Brr

Nanook's glamor shot :-)

Have a great day everyone and for all my northern friends in this cold front stay warm! It's about 30 degrees colder than ave temps here today . Brr

Autumn Walks

Nanook and I are so blessed to have such beautiful places to walk. Autumn this year has been glorious. Even now though many of the leaves have fallen to the ground it is a special time of the year. I enjoy living in a place where there are changes in the seasons. The woods are nice and walking along a quiet neighborhood on a dirt road.

A Dog's Plea

Author Unknown


Treat me kindly, my beloved friend, for no heart in all the world is more grateful for kindness than the loving heart of me.

Do not break my spirit with a stick, for though I should lick your hand between blows, your patience and understanding will more quickly teach me the things you would have me learn.

Speak to me often, for you voice is the world's sweetest music, as you must know by the fierce wagging of my tail when your footstep falls upon my waiting ear.

Please take me inside when it is cold and wet, for I am a domesticated animal, no longer accustomed to bitter elements. I ask no greater glory than the privilege of sitting at your feet beside the hearth.

Keep my pan filled with fresh water, for I cannot tell you when I suffer thirst.

Feed me clean food that I may stay well, to romp and play and do your bidding, to walk by your side, and stand ready, willing and able to protect you with my life, should your life be in danger.

And, my friend, when I am very old, and I no longer enjoy good health, hearing and sight, do not make heroic efforts to keep me going. I am not having any fun. Please see that my trusting life is taken gently. I shall leave this earth knowing with the last breath I draw that my fate was always safest in your hand.

Autumn

We have been enjoying our Fall time walks. This photo is from our new found trail that just opened to the public.

Happy Mother's Day

This is Nanook and one of her puppies. Sweet!



Happy Mother's Day !

What Makes You Smile?

The above photo is my Teddy Bear Colby that my husband bought for me a few years ago in Wisconsin at Senguins Cheese shop. My daughter named him Colby which is so fitting. The puppy is one of Nanook's litter. Her pups are all big now! My daughter's dog is already 42 pounds!

Today is gloomy and I really don't know if the sun is going to break through much. Sometimes it's hard to fight of the blahs and blues with so much gray. I decided to get dressed first thing and take my walk early. Nanook was so excited when she saw me get up this morning her tail was going around in circles. That makes me smile. I gave her a snack after she led me to the kitchen and she was also overjoyed to walk first thing. That goofy girl dog makes me smile. Her fur has come back nice thick and shiny and her tail is all fluffy again. It didn't take her too long to look healthy after her big litter . She bounced back quickly.

OK your turn if you don't mind. On a day like today I would love reading about things that bring smiles to faces. What makes you smile?

The Process to the Prize

Life's an adventure...
for we don't know how
God will direct us
from where we stand now.
We need only to trust Him
to show us the way
and He will reveal it
in love day by day.
- Roy Lessin

It's been a full day with church this morning and a 50th wedding anniversary celebration for friends this afternoon. It was fun watching the video someone made with lots of pictures from when they first met and all through the years of raising children to where they are. They are a very sweet couple , well loved and loving. 50 years wow!

Life surely is an adventure, there are bumps and struggles along the way and things don't always go perfectly but we are all in a process of growing and all the experiences help shape us and even the not so great happenings can have a good outcome. If we have a positive attitude and learn from the successes as well as the failures we can finish strong and well. Onward toward the prize! Have a great week!

Friday with my Furry Friend

I've been so sleepy lately. It's sort of a foggy, groggy feeling but Nanook doesn't seem to care. She just slept on her quilt as I fell back asleep on the couch this morning and slept too late. It's not like me sleeping until or past 10. I'm used to getting up before 7 and staying awake. I love the morning hours but I am pretty sure the prescription I am on is not helping so the doctors office has called in a new one for me to try. Once I did get up and take my walk with Nanook I felt better. She is sleeping again. It's a dog's life for her all the time!

Spring is into full bloom now. It's so wonderful to look out my window and see all the green leafs. Yesterday afternoon I bought a hanging basket with different colors of petunias. It looks so pretty hanging by the lamp post.

I loved the photo of the little boy and his dog on top. So sweet.

Have a great day everyone and enjoy the gift of friendship & continue to be a blessing!
Thank you for stopping by!

Sincerely,
Cheryl & Nanook