January is a Clean Slate...

Howdy furry friends! Happy New Year to you all!

I’m so glad my pinkies came home safe and noticabley fluffier from NYC…I will have to get them on the treadmill or something! My luxurious stay with “the best neighbor ever” was ended and I was shuffled back to my humble abode…with a note apparently b/c my mum and dad were mortified to find out that in my exuberance next door I had broken a potted plant, played with stray flashlights, and possibly ‘nibbled’ on some plastic that was laying about. 

Mum and dad immediately started calling me “Wally the Destroyer” and told me I better go apologize to Lisa straight away. I tried to tell them that the pot was really an accident, I was playing tag with Fenway (pretty “girl” next door) and then the flashlights were because I was patrolling the house for intruders and needed to see better. The plastic…well, no comment. It all ended well and Lisa the neighbor still loves me and wants me to come visit her soon :)

I ask you, do I look like a "destroyer"????

While mum and dad were detoxing from the holiday excess (hello green smoothies!) I helped mum take down all the Christmas decorations and did a lot of napping in general. New Year’s Eve was spent much like this:

There was a brief look at the ball drop and then the two pinkies crawled into bed. Very little fanfare was mustered for 2013.

I hope you all had a great time over the winter holidays, I’ll leave you all with a promise to discuss my resolutions for this year and a parting shot of me and my elk antler that mum gave me for Christmas. Yum!!

Until next time....
WOOF!!

Putting up the yule...

Just some drop in pix to document the Christmas cheer happening here. This was the 1st weekend in December after the pinkies returned from a quick camping trip with some friends. Mum was exhausted but powered through and got most of the decorations up. I was present to supervise of course. Things just aren’t level and balanced without my inspection skills.

Plus, she almost didn't put up the most important ornaments...mine!!

Mum got a wild hair and said that since she was not buying any new decorations this year, she was all resolved to use the ones from last year until she looked in a magazine and saw these yarn pom poms on a tree…next thing you know they appeared on our tree and the floor was covered in yarn bits and pieces from her pom production. We are going for the “hand made” look this year I suppose. Mum loves it, we boys are indifferent…this did not stop her from telling me to pose in front of her creation.

wait, what?? My tongue is too long?? Is this better?

I'm catching flies?? How about this?

Cheese!!

From our family to yours, we wish you the merriest Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year!!!

WOOF!

So, mum has decided that while she adores and loves me to itty bitty pieces she’s just not cut out for this “100 Days of Wally” business (even though it was HER idea) and so at day 56 (which was quite a while ago!) she ended her daily camera clicking. However, as every blogger claims, she does promise to post more frequently :)

On to today’s newsworthy item. It’s 12-12-12!!! We just wanted to wish you all a lucky and prosperous day on this numerically balanced day!!

It’s sunny and in the upper 50’s here in Austin and when mum came home for her afternoon chow she played some fetch with me and snapped these pics.

I kind of blend in to the grantite mum! Where did my body go?!?!?

Have a great day every-puppy!!

WOOF!

Gobble, Gobble, Sleep!

This week starts the BEST WEEK EVER in food lover terms. This week kicks off the “eating season” with a feast for all paws to enjoy!!

DAY 50: Declaration that we need to start eating to prep for “the real eating” on Thursday.

DAY 51: Fluffy-ness.

DAY 52: Look deep into my eyes…you can see visions of turkeys dancing.

DAY 53: TURKEY DAY!!!  (um...we devoured everything too fast to get a 'before' shot...sorry!)

The after shot...

Lounging with Dad...

DAY 54: More feasting!!! And a movie. Don’t worry, I’m on food patrol. No cranberries will be harmed while the pinkies are away at the theater! Also, I went on a walkie with my cousin Bryn (a frenchie) and while she tried to keep up…mum had to drop her off and take me around again at my usual pace (brisk walking while he trots). My cousin lives on a lake and she enjoys walks along the beach…which is currently covered in grass due to the lower water levels. Oh well. I got my toes wet!!

 

DAY 55: STILL more feasting!! And there’s my grandpa-w riding Fiona the mule…she’s a bit young still so I’m not allowed to play with her…she’s flighty.

DAY 56: Slug-fest...Mum and Dad seem to have been afflicted with some kind of “laying about the house not moving” bug. After the road trip home yesterday, we are all horizontal and enjoying Netflix :)

WOOF!

“The road goes on forever and the party never ends” – Pat Green

Well the road did SEEM to go on forever…Texas is a big state and if you ever decide to drive across it, be forewarned…it’ll take some serious time. 

