Monday, January 25, 2010
To give you an idea of how cold it was during our recent cold snap, here is a shot of Cupid trying to keep herself warm under a blanket on the couch. Now, the odd part isn't that Cupid is snuggling under the blanket, but that she dares to share the couch with Benny. Benny, by far, is her least favorite pug and the fact that she would even consider laying so close to him shows exactly how cold it was here. I think the expression is something like "when hell freezes over". Well, hell may not have froze, but Florida sure did.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
The normal Florida winter weather has returned and the boys have fallen right back into their usual routine. That makes for happy pugs.
Friday, January 15, 2010
We had 8 consecutive nights with temperatures below freezing and the pugs were not pleased. Heck, even I wasn't pleased.
Now, I know to many of you 8 straight nights of temps in the high twenties would seem like a heat wave, but you have to be easy on us Floridians as we are delicate people when it comes to cold temps.
My favorite piece I read about our cold snap was from USA Today. To paraphrase, the paper surmised that you can throw a hurricane at Florida and we can handle it, but bring on the cold weather and it is chaos. A state of emergency had to be declared to save the citrus crops, stores couldn't keep gloves, scarves & space heaters in stock and iguanas started to fall out of their trees. And that article didn't even account for the effect the cold temps were having on the pugs 
The pugs mainly spent their days & nights sleeping. They didn't even wake up for breakfast until 6:45 AM on a few days because they didn't want to have to go out and go potty in the freezing cold.
Fortunately, it looks like our normal winter weather is returning. We will be hitting our normal 70 degree mark during the days today and tomorrow. Plus, the temps will remain in the 50's and 60's during the evenings. Now that is more like it.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Sunday, January 10, 2010
You can file this under Things that Rarely Happen in FL. On Saturday morning we had a nice sleet/snow mix going on outside. Of course it didn't lay because the ground was still pretty warm, but it was still an odd sight to see the wintry weather here in FL.
Of course the pugs had to go out to go potty in the morning and they were quite surprised to hear the sleet and see the white stuff. It was funny to see the snow laying on the back of the pugs. It didn't photograph well on the fawns, but the snow showed pretty clearly on the back of Sol.
The only pug the snow didn't gather on was Luna. She ran out, did her business and then high tailed it right back into the house. That girl is from Miami. She doesn't do wintry weather.
If you're intersted, I have posted other, non pug related, wintry weather shots on Flickr.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Last night it got down around freezing and the pugs were hesitant to go out unless they had a good reason. Benny & Sol went out to go potty and usually Henry would tag along just for the fun of it, but he decided to watch them from a nice warm spot inside. Can't say that I blame him.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
A cold front moved through Wednesday into Thursday and let me tell you I have never been so excited for a cold front to sweep through town in my whole life. It brought fabulous weather and a much needed break from the heat. The pugs also took full advantage of the gorgeous day and spent most of their time outside in their usuals spots - parked by the pool.
Friday, May 22, 2009
The pugs have been a little depressed this week. It has been raining here since Sunday evening. I’m not talking about a little bit of rain either. It has been pouring hour after hour, day after day. I haven’t been paying too much attention to all the weather details, but I heard the weather lady mention last night that we had 18” of rain since Sunday. That seems like an absurd amount and the northern girl in me keeps thinking, “Could you imagine if this was snow!”
But regardless of how many inches of rain we have had, the pugs are miserable. Three pugs are miserable because every time they need to go out to go potty they get drenched and the fourth pug, who is completely indifferent to the water falling from the sky, is mad because I will not take him for a walk or let him dawdle all morning in the pouring rain. I think having a pug that doesn’t care if he is getting wet is almost as bad as if he were upset that he is getting wet. There doesn’t seem to be a happy medium with the bunch.
The funniest has got to be Luna though. She refuses to walk out the door if it is raining. You must pick her up and carry her across the threshold and if you really want to make it back in the house anytime soon it is in your best interest to put her down in the grass. But as soon as she feels the wet grass on her paws a blank look comes across her face and she appears incapable of processing a thought. Logic would tell her that if you want to get out of the rain, go potty real quick and you will get to go back in the dry house sooner. But, she can’t bring herself to physically move. She just stands there soaking up all the rain drops.
Benjamin is the king of thinking he can hold it until it stops raining. Benny always scratches at the door when he wants to go out. However, I will see him walk over to the door, peak out the glass to see if it is raining and if it is, he will walk away from the door. A minute later he will do the same thing. He is in utter turmoil because he knows he has to go potty, but there is no way he is going to ask to go out in the rain. So, when I go to take him out, he acts like he doesn’t have to go potty. Once I drag him out the door, he makes a mad dash to the grass, does his business and then sprints back to the house. However, he always finds a way to pick up a piece of mulch that is streaming down the driveway as he is running back into the house.
Sol, is probably the smartest of the bunch, because she cuts the wet grass out of the process and just goes potty on the sidewalk. Not ideal, but if it keeps her from going in the house, then I am behind it 100%.
And then there is Henry. Henry knows it is raining and he just doesn’t care. He always starts out like we are going on a normal walk and when I tell him that we aren’t going for a walk because, hey haven’t you noticed, it’s POURING. Then he promptly starts to dilly dally in the front yard. He walks through puddles, smells every blade of grass and just stares out across the lawn. I think he is wondering what he can do to possible get wetter.
So, we are hoping that things will dry up a bit and that the flooding on local roads will subside so that we can do something fun on the upcoming 3 day weekend. We had planned on another canoeing outing on Saturday, but we nixed those plans. I’m thinking the pugs would love to go for a nice, long, dry walk.
Have a great weekend everyone!
