WE finally got out....

Hi everyone, My Vickie here.

It seems the only time I can

post is when I am at my mothers.

 

So I am taking advantage

of  this "While she is sleeping"

to let you know how we are doing.

 

We are still keeping up with everyone

from the computer at home, but our

Internet service is very slow

and making comments is an almost

impossible thing to do until after

midnight and as much as I love

you all, my bedtime is way before that.

 

I did finally get a chance to take Bert up

into our mountains last night and we had

a wonderful time. 

 

Of course there was swimming.  All the

swimming Bert could handle.  At least

until the moose moved in for a

late afternoon watering.  Then Bert

had to give up his swimming hole.



 

It may not appear so in the picture

above, but this was "one Huge Moose"

probably the biggest one I have seen

this summer and I have seen some big ones.

 

Even the guy in Alaska was not

as big as this one.  Even Bert was

watchful when this one came down

to our lake.   Normally Bert is

pretty un-aware of his surroundings

when he is swimming, but this

guy had us both a little on edge.

My boy showed his golden hue

just as the sun was going by.

And no, this is no where near the

quality of my friend KB's photos

over at Romping n Rolling in the Rockies

 but it was fun to take.

As the sun disappeared over the mountain

Bert and I took one last look at our

giant, then headed back home. 

 

See Beautiful Friday

 

I LOVE "See Beautiful" Fridays

It is a day to celebrate life

and even though we try to do

that every day, "Life" often

gets in the way of our celebrating.

 

For weeks, maybe even months,

"Life" has gotten in our way

but I am not complaining because

It Is "SEE BEAUTIFUL Friday

today and look what I finally got

to go and do.

 Now Ain't that a beautiful sight.

Me and My Water

Back together again.

 

 

But on a more serious Note:

Meet Momma and her puppies.

We are fostering them right now

and they are a true example

of humans who "See Beautiful"

 

You see, Momma and her puppies

were set to be euthanized.   Why You Ask?

Because some human decided they

didn't want a pregnant dog nor

a bunch of puppies.

 

So they were taken to a High Kill

Shelter.   But somehow

and by some Beautiful Miracle

a rescue group called "Black Dog"

heard about them and came to

their aid.   They traveled about

1000 or more miles to get

then and bring them to Ogden.

And now until they all find homes

wonderful, loving, beautiful homes,

they will stay with us.

 

Momma took My Vickie's heart and

wrapped it around her beautiful eyes

and won her over.  Well all of us

are kind of smitten too.

 

And when you sit with this wonderful

girl and look into her eyes, even

with all the injustice you see and know

has happened to her, all you see is

"Beautiful"

 

My Vickie and I thank our Father in Heaven

every day, that we have found each other

and we wish the same gift for

Momma and her babbies.

 

Have a Beautiful Friday

Love

Bert

 Hey Everyone, I bet you thought I had died

or something.  Nope, I am still here.  My Vickie

writing this post and visiting as many of

my friends out there as she can, from her moms

computer.  Cause you know, we don't get much

juice out of our Internet.

 It has been so bloody hot here that this

is what I do all day long

every day while My Vickie works at the

kennel.  We can't go anywhere cause

we have to make sure everything works

right and nothing goes wrong for our guests.

I am bored out of my gourd.

Oh yes, I get to go swimming every

now and again but nothing like what my

pal Dougal is doing these days.

He has moved to the east coast

and they live pretty near to this

very cool pond.



 I am soooooo jealous.  WE miss him

a lot but we are happy that he is happy.

 Our mountains are beautiful (so I hear)

cause I dont' get to get out in them much

these days.  I guess you know my

little bro  KC died a few weeks ago

from a snake bite.  Now My Vickie

is so paranoid that she has been going

up in the hills without me.

We have a really cute little neighbor that

moved in to our trees.  John got this

cool picture.  Anybody out there who

knows their birds wanna tell me

what this is?

 My Vickie, her mom and Aunt, and John

went hiking up in the Alpine Meadows

this week.  It was incredibly beautiful...

(I am told)

 So another reason I am banned

from our mountains

is a certain kind of seed, or weed, or seed from

a weed......I don't know, but it is a nasty thing

and My Vickie was wondering if anyone

knows what kind of flower it comes from

so we could know what areas to stay out of

in August and September.

I don't have a picture of it but it is a

thin black needle like sticker.  about half

an inch long and it hurts like the dickens

if you get one in your foot.  And they

just appear on your coat out of no where

and they get between your toes

and like that nasty cheat grass, the make

their way up into your skin and "Boy

they hurt"  Anybody know

what I am talking about?

 This is my Buddy Wyatt.  He has

had a pretty rough start to his life.

He is only eleven months old and has

already lived in three different houses.

In one house, he was kept in a little

cage all the time.  That was for about

six months.  Anyway, long story short,

Wyatt came to live with My Vickie's mom

and they are both very happy. 

Well, this is what I wish I were doing

but for the time being.......

Take care my friends and think of

me now and again.  My Vickie is going

to be staying with her mom for a while

cause she is very sick, so she is going

to drop by and visit as many as she can

 

Miss you all

Love

Bert