tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46320909166715385942024-03-12T23:43:43.431-04:00The Barkalot BoyzThe Adventures and Musings of Two Wirey Boys from South FloridaJake of Floridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460837412289201219noreply@blogger.comBlogger424125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632090916671538594.post-32636941565867342412013-12-31T12:37:00.003-05:002013-12-31T12:37:54.224-05:00For Auld Lang Syne<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>With my thoughts somewhere over the Rainbow Bridge, for my dear Jake, who would have turned 12 this New Year's Day, I visited Bob and Sophie's blog over at the Rickety Old Farmhouse </b></span><a href="http://bobnsophie.blogspot.com/">http://bobnsophie.blogspot.com/</a> <b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and clicked on their link to this perfect version of Auld Lang Syne. A gift from the Scots, written by Robert Burns, and sung the way it should be.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Happy New Year dear friends here on earth. Happy memories of all our furry friends who have left us and are together at the Bridge. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Joan and Just Harry (aka J. Harold Dog)</b></span>Jake of Floridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460837412289201219noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632090916671538594.post-55021783439932019052013-12-12T08:44:00.001-05:002013-12-12T09:44:40.973-05:00They Could Never Open Packages without My Help!!!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Dad lost his phone the other day. He kind of knew where he had lost it and when we googled it using a special GPS app, he actually could see where it was... in somebody else's car. Since it was password protected and he didn't want to go accost an unknown person to get his phone back, he decided to get a new phone. It arrived yesterday and, of course, he could never have gotten it out of the box without my experienced help! Noses and paws are sometimes more efficient than opposable thumbs, right?</b></span><br />
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Jake of Floridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460837412289201219noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632090916671538594.post-64079546218888194802013-12-04T19:12:00.001-05:002013-12-04T19:20:02.733-05:00Just Harry Tells Tennessee Thanksgivukkah Tales<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>So, there I was. </b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: center;">And where did I wind up? At camp for six sleeps while the folks went off to Tennessee to see my human brother and sister-in-law and their two adorable small persons for Thanksgivukkah.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>I might quibble over my kibble about this abandonment if I hadn't already met one of these adorable small persons (and even confiscated one of her toys on her July visit to us) and saw the six-month tummy bump for the other one and knew the folks would have taken me on this trip had they been gone for a longer enough time so that driving made sense. That's pretty mature of me, right?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Anyway, here's what they told me about their trip and the fun times they had with the little ones. First, out came the sweaters and gloves and scarves because the temperatures hovered in the 20s. Jake and I experienced those temps twice over Christmas in St. Louis so we understand. Mom made us struggle into our Irish oatmeal sweaters just so she would feel warmer!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>And two C.A T.S, Mistletoe and Holly. I heard mom actually spent quite a bit of time with those two felines, but I forgive her because she probably just missed my furry presence.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Just Harry</b></span>Jake of Floridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460837412289201219noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632090916671538594.post-66748941686871002282013-11-25T14:42:00.002-05:002013-11-25T14:42:41.538-05:00Thanksgiving Wishes<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Hi Everyone,</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Sometimes it's hard to remember to be thankful when so many things for which we are unthankful happen around us. But then we have to remember that it's all part of this amazing but unpredictable thing we call life, for which we are always thankful.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Since I'm not as deep a thinker as our Angel Jake was, that's about as far as I can go with this thought; but I want everyone to know that I'm doing my best to fill Jakey's paws and make mom and dad giggle like they used to. So Happy Thanksgiving to all my pals in the US and thankful wishes to everyone else no matter where they are!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>J. Harold Dog (aka Just Harry)</b></span>Jake of Floridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460837412289201219noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632090916671538594.post-19131690034547022892013-11-15T11:18:00.000-05:002013-11-15T11:22:17.859-05:00Remembering Essex<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Dear Essex, We hope you have already found Deacon, who left for the bridge a while back and have met up with so many of our other pals from the DWB as well as my brother, Jake. </b></span></div>
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<br />Jake of Floridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460837412289201219noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632090916671538594.post-35614368287697191162013-10-20T15:47:00.003-04:002013-10-20T15:59:37.697-04:00IT'S THE FALL CLASSIC!!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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left for the Bridge last Wednesday. Ever
since I told my closest friends how sick he was, and then, when the end had
come, shared the sad news on his blog and on facebook, and with the fox terrier
groups I belong to, I have been graced with such an outpouring of love and
caring thoughts that my heart is so full there is almost no room for the tears.
