Autumn Blaze

This is one of my favorite trees along the river to take care of bidness. In my humble opinion I might have something to do with the intense autumn color. Just sayin'.

It Is My Nature . . .

I got in trouble.  I got in trouble bad.  

You see, my boys and I were hanging out working on Him's bike changing the oil and luberkatin' the clutch cable and eatin' a little pizza.  Him was a bit on the challenged side since the oil filter cover somehow skrunched up the gasket and did not keep all the oil inside the motorbike.  After a few choice words and a skint knuckle and bandaid everything was sealed up tight and nice again.  

I was getting a bit bored with the goings on in the garage and noticed an orange tabby kat out in Ryan & Lucy's front yard.  It was dark and her evil orange glowing eyes needed to not be tresspassin.  I took off to get her to move on along.  Lucy decided it was a race and down the driveway we went, hell bent for to kitty kat tail.  

Him started shouting and a hollerin something fierce and although I heard Him I could not slow down.  So down the driveway, down the yard and then across the street we went.  Race ON!  By the time Him caught up with me that darn kat was gone gone gone.  

Needless to say I got in trouble.  Scolded even.  Got set up on a table that was too far down for me to jump and made to sit there in time out and Him not even looking at me. Thought I might get a whoopin but Him knows it was just my nature... I like kats and even let one live at the house with Him and me.  But this evil orange kat was not where she shoulda been.

The Scorpion & The Frog

The Scorpion and the Frog is a fable about a scorpion asking a frog to carry him across a river. The frog is afraid of being stung during the trip, but the scorpion argues that if it stung the frog, the frog would sink and the scorpion would drown. The frog agrees and begins carrying the scorpion, but midway across the river the scorpion does indeed sting the frog, dooming them both. When asked why, the scorpion points out that this is its nature. The fable is used to illustrate the position that the behaviour of some creatures is irrepressible, no matter how they are treated and no matter what the consequences.

Variations commonly include a farmer, youth, turtle, or fox in place of the frog, and a snake in place of the scorpion. The Farmer and the Viper is a specific variant that can be attributed to Aesop. There is also a variation in which the final words of the scorpion are "It is better we should both perish than that my enemy should live."

TOWANDA!

During our morning errands we pulled up along side a school bus full of bright eyed grade schoolers from Circle Elementary.  They all smiled and waved at us so I wagged back at 'em.  It would have been a perfect morning had the clutch cable at that precise time started sticking.  Him was not happy.

A Lazy Weekend

This past weekend was a very laid back weekend and after my visit to the vet I was ok with that.

Saturday evening was spent outdoors with some friends staying warm in front of a roaring fire.  Fall is my favorite time of the year.

The Annual Visit or Earning A Green Medal

Ok we got up early this morning and bundled up without even a walk around the block.  Him put me on the motor bike and I was excited because we heading in a direction we don't normal go.  It was cold but I was in my blue coat so it was not too bad of a ride.  And then we were there, Caring Hearts Clinic and I was kinda surprised since we had just been there earlier this week.  Seems it was time for my "annual checkup."  I love the girls there and the doctors too.  There are a couple of cats I like there as well.  Caring Hearts is where I first met Him and then later adopted him as my personal caretaker.

Anyway today was NOT FUN...not fun at all.  The nice Dr. Lusk checked me out thorough going over; heart, joint movement, fur, skin and yadda yadda. They stuck some  liquid into my nose for something called bordeytellall or something like that so I don't get a nasty kennel cough.  I did not have to get a shot this time and thought I was in the clear.  I was wrong!  Then out came the needle and I whined.  I cried something fierce.  Dr. Jerry who I LOVE LOVE LOVE sez back in my genetic history there must be some dachshund because my veins "roll" and it is hard to draw blood for some sort of important test.  As if that was not bad enough, next she pulled out some latex gloves (guys you might have an idea where all this was heading) and I only thought my dignity and self had been intruded upon with the needle.  After it was over though Dr. Lusk said maybe I would not itch back there for a while now but I'm still not convinced it was worth it.  And then the WORST part of the visit happened.  They took me back to the back room and clipped my toe nails.  Inspite of the racket and pleading, whinning, crying and nipping they would not stop.  That nice pretty girl even said I was being bad. But you know what afterwards I gave her a big kiss and hopes she forgives me.

I got a pretty green medal for being as brave as I could.

Final Friday Art

Last night was a busy night in Wichita and we made it to several galleries.  1st on our list is one of Wichita's newest and smallest, The Aviary Gallery at Bluebird Art  where Kim Lister was the featured artist.  We also stopped by Shop Keepers Gallery and saw Lauren and the Halloween based show there.  At Gallery XII and Vinteral Gallery we saw tons of great art and people we love!

Center Gallery specializes in photography and always has a surprise or two and Bob Schwan Studios was featuring the work of Brian Hinkle who was showing a series of colored variations of the willow trees at Botanica, James Kandt's fantastic paintings and of course Bob Schwan's playful abstract dog portraits.

We wound up the evening on Commerce Street where Julia Crider was showing a combination of retrospective work as well as new works at the new In Between Gallery.  I wound up the evening at the Go Away Garage with the Scary Show and loads of my favorite people.  Him went on down the street and checked in on Curt Clonts, David Murano, Linda K. Robinson, Tanya Tandoc & Beth Golay at Diver Gallery...Him said Wow!  Him's last stop was at The Jones Gallery where him saw awesome B&W Kansas landscape photography by Mark Luterman where every framed piece was only $100. and such a steal him said.

This is where I spent the last hour or so of the Final Friday Gallery extravaganza being rocked back and forth in the arms of this purty lady.

I had a great evening and had no idea what was in store for me the next morning but it's nap time now and I'll blog about that later.

Wags!

More Fan Mail

The fan mail continues to pour in... This week's pick/favorite show two of my bestest friends in Utah right after each one of them said "I do."  Never knew that kissing required protective gear like helmets and boots.  But maybe these kids know what they are doing.