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Luigi’s Breakfast Kong II

Luigi, the thinker

This morning I put Luigi’s breakfast Kong on the toaster where he could not reach it. This after watching him put front paws on the counter surfing for the ones I had lined up to put in bowls.

I was running around after dog breakfasts, doing the finishing touches, so I could get out the door. Luigi gets his Kong usually as I’m leaving. But not today. He barked so loudly at the toaster, I couldn’t take it anymore. I shoved it in his snoot and off he went!  The pacifier worked.

Luigi

27

Jun

2008

Baby’s Gardening Update

Baby discusses our vegetable garden.

Baby said it’s time we updated the blog about some aspects of our vegetable garden.

Sweet potato vine

The sweet potatoes are doing very well. The vines are spreading out, and I have no idea what to look for as far as where the potatoes will be. No idea.

Summer squash in bloom. Summer squash.

Now what I assume is going to happen here with the summer squash is those blooms are going to turn into squash.

The Squash Barricade

The vines are taking over. I had to put some buckets in front of them to steer them away from the edge of the fence where the boy dogs more than occasionally hoist and peep!

Squash or pumpkin?

This one, I’m not sure it if is squash or pumpkin. It’s the only one of its kind that popped out!

Corn and squished pumpkin

This corn is the biggest one. There are others. The sad part of this picture is to the left of the corn is a wilting plant. It was a wee-ones pumpkin vine. It even had flowers on it. Something happened because the vine was snapped off. I put the broken piece back into the ground, but am not holding out much hope. So yesterday, I put another seed in that spot.

Summer Squash

I also put more pumpkin seeds around the FD campus, as I’m not seeing enough pumpkin vines. These are more summer squash. Doing well!

Sam and friends

Sam is looking good, too. I was at Home Depot yesterday, exchanging yet another lifetime warrantied hose that bubbled up and expired – in 2 months! And this Home Depot had a lot of Sam-type plants, in orange and blue containers, but none of the plants looked as healthy as and were frolicking like Sam.

That’s our gardening update.

Helen

Trees and Plants

27

Jun

2008

Raven Tree Walker

Raven Tree Walker Oh, hi! I didn’t know you were standing there!

Besides Little Big Pants, Raven has adopted another name. Raven Tree Walker. Here she is doing just that.

Peek-a-boo!

Here she is hiding.
Uh huh. Peek-a-boo Raven!

I want this, so I’m taking it.

 

“Well, this tree has my toy! This is what I want! This here.”

 

 

Helen

Raven

27

Jun

2008

Luigi’s Caper

I fed everyone this morning, and in certain dishes, I put a frozen Kong.

Lilian’s Kong

This would be for Lilian,

Taylor’s Kong

Taylor, and Raven.

Raven’s Kong












Then there’s Luigi. I put his frozen Kong on the counter. He gets a special diet due to he is a Calcium Oxalate dog. His body makes bladder stones of such. So he gets a bowl of home made specialties and distilled water for breakfast. I am not plopping a Kong in that to have him carry it off to smear the futon sheets!

I put Luigi’s Kong on the counter, and before I leave, I give him his Kong. This is also so the boy Dobies are put into their bedroom, and King Luigi has run of the rest of the house. No arguments.

Luigi’s Kong

So I am rushing around the house, trying to make my exit, and I stop and see Mr. Luigi enjoying his Kong on the futon already! Yum oh yum yum yum. I had to stop and examine my own sanity. Did I give him that Kong? I don’t recollect giving him that Kong. I did not give him that Kong! That means only one thing. That rascal got up on that counter and helped himself to that Kong!

Well, he knew it was for him, but geesh. That is just unacceptable. I have to find a better hiding place for his next breakfast Kong.

Helen

Lilian, Luigi, Raven, Taylor

26

Jun

2008