I was away recently, visiting my sister. While I was away my daughter sent me this picture of Bowser, apparently in repose.
His tucked-under right hind leg says ready to spring into action and his splayed left hind leg says I’m done for tonight. 🤣
Weirdo!
Fellow dog (and even cat) people: has your pet ever made such a similar (or different) strange pose? Everybody: what would you even call this situation?
From Bowser’s birthday: before we got out to celebrate later in the day, I spent some time at Bowser’s house where he was snuggling with his mommy and I got to get in on some of the snuggle action too.
Bowser enjoying a doggy massage.Head scritches.Bowser blissing out.Both of us feeling the luv…Ooops! Got too close and earned a nose lick 🤣.
We hope you are enjoying some quiet snuggle time this weekend (with or without nose licks).
Even after a nice long walk, Bowser still wants more play time.
He will show up at my back door and try to coax me outside with him.Pretty please, Oma????
Well, I can’t resist that face. So off we go, for me to throw the ball and for Bowsie to chase it.
This time though we have an audience.The audience. Hope they don’t laugh too loud at my poor ball throwing and kicking skills attempts.After about 20 minutes of play, it’s time to get a drink and the dirtier the water, the better Bowser likes it. Like a dirty martini but for dogs, I guess?
We hope you take the time for some play, and a nice cool beverage (dirt optional) this weekend.
The Star of Ye Olde Blogge turned four on Friday and we celebrated him as best we knew how.
The day started with a walk to the creek, en famille as it was also Good Friday, thus a day off work for Mommy and Daddy. (Bowser loves it best when the whole pack is together.)
There was much investigating to be done!Bowsie got a new soccer ball to destroy for his birthday.Taking his ball to show to the chickens.
For Bowser’s dinner, we continued the birthday tradition of heading to the ocean with him (after a stop for our favourite bowls from Poke Page – yum!). Bowser got to enjoy a bit of each of those too, natch!
Mommy is creating Bowser’s birthday “cake” (also his supper), from his favourite food of all: wet cat food. Decorated with a “4” made out of dog treats.Official birthday hat secured in place, Bowser is more than ready for CAKE TIME!!!!
Singing Happy Birthday as the cake was INHALED, LOL!And so another trip around the sun begins for our little Bowsie.
We hope you had something to celebrate this weekend.
After his dinner at Bowser’s house, Bowser gets very playful. Usually Daddy and Mommy get on the floor to play with him, but this time I got the chance to have this fun.
A vigorous game of Tug-O-War ensued.
Mine!Also mine!Thanks to my daughter for helping capture Bowser’s (and mine) playtime antics!
On the first day of Spring 2026, I noticed this clump of daffodils near one of the beginnings of our local trail. People who live across from the trail head will dump their yard waste here, and there are quite a few flowering bulbs and plants that become naturalized in these spots as a result. (Or could it be the work of squirrels?) I’m tempted to dig some of these up and transfer them to our yard but for now I’m content to just admire the beauty and pop of colour.
Some scenes from one of our early morning walks this week:
Flowering bushes.Coming in hot!Ground level flowering.Frost outlining some Oregon Grape leaves.Bowser surrounded by puddles.Snowdrop.Laser focus on me (for a change 🤣).
We hope you are noticing some signs of spring where you are this weekend!
Nothing too fascinating happened this week. Bowser got groomed. He was not happy about it (but clearly survived), and we were pleased he got cleaned up and “descruffed”.
Patiently (??) waiting for me to get dressed so Mommy and I can take him for a walk.Trying to capture his “glory” before he gets all mucky again.Bribing him with a treat in order to get him to face me and sit still.Our usual view, if no treats on offer.
We hope you had a more exciting (in only good ways) week than we did, and that you are having a restorative weekend!
But it only stayed about a week…we were met with snow in the mountains as we were driving back from Tofino. It felt like it followed us home 🤭.
We got out to enjoy the snow while it lasted.
Bowser is a snow lover.It was hard to get him to sit still but the promise of a treat always helps him to focus.This is a more typical capture…Bowser flying down the trail as evidenced by the airborne ears!Once within the Witchy Woods, there was very little snow to be found.But when we emerged creekside, the landscape changed back into a wintry wonderland.Afterwards, this soggy dog needed some serious burrito time.A wet Bowser enjoys being a doggo burrito almost as much as he enjoys the snow.
We hope you are enjoying a delightful last weekend in February/first weekend in March, no matter what your weather is.
Just like last year, Mommy and Daddy and Oma took me away on a long, windy drive to a place far away. They called it Tofino. I remember this room and the very, very, big dog bed.
Oma has her own dog bed in a separate room (that I get to visit), but we will let her hang out with us sometimes.I like relaxing with Mommy and Daddy.Is Daddy mocking me? I can’t help it if I’m comfortable this way.Oma was taking pictures of the view and I was catching up on the local dog gossip left on the rocks.There were other walks too, on long sandy beaches. A rare family photo was taken. All this leisure time sure takes a lot out of a doggo.I was so tired after all this fun, I didn’t want to leave the car once we got home again. I got taken out this way, doggo car seat and all. (I kinda liked it.)
What a life! Everybody should aspire to being a doggo.