Chetspeak on Sunday
Bernie had a burger and another bourbon; steak tips and water for me. His face returned to normal. Whew. Bernie worried about the aquifer a lot and sometimes when he got going couldn’t stop. All our water came from the aquifer – I’d heard him say that over and over, although I’d never laid eyes on this aquifer, whatever it was. I didn’t get it at all: there was plenty of water in the Valley – how else to explain all that spraying on the golf courses, morning and evening, and those beautiful little rainbows the sprinklers made? We had water out the yingyang. I got up and pressed my head against Bernie’s leg. He did some light scratching in that space between my eyes, impossible for me to get to. Ah, bliss. I spotted a French fry under the stool next to Bernie’s and snapped it up.
– from Thereby Hangs A Tail. (Number 2 in the series, but they can be read in any order – order them in any order you want!)
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9:19 am on June 22nd, 2014
Good morning, every one! Chetspeak, Egg Day, Sunday…life is great, tip top in fact! A.J. Thanks for the trail story (not really a story, true) about Rori and Younger. Know they check on us before crossing the bridge 🙂 Here’s to 2015 Iditarod!
Have a sensational, summer Sunday.
9:29 am on June 22nd, 2014
Greetings, and early Good Morning to HOH!
Happy Egg Day, too.
Zeusikov, That was a very fine picture of you and your pop. You are quite the looker.
AJ, I know of what you speak. I had a similar experience when my cat, Kelly died. sniff. You have such wonderful experiences to relate. Maybe I speak for myself, but I think you should write a book about them. I would be the first in line to buy the book!
Tomorrow is my last day at summer camp! I think being there did me some good.
Then, Tuesday off to Plunderfest, Vermont!!!
ML: Excellent news about your sale! You go, girl! Hugs and kisses at you.
Royals, Your display area was beautiful, and I did see the Storyteller in the picture. Grizz has asked after his health, and my response was that the Storyteller looks 30 years younger, and way handsome.
Old Timer’s Day at Yankee Stadium today.
Next year the beloved Derek Jeter will be there.
Good day to all!
9:29 am on June 22nd, 2014
I love that scene especially when Chet presses his head against Bernie’s leg.
Good morning all.
9:37 am on June 22nd, 2014
Sensational Summer Sunday! Hounds, We’ll take it!
AJ’s Tail on the Trail…not something we will soon forget.
There may have been a sniffle or two while following the team on their journey in the late night hours.
Wose is right…you should write a book.
B: We love that scene too.
9:45 am on June 22nd, 2014
Good morning and Happy Egg Day everyone. Thank you for the Chetspeak Spence. We like that scene, too.
What a beautiful story from A J last night. Made us just a little teary.
Rose, glad the Summer Camp has helped. Hope you enjoyed it.
No rain on the schedule for today, but, boy, did we get a lot last night. No storm damage around here but there was a lot closer in to the city.
Today Barb is heading in to one of those area to a Forest Preserve park. One of our family friends is having a combined graduation party for their son and two other people. The weather should be pretty nice this afternoon, sunny and around 80.
10:57 am on June 22nd, 2014
Good morning. Happy Egg Day. We here love that scene, but we do not understand about an aquifer. Chet’s the smartest guy in the place.
AJ’s story brought tears here. We don’t have any trouble believing that’AJ. My own Moonman came back to visit me me me. And why not.
I am told that Kat and I are going to a partay today. We are leaving the Z-Man home. Lately, he’s been getting all the fun.
I accompanied Mom and Annie on a trail ride this morning. They say I relax them. And why not. See how I follow along, protecting their flank?
11:28 am on June 22nd, 2014
Great picture Howlers. Would love to be there riding with you.
11:40 am on June 22nd, 2014
Hello All–Great photos of Zeus (yesterday–handsome) and Meashka (always good to maintain a safe distance while guarding the flank in case of a wild hoof).
ML–I’m glad to hear you did well and that the effort paid off.
T’s Mama–I’m wishing you a triumphant and lucrative Sunday.
I made it to an Animal Assistance League fundraiser setup at 5:30 this a.m., now am back and getting ready for a wedding this afternoon. (Why do I worry about how I’ll look at a wedding that isn’t my own?)
And if anyone has info on how to obtain one of those cookbooks, please let me know. (I also wouldn’t mind one of those schoolbus jackets from the corgi photo the other day.)
