Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Lily and Chloe Lovers…..

I had to show you this picture of my girls. I just found this picture and wanted to share it. I actually remember taking it. It is so funny howl you can remember taking a picture, but I do. It was in 1994.

I loved howl the light played off of their faces. It was a joy to find this photo and to share it.

These are my girls.

Lily on the left and Chloe on the right…..

More loving Lily and Chloe later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

P.S. I have to tell you that Grandma and I were talking about them today. Howl special. We talk about them non stop. We miss them non stop.

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Howllo Fellow Fellow Basset Hound and cool art project lovers! I was sniffing around the internet and saw this….

Dog days

Susan Solon unveils St. Joseph’s 2010 public art animals, Hot Diggity Dogs, at City Hall on Tuesday. Artists will paint the 30 dogs for display downtown next summer. Solon is the city’s director of communications, marketing and aesthetics. John Madill / H-P staff

City announces 2010 summer art display

By DAVID WARFIELD – H-P Staff Writer

ST. JOSEPH, MI –
St. Joseph’s downtown will go to the dogs next summer – 30 large, colorful, fiberglass dogs on the downtown street corners and sidewalks.

The 2010 public art display will feature larger-than-life-sized dogs, including basset hounds, great Danes, bulldogs, huskies, Newfoundlands and a single mutt named Buddy.

City Communications, Marketing and Aesthetics Director Susan Solon on Tuesday announced the project, called Hot Diggity Dogs, and gave members of the St. Joseph Improvement Association and the media a sneak peek at the unpainted figures.

Hot Diggity Dogs will be the city’s sixth installation of summer public art. Like the safari animals, boats, cars, bears and carousel horses of years past, the dogs will be painted by local artists over the winter and spring, then positioned throughout the downtown’s shopping area from May to October.

The city was teetering on a decision about whether to cancel the display this year because of the tough economy and tight money, Solon said, so the St. Joseph Improvement Association stepped up to help pay for the pieces.

The organization is pitching in $25,000, which is half the city’s budget for all marketing activities, Solon said.

“Public art has been successful in bringing visitors to the downtown,” said the association’s president, Bob Gerbel. “It is important to continue projects such as public art to sustain a viable downtown.”

End of article….

Well, I contacted Susan Solon about this project. I wanted to see if I could follow the basset hound artists and she said, “Absolutely!” Guess what? Susan is a huge basset hound fan! She has loved many basset hounds in her life. It was such a joy to e-mail her back and forth.

Oh howl I love meeting basset hound fans. This is going to be fun and I plan to keeping everyone in basset hound town up to date on how the basset hound artists are doing.

I love art projects!

More loving St. Joseph, MI basset hounds later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Valley of the Dolls Lovers! Beware, this is a somewhat racy film, especially for it’s time! This is a 1967 American drama film based on the novel of the same name by Jacquelin Susann.

I am such a fan of movies of this time period. Patty Duke knocks it out of the park. The music is fantastic. To date the film has earned $44,432,255 at the box office and $20,000,000 in rentals.

Want to indulge yourself in a camp classic? Then this flick is for you.

Put it on your list dear doll…….

LOL!

More picks later, Cat, Chaps and Emma who are laying on the couch.

Pop corn, not dolls!

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and fun photo lovers! I was looking through old photos. Not in my old photo piles but on my hard drive. I forgot about this one!

The Mayor is tired!

I really cannot even remember this picture being taken. I think it was right after we got home from TX with our Chaps. Oh how I hovered……

Still do!

More hovering later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Weekend Lovers! Good for you! LOL….

I have to work all weekend and I am none to thrilled. So be it. Anyway, I am trying to get jazzed about one of my jobs……….

Raking the leaves, with the help of Emmas, of course, and…….

Putting away and covering the outdoor furniture………..

Plus pulling all of the dead flowers which bit the dust with a hard frost the other night…..

Chaps will be a big help as well……

If you look at his tail closely you can see where it still looks shaved from when he had that cyst removed. I wonder if it will ever grow back? Some of his cute little tail hairs came in, but not many! I fear he will never be a tail model!

So, I am trying to psych myself up for the tasks at hand and paw.

More grabbing rakes and leaf bags later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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11-6-09 2:20pm KY time……

FOUND – FOUND – FOUND! THANK DOG!!!! WELCOME HOME ROSIE!

