Square Dog Friday. . . Gud Friends

Here it is the day you have all been waiting for,

Square Dog Friday !

We all know the drill so let's hit it !

Woof !

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thehamish always wanted to be the #1 gud dug.

He would try to be the first one out or in the door ,

First for dinner or treats. But deep in his heart he knew Watson was # 1.

Even as Watson grew older plodded along never pushing thehamish out of the way, 

we all knew Watson was the leader of the pack. 

Watson only snapped twice at thehamish in his life.

 But Watson was thehamish's touchstone.  No matter where Watson was 

thehamish would find him and crush in.

He had to be near Watson at all times and Watson looked after him.

When the vet would take thehamish away Watson was at the door fussing 

till thehamish was brought back and given a good sniff over. Then he would be quiet.

Watson was very good to him and now that he is gone thehamish is adrift.

A few photos in no order.

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 thehamish was recovering  and Watson came to keep him company.

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 Best friends ever. 

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And as always here is your pretty for the weekend.

The Famous Two Headed Scotty.

scotty. . . parsnip

music. . .  Left of Center,  Suzanne Vega

Update:

thehamish has his ACL surgery (both back legs) on 18 May.

Then 16 weeks of recovery.

Let the games begin !

YeeHaw !

Wednesday in Japan. . . sake, shochu, umeboshi and peppers

Yes, we are still alive and as always I am on thehamish watch.

But even as jailer of thehamish I have to eat.

As I was chopping up my lunch to stir-fry something up,

I just thought how pretty all my favorite Japanese spice bottles look.

Waahaa here are just a few.

 The three bottles in the back are saka bottles. 

Plus the ceramic one on the left was bought on the top of Mt. Fuji.

Everything in front are soy sauce, yuzu, pepper and some mashed umeboshi.

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To put the soy sauce in I have several soy sauce containers.

Sometimes when guest come I will put out several of them.

My favorite one of course is the yellow one with tiny bunny.

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Of course just because I can here is your mid week pretty.

thehamish cute bum with broken tail.

Here are thehamish bad back legs.

You can see somewhat the problem.

He has alway had what I call his pigeon toed walk.

But now because of his two blown out ACL his back paws meet in the middle.

The ACL on right one was damaged before. It is now moving over so much 

to the left it has been tripping him up sometimes.

Oh Woe !

umeboshi. . . parsnip

music. . . Tom's Diner, Suzanne Vega

parley view parsnip. . . we are still here

Start of a new week !

And by 11 am all the days are already filled with doctor appointments.

Life with a Little Square Black Dog.

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Some quick photos of a Paddle Plant or Kalanchoe Thyrsiflora plant.
No matter how much I forget about it with just a little water it just keep growing.
But a little care would have been better.
Watson was very ill last summer and plant care was not very high on my list.
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 Should not have water on the paddles.
ummmmmm ok.

 Lots of babies to transplant.

 This is the flowering stem that got so tall it broke.
I didn't really know what to do so. . . I just left it.

As you can see more blooms.

Nicely fragrant but not overpowering.

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This is what it looked like before the stalk broke.

This year I will hope to do better.

This is one of my favorite succulents.

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As always just because I can here is your pretty (sort of)  to start the week.

yesh it is i thehamish 

 i the hamish is still in jail

nice tall person who feeds us is callin' it the corral 

not carein' what nice tall person who feed us callin' it

corral or jail it is still bad

oh woe woe is me

woewoe woe

oh woe

woe

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woe. . . parsnip

music. . .  Keep The Family Close,  Drake

Square Dog Friday. . . thehamish is back !

Here we are again the best day of the week is here.

Square Dog Friday.
woof !

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I must admit it always sounds like poor thehamish is always

sick or sad but he is not !  thehamish is just a tough little terrier,

that was dealt a really bad hand in life. 

I rescued him from a backyard breeder.

He is a smart, funny and super sweet gud dud.

Right now it has been over a week since his ACL blow out in both back knees.

He is walking and using both legs.

That is what I love about terriers they plow through life and take you with them.

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 gud morning nice tall person who feeds us

 yesh i thehamish just gots' up and my beard is not lookin' gud

 i thehamish is lookin' funny

 oh my gudness big yawn comin'

 yawwwwwwwn

but after a face wash i thehamish is looking gud.
gud gud gud thehamish

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And of course just because I can here is your pretty for the weekend.

I like rocks. Growing up in Tucson 70 years ago everyone collected rocks

and minerals.

We were outside walking and hiking around looking at critters, plants, 

rocks and whatever we could find.

I still look at rocks no matter where I am in the world. 

Some rock and shadow photos from last summer.

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 Mr. Coyote was moseying through the yard. He looks very young to me but his hair is not full

and shiney I wonder if he has mange ?  That tail should be fluffy.

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Then this little bundle of fur makes me giggle.

My Japanese Son wrote back "And the 8th day God made it so cats can hover".

William, I hope you like this one !

Update:

thehamish is walking better but I have to keep him contained 

and he does not want to be contained !

yesh

i thehamish is strong and tuffer' 

i thehamish can not be contained

i thehamish is scotty

scotty is gud

gud

This week I have been setting up appointments at VSOT for 

a talk to his new surgeon. A visit to his eye doctor and a trip

to the groomers for an herbal body wrap before going under the knife. 

As you can see I will be busy with thehamish and his doctors.

I will be stopping by all your posts when I can. 

It will be a busy few weeks till surgery and then after.

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tired. . . parsnip

music. . . Mean Woman Blues, Roy Orbison

run. . . it's a thehamish takeover. . .

IT'S A TAKE OVER ! ! !

Yes, here we are another Monday and another trip to the unknown,
help ?

First I the "nice tall person who feed us" would like to thank you for all of
wonderful comment for thehamish.
I am having trouble with commenting on your blogs and mine !
So please do not think I am not replying on your comments and blogs.

takeover takeover takeovertakeovetakeover takeover
yesh yesh yesh
woof 

help help help me i thehamish

 yesh here i thehamish is
i thehamish is in jail 

oh woe oh woe is me

woe

 more woe i thehamish has to stay here with no lizarrrrrrrd chasin'

oh woe is me

woe

 i thehamish is not likin' this i thehamish is miffed

miffedmiffedmiffed miffed
miffed

but the nice tall person who feed us made this bigger place

for me so i thehamish is not locked in the small jail

now that the door is open i thehamish is thinkin' it is 

ok for me to rest here

I have to keep off my legs but it is borin' borin' borin'

borin'
no lizzzzzzzarrrrd chasin'

 i thehamish gots my afternoon snack

 I thehamish is makin' performence art again

i thehamish is callin' the bunny

then i thehamish finished eatin' it

it was gud
bunny gud i am thinkin'

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now back to mum nice tall person who feeds us
Goodness, thank you thehamish

And here is your pretty to start the week !

 The gardners and I are trying to get the yard ready for summer.

This prickly pear is in a shady place and really needs to be out in the sun. 

It will not turn purple or bloom  if in the shade.

It is recovering from a hard freeze. Lots of water helped and it needs to be tied up.

The pretty green lacy fern like plant is a weed. 

But I like it there and just keep pulling some out so it doesn't take over.
In Tuson any plant that gets water will support it's own little green world.
And weeds will take over fast if it doesn't have any critters to eat it.

I think it is very pretty and as close to a fern that will grow in Arizona.

Echinopsis Cactus Bloom.

Usually bloom around Easter.

woe. . . parsnip

music. . . Running Scared,  Roy Orbison