monday Movie: Ice Creme Contest!

A-roos to yous, efurryone,

We made it back from our trip late last night. We had a furry fun time at Moon's house and at the TOTT hike. Moon & I were just husky-crazy to see each other, and his new house is HUGE - we had lets of room fur husky smack-down and zoomie races.

We met several blogger pups at the Hike, but of course, the highlight was meeting Khyra and her Mom! Khyra gave my mom lots & lots of special sympathy kissies from all of our bloggy friends, and mom was so furry grateful for each and every one.

Our Monday Movie will give woo an insider's view of the Ice Creme eating Contest. Moon's boy, Michael helped me follow the rules (bowls must remain flat on the ground). It was mmm-mmm-good! I savored every lick. That's MFT next to me, and she won 2nd place! Go Khyra! She liked it so much, she tried to eat the bowl too! Ha-roo roo roo!

The nice people at TOTT gave me a yellow scarf, to show that I was hiking in memory of someone furry special - my beawootiful sister, Star. Moon's mom suggested we get some fabric paint & write that on my scarf, so till we do, Mom did it with digital-magic on this pic of Khyra & me. Mom was able to read many of your beawootiful comments in sympathy for Star before we went to the hike, and we carried your words in our hearts, knowing woo were with us at the hike in spirit, if not in fur.

We have lots of pictures, so we will spread them over the next few days as mom has time to work on them & make posts. She apologizes, but she's "playing catch-up" with several projects the next few days. I wanted to play "catch-up" too, but fur me, that mostly means more naps....Which is one thing we did a lot of after the hike! What is it they say?.... "A good husky is a tired husky." Moon & me are sooooo good!

Tomorrow we'll tell woo about the prizes I won, woo!!! 2nd place in the plucking contest, ouch. And I won Third Place fur the most pledges raised - Thanks again fur all your support!

I think I'll go play some more "catch-up" - woo to you later!

A-roos to youzzzzzzzzz,

Jack a-roo

TOTT Husky Hike!

A-roos to yous,

Jack-a-roo

There is a new Star in the heavens tonight

Blue Moon Star

January 25, 1997 - Sept. 24, 2009

This afternoon, our beautiful Star became

a new star shining in the heavens.

After a long summer of declining health, she is surely doing full-speed zoomies in the fields across the Rainbow Bridge. I can imagine her happiness as she is forever reuinited with her beloved Sherman. And her first canine sibling, Rosie, is without any doubt, doing her "hula dance", feathers flying, butt wiggling to & fro, ecstatic at Star's arrival. There 's gonna be a pawty tonight.

Jack & I are still planning to hike, and we are dedicating our participation to her memory. God bless the rescues, they do such good work. Every dog deserves the kind of life she had. She was with us since she was 5 weeks old, and has never known hunger, harsh treatment, or abandonment. She was deeply loved and cherished her entire life. And she richly blessed ours.

I'll be away from the computer most of Friday - Sunday, but I promise we will read every word when we get back. I have a Memorial post in the works, I just can't deal with that right now. Please know that we feel at peace with her passing, and that peace is the best affirmation that the time was right.

Thank you, all of you, for being part of Star's & our extended family.

Thank you for loving our girl.

Pat, JoJoe, and Jack

Ready to Hit the Road, Jack?

Hey, Mom! It's almost time to pack up the Siberian Outback!

Jack's checklist:

1. moose blankie *CHECK*

2. Sleeping mat *CHECK*

3. Food & treats *CHECK*

4. toys fur in the car *CHECK*

5. leashes & brush *CHECK*

6. khool camo-bowl *CHECK*

(check out my portable water bowl fur the hike - it's furry "Ao4", don't woo think?

7. potty clean-up bags *CHECK*

See, I won't take up much room:

hmmmmm...

oh yeah! CHECK fur TOTT Rescue *CHECK*

Thanks fur all your support! We raised $170 in pledges to help homeless huskies- that's furry khool, woo guys rock! (If woo just now snagged your bipeds plastic, woo can still make a pledge through the TOTT site, just click the sidebar link.)

Mom & me plan to "hit the road, Jack" on Friday morning to head west to Moon's place. I'm so furry excited! Husky smack-down with Moon, a full day of hiking with lots of other huskies, and meeting Khyra & her mom....all I can say is "woos & a-roos!!!!"

Gotta go pack a few more things... have woo seen my toothbrush, mom?

