Friday, June 29, 2007
Summer has officially arrived and the current weather here in Florida is not very pug friendly. Heck, it isn’t really people friendly either. On some days it is downright hot. Because of the heat, the pugs haven’t been keeping to their normal routine. They no longer go out for a walk when I get off work, instead they just go out long enough to do their business and then everyone retreats back to the air conditioned house.
We have pushed their normal long walk back to around 9:30ish at night. By this time, it is completely dark and while it is still hot, the pugs are able to cope with the heat. In an ideal world, I would get up early and give the pugs a nice long walk in the morning before things warm up, but with my current work load and schedule that just isn’t going to happen. I wish I could muster it, but I know for a fact that it just isn’t going to happen.
Because we have been walking so late at night, our walks have been restricted to just around the neighborhood. On the weekends we usually try to go to the park or the beach or someplace fun, but since we are going out at odd hours of the night that pretty much rules all of those places out. This is the hardest on Henry as he really likes to mix things up and he can easily get bored with walking the neighborhood each night. We try to take a different route each night, but there are only so many possible combinations that is it pretty impossible to give Henry all the variety that he needs.
But despite the fact that they don’t get out nearly as much in the heat, the pugs are taking it all in stride. They spend the cooler hours of the morning lounging around the pool and they move inside when it gets unbearably hot. One day this week, Henry was laying outside soaking up the sun’s rays when I saw him get up and plop himself down on the first step of the pool. This cracked me up because he has never gotten in the pool when no one else was swimming. He just had all he could take of the sun and he just wanted to cool himself off. When I went out to keep an eye on him, he looked at me like, “What, you do the same thing all the time!”
I’m glad to see that Henry is resourceful, but now I have to keep a really close eye on him because he knows that he can’t go swimming when there is no lifeguard on duty!
Monday, June 25, 2007
The tiny Mimosa tree that we planted in the backyard appears to be doubling in size everyday. Since it has grown so much since my last update, when I caught Henry sitting next to it the other day I quickly snapped a picture and knew it would be perfect for the next Mimo update. Benny, however, got a little jealous and promptly came over to water the Mimo. It seems he doesn’t like the Mimo stealing his blogging limelight.
When I fussed at Benjamin for being such a cranky old man, he gave me a look that said, “What? You don’t think this little tree is getting so big from water and sunlight alone, do you? It’s all because of Benny’s specially formulated Miracle Grow!”
Monday, June 11, 2007
Awhile back I posted a few pictures of the Mimosa tree that we planted in the backyard. Since we planted the tiny tree it has really hit a growth spurt. We couldn’t be more pleased! Here are a few more pictures of the tiny tree so that you can see how it has grown.
I admit, right now it kinda looks like a big weed in the yard, but it is starting to develop a trunk and pretty soon it will look more like a tree. I can’t wait until little Mimo gets bigger and gives us some shade in the yard.
Friday, June 1, 2007
The other day I went outside to test the pool water and I saw this guy in my yard. Even though I was on the inside of a screened in area he still startled me, to say the least, and he was slithering all over the pugs’ favorite spot to sit when the grass is still wet with dew.
He kept bumping into the screen and I couldn’t figure out what he was doing. Finally, he found his way inside the drainage strip of my pool deck. The pool area is screened in and surrounded by cool deck. About 3 feet away from the house, a drainage strip that is about a half inch wide runs along the length of the deck. The strip is made of a heavy rubber and has little slots in it that allows the water to pass through when it is not full of pug hair. The water then exits from either side of the deck.
It is hard to see it in this picture, but right underneath the gutter there is small break in the concrete of the deck. This allows the excess water to flow out. We have another hole just like this on the other side of the deck. Well, the snake is using this little tunnel to get from one side of the yard to the other side of my house! Not cool! I’m going to have to make that a toll road. Because if he wants to get to the other side of the yard he is just going to have to slither around the long way!
So needless to say, I am now paranoid every time the pugs are in the yard. I’m all for nature and wildlife, but nature can happen outside of my fence. The only critters I want inside my fence are pugs!
Friday, May 25, 2007
When the big day finally arrived, practicing the night before really paid off. The event went off without a hitch and we had a blast.
Luna took to the stage like a natural and had a great time prancing around in her Denim Love Dress. She was simply adorable.
Benny wore his Tuff Pup T-Shirt to show everyone that even though he was in a fashion show that he was rough and tumble pug.
Henry was sporting his West Coast Chompers T-Shirt and representing for all the pugs on the west side.
Here are some more pictures from the event.
And this time, Henry opted to sit under the seat rather than on it.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Last Saturday, a local Doggie Bakery held a fashion show. Luna, of course, wanted to take part and who were we to say no. To make sure everything went smoothly they held a rehearsal the night before the big event. We brought along Benjamin & Henry to cheer on their li’ sis even though they were not participating.
The boys got caught up in all the excitement and before I knew it they were participating in the fashion show as well. Luckily, they had a couple of outfits to choose from.
For the rehearsal, each participant practiced their walk down the catwalk. Luna went first and took to it like a complete natural. She did her walk and then she practiced her sit in the middle of the stage.
Henry was up next and he did a good job as well.
Benjamin finished up for the group, and while he was having a little bit of sewer anxiety (more to come on that) he did a wonderful job too. Instead of sitting though, he opted for a masculine pose.
After his turn on the catwalk, Henry decided to grab a front row seat in the audience.
Monday, May 7, 2007
I’m not sure if you can see it in the photo, but recently there has been a haze of smoke hanging around for the last few days. The smoke is from a brush fire that is burning about 20 miles north of us and depending on which way the wind is blowing the smoke and fire smell can be pretty strong at times. So far the fire has burned 3700 acres, but luckily it is moving away from homes.
Because of all of the smoke, I have been keeping Benjamin, Henry & Luna inside as much as possible. They haven’t been too happy about that and have been begging me to let them outside so they can lay on the lounge chair. They just don’t understand that it is not good for them to be outside breathing in all that smoky air.
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