Our Date At Millie Bush Bark Park

I took Lucy and Sable to Millie Bush Bark Park over the weekend. We went early to try and beat the heat. The signs read that the park doesn't open till 7:00 AM but when we arrived a half hour early the parking lot was open. Yeah. There were a couple of dogs already there. It's nice to enjoy the sunrise. I don't see it often in summer. I don't know what is my favorite sunrise or sunset? I guess it depends on one's mood or who your with.

At any rate, as soon as the sun was visible so was the humidity. Fortunately, soon a breeze started up and an occasional cloud made it bearable for both me and the girls. Our friend Miss V came out from the inner loop. She brought her girls, Bella, Beamer, and Butter, three labs. They live in one of those swanky new loft/mid rises. Just because she didn't want the upkeep on a home. Okay. I can understand that. What I can't believe is she took the dogs with her. Amazing! But that's the way love is.

This is Bella and Beamer,the one with the gray whiskers, and Butter is below.

No matter how hard I try to get my dogs to mix with others they, more often than not, seem to be content with each others company. I'll wonder where they are and finally scope them out off by themselves. Oh well, what's a single parent to do?

Oh Sure: She Looks Precious

But as I sat at my desk I heard her chewing something. Yeah, I was too lazy at first to turn around and look. But then when I discovered she was chewing on a black ink cartridge I was one HOT daddy. No I didn't give her a pow pow as I first wanted to do but I was a bit upset. So no privileges of coming down the hall for a while.

Waiting For Your Return

They Don't Eat All Of Them

A Chinese customs officer walks with a dog inside terminal 3 at Beijing airport August 6, 2008. The 2008 Beijing Games will open on August 8, 2008.

So Cute But...

Five cloned puppies, the offspring of Bernann McKinney's late bullterrier Booger, are seen with one of their surrogate mother dogs at the Seoul National University Hospital for Animals in Seoul August 5, 2008. RNL Bio, a South Korean company dedicated to the development of stem cell therapeutics and the commercialization of dog cloning technology, announced on Tuesday that the firm successfully cloned McKinney's pet dog and was commencing its world-wide dog cloning services. Five clones, named as Booger Bernann, Booger Ra, Booger Lee, Booger Hong and Booger Park, were born from two surrogate mother dogs on July 28, 2008

Oh Hell No

Although, I'm cooking on the grill(chance of free food) with temps in the upper 90's.

There's no way my baby is coming outside. Peek and sniff maybe.

Wet Grass

Thank you hurricane Dolly for the bands of rain this past week. The girls love laying in the wet grass. They stayed out front for a couple of hours hoping to see someone but no one passed by much to their dismay. Not even a car. Everyone must have been on vacation this week.

I Know Two Girls That Love A Drive-Thru

Sure they act all coy and uninterested as though they're miffed that I'm not cooking yet another night.

But when I pull up to the window and they get a whiff their attitude changes immediately.

Heads Hung Low And Tongues Wagged

There was a big crowd at Millie Bush Bark Park yesterday despite the heat. I'm really surprised at how many people go in the heat of day. I try not to go on the weekend unless very early on Sundays. The girls and I prefer the cooler time of day and year for that matter.

The girls enjoy the water but not the sun so much. It helps when it is overcast.

So heads were hung low along with their tongues on such a hot day.

As always they seem to say. "Put that damn camera down and get the air cranked up." Ahhh but soon they'll be giving me kisses once they cool off

What's Up With That?

Lucy, as of late, has opted for the copilot position in front of the AC vent as we ride around. How clever. Now poor Sable has to hang her head out the window and foam at the mouth from the heat.