A Walk on D-Day
Bernie and I go for a walk. A walk is always good. Yesterday I found a great stick. Did we have fun with that or what?
But today Bernie’s kind of quiet. We come to the big flat rock in the canyon, up above our house, always looking so small from here; but I can hear the water splashing in the swan fountain. Bernie sits down. Me, too. He gives me a pat.
“Seventieth anniversary of D-Day, big guy,” he says. “Some of those men are still around, but the numbers are dwindling. Important to remember them.”
Not sure who we’re remembering, plus numbers are involved, so I just sit there and feel Bernie remembering.
Ronald Reagan’s Pointe du Hoc speech (written by Peggy Noonan):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEIqdcHbc8I
Welcome Rocket; patriotic dudes.
Tags: D-Day, Peggy Noonan, Pointe du Hoc, Ronald Reagan
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8:52 am on June 6th, 2014
Good morning, everyone! Mom says she remembers President Reagan saying that and that it is hard to believe it was 30 years ago. Again, numbers are involved so we’ll go along with mom remembering.
We are in a “puppy free” zone this morn since the DDD and the Boarder took Blondie to go fishing…good luck!
Have a French fry Friday 🙂
9:00 am on June 6th, 2014
Greetings!
HOH, youse are up early! Have a fun Friday.
To the Greatest Generation, Thank you for your service, and sacrifice. It is because of you, that I am a proud American. My God bless those of you who still proudly stand with us, and those of you who know proudly stand with God.
Bernie Little, I salute you as well.
9:13 am on June 6th, 2014
Good Morning all. We second all the d-day remembrances. I myself am a little hazy on the details, and mom is having trouble putting words together this morning. She is off to the retail shop and I am off to yard investigation.
bbl
9:14 am on June 6th, 2014
If you go to the Google page and click on the “Remembering D-Day” link, they have pictures and documents.
Good morning all.
9:16 am on June 6th, 2014
Thanks, HRH, B!
9:21 am on June 6th, 2014
9:23 am on June 6th, 2014
Rose: You’re welcome. (There are 460 plus things on D-Day in the Google Gallery.)
HOH: Have you ever tried the Cahors wine at the “nice” restaurant?
9:24 am on June 6th, 2014
Macy: Good one!
9:27 am on June 6th, 2014
Good morning all. After 70 years there are not too many of them left. We salute and honor them all, both living and those who have passed.
9:42 am on June 6th, 2014
Good morning. Add our salute and Mom and Pop’s as well. Thank Dog for the men and women who put their lives on the line to fight the good fight. That includes Pop’s dad and uncle.
9:43 am on June 6th, 2014
BAWK! BAWK! Are you all saluting my
birthhatchday? One year old today. Me and my sistas.9:57 am on June 6th, 2014
D-Day the 6th of June.
A Moment of Silence & Rememberence.
9:58 am on June 6th, 2014
Remembrance.
10:02 am on June 6th, 2014
Macy: Funny! (you behave yourself out in the yard now.)
Fern: A happy sqawking birthday to all of youse but especially to you, you, you!
10:23 am on June 6th, 2014
HRH B, mom has never tried it. She thinks it is red and in the past reds have triggered migraines 🙁
Fern, the POP sends along squawks and preens.
We have been “helping” in the garden and know know the difference between Staff’s and mom’s. Staff’s is weed-free and perfect. Mom’s is weedy and imperfect.
10:32 am on June 6th, 2014
Fern and her Sistas – Happy Hatch Day!
10:33 am on June 6th, 2014
Staff, we just read a very interesting article (and sad) about Monarchs in our Friend of the Earth magazine. They are experiencing the same plight as the honeybees, and they are linking it to the neonics. They are the canary in the coalmine! We better wake up before it is too late!
And to Fern, Bawk bawk, baa-gawk to you!
Off for our busy day.
10:46 am on June 6th, 2014
Macy, silly MinPin! Of course they are not at our door to murder us. They are all at our door to give me me me all the love and attention (aka food) that I deserve!
11:15 am on June 6th, 2014
Honoring soldiers, remembering the sacrifices of so many, and regretting the pettiness of mankind that causes war.
Hoping that our future generations do not have to add more dates to the calendar of remembrance.
Happy Hatch Day to Howling Chickens. Good medical news day to Staff. No migraine day to HOH Mom.
And Macy – really? Are you sure? Cuz some of them look like serial killers (or at least biscuit thieves) to us.
11:18 am on June 6th, 2014
CALLIE JUST CHASED A BEAR OUT OF OUR BACK YARD! Woo Hoo Callie!