(Yup, I did get a b-a-t-h yesterday. Thanks fur the compliments on my "spikey look"!)

Jack a-roo

Wooless Wednesday

Monday Movie: Victory Lap

Monday Movie time!

Short & sweet today. (Just a wee little clip & some uplifting music) Woo may not even have time for popcorn, but go ahead and watch it a couple times, if woo need more munching time.

I'm excited about going to the hike next weekend, seeing Moon, and meeting Khyra, but right now Im a little worried about my big sis.

She's not been well this summer, but was doing a little better. She had a furry rough weekend and could use some good thoughts & sibe vibes, that the flow of you-know-what stops and she gets some strength back. Mom works hard at trying to make her feel better, and eventually Star even sat up & posed fur dad & the snappie beast.

I'm doing my best to be a good brother. She hasn't wanted to be in the house lately (quicker access to the yard potty if woo stay outside!), so I stay with her and ward off black & white kitties and evil squirrels.

Thanks to my vigilance, mom discovered there is a whole family of black & white kitties that live just behind us. We watched them playing under a big pine tree outside the next yard last night. Those white stripes sure stand out in the moonlight! I watch furry quietly, don't want to startle those kind of kitties. So far, they have stayed away from MY fence (I keep them away with my super powers). Star says she's kilt a few of them in her time, but be aware that catching one means woo will get a b-a-t-h, in fact, several! Noooooo thanks!

Tomorrow is the first day of autumn, can woo believe it? Winter's on its way!!!!

A-roos to yous,

Jack a-roo

Shiver Me Timbers!

Ahoy mateys! Today is Talk Like a Pirate Day

Wanna hear me woo in pirate?

Harrrrrr-rooooooo!!!!

Well mateys, what d'ya think o' that? Harr!

Pirates has a colorful history right here along our spit of coast. Here be a bit a readin' fur yur pleasure and edification:

Newport was a major center of pirate activity during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. So many pirates used Newport as their base of operations that the London Board of Trade made an official complaint to the English government. The most famous pirate who made Newport his base was Thomas Tew. Tew was very popular with the locals; after one of his pirating voyages, it was reported that almost the whole town came out to greet him.

In the 1720s, colonial leaders, acting under pressure from the British government, arrested many pirates. Many were hanged in Newport and were buried on Goat Island. (Shiver me timbers! We go walkin by there!)

-and-

Thomas Tew (?-1695), also known as the Rhode Island Pirate, was a 17th century English privateer-turned-pirate. Although he embarked on only two major piratical voyages, and met a bloody death on the latter journey, Tew pioneered the route which became known as the Pirate Round. Many other famous pirates, including Henry Every and William Kidd, would follow in Tew’s path. Captain Charles Johnson said "Tew, in Point of Gallantry, was inferior to none."

Here be Thomas Tew, spinning yarns about his pirate days:

Here be pictures from mom's magic box of a Pirate Parade right here in me home port of Newport! Sees if ye recognizes any of these fine pirates....

We knows fur a fact that those last two pirates be experts at digging holes fur hiding treasure! Off ye be now, go talk like a Pirate, harrr!!!!

Star of the Seven Seas and Black Jack a-roo

Friday Flower Fotos

While I was having some quality Wubba time, mom ran around snapping pictures and sighing about how the summer is just about over. I say "GREAT! That means it's almost time fur husky weather!"

Last dance of brilliant blossoms

before autumn wind sweeps branches clean,

and summer's riotous pinks and purples

turn brown and olive green.

Rejoice and join the merry dance,

garden cherubs urge,

Drink in deep fragrance and last color before

the winter purge.

~Mom

Now... back to the important stuff.

THANK WOO THANK WOO THANK WOO!

Mom & I are blown away by all the pledges to TOTT for Jack, the Hiking Husky! I am so honored to represent woo next weekend in PA! I will hike my paws off to do my furry best. (well, not literally, but woo know what I mean!) The donations mean so much for the lucky pups who are watched over by the angels at Tales of the Tundra Siberian Husky Rescue. Every dollar helps assure that more homeless huskies will get a chance at a happier life. We love their slogan, "Second hand dogs give first-class love." Woo can read about several ways to donate on their donations page.

We hope to continue raising funds for TOTT right up to the hike. Mom is already getting things ready to pack up our Siberian Outback to head to PA where we will meet up with Moon & meet Khyra for the hike on Saturday! Time to start doing a Sunshine Dance!

