Room 14

Hi Room 14 - I hope your own blogs are gogin well. IF you leave me comments here I will respond on your blog.
I have a prize for the best blogber of the week.

Are you good at putting pictures on your blog posts?
Maybe we could have a cute pet photo competition...

Dog Monster

I love my dog, Manolo Guevara - Manny for short.
We love to go on adventures. I stretch the boundaries of what we should get up to by letting him off the lead a lot. He gets to run and chase bunnies and swim in the river and sometimes dig tunnels into rabbit burrows in the side of banks along the Waikato River [as pictured above]. He's an energetic boy and every day he gets out for at least two walks - walks that include a lot of running, sniffing, and usually some chasing. But don't worry, he doesn't hurt any bunnies or ducks he might happen to catch. He seems to have some sort of retrieving instinct that means he doesn't hurt them. Most interesting...
His heritage is a mystery to us except that he is a staffie cross and he was left to starve to death in a cage by his evil former owners. Scum like that should be locked in cages to starve i reckon.
I meet interesting dog owners on the river walks that suggest he is part boxer, part lab, part pitbull, etc. All I know is he's all lovely. I hate it when snooty people pull their dogs away from him as he goes for a bum sniff. Or people who won't answer a cheery "hello" except with a scowl. Those people are ignorant and rude and the media hasn't helped. The media shows stories of dogs like Manny hurting people, but they never show stories of labs biting people - and labs bite more people than any other breed in NZ.
Staffies are beautiful dogs with a friendly, loving nature. They are smart, energetic and fun.

I love my boy :-)

KA - KE - PU - KU !!!!

Well done troops - you got yourselves to your maunga in fairly average conditions today and gave it a go. Special kudos to the summit-reachers and a mention must go to the mud pirates, slippery slopers, and our amazing stairsurfer.
:-)
Too bad we never got to wrestle any cows, go back in time, meet superheroes, or fight off menacing trees.
Did you think the old dog was reeeeallly a dog... ???

Eggxtemely Delighted!!! Salmonicious!

My goodness - I certainly am a lucky man.
I married my dream girl.
I have a cool dog.I have a home near the river.
I have a cool job with a great class and I work with excellent people.
I have chickens...a dream come true.
And they've laid eggs! Free range, organic, cruelty free eggs from my backyard.

[Well, one has - the other one is beginning to look decidedly roosterish...]

And I'm even getting amazing, out-of-this-world gifts!!! I loooove salmon...


It's good to be thankful for what we have :-)

Thank you!