Have a wonderful Sunday, everyone.
11:51 am on June 22nd, 2014
…and a stupid science joke that might be of interest in this venue:
Q: What animal is made up of calcium, nickel and neon? A: A CaNiNe
12:01 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Diane – we like that joke. Our Gilly is absolutely part neon. Did we tell you she chased a bear out of the yard? She just wanted to herd it.
Silly puppy.
It’s still too early for the Sunday crowd. Churches are getting out now. Hopeful for crowds later
12:29 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Good Morning.
1:10 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Chetspeak this morning is also very true of where I live.
Happy Chetspeak Day everyone!
AJ, Thank you for your beautiful post last night…sniff I agree with everyone else. You should write a book.
1:26 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Happy Chetspeak Day!
I’m having shrimp chop suey with garlic and black bean sauce for a late breakfast (leftover Chinese). Delish.
DianeC: Regarding the cookbook: It was made as a fund raiser for Snowhook Kennels. To get one we made a donation to Snowhook. There is a way, although don’t ask me how as I am low tech. Rio or Rebecca may remember the minimum donation (It was $10 – $20, I think). They probably know how to get a copy to you without revealing state secrets.
(I’m still working up to that first sit-up.)
Regarding weddings: They make me dress up beyond my comfort zone.
AJ: Such loyal and loving dogs to come back to let you know they were running free without pain, to thank you and to guide you and the team on your way. I am not surprised at all. It’s the loving care you and BDHW give to all the dogs, come back to bless you.
Mollypop’s Mom: The cats here drive me crazy doing this!
Meashka: That picture makes me wish I was there having all that horse-riding fun. Not that I know anything about riding horses. Snort! But it looks like great fun.
Wose: Hooray! One more day of summer camp and then the Vermont Plunderfest! Don’t forget your camera! Maybe you’ll get a group shot for the calendar!
Tupper’s Mama: I hope the crowds are spending freely!
ML: I am impressed with your garage sales results! Congratulations! You’ve done an enormous amount of work in a small amount of time. Now take a breath!
The cottonwood is flying. I’m going to risk being bitten by the little fierce black flies to weed some garden spaces.
1:29 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Out of the garden now…hot Hot HOT! Still it is not as weed free as Staff’s. Oh, h e double hockey sticks, weeds are plants, too.
1:37 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Mom’s maiden aunt requested no male pall bearers at her funeral. Her reason: “They wouldn’t take me out when I was alive, I don’t want them to take me out when I’m dead”.
1:39 pm on June 22nd, 2014
MPM–Perfect cartoon. Could also apply to some dogs I know who shall remain nameless.
tupper’s Mama–A bear? A big bear? (My heart would have attacked me if it had been Ms. Pretty.) Gilly must have an outsized personality.
Dawson–I’ve decided to take it easy and just wear a lot of makeup (which is like dressing up, right? Only then you can wash it off quickly.)
Any further info on the cookbook will be appreciated.
1:39 pm on June 22nd, 2014
HOH–Yeah–that’ll show those wannabe pallbearers…
1:51 pm on June 22nd, 2014
T&G’s Mama, hoping the show goes well. OH, love the foto of Measka with Annie and your mom. DianeC. You crack us up! Dawson, we miss you, we do, we do, we do. MPM, love the cartoon 🙂
2:05 pm on June 22nd, 2014
HOH: My garden is like yours. Not weed free. Not close. Did I tell you I love your pots? My tomatoes are devastated by the snow/hail/flood, but flowering. All three cucumber plants succumbed to the weather (well, accidentally I broke one’s neck while planting). Everything else doing reasonably well. I am finally able to identify the last trays of seeds I planted as coriander and poppies with a couple violas or johnny jump ups. I have those to go in pots or in the ground along with a few stray plants, a lonely strawberry that the man who lives here brought home, quite a few basil starts. I hope I see some zinnia starts among the now dying tulip and daffodil greenery.
DianeC:…wanabee pallbearers… heh,heh,heh!
2:10 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Dying tulips???? Been months here. our Rose of Sharons are about to bloom along with the last of the day lilies. Summer…whooda thunk it would be so vibrant!
2:11 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Diane – yes, you could say that Gilly has a larger than life personality. You could also say she lives to herd. She simply does not understand why the garter snakes and squirrels in the back yard refuse to cooperate. So, she figures she would try a bear.
