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Follow-Up Friday, January 17, 2014

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday, the blog hop that let’s you wrap up your week and leads you right into the weekend.

Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop

Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop

Sunday, January 12, 2014

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Animal Couriers said, “What’s the longest time she has spent in that activity?”

One weekend I think she actually sat there for two or three hours.  I was really beginning to worry!

Faded Photographs…

Lindsay said, “I have a tough time getting action shots, but the good ones are always outside with the right lighting. I take about 20 or 30 shots and usually a single photo is decent.”

You have far more patience than I do.  Usually I’m done after five shots, but on occasion I’ve been known to take up to ten.  Most of them are garbage and when I get a really good shot, I try and use an online editor and get the most bang for my buck.  ‘-)

Tori said, “if you use an iPhone, try tapping a dark part of the dog (i usually aim for their chest), then take it. Your phone will automatically lighten it up so you can see the darker parts!”

Holy God!  How did I not know this?  I bow to you Tori.  Thank you.  Thank you.

One Person CAN Make a Difference

I think what I was trying to share was sometimes when you look at the big picture of animal welfare, it can be so overwhelming, and people look at large organizations and think, “I can’t do that” but the point is you don’t have to!   People just like you and me ARE making a difference and you can too.  

Of course, I don’t think it came across that way.  You however, you all said it so much better than I did. 

Molly the Wally said, “If each of us do something even small we can move mountains.”

Sue at Talking Dogs said, “It we’re paying attention, we sometimes find surprising directions life takes us and we can help others in ways we’d never thought about or planned.”

Jen K said, “It’s easy to get bogged down in the gravity of the situation (animal welfare), but stories like this prove that every person and every effort is worth it and makes a real difference.”

Jackie said, “I think sometimes the “we can’t save them all” attitude can keep some people from doing anything – they feel overwhelmed and defeated before they even start, but every bit helps.”

This ‘N That Thursday, January 16, 2014

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Dawn said, “Maya and I went for a fun trip the other day and we were at a stop light when Maya suddenly started barking in a menacing way. It scared me because I thought perhaps a stranger was walking up to my car. But nope. She was barking at a cow-shaped sign in front of a yogurt shop. I was laughing so hard, someone behind me honked their horn because I didn’t realized my light had turned green.”

Oh my.  Did I laugh over this one.  Thank you for sharing Dawn, I could definitely see Delilah doing this.

From my heart

I wanted to take a moment to thank you all for the wonderful support you’ve shown for the Follow-Up Friday blog hop.  For all you who helped by spreading the word or co-hosting with me, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. 

As you know, I wanted FUF to be a blog hop with revolving hosts to help share the linky love.  That wasn’t always easy to do and I realized it just wasn’t working.   So after much soul searching, I’ve decided to end the FUF blog hop.  I will continue FUF as a weekly feature on this blog because 1) I truly enjoy it and 2) many of you seem to enjoy it as well.  

And for those of you, who like this feature, please feel free to use it on your blogs!

For quite a few months Linda from 2 Brown Dawgs and I have been talking about combining our hops and I’m excited to announce it has finally come to pass. 

We’re super excited to announce The Thursday Barks and Bytes Blog Hop, which begins next Thursday, January 23rd. a We wanted the hop to be appealing to dog bloggers but also to non dog bloggers as well, which is where the ‘Bytes” comes in.

Linda and I are very excited and hope all of you will join us next Thursday for the inaugural hop.  In order to start us off right, we have a giveaway planned for all participants. 

 Isn’t it pretty?  

Heart Like a Dog

 

I love it so much and it was designed by the Amazing Jodi Chick from Kol’s Notes.  By the time next week rolls around, the badge will be in the side bar with code to help you add it to your blog.  Sounds good, right?

Are you ready?  Cool.  Grab a badge from here or 2 Brown Dawgs and come back Thursday for all the details and help us kick this hop off!



Follow-Up Monday?

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My apologies for getting this follow up post up so late, I took a mental health day on Saturday and read a book.  🙂  My follow ups typically take place on Friday, but considering we were doing the Pet Blogger Challenge, this post waited until today.

So without any further ado (why do I like typing that so much?) here we are answering some questions, highlighting some comments and in general wrapping up our week.

A Visit to Risley Park

Emma said, “Looks nice, but where was the snow?”

Jan had a similar question, “Looks like a great place to explore, but where is the snow we keep hearing about?”

We have had the flukiest weather, what happens is it gets cold, really cold, then it snows and then a couple of days later the temperatures rise and the snow goes away.

Last Friday we woke up to snow, it snowed lightly for most of the day so we had about a 2 inch covering.  Saturday the temperatures were in the 50’s and all the snow melted.

Pamela said, “We have amazing trails carved out of the gorges around here. But they’re all closed for the winter. Something about not wanting people to slide off the rocks to their deaths. Whatever. Instead, we hang out in the local graveyards and golf courses when everything is covered in snow.”

You know, I was struck by the brilliance of this comment.  I had never thought to walk in the graveyards.  Of course with a lot of my walking taking place at night, that’s probably not a good idea.  I mean, I don’t like to walk in our woods where things LIVE at night, I sure as hell don’t want to walk somewhere where things DON’T. 🙂  But I will keep it in mind for weekends.

Do any of YOU walk your dogs in graveyards?

Winter Wonderland

Caren Gittleman said, “I like “normal” snow, not the over-a-foot with below zero temps that we are having right now.”

Amen sister, it seems we like the same kind of snow.

Jan K said, “You are so right, there is nothing better and more peaceful than being out walking in a snowstorm. The other thing I love is a sunny day after a snowstorm when the trees are still covered.”

