Looking back...

Happy New Year everybody!!! I wanted to say how very happy I am to have made such good furiends in my first year of blogging. Thank you all fur taking the time to visit my blog and all your nice comments. Dis blogging stuff sure has been fun!

I'd like to take a moment to look back and share some of my favorite blog photos from 2009...

Dis was from our big October snowstorm...

And dis was when I was chillin' on the sofa...

Dis was when I got Blue Duck from Stella and carried it everywhere...

Dis was my favorite LOL...

Dis needs no explanation...

Dis is black and white head shot fur my portfolio, BOL!

Dis was one of my very first posts...

Dis was when I met Bijou and Banjo at the dogpark and we went to Three Dog Bakery...

And here is Banjo watching my leg lifting technique. Dis how I get buns of steel...

Smiley photo...

Even BIGGER smile!!!

And finally...

Wishing you all the love and happiness in the world in 2010!!!

Cloud

Gigantor the Squirrel!!!

Furiends, I gotta serious problem over here. Some of you may have seen me mention gigantic squirrels invading my backyard lately. Well here are pictures of the King of Large Squirrels. His name is Gigantor, and mom thinks he is almost as big as me!

The evil!

Look at this massive creature! When he runs across our roof it sounds like a bowling ball!

Dis is the tree you've seen me stand next to many times. He's enormous!

He even tries to eat the birds suet!!!

BOL, he's all rolly-poly!

Every day dis mammoth creature tries to get into the bird feeder, and every day he fails. He's either not too bright, or he's testing it systematically for weaknesses. BOL!

As you can see, dis is squirrel proof - his weight closes the gate and he gets nothin'!

NOTHIN'! Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

Soon the behemoth realizes he is foiled...

(the feeder is about 20 inches tall. So it looks like he is about 16 inches long NOT including his tail. OMD!!!)

and proceeds to lumber his bulky self up the feeder...

Supersize!

Almost there...

and up he goes...

Like I said, dis is a fairly big feeder. For a size comparison, here is a Red Bellied Woodpecker on it. Red Bellied Woodpeckers are no slouch of the bird world, I tell 'ya. If you've ever seen one, you know they are pretty big!!!

He haunts my dreams...

Luv,

Cloud

PS. As a side note, remember the painting of Nigel Buggers? You can now get prints of it and it help A Place to Bark dog rescue build their shelter!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270499021177

Wednesday LOL and Thank You!

Hope you enjoy dis LOL for today.

And mom wanted to say a big Thank You fur all the nice comments about Twix's portrait, you are all so sweet.

Big hugs!

Cloud and his mom

Twix's painting is done!

Here is Twix's finished portrait that my mom painted. Yay, Twix! Isn't that collar great? Fur a grrrl, I mean. I don't want hearts on MY collar!

Hop over to mom's blog if you want to see a few more pictures of the painting:

http://kathleen-coy.blogspot.com/2009/12/twix-dachshunds-portrait-is-finished.html

And remember, it's a surprise fur her daddy, so don't leave any comments about it on Twix's blog!!!!!

Luv,

Cloud

PS. I'm still frozen!

Wednesday LOL and a blizzard, which is NOT LOL to me...

Dis my picture fur the Wednesday Lol. Pretty funny, right?

And DIS is what I woke up to dis morning. NOT funny to me at all!

We had 10 inches of snow and high winds last night and today. According to accuweather.com, the wind chill right now is -25 below zero!!! Which translates to 2500 below zero when you have a nekkid belly like me!

Dis is where I pee'd dis morning, BOL!

And dis is me warming up my feets by the heater afterwards.

Dis is me in my red hoodie after daddy shoveled a path to the garage.

Thinking about jumping into the snow to go on squirrel patrol and mark my territory.

Deciding to pee right here instead.

Thinking about it some more...

Pondering, contemplating...

Hmmmm...

weighing the pros and cons...

Deciding instead to pee by dis chair. Hey, dis is my territory too, you know!

All the squirrels are snug in their nests and don't need chasing. Let's go inside, mom!

Hope everyone stays safe and warm!

Luv,

Frozen Cloudsicle

Securing the perimeter in the frozen tundra...

Ok, maybe it's not the frozen tundra, but baby it's cold outside!!!

I started my rounds wiff checking to make sure there were no enemy squirrels in the tree...

Nope. No enemy here. Dis area is secure!

Then I check on the bush wiff the twisty branches. No sign of the enemy, so I give the All Clear signal by lifting my front paw. Time to go check on the lattice by the fence...

Shhhh... I'm listening fur to see if there is a rabbit or mouse in here.

Maybe I'd better sniff around...

Mom says the back of my ears are SO cute. Well, of course they are, but I really don't see why she has to talk about it!

I'm her Cutie Patootie.

Checking one last time to make sure there's nothing in there...

Looking cute fur mom. She likes it.

My mom. She loves me so much.

So I will humor her and look cute some more...

Look at dis crazy picture of me running. It cracks mom up, BOL!

My handsome profile.

Mom went "SQUEEEE!!!" when she saw dis picture.

And dis one too. My cuteness is too much fur her to take sometimes.

And then of course she had to do more squees because of my ears and the perplexed look on my face in dis picture. She doesn't understand that I'm doing serious work here. It's my job to keep dis place safe!

The perimeter is secure. Now we can go inside where it's warm.

It's good to be king.

Luv,

Cloud