Author: boomingbanter

This is a joint epistle. You might call it a confession. Good for the soul they say. Hope we are both looking suitably contrite.

See what happened was we were out for a walk last Friday morning and we both saw something interesting. On one side there was a white car that is a must chase for me (Scooby) and on the other side a squirrel that is irresistible to those who are half starved (Nala).

So one of us pulled one way and the other one pulled the other way and we did Wrinkle Woman’s back in.

She’s a wreck! Walking like she’s made of stone.

Result is she has to take us out separately as it’s still hurting especially when she has to pick up poop. She’s having to squat down to get it rather than bend over. That makes her more unstable so she can’t hold us both and do the collection.

We are sorry, at least we’re pretending to be sorry, that we caused such disruption but every cloud has a silver lining. We get one on one personal attention PLUS……

Auntie Denise has swung into action and has come up with a new way for us to put on our leash so we never hurt Wrinkle Woman again.

It’s a sort of wrap around the belly with a twist type of affair that she uses with horses but we’re in compliance so as not to upset Wrinkly any more at this point. There’s only so much time out we two can take especially when it has to be spent together.

When WW is back to normal we’ll yank her apart once more.

Blessing#1311-Harnessing

Hope you all had a great Easter. Here it was beautiful except for the freezing cold. The temperature was lower than Christmas Day! So good for appetite though!

We started with a brilliant big moon and then a fine trot.

Dad got all dressed up in his best suit for the first time in ages and looked really good. I told him he was handsome so he gave me cookies! They don’t call me Smart move Scoob for nothing!

We had to have our celebrations early as the bro was working at 3:00. We ate so much at our lunch that our tummies hurt. Of course Mega does this every day so she recovered fast.

When the bro took off we all had a good snooze and then Ma walked us some more so we had room to squeeze in supper.

Being a big Jane Austen fan Ma was thrilled to have the BBCs Mansfield Park from 1983 on PBS. She said she remembers watching it with Auntie Carol when they were “young”

Mega and I found all that period stuff a bit boring so we played soldiers. She watched the back window and I watched the front and we barked at ever walker or biker that passed.

Dad screamed at us and then Ma screamed at him to be quiet so she could hear her drama.

By the time Call The Midwife came on we were all hoarse.

It was very sad this week but still it did make a fine end to a lovely day.

Blessing#1310-Festivity

Greetings you Passionate Pitty Peeps and a very happy Easter to y’all.

It’s my first as y’all know and I’m ready to resurrect a rumpus.

Granny has been coordinating that old stinker of a Gizz and me for holiday photos. She has definitely gone bananas!

Of course like some sort of dimwit Saint he poses for her with his bow tie on and shows his best profile.

I went for him.

Dove in straight at the neck.

I was moving fast hence the action nature of all these pics.

Grabbed the cloth from around him and ripped it off like the shroud of Turin.

I went under the table to try to nosh it but wrinkle woman got me. Nearly strangled me. Now I ask you is that the right attitude for a day such as this.

I went for my bonnet next. It has more substance that the Gizz’s stupid tie anyway!

Wrinkle got that too.

I have now been consigned to closed quarters to cogitate while they all go to sing hallelujah.

I suppose it could be worse she might have dressed us as rabbits or chickens. They’re almost as stupid as the Gizz.

I too will rise again and while they are not looking I’m going to make a bid for that stuff that’s cooling in the oven.

Be blessed beautiful believers. I will be victorious!

Blessing#1309-Cracking Up

Have you heard of people taking the « head staggers »?

It’s a common phrase in Northern Ireland and has nothing to do with drinking EtOH!!

It means you have gone off your rocker. That’s another good one you may not know that Ma uses all the time!

Equals gone crazy.

Well it’s happened to my Ma.

She took one look at my haircut and she’s like Scooby you look so young.

So off she went to the local Great Clips. By the way they do humans only and are a lot cheaper than canine groomers!!!!!!

When she came home last night I’m not sure she looked younger but she certainly had lost weight!

Almost bald she is but if it makes her happy I’ll take my cue from Dad and say it looks good. Dad learned his lesson about thirty years ago that no matter what you always say Ma’s latest « do » looks fab!

Blessing#1308-Short and Sweet.

It’s good when you earn your living within an hour of waking.

I’d just had a nibble of kibble a sip of Adams Ale and a quick leak when bingo I was forced into action.

