Howllow Fellow Basset Hound and Pig Lovers! hahaha – this is so cute. The basset featured in the picture below really is getting a kick out of this pig! Howl much fun!
More loving Bassets and Pigs later…Cat, Daisy Lynn, Chaps and Emma ATB playing with pigs…
Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and keeping busy lovers…There is so much going on in our town that it is hard for me to keep up. I have been trying to get all of my hounds in a row for our new rescue branch. KYbassethoundrescue @ bassethoundtown. So, one has to have money first before running off and collecting debt…Right??? Hahahahahaha…
So, here we have an item on ebay that is basically a give away.
Sonoma Navy Blue White Stripes Basset Canvas Shoulder Tote w/scarf, dog books!!!
All of this for starting bid 25.00!!! 100% goes to our rescue. 60 dollar value!
This is a Vera Bradly scarf. The pattern is called Blue Mod Floral!!! The length is 29” across and fits the neck of a hound or human perfectly!!!
The bag is New with Tags and retails for 30 dollars on it’s own!!! It has a zipper closure at the top with a zipper pouch on the outside. Cell phone pouches on the inside. (see more pictures in the ebay listing)
I upscaled the tote to add this suede leather basset. This is a one of kind find. Can you imagine yourself at a waddle or a dog show? OMDOG!!!
We even threw in this magazine that costs 13 dollars!!! Can you believe that magazines cost that much? There is no basset in it but still fun to read.
Come on…This package also comes with a free Lily Book!!! It’s like we are giving this stuff away.
Free Shipping and a greeting card…this can all be yours.
If you do want to buy this, I will throw in a few more free cards if you contact me and tell me you saw this on my website. You can paypal me 25.00 at bassethoundtown@fuse.net. WOOT WOOT!!!
Gotta make money to have a couch for every hound!!!
Photo shot by Grandma Rudert at 21c Louisville, KY
More loving photo heavy blog posts later;) Cat, Daisy Lynn, Grandma, (Chaps and Emma ATB laying on cloud couches covered in Vera Bradley Blue Mod Floral…;)
Howllow Fellow Basset Hound and Riche Churchill Lovers…Well, we all know I was one of those. Our dear friend, mentor, basset rescue advisor, icon, comic, and pillar of our basset hound demographic has passed away. She left us during the evening of October 17th due to complication from heart disease. She had just turned 88. October 17th was also Chaps birthday at the bridge. He would have been 19 years old. I am certain that Chaps was there helping Riche. Not only Chaps but all of the hounds and animals that Riche has helped along the way.
I have so much more to write about Riche and I will over time. I am going to set up a sub-blog in her name to recall much more about her long and often amazing life. Riche was writing her life story when she passed. She had accomplished a huge chunk of it but so more was left untold. I hounded her every chance I could to write it down. I devoured every episode she sent.
I also have a facebook page devoted to Riche. I started it years ago in an effort to get her more subscriptions and it did help a little bit.
More, much more loving Riche later…Cat, Daisy Lynn, (Chaps, what a good boy, and Emma ATB – getting belly rubs from Riche…)
Howllow Fellow Basset Hound and gathering around lovers…I had to share this darling picture of our Mayor. What an expression.
Our Daisy in a moment of deep reflection or maybe it was the dog across the street barking??? So cute…
Have a great Thursday everyone…
More gathering around the beauty later…Cat, Daisy Lynn (Chaps and Emma ATB gathering around rainbow clouds…)
Howllow Fellow Basset Hound and Travel Log lovers…Way back when we were visiting the outer banks on this blog and it seems so long ago. I am shocked it has taken me so much time to record a trip we took back in June and July of 2017. What is wrong with me? I think it becomes a bit daunting and then you get bored. Can’t imagine if I am bored howl you must feel but here we go anyway! hahaha…
When we last left our 2017 Lily Book Tour Trip we were departing the Outer Banks – the land of dreams. We are now on our way to Charlottesville, VA. So glad we were not there during the riots. I can’t believe I had to type that last sentence. Anyway…
We stopped in Charlottesville to visit Monticello – home of Thomas Jefferson. I just love visiting these historic sites during the summer with all of the other sun burnt families listening to tour guides. Reminds me of my childhood.
