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Happy Birthday to me from my back yard part 2 of 3

June 15th, 2008 - 12:12 pm KY Time

Howllo Fellow Hound and Cardinal lovers: Well, right after I captured my darling Emma in her stream of early morning sun light. I turned and saw a cardinal having a bath in my neighbor’s bird bath. It was too far away to get a picture, and that kind of bummed me out, but still, I took it as another birthday present. Then just as if the big red guy read my mind, he flew over and landed on my upper terraced area to dry his bright red feathers.

I am not sure, it might be his morning ritual because I have wild strawberries growing in that section. How sweet, a cold bath then breakfast in basset hound town. Life is Yummy! Come back anytime you beautiful boy!

Part 3 coming later today…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Happy birthday to me! From my backyard, part 1 of 3

June 15th, 2008 - 10:10 am KY Time

Howllo Fellow Hound and birthday lovers! Today I am 51 and it is also Father’s day, so happy Father’s day to all of you Dads out in cyberspace.

Well, today started like most other days. Hungry Hounds and wads of shedding hair blowing down the hall! Then I looked out the window and saw this.

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Just at that moment the phone rang and it was Grandma. “Cat, grab your camera and look at the back window. Hurry quick.” Click. I was on the job! Mommy struggles and almost breaks her neck grabbing the camera.

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One ray of sunlight shines on a perfect girl for my birthday. Ah, life is good! Dare I try to zoom in? Did I capture my perfect moment in time? This moment is lasting a bit longer. It is a birthday present. Thank you back yard!

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This is a spot light on dignity and grace. Even if you cannot see, you can find the sweet spot! Please let me tell you all something. Moments like this are extra special when your hound is blind. Knowing that they are enjoying life in their own back yard. Yes, I zoomed again. I need a breath.

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Emma was done, but the moment will live on forever in my mind. What a wonderful birthday present from my back yard. Emma was off on another adventure as she made her way over to the gate to bark at a neighbor hood dog, breaking the silence of the special Sunday morning moment. Normally, I would have asked her to hush, but not this morning. It’s my birthday after all and “hey hey” she has something to say!

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There goes my little shadow, into the shadow. I love her tail shadow! I hope you all enjoyed one of my birthday presents from my back yard. This is shaping up as the best birthday ever!
Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

P.S. Stay tuned for parts 2 and 3!

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Mark your Calendars for TYDTWD!

June 14th, 2008 - 11:11 am KY Time

Howllo Fellow Hound and Take your dog to work day lovers! This coming Friday, June the 2oth is take your dog to work day. I will be blogging about it all week and deciding where I want to take Chaps and Emma. Since I work out of my home, they come to work with me every day. So, do you have any suggestions on where I should take them? Maybe to my brother-in-law’s orthopaedic office? Or, to the library to see if there are any hound lovers reading??? Ah! I got it! I know one place where we will be going. You will just have to tune in on Friday to find out. This will be so much fun!

Here is another fun site to check out about this wonderful day!

CLICK HERE

I cannot wait! Chaps is a rock star when he enters any room. This will be great for Emma. She needs to get out mix with folks. It’s one of her favorite things.

Please, let me know if you are taking your hound to work. I would love to see pictures.

More Working Hounds Later….Cat, Chaps and Emma!

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Rest in peace Queen Victoria, Grand Gal of the House of Puddles

June 13th, 2008 - 8:08 pm KY Time

Howllo Fellow Hound and Victoria Lovers: I learned when I got home this evening that one of the Grand Dames of the House of Puddles passed away. Her name is Victoria. She passed, in peace with her head laying on her paws. A song came to mind when I was enjoying looking at all of the pictures of her so I went to YouTube to see if I could find it. Much to my satisfaction, I found the exact song and concert I attended in 1991 at Wembley Stadium in the London Borough of Brent. If you saw one of my earlier blogs today I was reminiscing about having high tea in London. So, all of this is very surreal for me right now.

We are all going to miss our “Queen Victoria” very much. This is my British tribute to her. All hail the HOP Queen….Forever in our hearts, forever in our souls. I will always treasure these pictures of you. Long live the Queen!

More fondness later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

P.S. I was in the 3rd row

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How much do we love azbassetrescue?

June 13th, 2008 - 8:08 pm KY Time

Howllo Fellow Hound and Western Hound Lovers:

I played this song on my way back home tonight so loud that it hurt my ears and of course it made me wonder about all of the homeless Arizona Basset Hounds that need love. Some of you might remember this video I made. I know that some of the hounds are still needing homes. Sigh

Please go to: Arizona Basset Hound Rescue and check them out!

More Later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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I am having high tea today! Yummy

June 13th, 2008 - 9:09 am KY Time

Howllo Fellow Hound and High Tea Lovers:

Friday the 13th has always been a very lucky day for me and this one is no exception!

My younger sister and her son, Julian are taking me for high tea today. It is a birthday tea! This little tea room is attached to one, if not the best, bakery in Cincinnati. It is called the
The BonBonerie.

My sister, Caryn and I once had high tea, with my boyfriend at the time, at the Ritz of London!

