winter

Hard to believe January's almost over and then it will be time to look for the groundhog. There was snow when we were in Wisconsin and it was tough getting away from Willow. Mom said I should remove my "made in China" sticker so she would stop thinking I was a squeaky toy. No snow here although not real warm either and sometimes it rains.

at the beach

There's always good stuff on the beach; if I could tell mom what this was she'd tell you. The water is getting colder; no wading these days. Fortunately my black spots help keep me warm. Ah, the nose is wonderful. It seems we are traveling soon. Things are starting to get put into piles. They won't leave without me; I won't let them!

Ouch!

You'd think I'd been biking or skateboarding...

Walking Through the Woods

This is where we come out of the woods on our walk to the beach. Today we met a nice man on the beach who had a chainsaw and had been clearing the beach and the road to the beach.

I'm trying to sleep

Go Badgers! I heard they won big. This bed has a big W on it. Not to mention a little dog hair.

It's 6 AM, I'm curled up trying to sleep. It's dark and there should be usual sounds of water, grinding noises, the smell of coffee, the door opening and closing, another one of those bags Mom carries to pick up after me. Instead there's this bright light. The first time I ignored it and the second time I just had to give it a look...

Fungus

There has been a proliferation of fungi in our neighborhood. The lawn down the block had several white mushrooms that looked like rocks from our driveway. This one is next door. A new dog moved in and these things might be related. It's been wet for awhile and the weather has cooled; maybe that's created optimal fungi conditions. There is a type of fungus called dog vomit fungus.

September Beach Walk

The sand was wet and we were just about to the place where sometimes it's time to get wet. However there's this log that goes across the water. Sometimes it's underwater and then mom carries me over the water while she gets wet...

Here you can see her going across the water on the log. I'm already in the tall grass.

Weather

It's been quite the weather the last few weeks. There was smoke in the forecast from the Dismal Swamp burning in Virginia, then an earthquake here and a big storm named Irene. I wore this funny yellow thing to get out in the rain. Once I was out for awhile it was better with it off.
Mom built us this cool boat. So far I've only tried it on the deck; I hope to be out on the water soon.

Flying Disc

This is tricky stuff and lots of fun.

Frogs

This guy lives on the back deck. Yesterday one came in the house through the front door with me. I tried to catch him/her but somehow he/she wasn't for eating. Mom scooped him/her up and put him/her back outside.
Very hot today.