Fortunately (from Wiktionary) – happily, luckily, mercifully, thankfully. Fortunately God makes puppies cute and cuddly so when they screw up, they don’t die instantly. Here is what happens when a puppy takes down the child gate and gets at the boxes of cat crunchies. And he was a puppy – barely four months old at […]
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Owing a Treat for a Trick
March 2, 2011
Owing – To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone. The dogs – especially the beagle – seem to think that if they do a trick, oh let’s say SIT – I am now owing them a treat. Note that the beagle’s fanny is not […]
Full Bellies, Happy Dogs
March 1, 2011
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Full (from Wiktionary) – satisfied, especially in relation to eating. It’s time for the daily feeding frenzy! It is also a perfect example of transference – the bowls are full and will soon be empty; the bellies are empty and will soon be full. Yes, dog #3 is missing from this photo – he is food aggressive and gets […]
Range – Home, Home on the Range
February 27, 2011
Range (from Wiktionary) – A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates. Personally, I think they could have found some place more comfortable – such as my bed! That was the only time I ever saw the cats sleeping on top of the stove, although the […]
Leap Onto His Head – YEAH!
February 23, 2011
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Leap (from Wiktionary) – To jump from one location to another. Or to act wild and see how much noise can be made by two dogs playing. There was a lot of teeth and a lot of noise, but not much action. Isn’t this baby beagle just the cutest? He still is, but he’s much […]
Next Kitten, Next Cat
February 19, 2011
Join the challenge! For more information, click the tab marked “challenge invitation“. Next (from Wiktionary)- Following in a sequence. Here is the next kitten – the one I got next after the two in yesterday’s picture – the last one of my babies. He passed away last year at the age of nine from kidney failure. I miss him […]
Soft Beds Are the Best
February 18, 2011
Join the challenge! For more information, click the tab marked “challenge invitation“. Soft – non-abrasive, fluffy. Who could resist a soft bed and a soft body to cuddle with? Not my cats! I miss them both. Word for tomorrow – NEXT. If you prefer to work ahead, see the list for the week under “A Word […]
Deadly Assault on The Towel Paper
February 17, 2011
Join the challenge! For more information, click the tab marked “challenge invitation“. Deadly – lethal [from Wiktionary] No, the puppy had not been properly crated until after his rampage. The puppy no longer gets crated, has a grey chin and face, but will still opportunistically destroy baseball caps and dirty lunch containers if they are left too close […]
White Flag Held High
February 9, 2011
White Flag – The white flag is an internationally recognized protective sign of truce or ceasefire, and request for negotiation. . . The most common way of making a white flag is to obtain a pole and tie two corners of a sheet of cloth to the top of the pole and somewhere in the middle. […]
Waft
February 7, 2011
Waft is a term meaning to carry along gently as through the air. The term is commonly used to describe scents that have diffused in to other parts of a room, or to describe smoke as being seen moving through the air. Wafting may be used for everyday substances, to make sure they are fresh, or […]
March 4, 2011
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