Almost.</span></strong></div>
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without his brother Just Harry… I would never ever have met all these kind, inspiring
people and shared so many funny, sad, heart-breaking, exhilarating,
life-changing moments with them and their dogs. My life would be so much
poorer.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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there was the wire fox terrier group. Nigel,
Boozle, Linus, Gimlet Rose, Chad, Charlie D., Libby Longtail, Alle and Jack –
these were among Jake’s first friends who opened the door to this amazing world
of dogs who talk and express themselves and have serious opinions! Then some of
Jake’s more adventurous wirey pals, tired of just tearing toys apart and
chasing balls, said, try blogging, you’ll like it.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Getting ready for a weatherdog broadcast.</td></tr>
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Dogs with Blogs, which, when the Barkalot Boyz joined in 2007, had several
hundred doggers; but soon grew to more than a thousand. One of Jake’s first
pals was Gussie (and Teka) whom Jake zeroed in on because Gussie was wearing a
St. Louis Cardinals bandana. Our team!<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Learning to cheer for the Redbirds!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cOAZ5r6pgYI/UkMLsh1dSFI/AAAAAAAAFds/XRMQRQC7X7o/s1600/Jake+Red+Bandana.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="317" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cOAZ5r6pgYI/UkMLsh1dSFI/AAAAAAAAFds/XRMQRQC7X7o/s320/Jake+Red+Bandana.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
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others: Wires like Asta, Butchy and Snickers, Lenny, and Jackson; the Airedale
contingent like Oscar, Maggie, Sunshade and Jaffa, Bogart, and Gooberstan; others
like the Key West Collies, Joey, Wally, Ruby Bleu, Sophie Labrador, the
Whippets, Lorenza; and later Scruffy and
Baby Stan and Lacie, Eric Square Dog, Petey, Martha and Bailey, Bertie, Mango
and Dexter, Molly and Taffy and Monte and Winnie, Gabbi and her siblings, Khyra,
Crikit and Sparky and Ginger, Max, Dewey Dewster and Asta Marie, Wilf and
Digby, and all the others, some still
here, some with Jake on the Bridge, looking down and caring for us from on high.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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about dogs talking to dogs. Their humans all wore dog masks as far as I was
concerned, and that’s how it was supposed to be. But then Oscar, an Airedale pup we had just
gotten to know, died suddenly. And
immediately those dog masks came off as hundreds of real people wrote on his
blog to express how devastated they were at his passing.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<tr><td><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y1E9Xp7TR2E/UkMLfqdttSI/AAAAAAAAFdE/53b93au2Mbk/s1600/DSC05835.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y1E9Xp7TR2E/UkMLfqdttSI/AAAAAAAAFdE/53b93au2Mbk/s320/DSC05835.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
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moment. The dogs still talk to each other in their zany ways. But now their
humans are dear, dear people whom I have come to love as close friends, family
even. And that is Jake’s gift to me and to my husband Jack, his dad.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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couldn’t end this without adding Bogie T. Sherman and Ozzie Madison Shpigel to
this caring universe that is Jake’s gift to us. They were there to welcome him when
he landed at the Bridge. And they have helped and continue to help so many dog
families adjust to the reality of their loss, somehow made less of a loss
because of Bogie’s and Ozzie’s loving embrace. Ah, if only the world at large were like our
dog world, how much sweeter this earthly journey would be. </span></strong></div>
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<br />Jake of Floridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460837412289201219noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632090916671538594.post-88573355085991196052013-09-18T14:39:00.000-04:002013-09-18T14:50:00.717-04:00For Jake with Love Forever<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jake of Floridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460837412289201219noreply@blogger.com55tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632090916671538594.post-44213072370253934192013-09-10T09:56:00.002-04:002013-09-11T11:18:04.026-04:00Gotcha! Gotcha! Gotcha!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Well, I guess I do count for something. Mom who says she is too busy and too short on ideas other than for her seaport projects decided she could not let September 10 go by without remembering my Gotcha!