Sea Horses

Easter Sunday beach walk - what do you think we're saying in the captions under each picture?

#1: Star_____________________ Jack________________________


#2. Star:__________________________
Jack____________________________


#3. Star_______________________ Jack___________________________


#4. Star____________________________ Jack__________________________

Wasnt' that fun?

My, that walk was exhausting! Time for a power nap.


Happy Easter to the bi-peds! Hu-mom got these pretty flowers, she thinks they smell prettier than the stuff on the beach did!


Till next time, woos & a-rooos,
Star & Jack "________________" A-roo

Dalmations & Rottis & Cairns, oh my!

Sad wooos, but there's been a lot of our canine pals leaving for the Rainbow Bridge lately. Most bloggin doggiesknow about the loss of beautiful Sasha, but we've just lost 3 other friends, too.

Our dalmation-x friend Snoopy left for the Bridge on 3/18, with the help of his loving family. Poor Snoopy's health declined rapidly the past few months. We've had paws crossed & been saying prayers for him every day. Star & Sherman knew Snoopy & his 5 of his canine sibs from our old dogpark. He's leaving behind many happy memories, and is now seizure-free and clear minded, and perhaps Sherman met him at the gate with a play bow, like he used to do at the dogpark.

Our beautiful rotti friend Shadow also went to the bridge, on 3/17. We knew her from our PT dog pic-nics in Ohio. Her mom wrote a beautiful tribute to her, how she was only 6 weeks old when she came to live with her family for the next 12 happy years. Shadow has 4 canine sibs, her labby bro, Jack, is in the photo too.

And we just learned of the passing of a little Cairn character, McMurphy (on 2/24). Murph's mom has a business called Nothin' Butt Dogs, and she donated caps & shirts featuring husky butts (yup, you read that right), to the Adopt-a-husky auction 2 years ago, that drew one of the highest bids at that auction. Murph has two smooth collie brothers, Gulliver & Oz.

Wooos to our dear friends, may your days at the Rainbow Bridge be happy ones, full of everything that you love best, while you wait for your masters' returns. Be sure to look in on your families, they still need you. Say hello to our Sherman, we miss him so.

Wooos & Adieu a-roos,
your friends, Star & Jack
(We have to go now, humom's sobbing those salty things, she needs some husky hugs.)

Happy Dance!

A-rooos everyone! Lookie what arrived for me in a package all the way from the Yukon:

It's A. Penguin glass bead! Isn't he cool? Mom ordered him from Bi-Eyed Beading (that's Ms. Tamara, for those who know about Wandering Spirits Kennel). She made him special, just for me. Mom ordered him a while ago, but now that my Penguin's gone...Penguin lives again! Mom held on pretty tight while I inspected him, cause he's "treat-size" & she didn't want me to swallow him (I was just trying to give him a kiss, Mom.) A. Little Penguin is going to live in the big see-through case along with mom's other tiny huskies. She says she can't have a whole kennel full of us real ones, so she's working on a collection of mini-mushers) I'm so happy, I could woooooo!



Woooooooooos & A-roooooos!!!!
Jack "Penguin defender" a-roo
& Star

Doesn't look "light" to me!

We spent a lovely afternoon on Connanicut Island looking at this- mom & dad called it a "light house", but it doesn't look very light to me. It's all big blocks, very heavy stuff. I guess I'll never understand humans.

The best part was the 40 mph winds whipping up huge waves crashing on the rocks! Humom couldn't get a picture to do them justice, but she tried.

We walked way out on the rocks, mom was afraid we'd get blown off!
Mom thought it was cute that I am using Jack as a wind block, but I'm still looking for ways to make him useful, to justify keeping him around:

Here's the whole scene, the rocks we're on are quite high up, you can see the swells behind us.

The next picture is looking up the coast, mom thought you'd like to see it too.

This enormous ship went by, it looked like something from Star Wars! (Jack & I were busy watching a lady with a mouthy beagle behind mom.)