Monticello is very dog friendly as an attraction. Dogs are not allowed in Monticello but most every where else. When you arrive at Monticello you enter though a large staging area that includes a visitors center, theater, museum, gift shop, Farm Table Cafe, and more. You can absolutely do Monticello in one day even if you have a slow moving basset hound family like ours.
I would get there earlish. When you get there you buy your tickets which are timed so you kinda have to know what time to pick for your house tour. We were told that it did not take long to walk up the hill which turned out to be a steep freaking mountain so we were a bit rushed hitting our time slot. But again, keep in mind you have to be pretty fit to walk up to Monticello which means little mountain in Italian but believe you me it is not little. They recommend to take the bus up and walk down. Interestingly, they allow rioting in the streets of Charlottesville but dogs are not allowed on the bus going up to Thomas Jefferson’s home. Whatever…
OK, so now you have your tickets. Pop into the theater and watch the documentary on Monticello which runs on a loop. We did not even ask, we just walked in with Daisy Lynn. It was fine. She slept under our seats. I love historical documentaries in the summer. Again, the old childhood seeping in.
Here is a portion of the video…If you are interested.
After the movie we went to the massive gift shop and enjoyed all of the unique items. I bought a daisy magnet for my fridge and few gifts.
Plan on having lunch at the Farm Table Cafe which is dog friendly outside. We discovered that if you walk down past that set of tables to the back there are a few tables that over look the forest and it’s just stunning. It was already taken when we arrived so I didn’t get a picture. The place is fantastic anyway. They have wine as well!!! Yipeeeee!!! You go in and order cafeteria style and then take your stuff outside. And then as per usual – you get swamped with people wanting to pet Daisy!
So now we are ready to walk up to the home.
They told us it would take about 20 minutes or so. I would estimate if you like to stroll and enjoy your walk allow about an hour or more. That gives you plenty of rest stops to enjoy this beautiful winding trail up to Monticello.
It is very dusty so make sure to where shoes you don’t care get dirty.
You can see the steep climb behind me. Back in the 1790s James and Dolly Madison would travel this route from their home called Montpelier which is about 20 miles away from Monticello. This 20 miles took the couple almost a day to traverse. The “small mountain”, to Monticello was slow going for the horses at the end of the day. You would think that Dolly and James would have collapsed into bed at night but according to our tour guide, Dolly hated the bed and made her own on the floor with covers and pillows. OMGAWD that is too funny…
We finally made it!!!
Grandma went in to her tour first and I sat with Daisy Lynn. I actually went around to the side after this picture was taken, (to the right of this picture) and sat on the side porch. Tour groups were coming in and I got to listen to multiple group leaders tell their own stories. It was fascinating. Plus it was cool and Daisy laid on the cool stones like the many Briards that Jefferson owned and bred over the years.
“Over the years Jefferson imported more of the French herders. One pair was sent by none other than the great Revolutionary hero the Marquis de Lafayette. In 1813 an appreciative Jefferson wrote to his old friend in Paris, “The Shepherd dogs mentioned in your letter of May 20 arrived safely, have been carefully multiplied, and are spreading in this and the neighborhood states where the increase of our sheep is greatly attended to.”
Back in Jefferson’s day – Farm to table was not the trend but the only way you could eat good. Albeit, Jefferson had a plantation full of slaves doing most if not all of the work.
Thomas Jefferson is buried at his beloved Monticello. His graveyard is about halfway down the mountain on your way back to the visitor’s center. No mention that he was President on his headstone.
No one knows where Sally Hemings was buried…
OK, maybe I’m wrong about only need one day! You may need two!!!
