Gladioli's to make you glad!

Yeah - they are finally starting to open ! We have been waiting patiently for days and days for them and look - they are blooming !

We have a beautiful scarlet red - the stalk on this one is HUGE and it is going to have 16 flowers on it!! We also have a ruffled salmon, a pretty peach, a gorgeous ruffle pink and white (mom's favorite) and a single pink. We have heaps and heaps more still growing, they have flower stalks on them but they will be at least another week before they open. Mom did notice a yellow one is very close though and she is hoping we get a deep red.













We haven't been doing much at all lately - we are heading into our fourth week of 90+ heat and considering yesterday was the first day of summer - I am not looking forward to the next few months. Mom is also fighting with the dreaded "depression monster" at the moment. She is winning but it makes her very tired having to fight it daily. I tried finding it so I could bite it and make it leave - but monsters are REALLY hard to find - I checked under the bed, in the closet, in the garage, under the sofas, in the spare bedroom - but nothing. I think it is hiding in the attic - but I'm not allowed to go up there. Anyway we hope these flowers make you feel good. Click on them to see them bigger :)

Happy Fathers Day Indeed

Can you believe that MY Dad has gone off to the movies with his daughter - leaving me - his boy - at home with the boring old Mom !!!! That is just so not right! He is MY Dad and WE should be doing things TOGETHER today. Instead the only thing I have done is wander around silly old Mom's garden. I know - she was supposed to show some of those gladioli things - but we are still waiting them for them to open up. In the meantime she MADE me go with her as she took photos of the vegetables - BORING Mom !

Okay - starting in the top left corner is the small white Japanese eggplants, then some of the basil and flat leaf parsley (Yawn). Next there is yellow banana peppers and Italian eggplants. Finally there is one of Mom prized yellow tomatoes which I must agree are VERY tasty. We also have a black tomato growing and a yellow with pink stripes - they are heirloom tomatoes (that means old - like MOM). Okay enough of the stupid old vegetables - I am going back to the door to wait for my dad to come home from the movies - stupid place it is that won't allow doggies - discrimination I say!

So excited !

Reilly is so quiet and laid back 99% of the time - except for when his Dad comes home and then he is so happy he has to bark about it in his loudest voice. Sorry if this starts your doggies barking !

How does my garden grow

Do you remember the herb planter my dad bought for my Mom - well it is growing beautifully ! We have a rosemary in the top and then basil, chives, tarragon, sage and thyme. Mom planted marigold around the bottom to keep the bugs away (and it's working) and because they look pretty too. And see at my feet, we have already harvested 2 lbs on small sweet onions and Mom got her first yellow tomato today. Mom can only eat yellow tomato's as they are low in acid so she is having a tomato and cheese sandwich for lunch and if I am lucky I might get some too! We also have lots of eggplants and peppers already growing. The seeds that Maggie and Mitch's Mom sent us are also growing wonderfully. We have no idea what they are though as silly Mom lost the tags - she doesn't mind - she says it will be a wonderful surprise when they flower. Tomorrow we can hopefully show you some of our gladioli flowers - they are just starting to open up now and we can see at least one is going to be a bright red. This is the best part of gardening, when all the hard work is basically over and you start seeing and tasting the rewards. Okay, Mom and I are off to make Pesto (we need to use up some of the basil!!!!) And yippee - my Dad comes home tonight. He has been away for the last two weeks and Mom and I have missed him terribly - we have got quite use to him being home with us all the time now. Mom also took me for a walk this morning and I got to sniff EVERY mail box in the WHOLE neighborhood! What a great day and it's not even 9.00 am yet!

Monsters !!!

Over the years our house has been occasionally infested with Monsters. They are strange creatures - never seen, never caught in the act and blaming their deeds on us poor innocent doggies. The ones that use to be common at our home were the 'sock monster' who was always stealing my dad's smelly socks and the 'tissue monster' that would take tissues from the box and shred them all over the floor. Of coarse we now also have the "IT" monster!

Do you have monsters in your home that steal things or do things that YOU get the blame for? We would love to hear about them.

I am pretty sure there is a monster 'over there' digging a hole in Mom's lawn <----------------

Wipe Your Paws Update

Some of you may have been wondering what happened to the "Wipe Your Paws" blog? Well - we had all sorts of trouble getting Paypal to work on it and the cost of putting in a "shopping cart" was just too much for us - especially as all the proceeds from sales are being donated directly to the Humane Society and the Elephant Sanctuary. After much discussion with Mom - we decided to just set up a small Etsy store. We are in the process of stocking it now - it is taking longer as we can only use photos and no videos and videos do make it easier to show multiple pages. Anyway, there are few things listed and you can bookmark the page and check back in a few days time. And we are offering FREE postage in the United States but will be happy to send overseas at what ever the going postage rate is. Here is the link "Wipe Your Paws" If you would like to support my charity - please share the information with your friends.