</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b> Day. Once upon a time, as I tell everyone every year on this day, she and dad drove to Orlando with Jake to see if the young wirey lad Lyn Townsend had rescued after Katrina struck Florida would like them... and if they would like me. But how could they not?</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>So the deal was struck and here we are, eight years later. </b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>We all think I'm 9, as I looked to be about a year old when they rescued me. That qualifies me as a senior dog, I am told. But anyone who knows me knows that Just Harry is Just a Puppy!!!!! (See me with my niece, Ms. Olivia, who is 16 months old, sharing her toys when she came to visit in July.)</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Wirey love and kisses to all who read this!!!!</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>Just Harry, aka J. Harold Dog</b></span><br />
<br />Jake of Floridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460837412289201219noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632090916671538594.post-33902189119613355642013-07-13T15:24:00.001-04:002013-07-13T15:26:01.019-04:00Oh! Oh! Olivia!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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She's here! A small small person who has lots of toys, laughs a lot, and is very curious about everything within reach. She doesn't have as much fur as we do, but she seems to inhabit the same spaces we do.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a8VZU1H3iwQ/UeGjntnMosI/AAAAAAAAFYA/XyJZlj99BOQ/s1600/Baby+kibbe+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a8VZU1H3iwQ/UeGjntnMosI/AAAAAAAAFYA/XyJZlj99BOQ/s320/Baby+kibbe+2.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iKEvMGqEDd4/UeGjqCEiJBI/AAAAAAAAFYI/qEKxQ2vyGSQ/s1600/Baby+Kibbe.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a8VZU1H3iwQ/UeGjntnMosI/AAAAAAAAFYA/XyJZlj99BOQ/s1600/Baby+kibbe+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yhqr-MpLdf8/UeGjmbf3dZI/AAAAAAAAFX4/V_XfQQmvSh4/s1600/71213.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yhqr-MpLdf8/UeGjmbf3dZI/AAAAAAAAFX4/V_XfQQmvSh4/s320/71213.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
She is our 14-month old niece, Ms. Olivia!!!!!<br />
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So far she has taken every book and DVD off the shelves that are within her reach. Repeatedly.(We've never done that, but when she does it everyone thinks she is very clever!!! We'll have to try it!!!)<br />
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She has read and reread the New Yorker magazine. And she concentrates a lot on putting things together.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fm-xX5YXK-s/UeGjsH7kJPI/AAAAAAAAFYQ/th4qe9WNnH8/s1600/Concentration+with+JH.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="219" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fm-xX5YXK-s/UeGjsH7kJPI/AAAAAAAAFYQ/th4qe9WNnH8/s320/Concentration+with+JH.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a><br />
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She has made mom and dad laugh a lot. They even got to baby sit when her parents went out one evening. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fDiRM7Xe2AA/UeGkQrlhtJI/AAAAAAAAFZA/yJZ1SwZ-r2w/s1600/Ms+O+and+Grandpa+with+Camel.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fDiRM7Xe2AA/UeGkQrlhtJI/AAAAAAAAFZA/yJZ1SwZ-r2w/s320/Ms+O+and+Grandpa+with+Camel.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
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And we are so so excited to get to sniff her and try to kiss her. And play with her toys.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uVgezSRE4QA/UeGnjvu7WSI/AAAAAAAAFZw/wiJMhK3JGdo/s1600/kisses.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uVgezSRE4QA/UeGnjvu7WSI/AAAAAAAAFZw/wiJMhK3JGdo/s320/kisses.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="161" /> </a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wFB3l9Ul644/UeGnfUE_h6I/AAAAAAAAFZo/HkyVzeBmiqg/s1600/DSC06148.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wFB3l9Ul644/UeGnfUE_h6I/AAAAAAAAFZo/HkyVzeBmiqg/s320/DSC06148.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UyWrwAlC7G0/UeGkELaHzjI/AAAAAAAAFYg/MhaUCByAdyA/s1600/Jake+and+Cool+Toys.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UyWrwAlC7G0/UeGkELaHzjI/AAAAAAAAFYg/MhaUCByAdyA/s320/Jake+and+Cool+Toys.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /> </a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_VTO2wWO0Uw/UeGkI02y6mI/AAAAAAAAFYo/vWWYY70bsrQ/s1600/JH+and+Cool+Toys.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_VTO2wWO0Uw/UeGkI02y6mI/AAAAAAAAFYo/vWWYY70bsrQ/s320/JH+and+Cool+Toys.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /> </a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yKZDIJiv2lQ/UeGkNn1DD4I/AAAAAAAAFY4/szTZFv9IyvM/s1600/Three+plus+JH.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yKZDIJiv2lQ/UeGkNn1DD4I/AAAAAAAAFY4/szTZFv9IyvM/s320/Three+plus+JH.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a><br />