Macy – see??????
11:22 am on June 6th, 2014
HoH Hahahahaha. The talk of Staff’s garden being weed free is hilarious. Why do you think all her photo’s are from a distance? Also, it is much later up here and the weeds are just starting to pop. Trust me. Once we get into summer there will be weeds galore! Once the mosquitoes come out I pretty much stop weeding. I only hope I can get a head start on them this year.
Fern Happy B-day
Dad was working for the military at MIT (on early computer type programs) when D-Day occurred. He was 20 years old. After that he was sent to basic training and sent across to help invade Japan. He was halfway there on a troop ship when the bomb was dropped in August of 1945.
11:24 am on June 6th, 2014
Callie knows Macy was right. Zeus is a goose!
Off to get a loverly massage and talk to my friend Loretta who is going to Alaska on the 21st of June. So jealous!
C.Hobbit please check your email.
11:25 am on June 6th, 2014
Callie! Way to Go.
Barb&Magpie & Staff: This from PBS yesterday on the Monarch Butterfly.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/nature/monarch-butterfly-populations-at-risk-but-theres-an-easy-way-to-help/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_camp
11:26 am on June 6th, 2014
Today is a good day to hear from the men who were there:
http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/stu_bykofsky/20140606_Honoring_D-Day.html
11:28 am on June 6th, 2014
My girlfriend Callie ROCKS !!!
11:47 am on June 6th, 2014
Aww shucks. T’wernt nuthin. Just doing my job.
11:48 am on June 6th, 2014
And the best part is that we ALL got cookies! Good girl, Callie.
12:07 pm on June 6th, 2014
Ahem – we have a message to relay to you from our beloved Zoe.
The time and date for our Dear Friend’s Memorial Gathering has been set.
On Saturday, July 26th at 2 pm, people will be gathering at Zoe’s house to share love and laughter and thoughts and memories of our Friend and her father, both on the other side of the Bridge, along with so many of their beloved puppies.
Zoe’s grandchildren will be hosting the potluck picnic gathering which will continue through the afternoon and end with a late night bonfire. They welcome anyone who wishes to join them in celebrating two lives that meant so much to us all, that left us much too soon.
We know that many of you are too far away geographically speaking to be able to make the trip for this occasion. But we do have an alternative suggestion for you, if you wish to participate.
On the afternoon of the 26th, please post on this here blog your thoughts, your memories and your love for our Friend. You may even want to post what your virtual, and gluten free contribution to the potluck dinner would be.
One of the grandchildren will keep an eye on the blog, and will read your posts to the people gathered in the back yard. That way, even if you cannot be there in person, you can be there at this Celebration of Life.
Please mark your calendar now for the date – July 26th at 2 pm till late night – and post the thoughts that you would like Zoe and her family to see.
Thanks.
sniff, sniff
12:08 pm on June 6th, 2014
Chet, very nice post this morning.
Wose, Very well said.
Callie, GOOD GIRL!! I bet the bear is smart enough to stay out of your yard now.
Royals, Best of luck at the show.
12:09 pm on June 6th, 2014
T&G, What a wonderful idea for a memorial. Thank You, sniff, sniff
12:24 pm on June 6th, 2014
You rock, Callie!
Bawk, Bawk, Bawk ! Happy hatch day Fern, and her sisters!
12:25 pm on June 6th, 2014
Royals: We will be there for this joyous Celebration of Life.
If not in body, most certainly in spirit.
Though no longer on the Earth Plane, our special Heartfriend is still very much a part of this Blog.
Missing her. sniff.
12:26 pm on June 6th, 2014
Thank you, T&G for sharing this information . sob
12:43 pm on June 6th, 2014
T.C., How are things going with you and Zeusikov?
12:51 pm on June 6th, 2014
Chet – thanks for the goose-bump-post this morning.
Mom’s dad was 21, in California waiting to be shipped to Japan. He was a pilot/navigator in the Army Air Corps. The war was over before he got there.
Dad’s dad was 28, in California recovering from burns he suffered when the LST he commanded was sunk by kamikaze in December 1944. He regained the use of his hands though he wasn’t supposed to.
May we never take freedom for granted.
Oh, T&G. Remember the scene in Return of the Jedi – those beyond the bridge were restored and watched the celebration? The Raven and Our Friend will surely be near that day. Sniff.
Take care, Everybody.
1:06 pm on June 6th, 2014
Blukat: Thank you for the reminder. sniff.
purrs & hugs.
1:14 pm on June 6th, 2014
Wose, I still do not trust that dude. No I do not. I mostly keep to myself when he is around. I do sometimes come out because I need my loving. He watches me!!!