We do love that silly puppy. Can’t wait to see what Teddy RR thinks of her.
2:25 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Tupper’s Mama: wish we could do Vermont with y’all. Told ya that is one area mom has missed. Someday. Hope the rest of your fair is grrreat!
2:26 pm on June 22nd, 2014
You have to get a photo of TeddyRR with Gilly Flowers for the calendar. Tupper can be photo bombing in the background.
2:42 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Dawson – you know Tupper so well. When Gilly and Callie start romping and rough housing, Tupper comes running to Mama. She is not the rough housing sort of Corgi. She is the Royal
2:44 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Dawson: we put in cilantro for the s-son but now it is becoming coriander seeds. Just shows to go ya! Nature will win every time 🙂
3:18 pm on June 22nd, 2014
We are home from the partay. Mom was not lying to us. This was a great partay. It was to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of a place called Awesome Dawgs. There were vendor stands and free people food and doggie snacks. And, there is the biggest, nicest dog park ever. It has two levels, and a bridge, plus two swimming pools. Each dog must pass an evaluation before they can be allowed in. You get a green sticker (good) or a yellow sticker (ok but must be watched well). Of course, i and my puppy Kat won green stickers. Mom purchased 10 passes to go back! There are also experienced trainers in that park, in case there are any shenanigans. I don’t know what shenanigans are, but I like that someone knows how to stop them.
Kat and I ran our hearts off and played and played and played. On the way home, we stopped at our favorite ice cream parlor, and we each got a dish of the good stuff. Life is good.
3:26 pm on June 22nd, 2014
How’s this for a rumor: we are at a museum that is part of a huge c a s i n o resort. Last night, Jennifer Lopez was on stage in the big building. The tribal chairman issued a formal welcome and invitation for her to come to the art show. She sent a message back that she will try to stop by to check out the art.
Now, we are not holding our breath waiting for her to show up, but tell ya what, have I ever got a necklace set that would great on stage!
3:37 pm on June 22nd, 2014
J-Lo shopping, and buying, from Golinka would be so cool. We knew her when…
4:05 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Is this not a show stopper?
4:09 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Golinka, WOW
That is worth a fortune.
4:51 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Wowzer!
Tupper’s Mama: That is beautiful!
4:59 pm on June 22nd, 2014
That piece is beautiful and J Lo could really show it off.
Back from the graduation party. It was in a nice park but the ground was saturated from the rain last night. Also lots of mosquitoes, but Barb had taken some bug spray along. She doesn’t like to use it, but even more she doesn’t like to get chewed to pieces.
The kid who graduated (barely) had ear plugs in and played with his phone for awhile, then he left with a couple other kids to get burgers. They couldn’t wait for the grill to get hot. He was gone an hour and got back in time for Barb to tell him good bye. He could care less if Barb was there, but I am sure his peeps appreciated it.
They said he is trying to get a job (barely) but no one is calling him back. Gee, I wonder if the lack of personal hygiene is a factor. His folks are the nicest people, but they don’t think it is right to tell him to use deodorant or brush his teeth which are gross. “He needs to make his own personal decisions”.
5:12 pm on June 22nd, 2014
B&M, and is his decision to sponge off the peeps for the rest of his life?
5:30 pm on June 22nd, 2014
When did everyone stop parenting? Sheesh!
5:33 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Royal Mum, That is an AWESOME necklace and earring set. J-Lo would be crazy to let it go.
Mama Meash, Sounds like you guys sure had a fun day!
MPM, Love the cartoon!
Today, Grizz and I went to Cold Spring, stopped at some antique stores, and then we sat for a while by the river. We watched the ducks and geese, and people out on boats and jet skis. Then we went to Moo Moo’s , the best homemade ice cream place ever. Grizz had chocolate cherry, and I had black raspberry. YUMMMM-Y!
We made some four-legged friends, too. We met Zeus, a Sharpei-Pug mix, a very friendly French Bulldog, two Chet-like dogs, and a little LouLou dog. It’s always a good day when you make friends with a dog.
5:34 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Ooops, I forgot. Awesome, please check your SDD.
5:40 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Golinka, please let us know if you see J-Lo. She simply must buy that necklace set.
Wose you had an excellent day. But a Sharpei-Pug mix named the same as our Zeus?
Speaking of pugs, there was a sticker on one of the cars today about Jugs. We think that is a Pug mix, but what would it be mixed with? Do any of you know?