The herd was grazing out back.

It’s so important this time of year that they know I’m here and I’m in charge.

They don’t touch the daffodils but they have already started on the lilies that’s one of their favs.

So my job is to shoo them off to the neighbors.

Done deal! They won’t be back till sunset so I can relax for a few minutes till the monster stirs.

Blessing#1307-Early Shift

Remember I had my haircut postponed and that it all worked out fine because it was freezing and I needed my coat? Well yesterday the time came for me to get the job done.

I didn’t fuss. You gotta take the rough with the smooth or as the case may be the curly with the cropped.

I was excessively good at the groomers. They said they’d never met a better chap. Mom agreed and as always said that I am « the best dog ever born ».

Such was my merit that I was rewarded with an Easter necktie that I promise I’ll wear again on Sunday.

Having been so good I got to have a swift trot you know where on the way home between the showers.

The niece did not recognize me. Took to fighting even when her dinner was laid out in front of her. That’s a serious cause for concern as nothing has previously been know to come between her and her kibble!

Ma thought she was going to do me in so she was transferred to the patio to chill.

She’s still at it this morning. Think she thinks I’m from another pack so she’s protecting her peeps.

I admit I do smell a little different. Some would say a great improvement a bit like that Feb breeze the bro sprays in his room to mask the stink.

I’d call it funky but soon get my butch will be back. It only takes a day or two for scent to evaporate. I should be nice and ripe by Easter!

Blessing#1306-Restyling

My Mom is almost always good to her word.

As promised we hit the trails yesterday since I’d helped her so much managing Mega.

I was elated. Left my instagrams all over the place as I hadn’t been there for a while and needed to make sure other critters know this is my stomping ground.

I was gentle around the first flowers of the forest.

They are so small and I’m so huge I showed them how tender I can be.

By the time we got to the river I was feeling kinda thirsty but Ma said I’d get too mucky if I got in.

Funny that as we saw two men at different spots up to their knees in the water fishing.

One had a line the other a net. We don’t know what they were after but I’d love to have a go.

When you’re out in the wild like this it makes you think that we could have been doing this walk a thousand years ago and you’d never have known the difference.

Blessing#1305-Riverbluffs

The work I have to do in this joint is unbelievable.

Even when the mega monster’s father is off work I cannot rely on him to keep her under control. He just turns his back on her and pretends to snore.

We have had to elevate every single stuffed bunny in this blessed place out of her reach. The only ones left at ground level are wood or glass. If she eats those they may finish her off which would be the best thing that could possibly happen for all of us.

Poor Mom is going to be killed one of these days. The creep sneaks up on her in the kitchen when she is up to her elbows in dough and tries to trip her up.

It’s all part of her ploy to get at the goodies. Six times I had to chase her out of the way this morning.

She looks so innocent but trust me that is a seriously sinister spirit.

I’ve had to deal severely with her and poor Mom’s throat is sore screaming.

She has now been locked up as the bro has gone out with the mates and Ma and me need to rest after our morning of madness.

I have been promised a trip to the trails this afternoon in recognition of my diligence in handling by duties.

I so deserve it. I’m a hero!

Blessing#1304-Recompense

This morning we got a lovely surprise.

On our kitchen table the bro had left a picture he’d found beside a dumpster near his work.

It’s really a beauty and quite big. Ma has trained him well to always be on the lookout for Treasure!

Fits in perfectly too with our Chinese corner in the kitchen.

Panda’s are so cuddly and we’re related too and of course they come from China like the bro!

I’d love to live with one. They don’t eat bones and they are playful.

Maybe I could trade in Pretty Pitty and get a Giant P instead! She’d be lonely though without me and she is still small.

Blessing#1303-Carnivore Cousins

On a Sunday morning when Dad is getting ready for church and the monster is still sleeping with the bro my Mom and me have me time.

We like to watch Pudgy Picker and see what bargains she has snagged.

Sometimes these have been posted days before and we just never have had the chance to see them.

This morning we were feeling so jealous when we heard she’d been to an estate sale and came away with a fortune.

https://youtu.be/eNlzKUg1OlY

It was only when we got to her finding a faberge egg that the penny dropped!

We had a little laugh together at our own expense………….

……… and we reflected on how it’s just as well none of our treasures are too precious since we have unfortunately to live with a demolition expert

Blessing#1302-Catch Ups