1:17 pm on June 6th, 2014
Steve was here last night, to talk about some sort of training I am supposed to do for Mom and Pop. I am not sure I got all of the facts straight. He also invited me to his special dog park this weekend or next weekend. That sounds like fun. I hope Mom and Pop behave themselves.
The entire time the poor guy was trying to give me tips, all Mom was worried about was Pints for Pups, whatever that is. She kept insisting that she needs to know if I can go. Whatever.
1:39 pm on June 6th, 2014
BlueKat – Mama says to send you a special thank you. Gramp and the Storyteller say thanks too. You have a very special Mom, you know that?
1:53 pm on June 6th, 2014
Geeze, mom leaves for a couple of hours for the library and lunch and look at all the news! We will think about what to say on 7/26 and watch that mom behaves.
2:20 pm on June 6th, 2014
Thanks for all the D-day links and family stories. Here is one more. http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/the-parachuting-dogs-of-the-british-army-in-world-war-ii-a-939002.html
Callie the Courageous: I’m very impressed and I think the bear was as well!
T&G & Zoe: I will be there in spirit. Sniff. Thank you for including us Plunderers.
Happy Hatch Day to the Chickens!
2:30 pm on June 6th, 2014
Staff — Not sure if this ever came up before, but my dad was also on a troop ship in the Pacific heading to Japan when the bomb was dropped (it would be amazing if it were the same ship). Following that, he spent about 6 months on Okinawa before being shipped back stateside.
T&G — thanks for the info from Zoe; we will be there either in body or spirt too.
2:55 pm on June 6th, 2014
Bears!….That ole Bear probably thought Callie was a Polar Bear and beat it lickety-split!…snort!
2:56 pm on June 6th, 2014
W&T’s Dad, Thanks for posting that link. Fascinating. Those guys are sure heroes.
3:01 pm on June 6th, 2014
Dawson: This line got to me…”For Gallantry” and “We Also Serve.”
Lots of sniffling today.
3:11 pm on June 6th, 2014
T.C., It is good that you are cautious around Zeusikov. I don’t think he is a bad dude, I just think you need to watch your back. I would not like it if Zeusikov started a fight with you.
3:17 pm on June 6th, 2014
Zeus: I hope for your mom’s sake you will be ok’d to go to Pints for Pups with the rest of the Howlers.
4:01 pm on June 6th, 2014
Yeeep!….Tornado sirens are going off…sniff!…We may be venturing downstairs for a bit….gah!
4:24 pm on June 6th, 2014
Yeep – Rio, grab your tail and hang on!
4:25 pm on June 6th, 2014
RIO! Youse guys be careful!
4:26 pm on June 6th, 2014
Riö! Noooooo!
4:42 pm on June 6th, 2014
Somehow, we think of a certain Giant and his SnowBella when we saw this story.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/newlyweds-reunite-with-missing-dog-after-cancelling-honeymoon-172544426.html
4:49 pm on June 6th, 2014
Down!…We are keeping our flat-heads downstairs because the storm is closing in on us….gah!…First it was a Warning out Northeast, now it is moving West in our direction….sniff!….Goodbye blog. Good luck….wheeze!
4:54 pm on June 6th, 2014
Upstairs!….Someone just went upstairs and she reports this big scary looking black cloud bank coming directly here from the East….wheeze!….She says we will get hail big time so now we have to go out and cover up some radishes….sniff!….I will stay here thank you very much….grunt!
5:01 pm on June 6th, 2014
YARK!!
Stay in the basement!!
5:22 pm on June 6th, 2014
SiberH!….I am staying in the basement, but Beau and my friend keep going upstairs to watch the encroaching storm….wheeze!….Just when I get a brand new flat-screen tv all hell is going to break loose…sob!sob!
5:25 pm on June 6th, 2014
T&G, thanks for that 🙂 story.
Rio, stay down, stay safe.
5:26 pm on June 6th, 2014
Yeep!
5:36 pm on June 6th, 2014
Rio – we hope your friend’s car is covered up. But if its not, tell her to forget about it now and just STAY INDDORS! Waiting to hear the all clear.
5:42 pm on June 6th, 2014
Clear!….Maybe. Its confusing. All the Warnings on TV were saying one thing and the Weather Channel was saying something a bit different…snuff!…But last time Beau and my friend went upstairs she says it looks like we might luck out again….snort!…But it is still early and clouds are still gathering. The warnings have stopped though…wheeze!…I was never really worried to tell youse the truth….grunt!
5:46 pm on June 6th, 2014
What? Me worry?
