December 24th Advent

It is Christmas and all wait in anticipation, even the pets.   And all the memories of Christmases past are strongest now. One can almost feel the excitement in the body. I remember Christmas eve services with my mother and everyone in the family carrying out the little cupped candle into the snowy nights. I remember [...]

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December 23rd Advent – It’s Almost Here……Cock-a-doodle-doo!

With just a couple days to go, everyone is soooooo busy, and Carol and I are also having challenges with our individual “mangers”.  A sense of humor is the best way to deal with house breaking Lulu, as sent by a granddaughter…… Always a dog underfoot as you work in the Holiday Kitchen, sometimes even [...]

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December 22 Advent – First Day of Winter

     Happy first day of winter!  We finally got enough of the snow to see, but as you can see, Lulu was not impressed.       “What am I supposed to do with those things?  Chew?” Not much time to blog today, got to do some running for the “Jolly Ole Elf”!         [...]

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December 21st Advent – Winter Solstice

Here it is, the shortest  day of the year, December 21st.   After a month and a half of lighting the dark of morning with my flashlight as I go outside with Lulu, I am ready for the lengthening days to come and a sunrise! I can see why earlier man set huge fires to light the [...]

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December 20th Advent – Gingerbread House Party, continued…….

We certainly had fun as Julie wrote on the 19th day, but I had to add a bit to the event.  I imagine Fixit is getting tired of it by now, but Lulu loves the company. Fixit gives up as Lulu has pestered him to the floor.  He is certainly a patient dog. With a [...]

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December 19th Advent – Gingerbread Houses

Big excitement this evening!  Family and friends are gathering to make Gingerbread Houses, and they are bringing their dogs, too! As the south- setting sun gets ever closer to the Winter Solstice, the kitchen is a-buzz with the final touches on the Paella we will soon share. The leaves are inserted in the dining table, making much [...]

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December 18th Advent – Who is Rudolph?……..and “Eggnog”.

Carol sent me an email yesterday with some interesting trivia about reindeer, and I thought it was worth sharing: “ According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer each year, male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid-December; [...]

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December 17th Advent – Waiting for Snow, Too!

“Snow?  What snow? or should I say, what is snow?   She got out this thing to pull stuff (and me?) through the snow but there isn’t anything to slide on.  I look as silly as I feel. “ Today we got our first dusting of snow, and really I have more in my house—-dust, I [...]

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December 16th Advent – Dreaming of a White Christmas

I’m a Pembrook Welsh Corgi.  My undercoat of hair is thick and insulative, and white and waterproof like the down of a duck.  I wait all year for the snow that I love to romp in. My people have put up and decorated the tree, and I know that it signals the time for SNOW!!!! I’m [...]

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December 15th Advent – Something about “Lulu”

Her name came from the old song we used to sing, and I just found out that the Muppets did it in 1969.  Maybe that is why we sang it and enjoyed it, too. There were actually two songs, so I thought you ought to have them. “Lulu’s Back in Town”. Gotta get my old [...]

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