Nature Friday – It’s Snow Fun!

Hi everyone! It’s Millie and Walter here. We are happy to report that we got our Christmas wish to finally have some decent snow to play in! (Be sure to click on the images to get a bigger view)

It’s a winter wonderland!

The snow smooshed down the beautiful grasses in our perennial garden, but it was bound to happen eventually. 

What are you doing back there dad?

The snow wasn’t deep, but it came down wet, so it stuck to everything!

What a tranquil scene

We had fun wandering around and occasionally doing some zoomies, too.

Uh oh! I think I see Walter stalking me.

See if you can spot Walter in the next picture. You might have to click on it to make it bigger.

Do you see him?
I blend in so well Millie won’t see me coming.

We hope you enjoyed seeing our winter wonderland. Luckily, we haven’t had any warm weather, so the snow is sticking around for a while plus we’re expected to get a little more snow almost every day for the next week!

Join the Nature Friday Blog Hop

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.

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Wordless Wednesday – Snow Fun!

Hi everyone! It’s Millie & Walter here. We just love playing in the snow.

I love to roll…

…and dig tunnels.

I love to pounce on her…

…while she’s rolling. BOL!

Here’s hoping you all enjoy some good snow fun. We’re expected to get some more in the next couple of days! Woo Hoo!!

We’re joining Comedy Plus for their Wordless Wednesday blog hop.

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Mischief Monday – Millie Makes a Snow Donut

Hi everyone! It’s Millie here. Many of you have been showing us pictures of spring popping up all around your homes but around here we still have snow on the ground.

What’s under there?
I don’t know but I’m going to try to find out.

Walter and I love to wander around our yard and try to sniff out what is under the snow.

There might be a mouse under here.

One of my favorite things to do in the snow is make donuts. What’s a snow donut you ask? Let me show you.

I love making snow donuts.

Do you see that circle in the above picture? I make it kind of like how a Nascar racer does when he wins a race and spins in a circle on the track.

Watch this video to see how it is all done.

If you can’t see the video you can go here to view it.

That was great!

Look what you did to the snow!
You should give it a try.

I can smell Millie all over the snow.

It may be difficult to see but here is what was left after I made my snow donut.

Did an alien make this circle in the snow?

One of the important things is to make sure you leave a little pile of snow in the middle of the snow ring. Mom and dad say making a snow donut is kind of like taking a snow bath. I let the snow work down into my coat and then shake it out when I’m done. Do any of you want to come up here and let me show you how to make a snow donut? Come on…it will be a blast!

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April Rain Snow Showers!

Hi everyone! Do you remember how excited I was that spring had finally arrived at our house just over a week ago? Well Mother Nature took a few steps backward today. We woke up to a heavy snow squall this morning. Charlie snapped these pictures while he was out with the dogs for their morning “business” runs.

Millie on patio during morning snow storm

Even Walter and Millie couldn’t believe what they were seeing. Of course as most dogs do they both took high speed laps around the yard. There is just something about fresh snow that brings out the zoomies in dogs (sorry no pictures of that).

Perennial Garden Covered in Snow

As you can see some of our perennials have started poking out of the ground. I’m sure they aren’t too happy about these colder temps but the early arrivals are used to a few snow showers in the early spring time.

Daffodils Covered in Snow

I don’t think these daffodils will be opening very soon.

Glory of the Snow – covered in snow

If you look real close (or click on the image to make it bigger) you can see the small purple Glory of the Snow flowers. I guess their name is very appropriate.

In a short time the grass was almost covered in snow

The snow was still coming down hard when Charlie snapped this picture from the back of the yard. You can barely make out Millie sitting on the patio.

I will be honest, as I sit here writing this post most of the snow has melted off the grass but it still covers the planting areas. The weather peeps say the snow is supposed to keep falling off and on most of the day. I’m really not complaining but it sure was shocking to open the shades this morning and look out at a white out. At least it isn’t the 2-3 feet of snow KB recently recieved in the Rockies.

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Mischief Monday – Mother Nature is not Nice

Hi everyone! As you may know we have had one of the most brutal winters in local history. It is the last week of March and we still have most of our backyard covered in snow.

Last week of March 2015 and we still have snow!

Here is a little video I took panning around our yard.

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If you can’t see the video you can go here to view it.

The weather forecast for later this week is hinting at temperatures near 70° F (around 21° C). Maybe we will actually see our lawn (or what’s left of it) later this week.

We haven’t been able to let Millie & Walter play much in the yard as the mushy snow has put a strain on Millie’s shoulder. We will show you later this week what we’ve been doing instead.

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Black & White Sunday – The Abominable Snowdog

We are participating in the Black & White Sunday blog hop.

Today’s photo courtesy of Charlie.

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Friday Frolic in the Snow

Hi everyone it’s Millie & Walter here.

We are joining the {This Moment} See Beautiful blog hop this month hosted by Sugar. As you saw earlier this week Millie loves being out in the snow. Even though many people and pups don’t enjoy the snow much we both really love playing and being together in it. Here are a few more pictures from a recent romp in our deep snow. We think snow play is beautiful.

By the way our secretary forgot to tell you that the pictures of Millie from our previous post and all the pictures in this post were taken by our dad, Charlie. Don’t forget if you want to see a larger version of the image just click on it. Enjoy the show!

Wrestling action up high

Diving into the snow

Millie starts to dominate

The hold down position

Stay down Walter!

Get off me Millie!

Back to the high level action

It’s your turn to go down Millie

You can’t hold down Millie for long

The tables turn and Millie goes in for another take down

You can’t keep me down for long Walter

Take that!

Hey Millie…I can’t breathe!

The End!

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Black & White Sunday – Western New York Winter

It’s been a cold and snowy winter so far. Here are a couple of shots of Lake Ontario taken from Webster Park a couple of years ago. If you ventured to the park this year you would see much of the same. This is what a “Lake Effect” snow band looks like as it approaches the shore.

Winter Storm

Mute Swans and Storm Clouds

We are participating in the Black & White Sunday blog hop.

We aren’t sure if we have received everyone’s stamps so if you still have some to send just leave us a comment so we can keep our eyes out for them.  If you need our mailing address just leave a comment. We will be collecting stamps all year so if you already sent us your stamps start collecting for next year. Feel free to send them on any time when you have more than you want.

All photo’s in today’s post courtesy of Charlie.

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