The shadows are long and the summer nights are getting shorter. We bid fare the well to one of the Founding Fathers.
We have dog friendly reservations at a stately VA club called Keswick Hall.
It was so pretty. Keswick Hall is closed until 2020 for major renovations. Hope it is still this dog friendly when it opens back up.
I think it will be because this is hunt county. Lots of dogs and lots of horses.
First Course…all local…
Time of reflection for the past, present, and the future. Our time was well spent in this region. We learned so much.
Time to head back to our hotel and get ready to head out tomorrow…Look at the crescent new moon!!!
Thank goodness we all like our beds and don’t have to sleep on the floor like Dolly Madison…hahaha
Shenandoah National Park here we come…
(sunset from my room the next night)
More loving our summer vacations later…Love, Cat, Grandma, Daisy Lynn, (Chaps and Emma ATB riding in rainbow stage coaches…)
More loving this picture later…Cat, Daisy Lynn, (Chaps and Emma ATB with rainbow index;)
Howlow Fellow Basset Hound and Reflection Lovers…
I hung this mirror up for Daisy Lynn years ago in case she wanted to look at herself. She never was interested but I never took it down. Ohhhh her body is so cute!
She is told about a zillion times a day howl pretty she is.
Reflections…
She would rather…
Watch the…
Salamander running by…
He or she stopped for a brief moment to reflect upon Daisy Lynn. It was so cute and so brief.
Reflections made my day…
More loving reflections later…Cat, Daisy Lynn, (Chaps and Emma ATB reflecting upon rainbows…)
Howllow Fellow Basset Hound and glad I am still alive lovers…
OK, by still being alive I mean I almost had a heart attack. No lies…
I was in my office doing some rescue work and I realized that Daisy Lynn had been out back longer than usual. I went out to check and one side of the gate was open. I screamed at the top of my lungs…“DAISY LYNN, DAISY LYNN”…
See the gate back there? This is an old picture, I of course did not have my phone with me. I was near death. The gate was open when I looked out. I ran out the front door and I heard a woman and her small daughter talking to Daisy, “what are you doing? You are not supposed to be out here are you?” I stumbled down the front steps trying to catch my breath.
The woman and the little girl helped me get Daisy back behind the gate. They were so sweet, caring, kind, and tried to be comforting. I lost some years off my life for sure.
So glad that Grandpa was looking over her. I know he was. Those 2 gals were there for a reason. I know that.
The case remains open as to howl the gate was open. There is a little boy down the street that has a bad habit of terrorizing the neighbors. I have seen him climb my gate and told him not to do anymore.
He is just like Dennis Menace. In fact that is what we call him. I am now getting a double lock on the gate.
OK, let’s get back to normal. Put this incident behind us…
More loving that she is safe later…Cat, Daisy Lynn, (Chaps and Emma ATB watching over Daisy Lynn…)
Howllow fellow basset and 7 year old hound lovers…Yes, our Mayor is 7 years old and I just can’t believe it. Grandma and I did a photo shoot to mark the occasion and the pictures turned out fantastic. Out of many we picked our favorites.
Here is the official money shot…Grandma captured this beauty…
Howl can you go wrong with our Mayor as the subject?
And one more just for good measure…
We had so much fun and so did Daisy Lynn…(lots of bacon was involved – hehehe)
OHMYHound…time to enjoy and cherish another year with our girl. #7 here we come!
More loving Daisy Lynn later…Cat, Daisy Lynn, (Chaps and Emma ATB eating rainbow birthday cake…)
Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and night stand lovers…
Look at my little night stand. Isn’t it cute?
I could not find a night light I loved so I designed it and put it together myself.
I just wanted to share because it turned out so cute with the picture frame and Daisy Lynn’s look.
“Now I don’t want to get out of bed”…(that is a quote from Daisy Lynn;)
More loving the little things later…Cat, Daisy Lynn (Chaps and Emma ATB laying next to rainbow night lights…)
