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This ‘N That Thursday – Delilah Style

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Hey all, Delilah here filling in for The Mama who apparently is too ashamed to show her face this morning.

What’s that Mama?  Yes, yes I know it’s This ‘N That Thursday hosted by the 2 Brown Dawgs Blog.  I really think I could be friends with Storm and Thunder’s very handsome.   Freighter, well let me just say Freighter and I could have a lot of fun.

Did you say something Mama?  Yes, yes I’m well aware that you’ll handle tomorrow’s Follow-up Friday post, with your co-host Sue from The Golden Life.   Honestly that little Ducky is a cute little demon dog.

Now what Mama?  Okay, I will remind everyone the deadline for purchasing the awesome Dogs of Blogville Calendar is quickly approaching. You can find the button on the right paw side of the blog.

Now Mama, unless you want to sit your ass down and write this post, shut your pie hole.  Go cry in your coffee woman, I want to tell everyone the story of me and the chipmunk.

Any of you out there know a way to help The Mama chillax?  You’d be doing me a solid if you’d help a girl out.

So anyway, last weekend I was casually walking by the door and I noticed The Mama staring intently at something.  Must be something shiny, honestly that woman’s like a magpie I thought to myself.  But curiosity got the better of me (it’s not just for cats you know) so I glanced over.

And then I stared.

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Can  you see it in this picture?  Over on the left hand side on the deck, just past where the house wall stops.

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You probably can’t see it because The Mama can’t take a photo to save her life, but trust me, it’s there.  A wee little chipmunk.

Chipmunk-P Here’s a better shot of it. (Thank Dog for the zoom, if it weren’t for the zoom…)

Now I’ve been a chipmunk watcher since we moved into this house.   At first my approach was to charge out the door, barking at them to get off my deck.  But then I changed my tune, because honestly I’d love to catch one because I’m curious about how they taste, (someone told me they taste like chicken and I like chicken) but those little suckers are fast.  The Mama would always say, “stealth my love, stealth” but she never told me just what the woof stealth was.

Intent-P Eventually I figured it out on my own (cause’ I have a brain, unlike someone who shall remain un-named) Anyway, so there I sat staring intently at my snack the chipmunk and contemplating my course of action, when what do I see out of the corner of my eye?

Blunder Boy-P Yup! Blunder Boy!  Here he comes strolling across the deck all Scooby Doo “Hey what’s that?”

Oh and he’s close to that chipmunk, like about 12 to 16 paws away.  I look at Blunder Boy, who’s looking at the chipmunk, who’s looking at Blunder Boy.

Nooooooooooooo!   That chipmunk is mine!!!

BB2-P Too late!  The chipmunk darted below the deck faster than those scurvy pirates in that Johnny Depp movie The Mama drools about.

Sniff Sniff-P I rushed outside.  Yup, that’s where his little chipmunk butt sat and yes, it even SMELLS like chicken, but once again I’ve been thwarted.  Not by the chipmunk this time, but by Sampson.  How oh how can she call him the Golden Boy?  He can’t even catch a friggin’ chipmunk that’s mere paws away!

Sadly that’s all I’ve got for today, I enjoy writing this blog so if you enjoy reading me, let The Mama know in the comments.

This ‘N That Thursday – September 19, 2013

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Today we are joining our friends at 2 Brown Dawgs blog for This ‘N That Thursday.  It’s an anything goes kind of day and I’m in an anything goes kind of mood.  Sounds like a perfect fit to me!

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

Please stop by 2 Brown Dawgs and see what they’re up to!

Human Shaming

My goal when I sit down to write a blog post is to bring a smile to someone’s face, it’s not always easy with some of the topics I tackle which is why when an opportunity comes to let it rip, I try and jump on that bandwagon.

Well friends, the opportunity is next Wednesday.  Back by popular demand Heart Like a Dog will be taking part in the Human Shaming Blog Hop hosted by Kol’s Notes and My Brown Newfies.  For those readers new to the blog, Sampson and Delilah really took me to task last year.  If you’re interested you can read all about it here. Funny stuff?  Yes.  A  little embarrassing?  Definitely!!

humanshaming1 To be truthful, I’m a tad bit nervous thinking of the humiliating photos I’ve had taken this year and wondering what those two will come up with.

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The Flooding in Colorado

I’m sure by now you’ve heard the horror stories coming out of Colorado, they are calling it the 100 year flood and it means exactly that, the type of flooding that generally happens only once in a 100 year period.

As you know, when a natural disaster affects people it also affects our pets.  The numbers are staggering:

  • 21 helicopters were being used Monday for evacuations
  • 11,750 people have been evacuated
  • 8 people have lost their lives
  • 658 people are still unaccounted for, which means no one has been able to get a hold of them. This number continues to decline as more people are rescued.
  • This is being called the 100 Year Flood, here’s a little on what that means: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/FS-229-96/
  • Approximately 2,377 agricultural properties have been affected
  • 36 shelters are now open serving hundreds of people and pets
  • Flood conditions are spread across 200 miles covering 15 counties (these facts are courtesy of BlogPaws.)

Helping Pets in the Colorado Flood Disaster - BlogPaws Be the Change for Pets

As a member of The Blogger Disaster Response Network, I’ve taken a pledge to help get the word out, so people who are interested in helping know where to go to help.

No surprise but many companies have stepped up to help animals that are affected by this disaster, I urge you to check out the BlogPaws website if you are interested in helping.

Follow-Up Friday

My co-hostess for tomorrow’s Follow-Up Friday blog hop is none other than our dear friends at 2 Brown Dawgs blog.

Check back tomorrow for a recap of our week.

This is the This ‘N That Thursday blog hop, created and hosted by 2 Brown Dawgs.

The Fox and the Hounds

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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…

 

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

Courtesy of 2 Brown Dawgs Blog

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.

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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.

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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.

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