Thursday, November 5, 2009

LOST GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG (Grandview Heights X Upper Arlington area of) COLUMBUS OH

LARGE REWARD!

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Where Rosie Got Lost: Upper Arlington & Grandview Heights

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More Pictures of Rosie

Rosie is an adult, female, German Shepherd with a very black colored face. AC saw her at North Star and Northwest Blvd. at 10:00 AM this morning but couldn’t catch her. If you find her or think you’ve seen her please call 614-297-8380 or 614-787-1405. She is normally a friendly dog but was very scared when she was last sighted and took off running. Please let us know if you see her.

Rosie was wearing a pink gingham collar, she has all her tags on.

Please cross post…..

Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and 14K Teddy Bear Charm Lovers! Today I learned that the price of gold was really high. So, I took some of the scrap gold I was holding to my jewelry store. I did this for the Gold Rush that is still going on for House of Puddles.

This charm is Hollow.

I cashed in some chains at a higher dollar! I added this to Devon and my Firstgiving page!

So, I was wondering if I should cash in some other gold. Like this charm that has been sitting in the HOP boutique for about a year.

Here is the link to look at it if you want

14K TEDDY BEAR CHARM!

Remember, it is hollow….

Well, since gold was so high I took it to see what it was worth scrapped. Get this, it was only worth 23.00 dollars. That really made me mad.

So, I could not BEAR to scrap it.

Again, the jewelry store thought that this was worth 95.00 dollars.

100% goes to House of Puddles.

If you do not like this charm, do you know someone who would? Please send this blog posting to your friends. Or send it to Facebook or Twitter!

I want basset hound folks to see it again before I send it to ebay.

More loving basset hound and golden bear charm lovers later…Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Mr. KY Lovers….

This guy is still in a foster home and waiting for his forever home. I blogged about him back on my Dad’s 83rd birthday.

Mr. KY is going to be at the Ohio Western Hills Petsmart this Saturday (10:00 – 3:00) waiting for someone to find him.

Please help Mr. KY find a home. You can tweet or Face book about him. Or, if you know anyone in the area of KY, OH, or IN that is looking for a young boy basset???

He might be your guy?

More updates about Mr. KY later…….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and leading the way lovers….

Basset hound town resident Audra, who is the Mom of Chaps son, sent me this wonderful short story. It reminded her of Chaps and Emma. It brought a catch to my throat. I found it so very touching and true. It is called:

THE HORSE WITH A BELL…

Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it.

From a distance, each horse looks like any other horse. But if you stop your car, or are walking by, you will notice something quite amazing….

Looking into the eyes of one horse will disclose that he is blind. His owner has chosen not to have him put down, but has made a good home for him. This alone is amazing.

If you stand nearby and listen, you will hear the sound of a bell.

Looking around for the source of the sound, you will see that it comes from the smaller horse in the field. Attached to the horse’s halter is a small bell.. It lets the blind friend know where the other horse is, so he can follow.

As you stand and watch these two friends, you’ll see that the horse with the bell is always checking on the blind horse, and that the blind horse will listen for the bell and then slowly walk to where the other horse is, trusting that he will not be led astray.

When the horse with the bell returns to the shelter of the barn each evening, it stops occasionally and looks back, making sure that the blind friend isn’t too far behind to hear the bell.

Like the owners of these two horses, God does not throw us away just because we are not perfect or because we have problems or challenges.

He watches over us and even brings others into our lives to help us when we are in need.

Sometimes we are the blind horse being guided by the little ringing bell of those who God places in our lives.

Other times we are the guide horse, helping others to find their way….

Howl glad Chaps is for Emma as well. I can tell he has such purpose showing her the way.

More bells later…….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and waiting for dinner lovers! This is a picture of Bailey, Clancy and Richard waiting at their “dining room table”! I had to laugh. Howl cute are they?

These are Chaps’ son’s cousins. I think. Audra, would they be considered cousins? Anyway, Audra, Mom of Colby Chaps was feeding her Mom and Dad’s Hounds…..

Just look at them waiting for din, din! I just love this picture!

Richard is in the back, Clancy is on the left and Bailey on the right. The sheet is the dining room! Gotta love hounds waiting for dinner!

More from family later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma…..

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