The longest days of the Year!

I guess this is the normal thing here in June, the days are very long, a dog sure can get tired out. There is just too much to do. Chipmunks and squirrels are everywhere. The birds sing like crazy in the wee hours of the morning. And those pesky ducks, they just don't let up. A dog really has it's work cut out. We spend lots of time on the dock these days except when it is raining, which it did a lot this month. Used to be I could wade in the water and actually have chance with maybe catching a duck or 2 but oh no, this year the water just keeps on getting deeper giving the ducks a big edge. And the loons, they swim in pretty close too. They can get kind of noisy and then they disappear in the water. Where do they go?

One day, even though the sun was out, the wind blew all day long, like 50 mph! We went over to Mary Lou's house and all the people who live there had their boats swamped. Some people even lost their docks. It was scary because trees were falling down all over the place. While my Mom was driving us to Mary Lou's, a big tree fell down right in front of us. If we had been a few seconds earlier, it could have fallen on us! Whew! Hopefully we will get some sunny warm days without wind and storms. Meanwhile, I will keep watch on the dock. Those ducks may just try to move into the cabin! Stay tuned, the suspense is building!

May! Back to the woods!!!

What I love about spring, warm sunbaths, eating outside, dipping in a cool lake on a hot walk, and spending more time at the cabin in the woods. City life is ok, but in the woods, the place is crawling with little critters. Just about every night mom has to pick the ticks off but it's worth it. And there are so many great smelling things to roll in! Wow! My favorite is rotting fish flesh washed up on the sand. You can really grind it into the fur and skin with the help of the sand. My mom and those other humans just don't get it! They drag me off after I have gone to such lengths to smell good and they find stinky soap, lather me up, wrap me in towels and dry me off. Geez I will never understand the strange behavior of these humans.

Now we are back to standing guard on the dock. Friends from Wisconsin showed up, Doug and Janice. They were fun, I got to sit on Janice's lap lots. But there are so many things here to watch out for, these giant birds were everywhere for a while, pelicans. They could swallow me whole, but they spend too much time with their heads in the water sucking up fish, so I guess I'm safe. Oh course the ducks are back, and the humans continue the odd ritual of feeding the enemy. Since I really can't get them, I've decided to lick up all the cracked corn that is spilled on the dock. It's not bad, really. And of course we go back to the dome, Deer Lake Charlie's. Timmy Haus played one night, he was great to listen to, this is a dog friendly bar. It's really Mary Lou's hang out but we are part of her pack. Quincy likes to howl once in a while and I thought maybe he would join in with the singing. But he just listened.

We get to go on walks in different places. This place was particularly great, we were on a peninsula with tall trees and lots of smells. At the end of the walk was a dog with his pack. We exchanged greetings, mom always has goodies for other but we get 'em too if we sit and do other things they gets us more pets and kisses. It's really ok that people everywhere give me hugs and pets, that's important in life. That's May...maybe my mom will get the next months logged in, because so much has happened! Stay tuned....