grabby, mom.  I got a little bit overly anxious!

  We'll be leaving in the morning and be gone all day!   The camera is charging and we are psyched!  This is going to be so much fun ☺

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

Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly

The Chimney Project

It's been awhile since we noticed that one of the brick pillars that's holding up the cap on the chimney on dad's workshop barn has gone missing.
Dad has decided that he has ignored the problem long enough and we have to do something about it before the entire cap comes tumbling down.    So staging was built around the chimney so that dad and the masons could work safely. 

 That's Joe, the mason.  We sure hope he has suction cups on his shoes!

 We get dizzy just looking as this picture!   You wouldn't get us up that high for all the ice cream and pizza in the world - and walk the plank to the chimney?  No way EVER!

 Joe and dad are removing one of the chimney caps. There are actually two caps up there. They had a seam in them - a good thing because they are heavy!

 OMD!  You are a very brave man, dad!

 The caps are on their way down to the ground.  The masons have a well wheel and they lowered it like gentlemen.  They will use this same well wheel to lift bricks and cement and the new chimney cap back up. 

 Dad says now that the chimney cap and pillars have been removed, two or three courses of loose bricks will also have to be removed and replaced.  

 Joe and Ed, the masons, are cleaning and preparing so that they can begin to rebuild first thing tomorrow. 

The next morning they're up there bright and early.
The 3 courses of bricks have been replaced with new bricks.  They don't match perfectly but they will be safe and sound and hopefully last forever!

 The pillars are going up - eight of them this time instead of six.    Joe is being a clown!  haha

 These are the new brownstone chimney caps.  There will be three caps this time instead of two.

 One beautiful job, Joe and Ed. You guys do great work! 
It won't be long before we'll be having a fire in dad's workshop fireplace!

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

Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly

An Update on the WaterFowl

We've had a couple of peeps ask us how Twozie is doing.  Twozie is doing great!   She is still just as friendly as ever and doesn't mind being touched but don't try to pick her up.  She doesn't like that at all and speaks her mind very loudly about it!

Yup, that's Twozie and remember the 5 ducklings that dad and mom brought home from the livestock auction so that Twozie would have playmates?  Two of them are in this picture with Twozie.

 Remember that three of them had hats?   Who could have guessed that a male duckie could be a hatter too ☺   It's very hard to tell Twozie's bestest buddies from the wild mallards.  The hats give them away plus they all stick together.  Mom must have cut off duckie #5. 

 We just love those hats!

These are Speckles' ducklings. They've been out of the swan pen for quite awhile now and they're doing great!

The whitish duckie is Midgie.  She's not a midget any longer. She's a good sized duck.  All of Speckles' ducklings are good sized ducks and they're all happy and healthy. 

 Dad finally got the swan house roofed with shingles.  Inside the fenced in area, you can see Buster and Hazel. They were getting amorous with each other and because the Black Swans are from Australia and it's spring in Australia, they could be getting ready to mate.  Hazel has the start of a very weak nest going right in front of the double doors.  They have their privacy and we're keeping an eye on the situation. 

Angel and Alice, the Whooper swans are getting along just fine.  The Black swan behind them is Bella.

 And here is Bella again eating one of MY apples!

Agnes is hanging out in mom's garden~

A spinach treat for one of the Grey Lag geese~

Penny and Margaret, the Mutes were trying to take an afternoon siesta.  FatAss and Twozie had other ideas for them!

This is right outside our back door.  The Morning Glories that took forever to get going are finally blooming away.  So far, we haven't had any frost to kill the vine!

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

Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly

Beautiful Beauty Berries

Our beauty berry bush is in bloom and our mom can't get enough of the gorgeous purple berries! She is in love with the color of those berries!

 She got to wondering if they would dry nicely or if after time, they'd shrivel up and have to be thrown away so we're conducting an experiment to see what happens to the berries when you pick them and bring them inside the house.    Mom is also curious to see if they have a scent as they dry.  They have a very subtle scent now. We think they should smell like grape but mom says that's not the case. 

We'll let you know as time goes on.

Mom finished another wool candle mat~~

We're preparing for the colder temps ☺

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

Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly

October is National Pizza Month

Are you wondering what I'm looking at?

Pepperoni pizza!
October is National Pizza Month~

 We are celebrating!

 We hope to celebrate more than once this month!

We hope you all get to celebrate.  Pizza is the bestest stuffs ever!

Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly

October Review for Chewy

Each month Sydney at Chewy sends us the most awesome email and asks us which kind of treats would we like to try out for that particular month.  Are we the luckiest pups alive, or what!
We sure love getting mail from Chewy!  We always know that something yummy is inside the package!

 We chose Grandma Lucy's Oven Baked Organic Pumpkin Treats.    This is how the bag reads:

Grandma Lucy’s organic dog treats are not made in a factory but baked in a bakery by people who love their pets. Since 1999, Grandma Lucy’s has taken great pride in making wholesome, natural and delicious pet treats. Your dog will love the great taste of these Organic Oven Baked Dog Treats, but what you will love most is the fact that they are made with organic, human-quality ingredients for dogs. The treats are so tasty, your dog will beg for more. Grandma Lucy’s Organic Oven Baked Dog Treats ~ an organic treat you will feel good about giving your pet.

Key Benefits

• Suitable for all life stages
• 100% USDA Organic, USA originated ingredients
• Oven baked
• Human-grade ingredients
• No by-products, artificial sweeteners, colors or flavors
• Certified kosher
• Made in the USA!

 Mom thinks that they are the cutest shaped treats and you'll never guess what.    Did you catch the part about hooman grade ingredients?
Mom ate not one, not two but three of OUR pumpkin cookie treats and guess what else.   She LOVED them and wanted more!

 You want me to do what for a pumpkin treat, mom?

 BANG!   I'm playing dead!

 Is this dead enough for a treat, mom?

Molly had to raise her paw and do high-five for her yummy treat and she did!

 And she had to twirl 3 times and she did!

Once again, thank you so very much for letting us try out the bestest treats in the universe!   You rock, Chewy!
We're doing a "down stay". Can we please have another Grandma Lucy's pumpkin treat?  They are so wonderfully yummy!

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

Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly