ABC Wednesday: G

It's ABC Wednesday once again and Gee, we're at G already?!

Then for your Gratification, may I present:

Garden Goats & Geraniums...

A display window in a store two doors down from our hotel

in wonderful Old Town Ft Collins, CO this June.

That empty chair had held the smallest of the three Goats,

and Gosh he was cute, instantly winning my Capricorn heart.

But he sold before I could even Grab a photo of him!

So G is also for Glum, Grumbling & Greatly disappointed.

(How could someone be so Graspingly Greedy?

Gads, the nerve of some people, Glomming the Goodies I like!)

;-)

Gargoyle...

One of a pair Guarding a home across from our bank.

(Perhaps our bank should consider Getting some, too!)

Golden Spice Pancakes (or if you prefer, Griddlecakes!)...

Yum! One of our favorite breakfasts,

photographed in the Golden light of sunrise

before we made Gluttons of ourselves! :-)

Here's the recipe* so you can Gobble up some yourself!

(*Our changes: we use only whole wheat pastry flour,

2 cups of orange juice + 1/4 cup vanilla soy milk,

and we cook them in a non-stick skillet without oil.

And in this batch we used craisins instead of Golden raisins).

For more G Goodies, take a Gander at this week's

BOOYA!

YAY!!!

Makes me wish I were a college freshman again! (Well, almost!) :-)

SkyWatch Friday: Tess :-)

(Tess, our fun-loving rescued Chow-Aussie mix, has commandeered my post for this week's SkyWatch Friday because she thinks these photos of her, cruising oh-so-cooly in her Doggles, showcase the summer sky quite nicely. And since I can't argue, I've agreed to type this for her while she dictates)...

Hi, human peoples, I'm Tess! My favorite cruising song is Adventure Dog, but I reckon it might have limited appeal to you humans, what with your unsophisticated taste in music. So I'm sharing my second favorite cruising song with you instead, along with my photos, so that you may more fully enjoy the Full Cruising Experience. Besides, it's a great song for cruising into the weekend and last week of official summer. Woof! (Translation: Enjoy!)

Music Playlist at MixPod.com

This is me looking serious and dignified,

and this is me looking attentive and earnest.

Here I am looking deep and thoughtful,

and this is me looking humorous and fun-loving!

Oh yeah, and there's also the sky and trees and stuff.

*yawn*

I also made Mom post this live-action video again because a lot of you haven't seen it yet, and the rest of you who have will probably want to watch it again, because you just can't get enough of me. (Mom says I'm pretty full of myself. But really I'm just full of kibble and joie d'vivre!)

If you'd like to see more pictures of me in my Doggles (and why on earth wouldn't you?), click here! Thanks for stopping by to admire my super-coolness (oh yeah, and to admire the sky too, yadda yadda), and have a great weekend!

And don't forget: "Adopt a stray, neuter and spay!"

For more skies (tho probably fewer dogs)visit

Thursday Challenge: Blue

Thursday Challenge: Blue

Though not a Blue Moon, this just-past-full moon I spied early one morning recently was so pretty against the deep blue of the late summer sky that I had to grab my camera. My point-and-shoot has difficulty taking well-focused photos of the moon, but I like this capture nonetheless...

How about a little music to go with it? Here's "Blue" from Leann Rimes' album of the same name...



Music Playlist at MixPod.com

See more of the Blues at this week's Thursday Challenge

ABC Wednesday: F on the Fly

It's Fortunate that I'd Finished most of today's ABC Wednesday post last week when I'd had the time or I'd be MIA this round, unless I just posted a photo of real estate For sale signs (selling and trying to Find a new house is giving us Fits!), or a self-portrait of BW and me for Frazzled, Flummoxed, Frustrated, Flustered, Fatigued, Fretful and Fried (and a Famous F word that's even more Fitting but not suitable For a Family-Friendly blog! LOL) But thanks to my Foresight last week, instead of having something Frightful like that Foisted upon you, you can look at these Four Fine scenes instead...

Flying Faerie

Fittingly, she hangs at the bottom of our garden :-)

Four Friends

Swatting Flies!

Fox

"Foxy Lady" by Chuck Weaver

Frosted

For more Fabulous Fun with F, visit...

SkyWatch Friday: Summer Sunrises

For this week's SkyWatch Friday, I give you a month of summer sunrises ~ all taken from our house on the side of a Wyoming mountain ~ along with some inspiring quotes and three pieces of lovely music from which to choose to enhance your viewing pleasure. :-) (It may take a few seconds for the songs to load, but I think they all provide a nice accompaniment to the photos and quotes)...


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July 19, 2011

I wake up in the morning torn between the desire

to save the world and to enjoy the world.

This makes it hard to plan the day.

~ E.B. White

August 3

I'll tell you how the sun rose,

a ribbon at a time...

~ Emily Dickinson

August 8

How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!

~ John Muir

August 8

Climb up on some hill at sunrise.

Everybody needs perspective once in a while,

and you'll find it there.

~ Robb Sagendorph

August 12

Each day comes bearing its gifts.

Untie the ribbons.

~ Ann Ruth Schabacker

August 14

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.

Don't go back to sleep...

~ Jelaluddin Rumi

And here's an appropriate song for my readers in the southern hemisphere, as your winter gives way to sunny spring...



For more sky photos from both hemispheres, visit...

In memory of Klaus Peter,SkyWatch co-founder and co-host1960-2011

Vita mutatur, non tollitur

(Life is changed, not taken away)

Thursday Challenge: Friends

This week's Thursday Challenge is

FRIENDS (Gatherings, Parties, Time Together, Sharing,...)

Friends come in all shapes, sizes, colors, creeds, and species! Here are some photos of friends, a couple from my archives and most fresh off my camera...

Some friends really stick their necks out, while others can act a bit snooty at times...

Jane Doe and Willow hang out on our front porch

Other friends are great at teamwork, dutifully staffing their posts and sharing the responsibility of keeping watch. (For what, exactly, only they know)...

Josie, Willow and Tess stand guard among the lupine,

perhaps watching for the Lupine Express!

And when one of them (we won't name names, but her initials are Tess) falls asleep on the job, the others cover for her...

Las Tres Amigas at Whitney Commons

Sometimes one friend inspires the other to stick with their exercise program by running circles around them...

Robyn's granddog Ani leads Willow a merry chase

Some friends work together to figure things out...

When brothers Val & Tino came to live with us in mid-Feb 2008,

they were baffled by the purpose of their exercise wheel!

But working together, they not only figured it out quickly,

they started inventing various games for it,

many of which they still play well into their golden years!

This theme gave me an opportunity to share additional photos that Andrea and Robyn emailed me recently of our fun little Vegan Meetup breakfast picnic...

Now I have proof I was actually there! :-)

Robyn, me and Ken (photo by Andrea)

Me, Andrea, Ken and Buffy (photo by Robyn)

And it also provides an opportunity to share some very recent photos of Mocha (and his pasture buddy "Prairie") in his wonderful new home!

Prairie and Mocha (wearing his fly mask) abandon

grazing along the lovely creek to come get some cookies!

Cookies eaten, the boys bid farewell.

As do I, till next week's challenge!

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ABC Wednesday: All Ears!

Yep, we're all Ears for another ABC Wednesday! :-)

Another lurker bunny in our yard

Precocious Baby PJ on our patio

A delightful donkey Eager to make friends

Tex

(She's CEO of the ranch where we board Mocha!) ;-)

Ani, my friend Robyn's Engaging grand-dog

Which pair of Endearing, Enchanting Ears did you Enjoy most?

It's "All About Eee" at this week's