Mom says that while we were enjoying the sunshine, my boy spent the whole day shoveling snow back in Ohio -- they got 20" !!!!! Still no sign of snow here....how pathetic.

Wooos & a-rooos,
Star & Jack-O-'Lantern- a-roo
(get it? Lantern, as in "light house"

Sad news, RIP A.Penguin

We sadly announce the demise of A. Penguin. Hu-mom awoke to this sad sight on Sunday morning: Penguin fluff, everywhere.

The damage done was too great to repair, no efforts were made to restitch him.


We're not sure exactly what happened. Could it possibly have been The Beautiful Ba-Roo herself who did the shredding? Nah.


It couldn’t have been Jack, he loves Penguin. It must have been a mystery dog that stole over/under the fence at night and did this dastardly deed. Yes, it had to be a stranger- we all loved Penguin!

A. Penguin joined our pack on Christmas Day, 2002. He led quite a long life for a stuffie. He was a companion to Rosie, Star, Sherman, and Jack…at least until now. His great adventure at the North Pole this past Christmas will be a treasured memory for us all.


A.Penguin is survived by his hat.

Jack fondly claimed the hat, tossing it about & play-bowing to it, jumping over it and flinging it in the air. He doesn’t seem to notice that the rest of Penguin is missing.
"Don’t worry, be happy!"


Safe journey to the Rainbow Bridge, A. Penguin. Sherman and Rosie will be there to greet you, and keep you safe (we hope) until we all meet again. You were one of a kind!

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...

Woos & a-rooos everyone!
Mom took us to a nice stretch of beach running along the side of the road. Jack is such a puppyhead - we walked over by this wall and Jack leapt up top of it so fast he almost went right over the edge!

Humom freaked - fortunately he managed to catch himself and promptly jumped right back off. Mom looked over the wall just to see what he'd have dangled over:

Whew!

The air smelled great, tons of seagulls, tons of seagull guano, which we were not allowed to roll in even thought it smelled SO good... and tons of broken shells. Those bird brains have nothing to do but feast and poop.
Bird Feast:

If only we didn't have leashes on, we could give them something else to do!

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Probably the most interesting thing humom saw was this:

This silly seagull-boy paraded up and down in front of a very bored-looking girl seagull, trying to impress her. He wouldn't let her have the stupid starfish and eventually flew off with it.
We like our beach walks, even if we do stay on leashes.

Looking towards Newport from the park on another beautiful day in the neighborhood!

Woos,
Star and the Jumpin'Jack a-roo

Nyorksitty

Humom & dad went to a place called Nyorksitty but didn't take us. Humom says we wouldn't have liked it because it's all big big buildings & stuff. But they had SNOW there, how could we not like it? Oh well, our dogsitter took us for lots of walks & we guarded our home really well. We're gonna let humom post some of her pictures.

Check this guy out, everyhusky who hunts! Talk about an alpha male! He must have one heck of a prey dive to bring down a LION & then wear it's skin! Mom says this is a fabulous sculpture. (Herakles/Hercules)


Here's mom by one of the many Van Gogh's at the Metropolitan Museum of art - he is one of her most favorite artists.


This one's for Meeshka's people - they have links to save the Rosa Bonheur Memorial Park on Meeshka's blog, & this is one of Rosa's paintings. Humom says she had no idea how huge this paining was, cause she never paid attention to it's dimensions even though she's admired it in art history books for years. She stood by it so you can see how big it is.


Our humans were supposed to go on a boat to see some tall Lady with a torch who welcomes everybody to America, but a big snow storm hit & the tours were canceled. These pics are from Battery Park, where they would have gotten onto the boat. Personaly, I think playing in the snow would be more fun than tromping up a gazillion steps inside a large bronze human anyway.


This last picture is looking toward the water - it's pretty obvious why they didn't want to send boatloads of tourists out.