Still too hot

We had a little bit of a thunder storm last night, some loud noises and the power went off for a little while - then it rained for all of about two minutes and then it was hot again. Sigh - I don't like this on going heat. I can manage just a few minutes outside - enough to do what a doggie needs to do and then I am in the door and by my vent again. And do you know what my Mom said to me today??? She said I am starting to look "old" and that I am getting a lot of grey around my eyes and on my face. My dogness - I am not even four yet and it's not as if I am old as SHE is - good heavens she is ancient!

Zoomies Time!

With the sun going down and the temperature dropping a few degrees (down to 91) it was time for a quick attack of the zoomies around the veggie patch. Now some of you may be thinking I was just chasing "IT" because he had MY sheep stuffie in his mouth - but that would constitute "playing" with "IT" which of coarse is something I would NEVER do !!!! Ah - just look at that fur fly!

The Birthday List on The Dog Bloggers Mailing List

For Those of you have already joined the Dog Bloggers Mailing List - we have a new page that will help you even more with those up-coming special days. Look down at the bottom of the page on the list - and you will see a second sheet/list has been added. Just click on the "Sheet 2" to access it.



It is here the pets birthdays can be added by month which makes it much easier to know who is the next lucky furbaby in need of a card and maybe some treats. I will be working my way through the list adding the names and dates in or you can even add them yourself !

If you have anything else we think we can put in a list let me know.

Wordless Wednesday 06/08/11

Too Hot

What does one do when it has been over the 90's for over a week - you pretend to life isn't worth living anymore (and that's because Mom won't take me to my park in this heat!) So instead you flop on floor in a lifeless, motionless state hoping Mom will move away with that flashy thing and just leave a boy in peace to suffer silently. Sigh - and it isn't even summer yet. How do I convince Mom that doing my tricks and learning even more new ones just isn't the same as a walk in the park and getting all those wonderful smells. Even a trip in the air-conditioned car to the air-conditioned pet store didn't do anything. I still came home all dejected and flopped down in my air-conditioned house. Why can't they make air-conditioned parks - that is what I want to know?

It's the "IT" - Soccer Super Dog!

It's finished !

My perch is all finished (well apart from the weather seal my dad has to put on it). But in terms of building it is done. Now what is truely amazing is the guy that built this for us. He worked in 90+ heat for four and half days to build this and it was that hot every day!!!! Mom was so worried he would get sick but he kept saying he was fine. Mom told him any time he wanted to cool off or needed a cold drink he could come inside - but he didn't. He bought his own big drink container and would stand under the sprinkler when he wanted to cool off. That is dedication to work and he was so fussy about every every little detail - my Dad was very impressed! As you can see Mom wasted no time in getting her plants up there. Now she just need the "perfect" table and chairs so we can sit outside and enjoy our barbecues. We are also going to have one of those sun setter awning installed as this room on the back is Mom's work room and it gets very hot with all the windows, so it will help cool her room as well as provide a shady spot on my perch for my garden watching.

My Perch

As you can see my "perch" is coming along nicely. Most of the decking is down now and the railing around the side had begun. You can see how much easier it is for me to get in and out of my doggie door now - no having to jump up and down the steps - I just basically step right out now. Mom and Dad have also drawn up some pawsome plans for the rest of the garden and we will share those in a few days. My Mom loves to garden and has won quite a few gardening competitions in her time. Of coarse she is not as young as she use to be and not quite as energetic either so this is going to be a pretty, but keep it simple and easy to look after garden. Of coarse there will still be plenty of room for me to play ball and frisbee and have my agility coarse set up. Have a pawsome weekend every furbody!

What's happening in my yard

For the last couple of days strange things and lots of noise have been happening in my yard. Mom says there is a large "dog perch" being built and I will be able to sit up there and survey all of my garden and watch the world go by. I am liking the sound of that - but not all the noise to make it. The builders are using this big compressor type nail gun and it goes off with a bang every time they use it. It does kind of disturb the nap time rather. Added to this is the constant barking of "IT" who thinks none of this should be happening in "HIS" garden. That is sooooooo wrong as we all know it is "MY" garden - not "HIS". Mom does let me out to dogervise the building - I have to make sure it is up to Reilly standards. Some of you may not know this but dad and I built a deck when we lived in Nebraska - so I am an EXPERT at deck (perch) building. Sure it was small - but we did it together and I was SOOOO proud of my deck - I would sit on that watching the world go by and it sure made going out my doggie door a lot easier. Oh! we did actually put a hand rail down the steps (it's not shown in these photos). Stay tuned for more pics on the progress of my perch.

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Dog Bloggers Mailing List

1. Once you receive your invite to join the list - Please bookmark the page it sends you too for future reference - it will make it easier to find when you need it

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It is in the high 90's here today and mom said I need to keep my head protected (isn't that what fur does Mom?) Okay okay - I will wear the silly hat if it makes you happy !

Wordless Wednesday 06/01/11