Here's Olivia's mom and dad...our brother and sister-in-law (who is having another small small person in November!)<br />
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Mom says we've been very good boyz!!!Jake of Floridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460837412289201219noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632090916671538594.post-2158621658623235432013-06-06T18:06:00.000-04:002013-06-06T18:06:03.692-04:00Holy Hurry Cane Season, Batman!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> What a cool Christmas Goose! It makes goosey honking sounds!!! Listen!</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Gee, you;'re right, Jake. I think I'll just try it...</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Wow, goosey honking sounds....</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> I like this!</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I really like this.I think I'll keep it.</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You're right, Jake. A long-armed monkey!</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It doesn't make goosey honking sounds, but it tastes good and it squeaks!!!</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yep, it's true. I am eleven years old today (in human terms). Born January 1, 2002.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mom tells me that I am still the adorable puppy she fell in love with eleven years ago<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y2BgYLwkcHQ/UOL9bf9LbHI/AAAAAAAAFLY/VzUwGqlE6rA/s1600/Jake+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y2BgYLwkcHQ/UOL9bf9LbHI/AAAAAAAAFLY/VzUwGqlE6rA/s320/Jake+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></span> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">but that I seem to like snoozing a lot more than I did before <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lXhPKHOcD5M/UOMQAYO0IGI/AAAAAAAAFNg/QnxEExoglzc/s1600/DSC05824.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lXhPKHOcD5M/UOMQAYO0IGI/AAAAAAAAFNg/QnxEExoglzc/s320/DSC05824.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and that I sometimes seem a bit, just a bit, grumpy. Dogdad tells me that he knows if I ask him to come see him, I will walk towards him and then turn in a circle and walk away. (So what else is new?)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Last night just before midnight, I wrote to a few of my friends and guess what...they all said they would be coming to visit around noon -- with the Boston Symphony Orchestra! I am sooooo excited! What a cool way to start off the new year!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Over the holidays, Just Harry and I had to spend a week at our favorite camp while the folks went on their annual St. Louis trek. They did take our flat selves, however, so it was kinda as though we were there. They got to see Gussie and Teka. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Until then, Happy Happy New Year everybody!!!! We're hoping that our mom will have made a new year's resolution to help us blog a bit more so that we can stay in touch with all of you who mean so much to us!!!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So sayeth I, Jake, on this first day of 2013!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GdaJIxqPHeI/UOMR0_KUJdI/AAAAAAAAFN8/7XrezTvHfGU/s1600/Jake+Closeup+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GdaJIxqPHeI/UOMR0_KUJdI/AAAAAAAAFN8/7XrezTvHfGU/s320/Jake+Closeup+3.JPG" width="262" /></a></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(JH says Happy New Year too!)</span><br />
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So here I am, trying to blog after a month or so and I discover that NEW BLOGGER has taken over and my mom isn't smart enough to figure out how to use it. Fortunately, she is smart enough to send out an APB to some of our good pals -- Gussie and Dexter and Laciecakes and Asta and Archie and Jake and Fergie and Taffy and Molly -- successful bloggers who don't seem to have any problems with it. And, thanks to Asta -- the sweetest pupper who ever packed her bags to move to Buda Pest with her mommi and daddi where her mommi is painting up a storm -- and Gussie -- the smartest pupper who ever moved from state to state to state with his fambly but has remained an ardent Red Bird fan -- mom seems to have figured it out. Or not. This morning -- after giving up in frustration last night -- she kind of stumbled onto what was missing yesterday -- but will she find it again? Who knows.</div>
