Nature Friday - Turkey Torture

Last Sunday - those sill wild turkeys were sure being cheeky.

First one perched on the back deck and did not fly away when I barked at it.

Then they were out front and didn't care we were barking.

We were surrounded.

Thanks to Rosy and Sunny for sharing Nature Friday in Gail's memory. 

This Scary Story Has a Happy Ending - by Lee

Dear pals,

Last week, for no reason the power was out for like 6 hours.  During that time, Lady, who set up a desk in front of the fire, did a good job at keeping the generator and fire going, and getting a little work done.

Our desk set up

In the afternoon, once the power was back, Lady went to add wood to the fire. She didn't realize how much the wood in the fireplace had shifted to the front. When she opened the doors, a burning piece fell out and landed on the blanket I had been sleeping on earlier. At this point I had gone upstairs for a drink and was having an upstairs nap. 

The log that feel out, started a small fire on the blanket. The flames were low, but the smouldering was high. 

Somehow, Lady remained calm, although there were a LOT of HBO words, and got the flaming log back in the fireplace and carried the blanket to the patio door where she put it in the -20 cold. 

The charred blanket

With all the fires that have had such an impact on LA recently, we are truly grateful our little mishap, was just that.

Your pal Hailey Bug who won't sleep in front of the fire if Lady in in charge. 

Wordless Wednesday - Birthday Outtakes

 

Travel Tuesday - Man's 50th Birthday Adventure - Marseille France

 On our cruise, our next port was Marseille France. Marseille is the second most populated city in France. It was founded by the Greeks around 600 BCE. This is the city we wandered and learned the least about.

We took the shuttle the about 30 minutes from the cruise port into the city. It dropped us off near the old port. Here we took the tiny train that would take us up to Notre Dame de la Garde. From there we just wandered our way down, walking about 15 000 steps. 

Enjoy our walk. 

The little train to take you up and down from the Cathedral

Enjoying the ride

The old port looking up to the Cathedral 

The island from the Count of Monte Cristo

The Catherdral

Art on a wall

Love these trees over a car park!

Mandatory gelto 

Some of the original port 

La Porte D'Aix

Part of the old wall

After wandering the city for hours, we sat in the old port and had a late lunch before heading back to the ship. 

We did enjoy our wanders through Marseille. It was nice to do something different. Next week, we will have fun at our last port of call Genoa, Italy. 

Happy 15th Birthday Hailey!

 Today we celebrate Miss Hailey Bug's 15th birthday! 

There is so much we could say about the last 14 years with our girl, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Today, we are just going to sit in the moment of celebrating her! 

Shouldn't there be a Senior Hat Tax Discount?

Nature Friday - So Cold

 We have had a really cold week with temperatures around -15C/4F. We haven't spent a lot of time in nature. It is a good thing nature comes to us.

The turkeys have been a constant in our yard. They love Lady's feeders. We love the poop they leave.

The grils - see Snow White on the left at the back

One of the boys

Thanks to Rosy and Sunny for hosting this event in Gail's memory. 

Crazy New Year - by Lee

 Dear pals,

On New Year's Day, I made Lady laugh so hard. I had wind in my tail and felt like a young dog. It was just around freezing so not too cold. I had a great nap while Lady and Man went out for a New Year's breakfast to welcome 2025. I was pupping around the yard and Lady had to block me from running to the neighbours, then she had to get me off the road (don't worry, it is a private road with very little traffic in the winter), and then I got crazy and ran up the driveway, lept over a snow boulder and took off into the neighbour's yard. Lady says she hasn't seen me move like that in years.

Lady had to go and put boots on, grab her phone and a leash, and put Phod in the house and then she started to track me. Fortunately, there was just enough fresh snow that this wasn't too hard. 

Nature made it easy to follow me. 

I went into the neighbour's yard,  down the hill into the sugar bush, up a hill to the sugar shack, then around to their garage, down their driveway and Lady finally caught up with me at the lot of requirement (aka the lot that holds their firewood and other things beside their house).

Coming to meet Lady

I had to walk home on leash. Lady just kept laughing. She wasn't even mad. I guess when you are old you can get away with things you couldn't when you were young. It was worth it and I had a fantastic nap after.

Walking home

It was a fun way to start 2025. 

you pal, still got it some days, Hailey Bug