A-roos to yous,

Jack a-roo

Wooless on Wednesday

Woos & a-roos,

Star & Jack a-roo

PS from Mom- Thanks to all of you who have pledged so far - [ you know who you are ; ) ] We're really touched by your generosity towards this worthy cause!

Monday Movie: Flying Horses!

Remember we promised to show woo some flying horses?

They are today's Monday Movie feature!

This carousel is apx. 133 years old. (That's close to 1000 yrs. old in dog years!) Our mom says she remembers seeing it when she was a little girl and has always remembered these horses, with their small size, agate eyes, leather saddles, and real horsehair manes & tails! But, she says her memory's fuzzy, as she thought it was located in Massachusettes. She was furry happy to find it again on the internet, quite by accident earlier this summer. We came here last weekend to see it for ourselves. Woos & a-roos, it looks pretty good fur being so old! And the best part was that we got to share ice creme cones with our pawrents afterwards!

Here's some of its interesting history, from Wikipedia:
The Flying Horse Carousel in Watch Hill, within the town of Westerly, Rhode Island, United States is one of two in the state designated as National Historic Landmarks, along with the Crescent Park Looff Carousel in East Providence. It may or may not be the oldest carousel in the nation, but it is certainly the oldest of its type ("in which the horses are suspended from a center frame"). The carousel is believed to have been built 1876 [other sources say possibly as early as 1874] by the Charles W. Dare Company of New York. It was part of a traveling carnival until 1879 when the carnival was forced to abandon the carousel in Watch Hill. Unlike most carousels, there is no wooden platform to support the horses but rather, they are suspended from chains. As a result, the horses seem to "fly" as the ride increases speed, hence the carousel's name. Each horse has a tail and mane of real horsehair and a genuine leather saddle. . . . It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987. It is located at the end of Bay Street in Westerly.

And isn't this sweet? [..... The carousel was originally drawn from place to place by a horse, and legend has it that the horse was so faithful to the carousel that when he died his tail was cured and inset into the rump of one of the carousel horses as a permanent memorial. The carousel survived the great hurricane of 1938 that killed more than 50 people and destroyed the homes on Napatree Point. After the storm, the horses had to be dug out of the sand! - Equine Ink]

We still don't know if pigs can really fly, but now we know fur sure that horses do!

Ha-roo-roo-roo!

Hope your week gets 'off the ground" with a "flying" start!

Woos & a-roos,

Star & Jack a-roo

Jack, the husky hiker!

Woos & a-roos,

Jack here. In less than two weeks I'll be heading to PA with mom in our Siberian Outback to go hike in the TOTT Siberian Husky Rescue "Tales on the Trails" Hike! It's one of their fund-raising (and also "fun-raising") activities! As it turns out, my good buddy Moon's family moved just a few miles from the hiking site, so I will get to stay with my bestest buddy-- a-roos!

I'm also raising donations for this worthy cause. The TOTT site will be posting me on their donations page here. Get your paws on your biped's plastic and make a donation, Or...look really cute (never hard for a husky to do) and woo nicely and get your humans to go to the TOTT site & see what a great rescue they are - they won't be able to help themselves - they'll want to make a donation!



As a personal thank-woo, Mom is going to send a free JackStar greeting card to everyone making a donation in my name! Just let her know which one woo'd like at cybersibes (at symbol) gmail and the dot-com thingy so we can get it to woo. (She also donates 10% of every sale to husky rescue - this year we're giving it to TOTT)

Gotta go, mom's taking me on extra walks so we'll be in tip-top shape for the hike! Woo can expect to see lots of pictures when we get back. If all goes well, we'll even be meeting a certain fluffy-tailed brown-eyed huskette we all know & love! Yup, Khyra & her mom also plan to hike. Maybe even more of our blogging pals will show up, who knows?

A-roos to yous,
Jack a-roo
* (If you would like to make a donation, please fill in name as "Pat St. Onge & Jack, thank you)

PS-Star will be staying home for some quality dad-time while we hike. She's facing some health issues and would prefer to woo for us from the comfort of her own backyard.

Serene Sunset

Is life just too hectic?

Are things not going your way?

Are your bipeds driving you crazy?