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In the meantime, what I want to show you is how my life has deteriorated. See my bench? It's a perfect bench. I can stretch out on it facing west and see what's going on outside. Or I can stretch out on it facing east and see what's going on inside. And it's just a woof away from mom's computer so we can exchange meaningful glances during the day while she's working.</div>
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<br />Jake of Floridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460837412289201219noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632090916671538594.post-19147055400456577292012-11-05T12:51:00.001-05:002012-11-05T12:51:48.127-05:00Jake of Floridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460837412289201219noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632090916671538594.post-14251244150192294752012-09-09T12:31:00.003-04:002012-09-09T13:02:55.933-04:00Just Harry's Gotcha' Day!!!!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xqAKPiH-3eU/UEzFup_5GPI/AAAAAAAAFIU/DeXBpqYANnU/s1600/Harry%2Bmet%2BJake.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5786217026602735858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xqAKPiH-3eU/UEzFup_5GPI/AAAAAAAAFIU/DeXBpqYANnU/s320/Harry%2Bmet%2BJake.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Time goes so fast, doesn't it? It seems like just yesterday that I met my soon-to-be brother at the home of the Truett's in Orlando. Alle and Jack, who are angels now, were there to meet me too. Once Jake and I had a nose-to-nose encounter, and everything seemed to be copasetic, off we drove to my new home in South Florida. That was then. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And here we are now. I'm kind of eightish, we think, and Mr. Jake is ten and three-quarters. We've learned that Dad cannot resist our wirey faces when he is in the kitchen having a snack.</span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X35oGXlPyZU/UEzFZsM2H2I/AAAAAAAAFIE/j39PIzl388Q/s1600/JH%2Band%2BJake%2B%2B3%2B091012.JPG"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5786216666416684898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 285px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-X35oGXlPyZU/UEzFZsM2H2I/AAAAAAAAFIE/j39PIzl388Q/s320/JH%2Band%2BJake%2B%2B3%2B091012.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> It just takes a bit of patience, and some doubling down.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5786216650831275330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 242px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I9MUkRtjV3g/UEzFYyI_pUI/AAAAAAAAFH4/kpvPLHcP0Qo/s320/JH%2Band%2BJake%2B121012.JPG" border="0" />A few barks always help too...<br /></span><br /><div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5786216643002715874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TAKnLaSCqLA/UEzFYU-hTuI/AAAAAAAAFHs/PJci0U_5nMA/s320/J%2Band%2BJH%2B4%2B091012.JPG" border="0" />And more patience because we know he can't hold out much longer.<br /><br /></span></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5786216635699016994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hi2AsNbtMj8/UEzFX5xLtSI/AAAAAAAAFHg/O6UB_vkXIpI/s320/JH%2Band%2BJake%2B5%2B091012.JPG" border="0" />Yep, tonight it's PEANUT BUTTER ON CELERY!!!!<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5786216633066517554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 272px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_53o6wcOZFU/UEzFXv9i9DI/AAAAAAAAFHU/I8-Oh_UPIRg/s320/JH%2Band%2BJake%2B2%2B091012.JPG" border="0" /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Looking back on the past seven years here, I think I'm a pretty fortunate dog. Jake is still kind of the alpha, but I've learned a lot from him. I've even learned that, when it comes to reminding Mom that it's dinner time, if I put my left ear up... like a mirror image of Jake... the food seems to come even quicker. (No pictures here -- but a few in a post a few below.)<br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">For those of you who haven't been here before, if you click on September 10 posts from years before, you'll see that I've been loved and cherished and that I'm a much more confident dog than when I was rescued that fateful day seven years ago. Why I can even tolerate firecrackers on the fourth of July, when originally they made my legs go limp and my tail touch the ground.