Michief Monday - The Pet Sitter

 Dear pals,

While Lady and Man were off adventuring we had to endure the pet sitter. We think this photographic evidence will support our claims that this was a very hard time for us.

First we had to ensure the 1.5 hour car ride to her house.

Are we there yet?

Then we had to share the house with the sitter's dog Laddie. 

Then we had to sleep on Laddie's beds.

Sometimes we had to sleep on the couch. 

We hd to endure love. 

And more love.

There was more sleeping on comfy beds. 

It was so rough, some dog, whose name starts with Zay - tried to dig his way out by digging up all of the sitter's bulb. 

As you can see, it was really hard. (Wednesday we will share some more of our hardships in pictures).

your pals, Lee and Phod

Editor's note: While Lee and Phod may feel hard done by, Lady and Man had 0 concerns about the care the pups received with our most wonderful pet sitter. If anything they worry they got better care!

Mischief Monday - Did You Miss Us?

 Dear pals,

Hi! Did you miss us?

We have so many adventures to tell you about, but it has to wait another week, because Lady is too busy now that she is back (work, tickets to shows, painting classes, dinners with friends). 

We will give you a 2 cent update with details to come.

We were pretty good at the dog sitters and not too hard done by. 

Checking out the pet sitter's hood

Lady and Man and Uncle Chris had a wonderful time away. We are going to let Lady have one day a week on the blog starting next week to tell you about it. Lady and Man got really sick when they came back. Man was really, really sick. Lady was moderately sick. This made catching up to life and work harder. Everyone is on the mend now. 

We just wanted to let you know we are all well and hope to be back to our regular schedule next week.

Your pals, who miss you all, Lee and Phod

Be Back Soon!

 

Nature Friday - Chickadee

Thanks to Rosy and Sunny for hosting this event.

Pizza Please

 Pizza has always been one of Lee's favourite treats. It was our angel Loki's as well. Towards the end of his life we ordered him a small cheese pizza and tried to serve it whole. He had no idea what to do. We had to cut it up for him. I don't think, if in the same position Lee would have the same problem!

Wordless Wednesday - Colourful Outtake

 

Librela and Us

 Phod has been taking his shot for almost a year and a half and Lee for a few months.  We have both been lucky that it seems to be helpful. Besides not being uncomfortable, Phod finds it easier to get up and down. He will even occasionally get on the furniture and he is more likely to do the stairs.

Lee is less tippy. She runs more. She also gets on the furniture more often.

Lady says the draw back of less pain is we do want to explore more. Exploring more means trying to sneak next door, because we have just decided this is part of our yard. Hailey especially loves to track the 3 cats who live next door and some of the many, many strays around. Callie's people think it is funny to watch Lady and Man chase us around their yard. Sometimes they come out to laugh at her!

Going down the road to Callie's. Lady yelling "unsanctioned visit" didn't help. 

Coming out of the bush between our houses on the road, hoping to give Lady the brush off.

Lady standing blocking the path between our houses singing - stop in the name of love

We know this treatment may not be the best for everyone. And while Lady gets a bit annoyed with us, her main goal for our lives right now is quality of life, and this is improving it. We feel lucky to have this option. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. Here is our list of some of the things we are thankful for:

T- turkey and treats and all things yummy. We are grateful to have enough to eat. 

H - housing - we are grateful to have affordable housing that is wonderful and comfortable

A -animals - we are thankful for all the creatures we share our world with.

N  - neighbours - we are thankful for our wonderful neighbours and Callie.

K - kindness - in a hard world we are thankful to be able to give kindness and when we receive it

F - family - we are thankful for our family whom we spent yesterday with

U - all of U! Our lives are better knowing you all. 

L - laughter - we are always thankful for sharing laughs!

We will be thankful when this photoshoot is over

Nature Friday - Colours

 The colour change is starting to happen. Stay tuned for more of autumn splender. 

Thanks to Rosy and Sunny for hosting this. 

Has Anyone Seen My Man?

 I wonder where he could be?

Wordless Wednesday - Movie Night

 

Fall Fun? By Phod

 Dear pals,

I was minding my own business having a good sniff in the leaves when the Man got this idea.

He thought it would be funny to kick some leaves at me.

Do you think this was fun?

you pal Phod who didn't appreciated having his sniffing disturbed. 

Mischief Monday - Carried Away - by Lee

Dear pals,

On Friday I was super suspicious that Lady was up to no good. First, she didn't feed Phod breakfast and I had to wait until he went back to bed to get snuck mine.

Then after a little work, she started singing at us. She was singing "Dr. Feel Good." She took us outside and then opened the car doors.

With some help, because he is old, Phod cooperated with this.

Phod hogging the seat

I was not having it and I ran around the garage back up to the door to the house, where I hung onto the floor with all my might.

This did not save me dear friends. Lady bent down, scooped me up in her arms and carried me to the car. She said, I was getting my Librela shot if I liked it or not. 

Phod took up too much seat on the way there. I hogged it all on the way back.

I pooped all over the vet floor to show how unhappy I was. I complained through my shot. 

At any rate, I am not happy that I was carried away. Could Lady stop working out? I am over 40 lbs, she should not be able to scoop me up. 

your not happy to be carried pal, Hailey Bug who won't admit the Librela shot makes her feel better. 

Nature Friday - Early Fall

Thanks to Rosy and Sunny for hosting this event.

Here are some shots from fall from this week.

The last of the sunflowers 

What?

 Man, tell Lady I don't want to have my picture taken.

Fine - what do you want?

Are we done yet?

Wordless Wednesday - Welcome

 

Travel Tuesday - 49 hours in Thunder Bay

 Today is our last instalment of 49 hours in Thunder Bay. After a wonderful wedding, we still had until 2:30 the following afternoon to explore Thunder Bay.

After breakfast we went for a walk by the harbour area of the city. 85% of the cargo that leaves Thunder Bay by ship and train is grain. It is a beautiful place to walk, even on a cloudy day.

Late summer bloom

Ying and Yang

The old train station

Faces on a building

After a stroll we headed out to Kakabeka Falls. This is the second largest waterfall in Ontario (only smaller than Niagara) and we both thought, even late in the season, one of the prettiest falls we have ever seen. 

At the falls we did a hike, know as the portage hike. It follows the trail that the Voyageurs would have used to portage around the falls on their way to the Rendez-Vous at Fort William. 

Our lost stop was a visit up to McKay Mountain. We didn't have time to hike up the mountain, but we did enjoy the slightly foggy view from near the top. 

The top of McKay Mountain

Then it was time to return our car, go through security and wait for our delayed flights. 

We really enjoyed our brief visit to Thunder Bay and hope you did too!