Well sit down and relax, here is a serene sunset to sooth your furry soul. Mom photographed this beawootiful sunset from our furry own backyard while she was on the phone with her brother in Maine. They talked a long time, and the sunset just got prettier and prettier. She was going to post the pictures, but Star woo'd that she thought it would make a stunning video clip, so here it is. Enjoy!

Woos & a-rooos,

Star, Jack a-roo, & Mom

(Corelli: Adagio from Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 8 in G Minor performed by YoYo Ma)

Wednesday Woos-FINALLY!!!

Yippee! Blogger is working again! Here's the pictures we promised earlier...

~A-roos to yous!

Star, Jack a-roo & Moon

Earlier post reads:

WOO ?

Blogger is "unable to load pictures due to an internal error"

so I guess our Wednesday Woo is not only silent, but blind as well!

Will upload pics of Moon visiting us last night before his family left for PA when Blogger bipeds figure this out...

Star & Jack a-roo

In the meanwhile, check out some of mom's new cards in the little window to the right, she drew some cute Sibe puppies and has some of our best shots made into cards now.

Tuesday's Monday Movie: Moonzoomies

Hope efurryone had a nice holiday, we did! We got to go on a short trip and watch flying horses - no kidding! Mom will show them to woo later this week. This morning, we were hanging out - I'm pretending to be a Super-Sized Siberian, about to snack on my mini-sibe sister! Ha-roo roo roo!

Remember that Moon visited us on Wednesday? Here's a little clip of us running around like lunatics - plus, it was a full moon night! Mom didn't edit it or anything, so it's just us running around. We had fun!

(Yippee! Mom finally got the video working! Go mom!)

Woos & a-roos,

Star & Jack a-roo

Friday Fotos: Hangin around

It's not only Friday, but its one of thse long weekends bipeds love. And it is also beawootiful here in New England, blue sky, cool days, almost crisp nights....ahhhhhh.

On Wednesday, we heard we were going to have a visitor, but we had to sit around and wait for a while, which was kinda boring.

Then mom appeared in at the back patio door with .....

MOON!

His family is back here for a couple days, and we got to have an all-day playdate! We had lots of fun. Mom didn't get many pictures, but here's a couple stills she pulled off the short video she'll post later. We did a lot of husky smackdowns and chases, but we stopped everytime the flashie beast appeared, ha roo-roo!

Being one of those long weekend holiday thingys, we smell pic-nics in the air, so keep a sharp ear out for the sound of hot dogs & burgers falling to the ground --- those are OURS! (not that we'd ever help them to the ground, of course).

Woos & a-roos,

Star, Jack a-roo & Moon too

Huzzy Wednesday

We're pulling a Siberian day on mom, no new poses. So here's Jack, from a previous belly-up studmuffin shot:

This is how my photo session went.

Mom: Star, can I get a picture of your belly?

Me: No, thank you, I'm comfortable.
Mom: Oh, come on, Star! Please roll over? Just one shot?
Star: No thanks. Really, I'd rather not.
Mom: I just need 1 quick photo for Huzzy Wednesday.
Me: No, please get that camera out of my face.
Mom: Star, sweetie, pretty please roll over?

Me: WHICH PART OF "NO" DON'T WOO UNDERSTAND? THE "N" OR THE "O", OR IS IT THE COMBINATION THAT'S THROWING YOU?

Happy Huzzy Wednesday with love,

from

Star & Jack a-roo

Monday Move: Playtime!

Woos & a-roos,
Monday! Let's all play chase!




Good thing I can have just as much fun chasing myself.


Have fun chasing your own tail, my furends.

A-roos to yous,
Jack a-roo

Friday Foto (2nd Friday post)

Khyra & the OP Pack both referred to Norwood's post: eYewatch Friday.
Mom liked that idea, so for our Friday Foto, we give woo:
Friday Focus!






Today, Star is focusing on her lovely holes in the backyard. Jack is focusing on his toys & chew hoofies and treats. What are woo focusing on?

woos & aroos,
Star & Jack a-roo

Jack: Oops, I ate it!

A-roos to yous, Jack here. I guess woo all know how "Oops, I Ate It" goes, Star did a good job explaining it yesterday. So, woo want to hear my story?

I clean up after the humans all the time. I don't consider this "stealing" their food, I mean, they leave things sitting around. I believe they do this on purpose for me, cause anything at my level is mine, right? That only seems fair! To leave things at my level & then not expect me to clean up just doesn't make sense.