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It's all about love!!! LOVE!!!! And that's what we get every single day ... along with full tummies and squeaking toys (what's mine is mine and what's his is mine too), and treats (always equally shared unless it's a chew and I wait until Jakey drops his and then pounce)</span></div><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Just Harry</span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">PS to my friends in the UK: I was named after a certain prince who said once, when asked how he liked to be called, Harry, Just Harry!<br /></p></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br />Jake of Floridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460837412289201219noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632090916671538594.post-58620850012831520542012-08-27T10:37:00.003-04:002012-08-27T11:17:40.488-04:00Finally, a word from Jake the Weatherdog!!!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4BgtgQEDh7I/UDuGZgR6PaI/AAAAAAAAFG8/zy9P0rioA_k/s1600/zjakestormfay7.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5781362319380069794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 282px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4BgtgQEDh7I/UDuGZgR6PaI/AAAAAAAAFG8/zy9P0rioA_k/s400/zjakestormfay7.JPG" border="0" /></a> Hi pals!! Remember me? Jake the Weatherdog?<br /><br /><br /><div>It seems I have been derelict in my duties as a reporter of Hurry Canes, as Isaac has been drifting past our shores without my commenting on it. Fortunately, my good friends, the Key West Collies, reminded me of my responsibilities. And fortunately too, they have escaped direct contact with the center of the storm and are doing fine.</div><br /><div></div><br />For the most part, the storm here in South Florida has been mild-- so far not reaching Hurry Cane status. We put up shutters anyway on the most prominent of our windows to avoid any projectiles from the wind -- but it was pretty quiet all day Sunday. Today, however, as the storm continues off the west coast of Flori-duh to its destination with the northern Gulf Coast, we are in the dreaded northeast quadrant of the huge storm field and it is windier and wetter than yesterday. Lots of wet fur and paws from our trips outside -- but nothing more serious.<br /><br />The great irony of Isaac is that most of our radio and TV stations have been dedicating significant programming over the last weeks to commemorating the 20th anniversary of Andrew, which devastated our area on August 24th, 1992. JH and I weren't even born, and Mom and Dad weren't even dating yet, let alone married. She lived on the edge of the storm and lost half her roof and a lot of furniture and other things -- so she hasn't been too into this remembering deal. But along comes Isaac, as if to say, what's with this commemoration stuff? It's my turn! Look at me!<br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>And of course, Katrina hit New Orleans and the northern Gulf Coast seven years to the day tomorrow. (We owe JH to Katrina, so his Gotcha Day will be coming up in September.) So we'll be watching closely and hoping that Mother Nature doesn't repeat herself with Isaac and the Giulf Coast. Keep everyone in your prayers, pals... OK???</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>That's it from your Weatherdog for the moment. </div><br />Jake of Floridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460837412289201219noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632090916671538594.post-88329211119259729702012-06-22T10:57:00.009-04:002012-06-22T11:37:49.791-04:00Giving HEAT new meaning<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Yes, like most of the country and elsewhere in the world, temperatures here in South Florida have been in the upper 90s for the better part of the last few months. When is Spring not Spring? When it is more like Summer -- which finally moved in officially a day ago, bringing more of the same.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Or as someone said in 1225:</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>"Sumer is icumen in.</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"><em>Lhude sing cuccu!"</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">But there is Summer Heat and then there is MIAMI HEAT. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5756879462694964370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 125px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 94px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e4YHqDN1vKw/T-SLXryszJI/AAAAAAAAFGQ/rzTrM8kRzbQ/s400/Miami%2BHeat.jpg" border="0" />While as most of you our pals know, our folks are rabid St. Louis Cardinals fans, and baseball lovers, sometimes even they can't help but get excited when the local basketball team makes it to the top. So yes, there we all were last night watching to see that last swish of the ball through the net as the MIAMI HEAT did what they had promised two years go: won the NBA championship -- and did it in five games at home. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">During the basketball finals, a Cardinals baseball game was occasionally on TV the same time as a Heat match. It was fun seeing the absolute differences in the two sports which have so many folks preferring one over the other. <em>Chacun a son gout.</em> To each his taste. As for us, we prefer peanut butter, popcorn, cheese, chicken, ice cubes, celery, and wally melon. AND BEISBOL!</span><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5756883703749203346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 288px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wJKjGQdG1kw/T-SPOi801ZI/AAAAAAAAFGk/LZ5tuTfn07I/s400/Just%2BHarry%2Bbobblhead.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5756883744238329154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 264px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1PJBnRB_eNk/T-SPQ5yL3UI/AAAAAAAAFGs/pnVqjHaGqBg/s400/Jake%2Bwith%2Bbaseball%2Band%2Bcap.jpg" border="0" /> <br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Jake and Just Harry</span></div></div>Jake of Floridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460837412289201219noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632090916671538594.post-88577675332312064252012-05-30T10:37:00.019-04:002012-05-30T17:12:10.093-04:00A memorable Memorial Day weekend<div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-we9mb_3gN9o/T8Y7nFGLGJI/AAAAAAAAFEo/CePcad_6nXc/s1600/DSC_0007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748347516954024082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-we9mb_3gN9o/T8Y7nFGLGJI/AAAAAAAAFEo/CePcad_6nXc/s400/DSC_0007.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So as not to bury the headline, let it be known that we Barkalot Boyz are now UNCLES! A sweet baby girl, Olivia Carolyn, was born to our human brother and sister-in-law on May 7. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748347480018215362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tnNAS7z8xzE/T8Y7k7f_YcI/AAAAAAAAFD8/tO7X2OEkBEs/s400/DSC05712.JPG" border="0" />As the new parents and baby girl live in Tennessee, our mom and dad -- the newly minted first-time GRANDPARENTS -- decided to fly there over the Memorial Day weekend. And as we are sadly two rumps too big to fit in plane carriers, we could only send our surrogates, Flat Jake and Flat Just Harry, with them.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748347502458995522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wawDJ2H6pOo/T8Y7mPGSg0I/AAAAAAAAFEU/taj9bau934g/s400/DSC05691.JPG" border="0" /></span><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748347486022100706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-19nd-29ftR4/T8Y7lR3bZuI/AAAAAAAAFEI/J4GXH2iHCT0/s400/DSC05696.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748349216242204162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lqbYJWnHDVE/T8Y9J_cC_gI/AAAAAAAAFE4/WIIU_3cMUyw/s400/DSC_0279.jpg" border="0" /></span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748363286101195074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bFTfntVgzZo/T8ZJ89v1eUI/AAAAAAAAFFw/tcXU6jn1SqU/s400/DSC_0427.jpg" border="0" /> <br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">According to our flat selves, Miss Olivia is one adorable human pup. The new grandparents were kind of awe struck too and couldn't get enough of holding her. Her parents, sleep-deprived like all new parents, are living in a kind of dream world, tending to Miss Olivia's every need. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Marcy, the beagle mix, <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748346053090197346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 289px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r_pk077MDTA/T8Y6R3x1v2I/AAAAAAAAFDY/l9G-rvT6e7M/s400/DSC05716.JPG" border="0" />and Mistletoe, sister to Holly who played it scarce, <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748346048270303122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 384px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9xvcVyDdHOg/T8Y6Rl0r_5I/AAAAAAAAFDM/7ndH__DrVo4/s400/DSC05717.JPG" border="0" /> as well as Huxley, <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748356291640365298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N9k-RIHpSxE/T8ZDl1WbEPI/AAAAAAAAFFU/40_aJOOByJE/s400/DSC05709.JPG" border="0" />were still trying to figure out what this new creature was all about. And Marcy wanted to know who these poor imitations of our full wirey selves were, since we had met her in pawson a few years ago.