Flowers On Friday

Hello everybody. This is The Daily Bone and I'm your diligent doggie reporter 

Chester L. W. Spaniel. 

I know we haven't been posting much lately. My ghostwriter has been working extra hours this week to fill in for a co-worker who had an accident. Monday I went to see my groomer Miss Jacquie and got my spring buzz cut. She trimmed all my fluffy fur down except for a poof on the top of my head. 

My esteemed and late associate Joseph (Joey dog) Spaniel used to rock this look too. Here we are in 2015 with our spring buzz cuts: 

The weather has been pretty good all week, except for the wind yesterday. So I have some more flowers to show you. Blooming right now are tulips, forget-me-nots, grape hyacinth, dandelions, and daffodils.

Joey's pear tree is full of blossoms!

In other news, my buddy in NC, Angus B. Terrier had a birthday on May 7. He's now ten years old! Hooray! 

Our little Lily turned two months old on the 5th.

For my last story, Dad filled up the birdie feeder for the first time in a several weeks.

(The reason he left it empty for so long is to keep those greedy grackles away. They bully the other nice little birdies. Ghostwriter also wanted the Evil Squirrel Cartel out of our yard until the mud dried up, for obvious reasons.) It took a couple days, but look who showed up this morning: 

"Hey Dogface! You still owe me that peanut butter sandwich!"

It's that rude little bugger, alias Twinkletoes. Grrrrr.

Well, it was a nice break from my homeland security duties! So if you'll excuse me now, I have some zooming and barking to do.

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A Summer Day

Greetings friends and fans! This is The Daily Bone and I'm your diligent doggie reporter 

Chester L. W. Spaniel. 

Look look look lookie look!

Today was the first day of SUMMER! Yes, you heard it right! Summer has arrived in Western New York. The temperatures were in the 80s. (As you may remember, I reported a few days ago that it was snowing!) To celebrate this change we had our first grilled steak of the season. 

Wow! Yummy! 

Flowers are starting to bloom and things are starting to grow.

Daffodils

Peonies, forget-me-not, and yarrow sprouting

Hyacinth

I hesitate to be too overly excited, because things always change around here. Indeed, this evening it's clouding up and thunderstorms are predicted. 

But, hey, we'll enjoy it while we can! 

Yes

This is a TDB news flash, and I'm your doggie reporter Chester L. W. Spaniel. 

The answer is yes. Yes, it was snowing this morning!

Mother Nature, you have got to be kidding me!

A Few Flowers

Hello everyone. This is The Daily Bone and I'm your optimistic doggie reporter 

Chester L. W. Spaniel. 

After a few days of warmer weather, we finally have a few flowers to show you today. Hopefully there will be more of them by next week.

I hesitate to get too excited about that, since the local weatherman says it might snow yet again this coming Sunday. My ghostwriter says two things about this: on one hand, it's good that it doesn't warm up too soon in the season. Otherwise the fruit trees might bloom too early and then get a frost. That could ruin the entire crop!

But on the other hand, we're sooooo tired of cold weather!

She also says the weather is something everybody talks about, but nobody does anything about. 

The Barn

Therefore I will now change the subject.

FOOD!
I haven't done a food report in ages. My esteemed and late associate Joseph (Joey dog) Spaniel*, Doggie Chief Inspector, comestibles division, and founder of the Yum Yum Coalition, would be very disappointed. I hope he doesn't think I've been derelict in my food watching duties. I still closely watch my humans eat their meals, and always get to sample the food.

Bratwurst, parsley potatoes, and asparagus. Yum!

Roast beef with gravy, mashed potatoes, and green beans.

Here is a concoction my ghostwriter invented. She took some left-over roast beef, left-over green beans, and left-over mashed potatoes, piled it all in a dish, poured left-over gravy over it, and topped it with frozen biscuits. This whole mess went into the oven for about 30 minutes or so. It turned out great!

Spaghetti, sausage, and steamed asparagus.

Rotisserie chicken, green beans, fresh bread and butter.

THE KIDS
My favorite miniature humans have hit a few milestones lately.
Little Lily is learning to smile.

Ryan has lost his first baby tooth!

Hooray!

CATS
Here are a few pictures of my kitty cat cousins:

Hannibal

Tiberius

Pixie

AMAZING SUNSET!

MOON RISE!

Can I go out and howl at the moon now?

There's a little lady across the Pond who is probably wondering why I haven't called her on the moon phone in such a long time. I swear, I couldn't find the moon because of all the clouds lately!

My dearest Princess Leah

*We thought it might be nice to go back a couple years and take a look at a really good post by the late, great Joey dog. Here's the link: saturday-with-joey-dog

(We still miss you every single day!)