Garden Shop Gears Up for Christmas

On our bi-weekly trip to the garden shop today, the theme was obviously Christmas. I cannot recall seeing so many poinsettias in a single place in my life. Verna got this candid shot of the overwhelming poinsettia invasion. Click to enlarge.

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The weird thing is that the vendors had painted and glitterized some of the plants. I wonder just how long something like that will last? Some were gold, some were purple (weird) and some were green and yellow (also weird). I just like the red and yellow ones, like God intended.

A New Bed for Bear

Bear under the Mama’s Desk on the new bedWhen the hoomins came home from shopping today, they brought me a new bed. At first, I didn’t like it. It smelled funny and I didn’t know what it was for. The hoomins kept putting me on it and I kept getting off. I ran away and hid behind the sofa.

After a while, they put it under the Mama’s desk, where I like to take my naps. I kept going over to it and smelling it, but I didn’t get in.

Then, the Mama came and got my blanket and put it under the desk. The blanket made the bed smell more like I’m used to, so I decided to get on it and take a nap. Hey! I like my new bed now!

Adult Migratory Locust

locust.jpgI looked out the front door this morning and I saw this large bug just sitting on the sidewalk sunning itself. I called to Verna to bring her camera. When she did, the bug patiently posed for her to take several shots, including this one (click to enlarge).

I did not know exactly what kind of a bug was sunning on our walkway (it was still there when we closed the front door). I went into the house and looked up ‘locust’ using an image search. I quickly found one that looked a lot like our bug and went to the website that had the picture. The bug was an adult migratory locust according to an Australian insect pest photo gallery.

This guy was a long way from Australia . . .

Walking Along the Cliffs

We went for a ride and a walk a few days ago by the lighthouse and everyone there thought I was cute and a happy dog. This is me waiting for the Daddy hoomin to get going again. I like to walk and sniff new stuff.

After the walk, the hoomins took me home and I got to eat some turkey. It was good. Then I took a nap.

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Let There Be Lights

Our tradition every “Black Friday,” is to put up the Christmas Lights. After many trips up and down the extension ladder, this is the result. Click the image to enlarge.

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