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748356299106780018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7wiiD5Cs4gw/T8ZDmRKjg3I/AAAAAAAAFFg/GisINnrP4uA/s400/DSC05715.JPG" border="0" /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">After a lovely visit in Tennessee -- with an overnight in the Madison room of a bed and breakfast<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748344801210801394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z9p8CbmBF10/T8Y5JAKiHPI/AAAAAAAAFCo/5rPL7W9UG9w/s400/DSC05724.JPG" border="0" /> -- the folks and our flat selves drove to St. Louis <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748349217646966162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AlDijyXd50Y/T8Y9KEq99ZI/AAAAAAAAFFE/cxev9WZ6AgU/s400/DSC05733.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748344814047242994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kMontBThGE0/T8Y5Jv--qvI/AAAAAAAAFC0/YsC2Ugv4rYQ/s400/DSC05732.JPG" border="0" />for our grandma's 90th birthday. So there they were at two sides of the life cycle: 17 days and 90 years! It was thrilling for everyone.</span></div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748344796286678578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mcMbn84rP-Y/T8Y5It0h9jI/AAAAAAAAFCc/UsmTAybckzk/s400/DSC05767.JPG" border="0" /> </span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748436599472880050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ytpt_E0ge7g/T8aMoXVvebI/AAAAAAAAFGA/Y-ujTeifcyA/s400/DSC05770.JPG" border="0" /> <br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And of course, mom and dad went to see the Cardinals play the Phillies. They weren't too happy at the outcome -- a shutout -- but it's always exciting to be in Busch Stadium and see the stands filled with red-clad fans!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748343820027310850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lFFXAE5OXP8/T8Y4P4-KMwI/AAAAAAAAFB4/4C6A3Zan1bE/s400/DSC05751.JPG" border="0" /></span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748343817502693634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WdQDjL0lkC4/T8Y4PvkPmQI/AAAAAAAAFBs/W30_0q6YaaI/s400/DSC05740.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5748343805097926994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_jfjXkGmJ2c/T8Y4PBWt4VI/AAAAAAAAFBg/VN3GZfz3c9I/s400/DSC05745.JPG" border="0" /> </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Where were we, while all this was going on? Barking our heads off at our favorite boarding spot. But now we're home and looking forward to Christmas when the word is that we may -- just may - get to see everyone in person. </span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Uncle Jake and Uncle Just Harry</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jake of Floridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460837412289201219noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4632090916671538594.post-60218138801447065332012-05-18T14:01:00.003-04:002012-05-18T14:25:59.514-04:00Our hearts are with two brothers reunited under an oak tree in france profonde<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L3lxtj4RbgI/T7aSON06HGI/AAAAAAAAFBQ/RREIarIs8Xo/s1600/Wilf%2B18_May_2012_034.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5743939147685043298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L3lxtj4RbgI/T7aSON06HGI/AAAAAAAAFBQ/RREIarIs8Xo/s400/Wilf%2B18_May_2012_034.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M7uca6zQkIg/T7aSN7HkERI/AAAAAAAAFBE/GeQERBADzfU/s1600/Wilf%2Band%2BDigby.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5743939142663016722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M7uca6zQkIg/T7aSN7HkERI/AAAAAAAAFBE/GeQERBADzfU/s400/Wilf%2Band%2BDigby.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Today we're sending our love to two cyber friends, Angus and "the font," who for many years have shared the sweet, silly, fun, sad, insightful moments they have enjoyed with their Polish Lowland Sheepdogs, Wilf and Digby. Digby left for the Rainbow Bridge two Mays ago -- and today it was Wilfee's turn. We -- and so many others around the world -- will miss our daily visits with them, the chance to meet all the intriguing folk in their village in southwest France, and of course Wilf's wise PONders.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We know Wilf and Digby are enjoying their reunion -- filled with mischief and laughter and happy barks and tail wags. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Thank you dear Angus, thank you dear "font" for sharing your Boyz with us in such a delightful way. And now we share your grief and heartbreak.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Joan, Jake, and Just Harry</span></div></div>Jake of Floridahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460837412289201219noreply@blogger.com12