That is so pretty Jan, the thing about snow is after a few hours it gets dirty, whether its from people/animals walking in it, or from the clean up.  In our neck of the woods the window of opportunity is small.

Caption the Photo

Some of my favorite captions are here:

2 Brown Dawgs, “Candy Crack again?”

Dawn, ““So, um, since you’re into this candy mindset right now, how about getting me a treat?””

Houndstooth, ““I always feel like…somebody’s watchin’ me!”

Julie, “Can you see me now?”

Rebekah, “You will never beat level 127 of Candy Crush!”

Damn Rebekah, but some of those levels are hard!  I had one I was stuck on for at least a month.  In fact, I stopped playing for a bit because it was so frustrating.

So without further ado, (there I go again!) here is the photo with my caption.

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I see you Mama and I know what you’re doing.  But I want my dinner Mama, so step away from the candy crack.

This ‘N That Thursday

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Sheena asked, “Is that SLOBBER on her face or did she pop her bubble gum?!”

Oh it’s slobber alight.  I need to start carrying a cloth with me.

Molly the Wally said, “Pawsome slobber. I have been known to an Adam Ant many times.”

I’m almost afraid to ask, but please explain Adam Ant.

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Flea said, “Oooooo … Delilah looks all sleek and shiny and beautiful in that first photo.”

Doesn’t she though?  Sometimes when I look at her I reminded of a baby seal because she looks so sleek and shiny.  Although I’m pretty sure that baby seals are black.  Eh semantics.

I don’t have a follow-up to Friday’s Pet Blogger Challenge, but I will say this.  After reading some of the posts I seem to see a recurring theme (just like last year) which tells me that many of us are struggling with the same things.  I think it’s safe to say you will see a post about sponsors and advertisers coming up.

I also wanted to share that I’ve started a new website about adjusting my attitude to a tone of gratitude. I plan on posting there only about once a week, but the Facebook page is a daily blurb about simple things I am grateful for. It is a simple, basic site without any bells and whistles but as time allows I’ll work on tweaking it. In the meantime, if you are so inclined, I’d love to have you along for that journey as well.

Follow-Up Friday, January 3, 2014

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday, the blog hop that wraps up your week and leads you right into the weekend!

Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop

Follow-Up Friday Blog Hop

You Make Me Smile – December 29, 2013

Cupcake said, “Whenever I freeze and stop breathing and stare into the distance, Mom says, “Let’s go. There’s nothing there…” She’s usually wrong.”

Cupcake darling, your comments always make me laugh.

Dawn asked, “I have to take dozens of photos and hope one of them turns out right. How many photos did you have to take to get this perfect one of Sampson and Delilah?”

I think about three.  It’s the rare time I get a great picture right from the get. 🙂

A Christmas Eve Walk

Dawn said, “I have to walk Maya and Pierson one-at-a-time or they will get extremely riled up when they see another dog.”

Which is why Hubby needs to be with me if I venture out of our woods.  Sampson usually just wants to greet, but Delilah is a mixed bag of nuts.  You never know how she will react.

Jan K said, “We LOVE our rail trails! Yours look really nice too. Ours are mostly flat though….I wouldn’t mind more of an elevation gain here and there. They do go high over some rivers and roads, but the trail itself is flat. We can walk right to ours from our house too, which is great, and sometimes I drive to other towns for scenery changes. The only downfall is that once we have a lot of snow we don’t use them. The snowmobilers use them then and I don’t trust that they aren’t out there going too fast for our safety.”

Most of the trail is flat, or you don’t really realize the change in elevation, but in this instance to access the trail, it was a huge climb.

We don’t have to worry about snowmobiles here, motorized vehicles are not allowed on the rail trail down here.

Are You Ready for Some Good Carma?

Jessica said, “I thought the whole point of Golden Doodles was that Poodles made terrible service dogs. It’s nice to see somebody disprove that.”

I thought that too.  I thought (oh I’m going to catch some shit from this statement) poodles were high strung. 🙂

Pamela asked, “Did you meet Carma and her mom at BlogPaws this year?”

Colored Poodle Sadly, I did not.  I only saw one poodle and it was in my Facebook course.  But she was certainly relaxed. 🙂

Then again, she could have been Carma, but if she was I did not know.

This ‘N That Thursday – January 2, 2014

Emma said, “As for the butter…Mom had a similar experience except that Bailie took the top slice of bread off her sandwich which was on the kitchen island about two feet behind Mom’s back. She was going for the entire sandwich but got caught and settled for the bread of which she got about half before Mom attempted to kill her. Well, not really, but there was a lot of nasty yelling going on for sure! Bailie will be a stellar counter surfer when she gets her techniques refined a bit more. I’m proud of her, Mom is not at all pleased! Mom did not eat what was left of the bread, but in your case, she would have eaten the butter.”

LOL Emma, I think Bailie will make a wonderful counter surfer too.  For the record, I would not have eaten the bread and yes, there were some nasty words coming out of my mouth. 🙂

Roxy the Traveling Dog said, “I am glad my dogs are to short to counter surf. I would have used the butter too.”

The counter surfing wouldn’t bother me quite so much if she wasn’t so bold.  She will reach into the trash to pull something out while you are putting something in there. 😀

Frankie and Ernie said, “BaaaaaWaaaah what a way to start the new Year… BUTTER UP !! Our mom would have used it too…WAY TO GO DELILAH!!! WE are PROUD of you… even if your mom isn’t. Did she have Tomato Soup with the Grilled Cheese?? THAT is a super meal.”

No Frankie and Ernie, I covered the soup. 🙂

And Jessica said, “Lots of good challenges. There’s also the fitness challenge that was posted on You Did What With Your Wiener yesterday.”

So there is another blog hop to add to the list!

That’s it for me, have  a great weekend!!



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