Sweet!!

The word of the day (or week) is "sweet".
That is because our darling daughter Alaina turned sweet 16 last Sunday.
Her surprise party started with a "one horse open sleigh ride" with her best friend, Brandy.

Then partying with her nearest and dearest friends:

Playing pool and darts.

Oh yes, and Surprise Guest, Chris Pine of Star Trek fame :)

Sweet also describes our new foster "Chasing Daisies"

She is awfully skinny, but I am confident that the Panacur, plus the Bratwurst that we hide her pills in will fix that.


She seems to be that very rare type of greyhound who appreciates the value of the "Disney" channel.

Plenty of kisses to go around

Have a Greyt week all...

Hearts and Hounds

A somewhat belated Happy Valentine's Day to everyone.
I have a pretty good excuse for being tardy with my wishes. We spent several hours today participating in VAGA's Meet and Greet.
Valentine's Day is all about love. And well, greyhounds and love just go together, don't they? :)

Hero and Gracie

Puddin' with her entourage (Hero and Buford make impressive body guards don't you think?)

Lovely Miss Macy

Elegant Ginger (with a "sit" that would inspire any sculptor)

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Handsome Buford
Blurry or not, that is one happy face!
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Sweet Harper
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Now Miss Puddin' has an interesting habit of walking underneath Hero. She has done it on several occasions. Normally she will simply continue on her way but, this time she was mesmerized by the birds and well.....

Truly, My Hero has the patience of a Saint.

Here is what she was so focused on.

Super Bowl vs. Snow Ball

Here in Virginia we are experiencing one of the "worst" snowstorms of the last 100 years. (I think officially it is #3). I say "worst" but the kids definitely think "best".

The trees, on the other hand, are not coping well- lots of branches down.

And as for the dogs-
I think W.T. wooF?
Pretty much sums it up.

I believe our official total was 26" of snow- though plenty of drifts are MUCH deeper.
Thank Heaven we still have power (many are not as lucky).
We could still eat our barbecue ribs, stuffed potato skins, and fajitas,
and watch the Saints win the Super Bowl!

Mango / Biggie Z Dogpile contest

Mango and Biggie Z are co-hosting a contest they are calling "dogpile".
The rules are simple enough - see how many "objects" you can pile on your dog before he or she "objects" :)
This is the kind of competition where Hero can really shine- it consists of lying still . And with 5 kids we have a good supply small toys.
Here is Hero's entry:

Hero
Male
Retired greyhound
34" long
27 toys (Horse,tan dog,yellow dog,striped squid.tiger,yellow gecko- on feet not floor:) ,penguin,bumble bee,clown,orange tiger rattle,purple dinosaur,b/w checkered whale,lion,blue&stars ball,black cat,b/w checkered dinosaur,white dog,green lamb,red mouse,tiger,red penguin keychain,blue meerkat,blue dog,red tiger,red wart hog,brown dog with white face,anteater)

For the small dog category we have Pepsi:

Pepsi
female
Jack Russell/ beagle mix
20" long
15 toys (pink bear,horse,bug rattle,striped squid,Red dog,chicken Christmas tree,yellow dog,grey octopus,lion,yellow dog,tiger rattle,Bumblebee,clown,tiger,cow)
The challenge is ON

Thank you (cards)

Thanks for all the greyt suggestions ! !!
(I have narrowed it down to the following submissions)
Now it is up to our friends at Houndstooth-
Which set of cards do YOU want?

Dare to Daydream

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Paws for Reflection...
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I'm bursting with Enthusiasm... On the inside
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No caption

A little help from my friends please....

As you know our friends at Houndstooth were visitor # 10,000 - and thus we owe them a prize.
Having fun with one of the photos Carrie sent me of her gorgeous hound Bunny, I decided to branch out into a new medium; watercolors.
Now "experimenting" on someone else's greyhound definitely doesn't sound good, but I promise, no hounds were harmed in the creation of this print,
and I did warn her that you get what you pay for...



So here is where the "help" comes in. I am looking for a witty caption/ title for this pic. (The intention being to print it into a greeting / note card- my first thought was something like "Tales from the couch..." But I know y'all can do better) And how about we say, the winner gets some note cards too ????...

Warrenton Meet and Greet

Yesterday was our monthly VAGA Meet and Greet, right here in lovely Warrenton, Virginia :)

Ambassadogs extraordinaire : Puddin' Pop, Harper, and Hero.

Harper has a secret to share with Puddin'.

No one can resist scritchin' Puddin's belly.

No worries- even right in the middle of the aisle is just fine :)

We met up with a young fellow even bigger than my Hero

Breezer came to join the fun too. Unfortunately Genna had grabbed our OLD digital camera - the one whose auto focus doesn't work dependably anymore...
I LOVED Harper's expression in the following picture but the focus ended up being really soft, so a little "Be Funky" treatment and-


Have a GREYT week all !