The usual things I take are usually nearly empty wrappers from all sorts of tasty cereal bars and ice-cream treats. I especially like the wooden sticks from those! Yougurt, pudding & butter tubs are good to lick. I did steal a corn cob outta da trash once, that bout gave my mom a heart attack, hoping I wouldn't have to get my tummy cut open to remove it. But I chewed it up real good, so I was ok.

My favorite thing is to chew up napkins and paper towels. It's a ritual - mom knows if she leaves napkins around, I'll take them & leave everything else alone. She learned this the hard way - one night I discovered a tasty pair of glasses & mangled the frames to bits. Mom was NOT happy with me in the morning. But they were titanium, so the eye-doc got them bent back, a little welding here & there, and they're almost like new. They sit a little crooked on her face now, and sometimes when she thinks I'm smiling at her, I'm really having a husky chuckle over how silly she looks in her crooked glasses. So she leaves me a napkin or two where I can get it every night.

You know, now that I think about it, I'm not a food thief after all. It's a career choice - I'm a professional

"cleaner-upper & general food container disposal expert".

Ha-roo, I like that!

Well that's my story & I'm stickin to it. (sticky & tasty is good)

Ha-roos to yous,

Jack a-roo

Star: Oops, I Ate It

Woos, Star here. Our kitty friend Huffle posted an open invitation to join Oops, I ate it. "when accepting this award you must blog about the food you have stolen when your humans weren't watching. If you have never stolen any food, you must be a very good pup or kitty. You can accept this yummy tray of cookies as your reward!!! Next add the logo of this award to your blog (optional), then nominate 5 other blogs...blah blah blah"

Well, technically, what I stole and ate wasn't human food, and the human food I stole I didn't get to eat, so I guess I get to keep the award.

Here goes my story:

Now woo know I'm a furry respectable & stately husky, but that was not always true. A couple of weeks after I chose my furever family, it was my boy's birthday. I was only a few weeks old, and the pretty decorations looked so tempting. I helped myself to a bright red flat stretchy thing that looked particularly tasty. My new mom came in and said "Where did that red balloon go?" and then freaked out when she realized I must have eaten it. She scooped me up, ran to the phone, and called the v-e-t. He actually laughed (I told her it was no big deal). I thought I was in the clear, but no, he told her how to make me barf it up. It was puppy torture! She poured salt on the back of my tongue, eeow - yuck! My poor puppy tummy didn't like that at all! But it worked, out came the balloon. Being a smart young whip, I never ate non-food items again.

I did try to steal a fish off the counter when we moved to our home here, but mom heard the "thwack!" when it hit the floor, and she rescued it before I got a chance to chow down. Oh well. I did it mostly for fun, really. Woo know, girls just want to have fun, right?

Me as a pup about the time I ate the red balloon.

Tomorrow Jack can tell woo all about his food-stealing antics.

We'll nominate this award to any other pup or kitty who hasn't gotten it yet. Let us know so we can go howl at your story!

Wooos,

Star

Wednesday Woos to Yous!

Happy Birthday to KhyraMom today!

Happy Gotcha Day to MFT!

Happy Birthday to BiloxiMom today!

Hmm....

Happy Feeling Better Day to Star & Jack!

Happy Gratitude Day to our Mom (grateful fur us)

I think that 'bout covers it!

Oh, one more.... Happy Day to all of woo!

Monday Movies: No-waves & No-zoomies

Ha-roo pups, got your popcorn ready?

Today we have two featurettes (cause they are so short).

Mom thought she was recording this fantastic panorama of Hurricane Bill crashing waves Saturday when we were at the beach, but she didn't hit the right button so there is no cool video after all. Then she thought she was taking a still pic of Star sniffing the land shark, but no, its a video of Star sniffing the land shark. We had her add a few still photos to capture the flavor of the day. It's not a very good video, but, oh well. Obviously it wasn't one of her better days, ha-roo roo.



The next video is from this morning when I fooled mom into getting out of bed early. I ran in & out of her room, yipping at her to come play. Then I ran zoomies up & down the hallway & stairs just to build up her excitement. She grabbed the camera & I heard her tell Star, "Oh boy, Jack is in the mood for zoomies, lets get a movie!" The following is what happened once she stepped outside. Ha-roo rooo roo, gotcha Mom! (She must have forgotten about that non-compliance clause in my Siberian Husky contract!)




Woos & a-roos,
Star & Jack a-roo