Sleepy Selfie Sunday

Hi everyone! It’s Millie here. A few weeks ago, my mom bought something special for me. Well, it’s really for Walter too but he almost never uses it. My mom wasn’t sure what size would be right for us, but when our friends at The Chronicle of Woos did a post about theirs she knew the size they had would fit me and boy does it ever!

Snug as a bug in my Donut Cuddler Dog Bed.

This is my favorite corner to hang out in. We used to have an extra padded quilt that our mom made (you can see it in the links above) for our Angel Sister Nina, but it was getting a bit worse for wear, and she thought that in my later years I could use something with more cushion for my old bones. Since she had a $30 gift card to use at Chewy it was a great bargain! Officially it’s the Best Friends by Sheri The Original Calming Shag Fur Donut Cuddler Cat & Dog Bed size Large. I don’t really think any cat is using a bed this size unless it’s for a cheetah at a zoo! BOL!

The perfect sun puddle snoozing spot.

You might be wondering why there is a blankie on the bed and why am I not just laying directly in the bed. Well, for the first couple of days I would only go over to it and sniff at it, but I wouldn’t lay down in it. We have lots of these dog blankies (it’s really an old comforter that my mom cut into smaller pieces for us) and we lay on them all the time on the big bed. Once my mom put one on this new bed I was in! It’s a good thing we are using the blankie on top of the cuddler bed because Walter decided he needed to mark the bed (Boys!!!), but he only hit the blankie and it’s a lot easier to wash then the bed (although you can see in the Woos link its very washable too).

I’m joining The Cat on My Head for their Selfie Sunday blog hop. You should check out the hop to see some of the other selfies. Thanks for stopping by.

Nature Friday – Warm Winter Visitor

Hi everyone! It’s Cindy here. We’ve had some crazy weather this winter. Our snow total so far this year is way below normal, and we broke a record for the warmest winter on record. This past Tuesday we reached a record high temperature of 73°F (about 23°C). When Charlie walked out to retrieve a delivery from our front porch on Tuesday he was startled to see something laying on top of one of the shrubs. He ran back into the house to grab a camera and carefully fired off some shots while creeping closer and closer.

Just hanging out here in the chamaecyparis

A friendly garter snake (quite harmless) had climbed the chamaecyparis to sun himself! We’ve never seen our snakes out so early, but thanks to global warming there he was.

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen the snakes perched on top of an evergreen shrub. A few times while I’ve been mowing the lawn I will drive by some bird’s nest spruce we have at the edge of the grass and be startled to see one on the top. Once it almost jumped onto the tractor with me because it was startled too! In case you are wondering I did scream, but with the tractor noise nobody heard me. 

Here is a look at one Charlie found on another type of spruce shrub we have. Charlie seems to have a knack for finding them and photographing them.

Just hanging around in this spruce.

Here is a better view of his beautiful markings.

We love seeing our garter snakes and are lucky that they are quite harmless unless you are a toad, frog, slug, or worm. I do admit that sometimes when I’m walking along and one slithers near my feet that I do jump and get startled a bit, but they are beautiful to look at.

We are joining the LLB Gang for their Nature Friday Blog Hop. You should pop over to their blog to see all the other posts.

Selfie Sunday – Christmas Card Flashback

Hi everyone! It’s Millie and Walter here. A few weeks ago, our mom finally took down our Christmas decorations, but before she took them down, we did our yearly photo shoot with all the cards we received.

Look at all the Christmas cards we received.

If you click on the image you might be able to find the card you sent us, even the emailed ones since our mom prints those out too!

Aren’t we sitting pretty?
Some treats might have been involved.

We love sending and receiving cards every holiday season and just want to thank everyone that sends us one. Some of our friends even sent an email and snail mail one.

Thanks to all our friends and family for sending us so many cards.

We’re joining The Cat on My Head for their Selfie Sunday blog hop. You should check out the hop to see some of the other selfies. Thanks for stopping by.

P.S. For those of you who are wondering the afghan on the chair is one of our mom’s latest creations. She finished it this past summer. It’s done in interlocking mosaic crochet and is Astrid’s Christmas Tangle blanket by Astrid Schandy.

Merry Christmas!

Hi everyone! It’s Millie and Walter here. We want to wish all our friends who celebrate a Merry Christmas.

Here is the card we sent to those on our holiday card list.

Front of Card

Back of Card

We hope everyone is staying safe and having a great day. We’ve sent and received lots of cards and will show you all of them soon.

Merry Christmas!

Thankful Thursday

Hi everyone! It’s Millie & Walter here. We each have something to be thankful for this week. Millie will start us off. 

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been 11 years since I came to my forever home!

What a cutie I was back then!

I was a little scared at first. When my foster parents left me at my new home I cried until I fell asleep, but when I woke up, I wasn’t scared any longer because I knew my new parents would love me forever. As you can see in the picture above, I was a small pup with floppy ears when I first got here. 

Look at me now!

Over the years I’ve added some grey to my muzzle and my ears are now both standing up! I’ve enjoyed every minute of being in my forever home, especially with Walter by my side. Now I’ll turn the post over to him.

I look good for my age.

This week I’m thankful for another year on this earth. I turned eleven this week, but I sure don’t feel old. I still can run at top speed around the yard, although mom and dad discourage it because they’re afraid I might hurt something, and I still jump like my legs are pogo sticks when I’m excited.

What a cute face!

My face might not have much black on it like I did when I was a puppy, but I’m still a puppy at heart.

We couldn’t be more thankful to be here in this home for as long as we have and celebrate an eleventh Gotcha Day (Millie) and an eleventh birthday (Walter). We’re joining the Thankful Thursday blog hop and want to remember Brian, the blog hops’ name’s sake, who went to the Bridge earlier this week. You should stop by and see what everyone else is thankful for today.

We are joining Brian for the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!

Selfie Sunday

Hi everyone! It’s Walter here. We’ve had some nice weather this week so there has been plenty of play time outside. When we’re done you can usually find me napping on my mom’s pillow in the big bed.

I’m tired.

It doesn’t take much to tire us out these days, but we love to spend time outside. Our dad usually throws small treats around for us to “Go Find”. That is the name of the game. We can see Fall on the horizon but not before a few more hot days ahead this week (although nothing like the triple digit heat some of you are experiencing). We have our paws crossed for all our friends in the path of Hurricane Hilary too.

I’m joining The Cat on My Head for their Selfie Sunday blog hop. You should check out the hop to see some of the other selfies. Thanks for stopping by.

Selfie Sunday – The Puparazzi Strikes Again

Hi everyone! It’s Millie here. The weather was super hot last week so we did a lot of hanging out in the AC cooled house. That gave our dad plenty of opportunities to photograph us. Luckily, we had a very rainy day yesterday and it has brought cooler weather with it.

I wish it were cool enough to play outside.

It looks like we should get more play time outside this week if the rain stays away.

I’m joining The Cat on My Head for their Selfie Sunday blog hop. You should check out the hop to see some of the other selfies. Thanks for stopping by.

Selfie Sunday – Millie’s Sweet Dreams

Hi everyone! It’s Millie here. Before I get to my selfie Walter wanted me to thank everyone for all the POTP you sent his way. Thankfully (for my butt that kept getting rammed), the cone came off early last week and he is doing very well. I’m glad that I can now nap without having to worry if I’ll get clocked in the head by that nasty cone.

I love a peaceful nap in the sunshine.

I hope you all have time for a nice quiet Sunday afternoon nap, too.

I’m joining The Cat on My Head for their Selfie Sunday blog hop. You should check out the hop to see some of the other selfies. Thanks for stopping by.