Today we’re joining our friends at 2 Brown Dawgs Blog for the This ‘N That Thursday Blog hop.

 

It’s a little of this and a little of that and everything in between…

 

Alter Egos

Do you have an alter ego?  You know, Superman had Clark Kent, Spiderman had Peter Parker, Ironman had Tony Stark.  Jodi Stone has… well mostly I call her My Inner Bitch (MIB for short.)  It’s the little voice inside my head that says funny shit that sometimes escapes my mouth, she’s also sarcastic and at times can be plain mean.

I try and keep the mean one in check, but sometimes I open my mouth and out she pops.  Ooops!

What the woof are you barking at?

Monday I was prepping to walk the dogs.  This means changing my clothes, loading up my pockets, spraying the dogs etc.  Typically the dogs are wherever I am.  They know they are going on a walk and they’re super excited.

I opened the back door just in case someone couldn’t wait to potty and started about my business.

There was a symphony playing outside.

“Caw, Caw” said the crow.

It was followed by “trk trk trk trk trk trk” or something like a cross between a purr and teeth chattering.

Both dogs bolted for the door.

I put on my sneakers and gathered my things all the while listening to the cacophony of noise.

“Caw, caw, caw”

“Trk trk trk”

“Woof woof!”

Over and over again.

I looked out the door.  The dogs were at the fence intent on something in the neighbor’s yard.

“Caw caw”

“Trk trk trk”

“Woof woof!”

I thought the ‘trk’ sound was the sound a raccoon made, so I thought maybe there’s an injured raccoon outside and the crow is telling it to hurry up and die.

“Caw caw” Hurry up, I want to pick your dead carcass.

“Trk trk trk trk.” Eff off, I’m busy here.

Delilah, “Woof woof!” I’m putting my money on the crow.

Sampson, “Woof woof!” Hurry up and get on with it, we’re getting ready for our walk.

(Okay, so I made that conversation up.)

I walked outside to join the dogs at the fence and look at the dying raccoon.  Except it wasn’t a raccoon!!  It was that wily, sneaky, elusive fox!

Right there in my neighbor’s back yard eating something off the ground.  He turned and looked at me.

Dammit!!  Why didn’t I have my camera?

That’s when MIB spoke up.  Are you dressed for a walk or what?  You’re friggin’ camera is in your back pocket.

What? What?

Damn that bitch was right!  And the little guy was looking right at me smiling for the camera.

Don’t be fooled by the blurry photo, that fox is smiling.  His whole face says, “Cheese!”

MIB, “You really need a better camera.”

Me, “Yeah?  Take your show on the road and make some money, then we’ll get a better camera.”

Not the point, the point is it’s a point and shoot.  (God I crack myself up sometimes.) My excuse is I might have been a little shaky, you know from excitement, at actually seeing the fox.  Yeah, that’s it.  So I snapped a couple more.

I must have calmed down some, but he also wasn’t looking at the camera either.  Two points to note here:

1) I was surprised by how long his tail was. When looking at the photo on the camera it sort of looks like a kangaroo.  2)  Do you notice how close he is to the neighbor’s deck?  Yes, this is the same neighbor that was concerned because we had a snake in our yard.  Yet she has two small boys and a dog that live here and play in this backyard.

And winner, winner chicken dinner, JoAnn called it!  When I finally got the photo of Delilah lifting her leg JoAnn said, “glad you finally caught it maybe your luck is changing and you will get the fox next.”

Dogs N Paws

Many of you know Lisa Brown from Dogs N Pawz, she’s the creator of Tuesday’s Tails blog hop, the hop that focuses on helping shelter animals find their forever homes.  Last week there was a tragedy at their house and Teddy was hurt, and they lost Phe, and I know Lisa’s really hurting right now so if you could stop by and offer a kind word, I know she’d appreciate it.

Follow-up Friday

Joining me tomorrow for co-hosting duties is the infamous Flea from Jones Natural Chews.  This gal is a riot, so be prepared to laugh.

That’s it for me, many thanks to our friends at the 2 Brown Dawgs Blog.