Instead of seeing the Statue of Liberty, our humans went to the Indian Museum & saw tons of art by North-west coast tribes... and while these particular tribes didn't have huskies, they are very similar to the Chukchi tribes who developed our breed into the fine dogs that we are. But these tribes also venerated the wolf & used his image in a lot of their artwork.


We got a little snow too, and had a pretty good time chasing each other around in it. Still, it was nice to have our people home again. Nothing like a handful of Yummie Chummies & a good belly rub to make you feel warm & fuzzy-er.

Penguin Boy

Candid shots, what can I say? This boy loves his penguin.

Penguins make good pillows...

and chin rests.

Gotta take your friends with you when you go out...

and bring em back when you come in.

My best friend is a Penguin!
~Jack A-roo

Tagged: Weird facts

Wooos & a-rooos!
Maverick tagged us days ago, and Humom's finally letting us post our reply!
Here goes: 7 weird facts about ourselves.

First, Star:

1. I was adopted when I was only 5 weeks old.
2. I love cats. I was "raised" by two of them in my early years.
3. I like to show off in front of people, and I read minds.
4. I'm ambi-pawsterous, I give paw with left & right paws.
5. I will not kiss humom. Never never never...well, almost never.
6. Jack is my third canine companion... maybe 3rd times a charm & he'll be around for a long time?
7. I'm going to be human in my next incarnation. (hmmm, not sure if that's a reward, or a punishment)

and now, sweet Jack-a-roo:

1. I was a show dog in my previous life.
2. I love to "dance" with mom. She says I'm a good dancer.
3. I am really really good at catching treats that are thrown me.
4. I love carrots, apples, broccoli, green beans, edamame, & sweet potatoes.
5. I'm very good at digging holes in the yard.
6. I love a good game of chase, and hiding Star's toys from her.
7. I'm nick-named "Wookie-boy" because when I talk I sound like Chewbacca the Wookie.

Now we have to post the rules to the tag.
1. Once you are tagged, link back to the person who tagged you. (link to Maverick from our friends list)
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Post 7 random or weird facts about yourself on your blog.
4. Tag 7 people.
5. Comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.style="font-style:italic;">

You know what we'd like to do? We'd like to tag the next 7 pups who post on our blog!
We'll add your names to our list as you post, so please paw us a message!

many thanks!

Wooos & A-rooos!
Wow, the nicest thing happened (besides getting snow, which we didn't) - we've been given the E for excellent award TWICE! Many thanks to our friends at the Ao4 and to MayaMarie for this honor. We love hearing that you enjoy our blog wooos!
"This award is given to bloggers who have wonderful outstanding styles and a fantastic ability to keep us thinking, amused and entertained.


The award is now passed on to 10 others. We'd like to pass this on to our friends who have had a rough time of it lately: Steve & Kat, Amici, Tia & Sitka, (welcome home & hope your all feeling better). We'd also like to give this to
Bama/Cracker/Chili/& Mikki
(like this is a big surprise, huh? ~Star)
and to Her Excellence, Queen Meeshka. (Well...it's not 10 blogs, but it is 10 dogs! *Edit: Duh! Make that 9 dogs & one cat!)
Since hu-mom is inept today & can't link stuff here, please visit their blogs from our links list on the right side of our blog.

Now....on to our next task: Maverick the Pirate (Harrr!) has tagged us to tell 7 things about ourselves & tag others to play this game. Hu-mom needs to post that one in a day or two (she's busy with this stupid human thing called "work")...so stay tuned!

No Show Snow

A-rooos,
Jack here. This is so not fair. Many of you huskies are getting tons of snow cause of the big storm sweeping the country...except for right along the coast! They said "4" of snow", and look what we got:

This is soooo "not snow".
Do I look like a husky in his element? NOT.


I'm ready for snow - look at my cute little snow-nose:


And all we got here is no-show snow.
So PLEASE, huskies & other pups were there IS snow, PLEASE send some our way, ok?

A-roos,
Snowless Jack A-rooo