Hello friends and fans! This is The Daily Bone and I'm your wind-blown doggie reporter
Chester L. W. Spaniel.
Wow! Is it ever windy today! There is a high wind warning in effect until 10 pm tonight, with southwest winds 30 to 40mph and gusts up to 75mph. That's almost as fast as Dad drives on the Thruway!
All the dead sticks and branches are getting blown off the trees. Look! There's one!
Other than the wind, it's kind of a nice sunny day.
Tastes like Spring, even.
But the wind makes a sound like thunder. You can hear it coming from the south and then it hits, BLAM!
Gee, I hope the power doesn't go o …
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The weather man said that they recorded winds of 81mph! Now there's a travel advisory because of downed trees and power lines.
I might as well take a nap, and wait for the winds to die down.
We interrupt your regularly scheduled program to bring you this important fast breaking news story. I'm your live, on-the-spot doggie reporter Chester L. W. Spaniel.
A big tree in our neighbor's yard fell down!
Our fence seems to have sustained some damage. Ghostwriter checked on our neighbor to see if he was OK. He is.
Clean-up will commence tomorrow morning. Please tune in at that time for updates.
This is a TDB special yum yum culinary report. I'm your doggie commentator Chester L. W. Spaniel.
Yes, I know it's been a long time since I did a yum yum report. As you know, my humans all traveled to Florida for a wedding two weeks ago. While they were there (and I was stuck in the doggie hotel) they had some very nice meals.
Teriyaki salmon with salad, asparagus and okra, above, and sushi, below, all from a Japanese/Thai restaurant called Moon in Cutler Bay.
Hi Chester! Wish you were here!
They got tenderloin beef with shrimp and mushrooms, salt potatoes, and sauteed onions and garlic at an Italian restaurant.
Cuban coffee and pastries.
Dog Eat Doug
After all the partying and fancy food in Florida, ghostwriter and Dad said they're going back to basic, simple, economical food now, and that it's time to think about losing weight.
Plain chicken, rice, and green beans.
Vegie fried rice for lunch the next day.
Steak, vegies, and wild rice.
I'm also pretty sure I heard them mention my name in their conversation on losing weight.
The Other Coast
Hey, I'm not fat! I'm packed with muscle! Anyway, the camera always adds ten pounds, don't you know?
Hello everybody! This is The Daily Bone and I'm your diligent doggie reporter
Chester L. W. Spaniel.
It's a wintry day here today. We had a blustery snow squall this morning.
By Tuesday, it's supposed to be almost 60ยบ!
One thing is for sure, though. We have NO flowers!
But ghostwriter saw lots of beautiful flowers while she was in Florida for Jessy and Dan's wedding.
Jessy grew most of the succulent flowers and plants for her wedding bouquets, table arrangements, and boutonnieres. The big pink flowers called Proteas were ordered from Hawaii. Wow!
Here's a hedge covered with orange flowers that ghostwriter saw while driving through the farming area of Redland Florida.
Meanwhile, our garden Buddha sits and waits for things to grow.
It'll be several more weeks before we have any flowers blooming.
In other news, as you know, I went to the vet on Monday for a check-up. On my health report card, it said I was nine years old. Ghostwriter thought the vet had made a mistake, and that I'm only eight years old. So she checked my birth certificate. My birthday is October 25, 2008!
Can you believe it? Ghostwriter says it's OK. Our Patron Saint Old Charisma was twelve years old for about three or four years because no one could remember the year she was born. Gee, I hope my dearest Princess Leah doesn't think I'm an old fart!
Remember, you're only as old as you feel!
For my final report, we found a picture from this date on 2015. Look at all the snow!
Hello friends and fans. This is The Daily Bone and I'm your undaunted doggie reporter
Chester L. W. Spaniel.
As you can see, we still have no snow! It's 64ยบ outside. The wind is howling and the clouds are rolling by like crazy!
But that's not what I'm writing about right now.
Today I had to go see the vet!
Yes, it was time for my annual check-up. Ghostwriter thought I wouldn't get a good report. She thought I'd need my teeth cleaned. But the vet said my teeth were perfect. She wondered about those lumps I have by my back leg, and on my throat. But the vet said they were harmless lipomas. Dad was wondering if my back knees and hips were OK, because sometimes I have a hard time going up the stairs. But the vet said my joints were fine, and my legs are well muscled. (Whoa, did you hear that my dearest Princess Leah? Well muscled!) In fact, I got a good score on my entire report card, except in the weight area. Apparently I could lose a few pounds.
Well, I haven't exactly been getting much exercise lately because of all the mud in the back yard! While it doesn't bother me a bit, my humans don't like to have to clean up muddy footprints.
The last thing I had to do at the vet was to get a blood sample drawn to test for heartworm. I did a little growling during that procedure. But who likes being stuck with a big needle? The vet also wanted to look at the piece of my poop that Dad brought in a plastic bag. (Humans can be really weird!) Anyway, I got a clean bill of health, and some of those desiccated liver treats they have there. Yum!
Oh, and ghostwriter still sounds like a squeaky toy when she talks. She's starting to feel a little better, but she's still real tired and achy, and has to use an inhaler thing for her lungs. She says it's the worst cold she's had in years! She feels terrible about not being able to go into work, especially right after having two weeks vacation. Her doctor said she wouldn't want to pass it on to the little old people at the nursing home, or her coworkers.
If you ask me, I'd say she should get back to eating regular food again. Jello and orange juice are not going to conquer that nasty bug! What she really needs is a half rack of good barbecued ribs, and a deep fried pickle from Sticky Lips!
We interrupt your regularly scheduled program to bring you a fast breaking news story. There is a high wind advisory with gusts up to 60mph in effect tonight until tomorrow morning. I've been pacing around for the past couple hours as blasts of wind make the house shake. Dad's satellite television reception has been getting messed up too. Thunderstorms are predicted later tonight as a cold front moves into the area. By tomorrow, winter will have returned!
We now return you to your regularly scheduled program already in progress.
