I eat mostly fruits and vegetables but my body seems to need animal protein to energize me.
I am hoping to load photos this week, and life is like a sky of bowling balls, ready to fall at any minute and hit me, so I loaded this fall post last week, hoping to have something to share while the photos still load.
tried this butternut squash soup with fennel garnish, sub leek for onion, add maple syrup, no nutmet
https://justinesnacks.com/fennel-butternut-squash-soup/
the resident squirrel carved our pumpkin this year....so we moved it from the porch to the back of the yard
our mums are holding on, with a little bit of color. The temps rise and fall, from 85 in the sun, to below freezing ,.,.. overall it's about 10 hotter than average, and this is our new normal thanks to climate changes. Don't want to admit that? Well we're living it.
the sun bakes our house and it remains warm even when temps fall. It's something about thinner atmosphere in higher altitudes... we checked temps before moving, but the sun factor surprised us
I was surprised at the leaves holding on... they know they must fall but they are resisting reality, and gravity....
we looked up the other day to see this! what to do about it?
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| Makes my nose run |
listening on audio book:
Our prompt
Would you rather attend a Harvest festival or an Oktoberfest party?
between us, I LOVE festivals... walking around shopping, eating and drinking and music, so much fun
I was in Munich and Frankfort just before true octoberfest but
have been to several in the states. I'm not a big beer drinker but
it was fun. Give me a festival anytime! In fact on long car trips, we often pulled over if we found out there was a festival, and we walked around whatever town eating and shopping. It's a good way to get to know a place!
in honor of Milo, this video .... pets at Christmas... still laughing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U97pbWfY_4k
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| anything with squeakers and lots of legs is poodle approved! |
Mama: Milo, black friday sales are coming up. what's your favorite Christmas present?
Milo: Hmmmm I get excited every time I get a new toy.... squeakers are important. Lots of legs to tear off a stuffie. things that taste really good like bison or fish treats, always appreciated,, There are two stuffies I always want, the puppy lamb ball, or the indestructible chicken.
It's not indestructible to a big poodle but still puts up a struggle! But... my all time favorite is....
the kong ring toy! It rolls, it feels good in your mouth even when you pull the tennis ball skin off, it lasts and lasts through many fetches, I can always find mine, or what's left of them, in my yard, they roll (did I say that?) and are easy to pick up as your bottom teeth fit right in the open hole so humans can't pull it out of your mouth.
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| we can't find these any more... yikes! don't tell Milo |
My humans always want it, try to grab it before I do, or pull it out of my mouth. Silly! Why don't they buy one of their own to play with? They would still want the one I am playing with, oy humans.
Mama: good to know how you feel... now how about all the toys we've given you over the years that you didn't like.
Milo: first off, I don't want to hurt your feelings but here goes. The hard chewing things you think I'll enjoy chewing on??? not so much. They taste like rubber, don't fall apart, and if you're not going to eat them what's the point. (kongs and such)
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| I love a festival! I get to see so many people and smell so many scents! |
Milo: I forgot! My wishbone that you stuff treats into every night at 7 pm is so cool. I dance around when you start stuffing in a rice cookie, my glucosamine chew, some cheese, some almond butter, and snatch it out of your hand to go enjoy. It takes a while to get the treats out but I do have strong teeth and a long tongue! If any crumbs fall out of the cookie, I clean them up after. All in all, that's a good toy.
Mama: thanks honey, you've been a big help. I can't find the ring toys or kong tennis balls at the moment but when I do I'll get you new ones.
Milo: don't feel like you have to keep them til Christmas either Mama!
now please visit these folks to see their likes this week
https://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/
15 comments:
this squirrel is a klucky guy... I just imagined to have a pumpkin full with ice cream... the biggest one... wow I would feel like this squirrel LOL
Some people actually collect those hornet nests. I bet you could get someone to come take care of it. I'll tell you what my dad did (not saying it's right!) He waited until there was a hard freeze then put a garbage bag around it. Then he put it in the deep freeze. Zero stings since they were all inside. He then gave it to someone who collected them. Again... I'm not saying that's the right thing to do, and I'm pretty sure it's not very helpful advice. Anyway...
I like the leaf quilt you are working on!
I enjoy festivals, but must admit I haven't attended many in the last few years. We have the local Corn Palace festival in late August here, but I was having such pain when walking that I didn't spend much time there. We did go to one concert during the festival, but it was a very disappointing performance. And we didn't visit any of the food vendors that evening. Bummer!
I like your projects and your thoughts and especially Milo! Wishing you all the best my friend
Love your conversation with Milo about his favorite toys! They make so many interesting things for dogs to play with these days. I always put my pumpkins out for the squirrels to eat up after Halloween/Thanksgiving are over with, and they never disappoint! Hope Drew is feeling better this week.
Your blocks are so pretty!
The squirrels around me eat everything! I've lost eggplant, cucumbers and pumpkins too! I love your leaf blocks. Very Fallish! We had a hornet nest like yours and my husband sprayed it. It's finally gone!
That's a pretty funny squirrel house! I'm not much on festivals anymore. I used to enjoy them but now they are too peopley for me. Milo, I hope you get lots of toys, you're such a good boy! Thanks for joining Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
Your conversation with Milo always makes me smile. Millie has a little brown dog toy that she sleeps with every night….it’s very special to her ( it’s actually the 4th version of the same toy but please don’t tell her).
Hugs,
Annie x
Milo is such a cutie-pie! My dogs are afraid of the squeakers. I think it confuses them and they can't figure out what's making the sound. I like festivals, but only in the summer when the weather is good and there is room to walk around. The indoor ones are always so crowded. So nice that you are leaving the pumpkin for the squirrel. It must be so nice to have such warm weather this time of year. We are lucky to get 50 degrees now. Hope you have a good weekend. Hugs xo K
I do like any photo of fruit and veggies as you will know if you have seen my blog posts some weeks. And that pumpkin soup sounds delicious. The last one I made was a bit over-spiced but I still enjoyed it.
Milo sure is a handsome fellow. At least he plays with some of his toys. My dogs nerver really took to any of them. I always assumed it was because they had one another to play with. When Kim died last year, I gave his Kong toys to my son's dog - a Staffie, and she promptly chewed through them!
The colours in your quilt are beautiful. Kate x
Wonderful post I so enjoyed reading this morning here with sun shining but a Colorado Low expected to cool us down fast soon. That made me think of you. Milo has a lot of toys which you would expect as an only dog. Ned has lots too and we've noticed he has gained a little weight so vowing to cut back a little. I covered his ears when we said that, :D
My sister-in-law is a vegan and I don't know how she does it. Like you, I need protein to feel my best. She also rarely eats fruit. I think her diet would also make me sad, lol! Thank you for linking up and I hope you have a great week ahead.
I don't mind cooking but sometimes, like right now just not in the mood. The fall leaf runner is gorgeous and Milo has great information about toys and treats! It sure does make me laugh. We found bird seed in my boots yesterday - believe a chipmunk has found a way into our screened in porch - what a shock!
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