5:47 pm on June 6th, 2014
All kidding aside…we saw some photos of hail damage in Nebraska yesterday and it was not a pretty sight.
6:03 pm on June 6th, 2014
Rio I hope you have enough food for a prolonged stay in the basement. We are having a misty day today. Staff even went out in it to pull quack. She muttered something about having to keep up appearances to impress some hounds.
She also said to tell you that the fawn is back hiding in the lawn which is getting longer by the minute.
6:04 pm on June 6th, 2014
grump. my avatar was lost.
6:09 pm on June 6th, 2014
AbbieTheKat!…I bet your Avatar is hiding in the lawn…heh!heh!
6:11 pm on June 6th, 2014
Up-Down!…sniff!…I just stay down, those two are up and down…snort!…What good does that do? She wants to be ready in case she needs to through all her hail-cover over her horrible spindly little straggly radishes….sneeze!…Oh and those cucumbers which are looking pretty good…sniff!
6:13 pm on June 6th, 2014
Callie, you da dawg! Ok, I know that urban speak seems a bit silly from this little suburban dog, but I want to be prepared if I ever wind up in the slammer again. Mom keeps telling me that is what will happen if I take any more unauthorized walkabouts. I just be cool and hang wid my homies.
Bwak bwak bwaaaak, birdies. Y’all are frying size now. Oh, maybe that was inappropriate. That is what Grandpa used to say when kids were growing up.
6:16 pm on June 6th, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW3XtKBlTz0
6:24 pm on June 6th, 2014
Fern!….Is it really your birthday?…snort!…So this time last year you and your Sista Chicks arrived on the husky farm?…wow!
6:33 pm on June 6th, 2014
Macy – Mama says sometimes she acts like a turtle too.
tee hee
7:39 pm on June 6th, 2014
TAADAAA
Announcing that Staff (me) and Mr.Staff (him) have rescheduled their tickets for the 2015 Hobbit Hotel/Iditarod extravaganza. Whooo Hoooo!
After intensive research Staff figured out that the 2015 Iditarod starts on March 7 and restarts on March 8 2015. So she is scheduled to arrive in Anchorage on Monday March 2nd and to return to Minneapolis on Tuesday March 10th. (This time no Midnight starts from AK. She figured that out after last time. And also an extra day on each end just in case.)
Now to go tell Mr.Staff.
I had sort of forgotten that I had to reschedule those tickets until I talked to my friend Loretta who will be meeting the Hobbit on the longest day of the year. Sniff. I am jealous but not enough to change the tickets and miss the Iditarod.
I AM SO PSYCHED!!! oh, sorry….sniff
7:52 pm on June 6th, 2014
Staff: WoooHooo!!!
Just found out it is National Donut Day. Would anyone like to join me in a cruller? Chet? Anyone?
7:54 pm on June 6th, 2014
Staff – woooooo hooooooo! That is truly wonderful news. You will have a fabulous,frozen time.
We have to go to bed. Getting up before 4 am to head for the show in Boston. Have a great weekend all. G’night.
8:03 pm on June 6th, 2014
Eight!…How can someone go to bed at eight o’clock?….grunt!…Oh yeah Beau does it every night…heh!heh!…You would think he was the old one around here…sniff!
8:04 pm on June 6th, 2014
Staffiee!….Exciting news!….Wooooo!
8:06 pm on June 6th, 2014
Good night and good weekend Tupper’s Mama.
Staff and Mr. FireSlippers, WOWSER! That is great news 🙂
BSD, crullers,delish (burp).
8:16 pm on June 6th, 2014
Tupper’s Mama: May there be Mucho Dinero in your near future.
8:22 pm on June 6th, 2014
Today is the last day for Anchorage Alaska to have a civil twilight that has a beginning and an ending. Civil twilight is usually about 20 minutes after the official sunset or before sunrise when a lot of sunlight is still coming over the earth. The center of the sun is 6° below the horizon of the earth. Starting tomorrow in Anchorage it is 24 hours of civil twilight. There is an official sunrise and sunset but the sun is never more than 6° below the horizon. Fortunately the Hobbit Hotel has good window shade coverage since it won’t get dark outside.
8:33 pm on June 6th, 2014
Did anyone hear about the cross-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn’t control her pupils?
8:37 pm on June 6th, 2014
Bear, I have been thinking of crullers for the past 2 weeks!
Staff, I am doing the Snoopy dance for youse!
RIO! I have been known to go to bed at 8 on occasion.
Royal Mum, safe travels, and may there be plenty of people with deep pockets full of money at your booth buying your beautiful art!