5:52 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Wose: Checked and responded.
O’Howlers: Pug and Jack Russell Terrier. http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/jug.htm
6:06 pm on June 22nd, 2014
The logistics of a Sharpei and Pug mix get together is a little hard to imagine.
Barb had some raspberry ice cream with chocolate chips recently. The combo is marvelous!
Marinating some chicken with Herbs de Provence to do on the grill at Josh’s.
These parents – they are wonderful, kind people, but they adopted late in life and they are helicopter parents. Their younger kid is really cool and seems well adjusted, but this older one, zoowie! They said he probably hasn’t brushed his teeth in a year. Really! They feel that when he wants to date (he is almost 19) he will clean himself up. Several years ago they told Barb they had tried grounding him and took away his electronics. He stole some from his brother and locked himself in his bedroom. Barb said one of her girls tried that once and presto, they didn’t have a door anymore. They felt “that would invade his personal space”. Gah! So far he doesn’t have a job or a driver’s license, but he wants to go to college in the fall.
6:10 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Aahhh Thanks Dawson. That makes sense.
6:16 pm on June 22nd, 2014
After looking at the pictures of Jugs, I think there is one living across the street. I must say, I think each individual side is better looking than the mix. Sorry, hope I am not offending anyone.
6:24 pm on June 22nd, 2014
World!…Cup!…ON!…wheeze!…I sure hope youse guys are watching it…snort!
6:34 pm on June 22nd, 2014
I am watching!!
6:52 pm on June 22nd, 2014
The game is not available on our iPaw. Mom says we cannot go indoors on such a nice evening to watch t.v. 🙁
6:53 pm on June 22nd, 2014
http://www.dailypuppy.com/dogs/madeline-the-ori-pei-pugshar-pei-cross-bread_2008-01-30
I hope this link works. The dog in the picture looks exactly like the one we saw today.
6:59 pm on June 22nd, 2014
O’Howlers, That dog may have been named Zeus, but he WAS NOT the great ZEUSIKOV!!!
6:59 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Jay-Low!…snort!….She is a judge on American Idol and we here love her on that show…wuffle!…Mind you we do not keep up with her personal life or any of the married/divorced/dating gossip….sniff!…So to us she is a sweetie-pie for putting up with the other two judges shenanigans….heh!heh!…Those guys crack me up…chorkel!…If she bought something from Golinka that would be sooooooo amazing…wheeze!
7:02 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Interesting….a giant Pug with wrinkles. Pretty cute!
7:02 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Golinka!…If she sets her pretty foot inside your space be sure to mark up your prices about 1000%….snort!
7:03 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Half-Time!…Over!…Back to World Cup excitement….YEEEEEP!
7:23 pm on June 22nd, 2014
JONES!….SCORES!….WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!… It is 1 ta 1….WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
7:24 pm on June 22nd, 2014
B&M, That dog is so cute, if I don’t get one, I will be in a very bad mood!
7:24 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Golinka, WOWZERS!! It will be a red-letter (or green!) day when someone purchases that baby. It probably cost more to make than the total of my (paltry) jewelry collection. You are the bees-knees of jewelry.
When I was working with small children, one parent requested that his daughter not say the blessing at lunch, as he wanted her to pick her own religion. She was 3. Not sure how much research she had put in at that time.
7:26 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Lunch time blessing for a new millenium
Mother nature is great
The universe is good
Let us dance in gratitude
For our food.
7:32 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Mom always liked “Good food, good meat, good god, let’s eat!”
7:40 pm on June 22nd, 2014
US scores!
7:41 pm on June 22nd, 2014
USA!! ….IS UP BY ONE!….WOOOOOOOO!….This is HUGE!…snort!
7:42 pm on June 22nd, 2014
I will be holding my breath until the game ends. This is exciting…whew
7:53 pm on June 22nd, 2014
B&M: our mom is mean too. Take door off? Ha, oldest s-son refused to do dishes on his day…for a week. The Peeps kept 2 knives/forks/plates hidden. At the one week mark, mom put wet, moldy, slimy, yucky dishes in his bed and pulled up the covers with a note the “since he thought these were so important they needed to be saved”. Point made. He has always done as mom has asked since 🙂
7:54 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Oh no.
7:56 pm on June 22nd, 2014
This was the wrong week for me to give up sniffing glue.
