
Sunrise

The Greenies standoff

Since we’ve adopted Jake, I spend a lot of time carrying little green bags of dog poop around with me when we are out on walks. The old song “Little Green Bag” by the Dutch band George Baker Selection came to mind one day, so I wrote parody lyrics about those little green bags of dog poop. I recorded the parody, and Jake and I made the above music video.

Silver: “It’s your own fault for adopting a dog. Pathetic poopy paparazzo!”

Gwendolyn: “Whoa! You really pick up that crap? At least with us kitties, you use a slotted scoop to clean the kitty litter.”

Spunk: “Well, pathetic poopy paparazzo. Your doggedness has done you in!”

While I’m off work for the holidays, Jake misses his ride to and from the office every day. He goes outside and sits by my car, waiting to go to work. When we don’t go to the office, he acts disappointed, so I’ve started taking Jake for a ride in the car every day while I’m on vacation. Today we came across a cluck of cranes.


Spunk playing with his ears


Marble playing with Gwendolyn’s tail




The frumpy man in his running cap, Laurie thinks he looks like a freak. Jake after our morning run. He had a hard time keeping up at a 10-minute-per-mile pace.

Silver, Spunk, Gwendolyn, Glenda, Bunny and Sheep.


Loki Dragon


Spunk’s latest Tail and Ears art


Sunset

Tangle Heart Tree and Venus

Jupiter and Kiss Flying-V over Resa’s Tree

While my car was in the shop for maintenance, Jake and I took a 3.8-mile (6.1 Km) walk down, up, and all around the Albuquerque flood diversion channel. I was surprised how much Jake liked running down and up the steep sides of the flood control channels. Whenever we came up to the top of a channel, Jake would hop onto the road and give whatever was in front of us a look of intense interest. It was like a game for Jake.

The route

Jake peed on a high-voltage transmission line pole. He thought it was electrifying.




























Serious security: An electric fence behind the cyclone fence and barbed wire.




Needless to say, Jake was worn out after his big adventure.




…and birdie. Belafonte getting his morning buzz!

Spunk needed coffee

Marble was wired

Loki enjoying a caffeine buzz
A different view

Gwendolyn, a classic caffeinated kitty

Silver doesn’t need any stinking caffeine!

Sasha caught licking coffee off her paw.

Glenda and the bunny are alert after their morning coffee

Sunset