8:39 pm on June 6th, 2014
Oh, HOH! Youse are too much!
8:40 pm on June 6th, 2014
Staff, Will Alice M. And Abbie the Kitty be traveling with youse?
8:42 pm on June 6th, 2014
Snort!…Those Kats in Alaska? This I gotta see…heh!heh!
8:47 pm on June 6th, 2014
They’re quilt Kats so maybe they could learn to be sled Kats, too!
8:47 pm on June 6th, 2014
RIO! Would you travel with your friend if she went to the Iditarod. You have that very nice coat of many colors to keep you nice and toasty.
8:49 pm on June 6th, 2014
Wose: I Knew It! We think alike. 🙂
Hounds: Lol. That was a Groaner.
MollyPop’s Mom: Thank you. My Memory needs a reboot every once in a while.
8:55 pm on June 6th, 2014
Bear, Yes, we do. : )
Well, it is not eight o’clock, but it is time for metro go to bed!
Good night, all!
And a “Hey, there” to Liz!
9:28 pm on June 6th, 2014
Rose!…No!
9:30 pm on June 6th, 2014
Coat!….grunt!…That patch worked coat would not keep me warm in the winter…sniff!…No I would prefer to go in the summertime, if only…wheeze!
9:33 pm on June 6th, 2014
Staff: We are twirling, we are twirling, we are splorting! Just this morning we were thinking about Staff-napping you and bringing you north to Alaska. Sometimes we picture you here with the peck of Plunderers because we wanted you here for the 2014 race so very much. We are excited to meet youse and Mr. Fireslippers.
Rio: You can borrow one of our race coats. Plus, there is that nice kat dog blanket that is just your size. Snort!
9:35 pm on June 6th, 2014
Heh, heh.
9:53 pm on June 6th, 2014
Gah!
9:56 pm on June 6th, 2014
Night all, been a long day.
9:59 pm on June 6th, 2014
I was at a lunch meeting yesterday. As it is summer in Alaska, many tourists were out and about and the restaurant was packed. I was facing the window. As the meeting progressed over lunch, I looked out the window. Where the sidewalks were once crowded, they were now empty except for one person. Across the street, I saw a woman I recognized. She was wearing a hat and team colors instead of purple, but had a familiar build and profile. I tried to concentrate on the meeting, but couldn’t keep from looking out the window as she continued down the sidewalk. My first reaction was to run out and call her name, “Melanie! Melanie!” As much as the person looked like our Heartfriend, it was her spirit and energy that struck me most. Soon, the woman walked out of sight. I miss our Heartfriend everyday.
Golinka: Thank you for letting us know about the celebration.
I ran an idea by Golinka some time ago, but now we know the date of the celebration I will put it out on this here blog. I am no way talented like our Heartfriend when it comes to making videos, but I had the thought of doing a slideshow of the Plunderers, both two and four legged, our meeting and greetings, and maybe the pictures you sent when she requested photos to hang in her room.
10:03 pm on June 6th, 2014
SnowBella, what a fantastic idea! Makes us smiley and misty at the same time.
10:21 pm on June 6th, 2014
SnowBella: We Here Agree! Love the Idea!
10:44 pm on June 6th, 2014
Photos!…Count Me OUT!OUT!OUT!….sniff!…No way Jose!
10:50 pm on June 6th, 2014
Rio: Uh, okay, Rio. You keep telling yourself that. I’m sure there is absolutely no way we got our paws on photos of you, you, you what with your intense napping regime, and your short legs and our quick feet.
10:56 pm on June 6th, 2014
I will be in.
So will Abbie and Alice M. Johnson. I know Melanie liked kats too.
10:58 pm on June 6th, 2014
Love that pic of Rio covered in kats.
nighty noodle guys and gals.
10:59 pm on June 6th, 2014
Staff: I’m going to start dressing in layers now so I’m ready when you come north to Alaska to play cards with me, me, me.
11:50 pm on June 6th, 2014
Staff!…In Alaska! This I gotta see!…WOOOOO!…I hope Mr. FireSlippers goes too! Dang knows what that guy could get up to Up North there in Alaska!…wuffle!
12:37 am on June 7th, 2014
Rio: We will report back to you once we know first paw what Mr. Fireslippers can get up to in Alaska. We’re banking on him getting up to a lot of things.
Night nutter butters.
8:55 am on June 7th, 2014
Many thanks to Tupper and Gilly’s mom for the notice about the 26th. She does know how to say things ‘just right’..I want this to be a good tribute, and I am scared I will mess it up.
8:34 am on June 28th, 2014
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