DAY 43: Remembering our veterans today. Thank you to so many all over the world serving their country.
And my pinkies bailed me out of the kennel …and promptly put me in the shower b/c apparently I smelled rather stinky. Afterward, I commenced with my "after kennel hibernation" since I never get any sleep when I go to kennel.

DAY 44: Pizza night. Mum tried out a dough recipe and dad gave his seal of Italian approval. I supervised of course...flour on snout is evidence. 

DAY 45: This piece of art was a gift from one of mum’s aunts. She gave it to us for Christmas the year I came to live with mum and dad. She saw it at an Octoberfest celebration and said “that looks like Wally!” so she brought it home. I approve of it’s likeness…I do prefer a good hearty wheat beer myself.

DAY 46: This is mum getting all "macro" on me...keep zooming mum, there's a clean spot somewhere.

DAY 47: Guess what? Today is opening day for Austin’s very own Circuit of the Americas (COTA) Formula 1 race track…and I’m not going. But mum and dad are!!! They said it would damage my very sensitive ears so I’m staying home this time. I told them to bring me home a Ferarri. 

DAY 48: Welcome home dad from your day in the sun watching F1 cars zoom around...we missed you...got any food???!!?

DAY 49: More chair laying :)

WOOF!

Big what?

Howdy friends! We are catching up here with the weeks, please bear with us as mum uploads my day to day life :)

DAY 36: It may seem like I spend all my time in this chair...but really it's the only time mum can get a crisp, still pic of me!

DAY 37: I VOTED! Well, technically mum voted…but she let me wear her sticker for a bit. SO ready for election campaign junk to be over!!

DAY 38: Stolen goods...or rather some stolen trash from the recycle bin. I can't help that I'm attracted to paper goods...especially cardboard!

DAY 39: Reporting from the KENNEL! Dad has dropped me off at my kennel…I’m excited to say it sounds like a paw-ty is going on back there!
(Dad didn’t take a picture of this….so mum’s technically off the hook since she was at work all day and had a public input meeting all night)

DAY 40-42: Since I am in the kennel, my pinkies are therefore NO WHERE about to photograph me. Please enjoy the pics from their trip to Big Bend National Park, the 15th largest national park in America coming in at 800,000 acres. Quite large, but then everything is big in Texas :)

On the road


Entry of the park


Our home away from home


Hike on the "Window Trail"





Lost Mine Trail




Mule Ears formation




St. Elena Pass - the wall was 1,500 ft tall the Rio Grande River runs thru the cut out pass...so cool.


What critters did we encounter???

Tarantulas


Diamond Back Rattle Snake (he's alive, he struck at the car as we drove by!)


Black bear and cub, red tail hawk, scorpion, oh, and the tarantulas were EVERYWHERE including the women's bathroom and one wanted to use the loo with me at 5am...I declined and made the hubs shooo him out!!

Big Bend was wonderful and we are so glad we went despite the 7 hr drive (each way)!!!

WOOF!

Howll-oween!

Here we are, back in sync with our weeks…again, sorry for the long delay!

DAY 29: ***We are thinking of all you pinkies and 4 leggies on the east coast…stay dry if you can and hang in there. You are not forgotten!**
No scarves were “broken out”. However, mum did bring out the sofa blanket…as in the huge and puffy down blanket that stays on the sofa until about April. 
Witness the blanket mass…

I on the other hand super enjoyed the cool weather and lounged outside most of the evening when the pinkies got home.

DAY 30: ***We made it to 30 days!!!*** That is all.

Do I look 30 days older???

DAY 31: Mum was late getting home and dad forgot to buy candy…so we were relegated to sitting in darkness except for the glow of the tv. Oh, and mum and dad watched a zombie show just for good measure…they are bonkers for Walking Dead.
That may or may not be me in a batman mask…one never tells these things.

DAY 32: Mum says “how can it really be November already?” I say bring it!!! It is after all officially “Mo-vember” as in everyone (well, probably only men) should grow their moustache out and support men’s health month. I have a leg up on everyone with this…witness my handlebar beauty!!

DAY 33: Visit to the vet for my bordatella. And mum took no pics (starting to be a “thing” with her) so here is an original piece of art by mum and dad’s good friend Brent. It’s oil pastels on matte board done from a picture of me. He does commissioned work all the time, check out his portfolio at sketcharts.com!!!

DAY 34: Mum and dad left me most of the day to run “errands”. They also caught the last half of the Aggie vs. Ole Miss game…whoop!! the Aggies won!!
I spent my day lounging and catching flys :)

DAY 35: Day of rest. And also inspecting the counters for stray bits leftovers…my specialty!

WOOF!