It was so totally awesome. It was about 25 years ago and the punks were dwindling. I will have to bring it up today and tell Julian all about it.

Also, I will go to the jewelry store to see how much the gold rush package I received this week is worth and then I will swing by the PO and see if Lily got any birthday dollars. I am pretty sure I will have some because I have received a few e-mails stating as such!

So….Off I go mates! Get those pinkie fingers flexed and have tea and pastry in honer of basset hound rescue today. Long live the hounds! Cheers!

More later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

P.S. The long faces of Chaps and Emma have started. Momma be back soon!

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Here are the basset hound rescues that signed up for Lily’s basset bucks!

June 12th, 2008 - 7:07 am KY Time

Howllo Fellow Hound and Basset Rescue Lovers:

Below is the list of basset hound rescues who signed up for the Lily Basset Bucks Give Away!

I am very excited about the money we raised as a town to help these wonderful organizations. Without volunteers, like the people who run these shelters where would our needy, homeless hounds be?

This economy has hit people hard and we are hearing more and more about the family pet that is taking the hit. It is really sad.

“Moving” has always been among the top reasons owners list for turning in their pets to a shelter. But this crisis is affecting even those who’d never dreamed of giving up their pets. Owners forced to sell their homes don’t have many options. They may find themselves sharing scarce space with friends or family, or dealing with landlords who’d rather accept the tenant who doesn’t have a cat or dog. Suddenly, there’s no room in their life anymore for a pet.”

So, thank you to all basset hound rescues! I hope to help many more in the future!

Suncoast Basset Rescue

All Bassets Cherished

House of Puddles

Golden Gate Basset Rescue

Arizona Basset Hound Rescue

Golden Empire Basset Rescue

Mid-Atlantic Basset Hound Rescue

Bluegrass Basset Rescue

http://www.bassetrescuedfw.org/

It is looking like we will meet our goal of sending 100.00 to each of these rescues. I will be doing the final tally on my birthday this Sunday! Stay Tuned and please donate. Thank you

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More later….Cat, Chaps and Emma

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SOLD – SOLD – SOLD – To my Mom and Dad!

June 11th, 2008 - 4:04 pm KY Time

Howllo Fellow Hound and Gold Basset Hound Charm Lovers! I gave everyone fair warning and now it is mine! MINE ALL MINE (insert evil laughter here)! My Mom and Dad buying this 14K basset hound charm for me has pushed the Gold Rush FirstGiving page up to 40% fulfilled!

HERE IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL BLOG POSTING I DID ON 5-31-08 WHEN I RECEIVED THIS GOLD CHARM FROM ANNIKA and MURPHY FOR THE GOLD RUSH…………

Yes folks, for those of you with an eagle eye, that is a basset hound 14K gold charm. Of course Annika did not send this golden hound to be scrapped, that would be sacrilegious! This golden hound is in the HOP gift shop.

SOLD – SOLD – SOLD – TO MY MOM AND DAD FOR MY CHRISTMAS GIFT! YEE HA!

Check this out. (THIS IS JUST A COMPARISON LINK!)

I found the exact same charm on the internet and it goes for 186.35!

We are offering it for the low, low price of 95.00.
This includes a free 10 pack of
basset hound town greeting cards, a 20.00 value.

100% of the sale will go to the HOP. When you purchase this charm on my site the money will go directly to HOP. Marilyn will e-mail me and I will mail you the charm and the greeting cards. (END OF POST)

I knew this delightful delicacy would not last long and I was spot on. My Mom and Dad bought it for me for Christmas! I love Christmas shopping in June. The month of my birth!

This pushes Annika and Murphy’s total in gold donations to 476.90. This is just incredible! There is still a very cute 14K gold Teddy Bear Charm in the HOP Boutique that Annika and Murphy donated. Here is the link! But first….How about Murphy, the philanthropic hound? How cute is he? Totally!

14K GOLD TEDDY BEAR CHARM

Do you know any one that collects Teddy Bears and has a charm bracelet? Please pass this link to anyone and everyone you know. The Elders at the HOP would sure appreciate it! Slurp!

More Gold Rush stories later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

P.S. I am going to really enjoy those free greeting cards! hehehehehe

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Need a YouTube break? Me too!

June 11th, 2008 - 9:09 am KY Time

Howllo Fellow Hound and puppy lovers: OMG you must take a minute and eight seconds and watch this. This baby is so cute. Look at her little pink collar.

After Emma I swore on a stack a Bibles that I would NEVER do it again. That is adopting a puppy. After seeing this, I can’t really remember why???

I bet my Mom can. hehehe

More vids later. Have a great day, and hope this helps! Love, Cat, Chaps and Emmers

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Summer belly vs Winter belly, Ahhhhhhhhhh

June 11th, 2008 - 7:07 am KY Time

Howllo Fellow hound and hound belly lovers: Or the years I have noticed that Emma’s belly changes from summer to winter. She loves to lay in the sun and would for most of the day if I’d let her. Her dermatologist told me that she should not lay for more than what a human would. She loves it so much. Good thing I work out of my home, or I don’t know what I’d do!!!!! You really must click the picture for all the fine detail. OMG, that pink belly smells so good!