Our Morning Walkies

Guess what I found on our walkies this morning?   If you can't tell what it is, it's a cantaloupe and I was able to get the entire thing in my mouth!

 Mom told me that I had to leave it. She said to carry it for an entire mile would be too painful for my jaw and I sure couldn't eat the whole thing in the middle of the road.   Don't you think we should give it a whirl and find out, mom?

This is Miss Laura's rock.  It sits on her rock wall right next to her mailbox.  

 This man has the most gorgeous roses!  He belongs to the Rose Society and his garden is picture perfect always.  We took this shot from a distance away.  Mom said that he definitely wouldn't appreciate 2 hooligans traipsing through his prize roses.

 Molly loves to eat grass on our walk. She rips it out and munches on it the entire way.    Mom keeps hoping that she'll give up this nutty behavior one day but Molly has no intention of stopping anytime soon.  Does anyone else have this crazy habit?

Mom didn't want me to be too disappointed that I couldn't carry my cantaloupe home so she surprised us with a treat.
Cantaloupe ☺    

This is the latest picture from the barn raising in Maine.  The rafters are up and the siding is being nailed on.  It's looking awesome!

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

Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly

Barn Raising Day

It looks like their weather was great!  We can tell by this picture that dad has finished with his speech and the timber framers are ready to go to work to raise this barn!

 It's moving along beautifully!

 The floor joists are being installed and plywood will be put on deck so that the second floor timbers can be lifted into place safely. 

Second floor is going up!

The addition is on~

 All we can say is "WOW"!

Great job, guys! Day 1 is complete!
Enjoy your lobster dinners tonight. You have earned them!

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

Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly

Pictures from Maine

Hey, that's our dad!

 What a beautiful morning!

What a view!

 The bents are being built~~

 

The official barn raising starts tomorrow at 8 AM.  Our fingers and paws are crossed for everything to go well and for you to have the most perfect weather!

Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly

Teaching Them A Lesson

We do not have pictures for evidence so you will have to trust us.    We were heading out on our leashes to our red barn playpen to patrol and have some fun while mom weeded the gardens.  What we didn't know when we stepped outside the door onto our back porch was that Buster and Hazel were RIGHT THERE to welcome us.  Molly went into kill mode and I followed her lead.  We were chasing them as best we could (for being tethered on leashes) and we circling and going left and right to try to see what would happen if we jumped on top of them!
As this was happening, mom was hanging onto us for dear life and yelling our names to STOP!   And were we listening?  Heck no!
Mom was finally able to take control and get us into our red barn playpen where the door was shut and she could breathe a sigh of relief.   What would dad say if she had to tell him that 2 of his precious Black Swans got eaten by his favorite furkids?  hummmmmmm - do you think maybe they would taste like licorice?

We were teaching them a lesson, dad!  Suppose it wasn't two dogs on leashes that approached Buster and Hazel.   Suppose it was some other dogs out wandering and decided to check out our yard.  We let them know that it's not safe to be so far away from the pond, which is where they need to be for their safety. 
Aren't you so proud of us, dad ☺

 For the rest of the morning, Hazel kept antagonizing us by approaching the fence and trying to let us know that she was in charge and she was the boss and our way of greeting her and Buster at the back porch was not acceptable behavior.   What nerve!

 Hazel would go back and forth to Buster for his approval.

 And meanwhile, in the vege garden.   Someone is eating our tomatoes!    Yes, we have an over-abundance and we can't keep up.   I guess she thinks she's helping us out.

And guess what else mom discovered~
Jimson Weed - a beautiful plant but a deadly poisonous plant!  Thank goodness it's not within our reach!

And remember the morning glory near our back door that wasn't blooming?
It is now!

We have had a very exciting day!

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

Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly

Heading to Maine

Dad and mom have been busy making preparations for the timbers to head to Maine.  The barn raising is set for September 11th!
The first trailer has been loaded.

 Door posts are getting their final coats of preservative so they can dry and be loaded onto a trailer. 

 Trailer #2 is all loaded and left here on Sunday morning. 

Trailer #3 was loaded on Saturday and it rolled out of here yesterday morning heading for Maine~

 The slab is ready and waiting!

We are SuperPsyched!  

We will keep you updated~
So until next time..........

Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly

Benny's Hugs and Kisses Pawty

We're joining Lily and Edward today for Benny's hugs and kisses pawty!

It looks like mom is whispering sweet nothings in my ear, right?   Look again. She's trying to nibble my ear lobe off!

Okay, I guess she really does love me ♥

Kisses on Mitch's sleek and almost furless forehead ♥

We sure do love our hugs and kisses!  Thank you for this day, Benny!   We miss you and we will love you forever ♥

Love ya lots♥
Mitch and Molly

Touching Noses

I'm touching noses with Maggie AireBear ♥

Love ya lots♥
Molly

Waiting Wednesday

Hey, did you forget about us?  We're waiting.................

This glass needs a wee bit more snool dog art to be just perfect!

Love ya lots♥
Molly and Mitch

The Ducklings Have Graduated

The ducklings are graduating from their secure enclosed dog kennel pen with the water tubs to the enclosed black swan pond with real pond water!

 Dad has been carrying them back and forth from the swan house to their kennel pen and they're getting so big that not everyone is fitting into the green carry tub.  They have to be moved in two groups.
We're waiting for the second shift to arrive before we take the plunge. 

 And here they come!

 Who wants to be the first one into the water?  That's little Midgee in front - she's mostly yellow.   Midgee is still the smallest but she's growing!

 And off we go~~~

 Speckles ducklings are having a blast dunking themselves and diving!

 They've been in the water for hours and they're loving it so much that they don't want to come out!

The next morning.....................

We're exhausted!   We've been sleeping with our heads on our backs in the fenced in pond all night.  No one told us that we had to come out of the water and sleep inside the swan house (like we've been doing for awhile now).   Dad left us food and water right outside the door in plain sight!  Were we supposed to get out of the water when it got dark, eat and go to sleep inside the swan house?  Why didn't someone tell us?

 I think dad is trying to lure us into rethinking things~

 We get it now!

We sure do love it in our new digs and we sure wish our mom, Speckles, was here to enjoy it with us.

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

Love ya lots♥
Speckles' Ducklings