7:57 pm on June 22nd, 2014
OOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!…Crap!
7:57 pm on June 22nd, 2014
MollyMaw!….snort!heh!snort!….Well, now we will get to see the US play Germany…grunt!…Take that SiberH…heh!
8:00 pm on June 22nd, 2014
The Rockies only lost by one run today.
The USA and Germany will be a good game.
8:00 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Did y’all hear about the dyslexic man who walked into a bra?
8:03 pm on June 22nd, 2014
USA is still ALIVE in the World Cup! Woooo!!!
8:04 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Whooda thunk it?
8:08 pm on June 22nd, 2014
USA. USA. USA. !!!
8:09 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Please do not take offense. I just think this is funny.
8:31 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Mom also thinks it is hilarious.
8:32 pm on June 22nd, 2014
OH, Not only funny but very true! Mom has had 3 husky, husky mixes: Sonja, Kahlua and Jenna and all were opinionated and adorable. The most stubborn girls in her life have been her Newfies 🙂
8:51 pm on June 22nd, 2014
The USA only has to have a draw with Germany on Thursday in order to advance.
8:52 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Remember my aunt having moose in her yard back in the winter? New crop.
9:08 pm on June 22nd, 2014
So cute when they are that size. Not at all like the half-blind, ill-tempered adults they grow up to be. GAH, don’t let BelleStarr see that foto!
9:11 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Fence!….Why is there a fence between Maw and Pups?…sniff!
9:12 pm on June 22nd, 2014
SiberH!…That is the only thing I am taking any comfort in right now…sob!sob!sob!…sniffle!
9:36 pm on June 22nd, 2014
OK HOH, we don’t get that last joke. Bra backwards is arb, so that does not spell anything.
9:46 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Barb, dyslexia isn’t just backwards, it is scrambled. Bra and bar have the same letters.
9:49 pm on June 22nd, 2014
dyslexia is just mixing up letters, not always backwards.
There is a break in the fence. There are other pictures of them all together.
10:02 pm on June 22nd, 2014
We are home, and still in possession of the necklace.
J-Lo sent word that she would come over around 5. But the museum closes at 5, and the alarm system sets at 6:15. So everyone HAS to be out by 6. We closed the show at 4:30, and everyone had to pack like mad to get out ahead of the alarm. You saw the size of our booth – yikes – packing that all up in an hour and a half – yeeeeeep
The producer begged for an extension, but the museum said no – it is too big a job to retask the alarm system.
So poor J-Lo will just have to live without a great necklace.
Love the moose babies. The bears are really roaming our neighborhood. They have been in the back yard for the last three days.
Gilly does NOT approve.
10:09 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Why are there no knock-knock jokes about America?
10:15 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Sorry guys for being so dim.
Baby moosies are very cute.
10:18 pm on June 22nd, 2014
I adopted an entryway to a park near where I live. It is supposed to be shrubs surrounded by mulch but through the years weeds have overgrown the shrubs and the beds. So I made a phone call to volunteer to keep it weed free….The last two days I’ve been tackling the dandelions some of which were 2-3 feet tall. There were a few clumps that were bushes in themselves and I could barely get them in the lawn trash bag! I filled 7 bags just of dandelions–not all could fit in my home garage container so I will be calling my sister to see if she has room in hers. Next week I’ll tackle another weed and continue until it is decent. I hope the city will agree to re-mulch it when it is cleaned up. One person walking by said thank you (and who knows, more walkers may have thought that but they would have been talking to my butt as I was bent over…
10:19 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Macy – cuz Americans don’t care. If you knock, just come on in.
10:44 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Oh Macy’ Mom and Tupper’s Mama, y’all are getting as silly as mom. Hey, maybe y’all are twins! Night night.
10:48 pm on June 22nd, 2014
CHobbit!…Where do you get all your energy?…snort!…You are amazing.
10:49 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Late!…As for Jay-Low, she was always late for the American Idol Audition shows…heh!heh!….I am really glad you guys did not pander to her late-ways and make a load of extra-late work for yourselves…chuffle!
11:29 pm on June 22nd, 2014
Because Freedom Rings
But Tupper’s mum is right too
11:31 pm on June 22nd, 2014
CHobbit, you are amazing! I have often wanted to lop a low hanging branch off of a public tree, but figured it would be more trouble to find permission. Heh-heh, talk to the butt.