I got to meet #1!!!!

Hi evfurrybody! I had something FURRY exciting happen to me last week - I got to meet #1 from The Poupounette blog! She had commissioned two paintings from my mom, and came to Iowa for a big horse show last week, so we got to meet her!!

Mom posted about the paintings on her blog today if you want to see better photos of them, but since this is MY blog, I'm just going to tell you about what the meeting was like fur ME!

#1 (and her friend) were both furry nice, and petted me and said all kinds of nice things to me. Her friend was French, so #1 would speak French to her, and it sounded like music to my extremely cute and suave ears! I enjoyed how it sounded, especially when they were talking about my toenails being different colors, and about my dignified greying muzzle. And about how handsome I was, we can't furget that, BOL!

I don't look especially happy in dis second photo, but that was only because the sun was in my eyes.

It was so much fun to meet #1, and for all you who are wondering, she is just as nice in person as she is on the blog.

I'm sorry it's been so long since I've blogged. Mom has a lot of irons in the fire these days, and blogging time has been put on the back burner. I promise to check in whenever there is news, and more often when I'm able. Know that I love all my blogging friends, and think of you often and hope you are all well.

Luv and kisses to you all,

Cloud

Visitors are still here!

Hi evfurryone! Well, my visitors are still here. Thank you guys fur all the kind words about grandma and grandpa. They are fine, although grandma did have to stay overnight in the hospital. Their trailer was totaled, I guess those things aren't meant to slide down the road on their sides, but they got to buy a new one and are loading it up before they go back on the road. So we still has the pets fur another day or so.

As you can see, I am furry well, and even more handsome. Hey Puddles, check out my muskles!

Oy is still furry cute, according to mom. She says he must be cute according to me too, because I have started humping him. Jeez, mom!! That's only to put the little twerp in his place and show him he's living in Cloud's World!

Boomer is still crazy, BOL. She is a ball of fire!

Here is a picture of her peeing, to get back at her fur all the times she's knocked me over and hit me in the eyes wiff her waggy tail, BOL!:

But we are getting along better. Here we are conspiring amongst the Hostas...

Our Boomer is doing dis right now. She's not crazy about the visitors and wants to hang out on mom's desk where they can't reach her. Miss Kitty is still living downstairs. Boomer HATES other cats, and is stressed and grouchy enough already, so mom thought it was best to keep her and Miss Kitty separate while she is here.

I wonder if I'll miss them when they're gone??

Well, that's all fur now.

Luv,

Cloud

I has company!

Hi evfurryone, I has company! Grandma and Grandpa and their pets were in a bad accident while traveling in their RV. Luckily, no one was hurt, but they asked if mom and dad could come pick up the pets and keep them while they sort through the wreckage, deal wiff insurance, and buy a new RV. (They are far from home, they live 8 hours away from us. But the accident was an hour away from our house.) They're not sure how long it will take, so the pets may be here several days or a week.

Dis is Oy. He is a 7 year old long hair dachshund. He is pretty laid back and cool:

Dis is Boomer. (Which is sort of confusing to me because our cat's name is Boomer.)

Boomer is a 1 year old dachshund/golden retriever cross. Grandpa calls her a Golden Wiener, BOL!

Dis is Miss Kitty. She is still kind of scared from the accident and just wants to hang out in her crate most of the time. But she is eating and drinking and using the litter box. She is alright as far as cats go...

And dis is me. You see the look on my face? It says, "what is going on???"

Dis is what Boomer looks like most of the time. She is kind of crazy. Mom says she's just young and full of energy.

Dis picture looks furry much like the picture of me in my header. Dat's weird...

Yeah, she is crazy. Dis picture proves it, BOL!

You can see the golden retriever in her face and ears. It also gave her a pretty coat.

Here is a picture of Oy running. He runs pretty slow, BOL!

He likes to hang out by the back door and watch us run.

Mom says he is cute.

But of course, not as cute as ME!!

We still don't have a lot of time fur blogging right now, but I wanted to say "hi" to my furiends, and "I miss you!" and to show you guys what was going on around here.

Hope evfurryone is well!

Luv,

Cloud

Marfa, Marfa, Marfa!!!

Mom was at Petsmart and saw these Marfa Stewart beds and decided she was tired of me laying on top of the back of the sofa and squishing it into a swaybacked mess, so she got me one.

She knew I would look dashing and oh-so suave in Marfa Stewart Blue. She was right.

Since it's been about 800 degrees here lately, I've been spending a lot of time playing inside and hanging out on my new Marfa bed.

Easy, grrrrrls.....

As you can see in these pictures, mom had to put loud crinkly paper on top of the sofa to keep me off. Dis is because even tho I like my new Marfa bed, I prefer to lie on top of the sofa and squish it, BOL!

Mom got me dis Star Bite thingy:

It was pretty good. I carried it around fur a long time before I ate it.

Mom and I have been furry upset about sad things going on - the deaths of Bear Bear and my good friend Dr. Dre, the TX greyhounds, and close to home, the loss of a friends husband. We found dis on Puddle's site and I'm keeping my paws crossed and thinking pawsitively about a world of love. We know the good things far outweigh the bad, but sometimes it's easy to forget...

Love,

Cloud

PS. Mom is furry busy wiff work right now, so we may not be blogging much, but she says she will try to let me post at least once a week. I miss my furiends!!! :-(

I'm on a boat..!

Dis weekend mom and dad went to a big lake in western Nebraska wiff a bunch of friends. I got to go along!!! OMD, we had so much fun! We slept in a tent, ate wonderful foods, went swimming and boating, and went fur lovely walks, too.

The first morning, mom woke up early to find dis beautiful sunrise:

After breakfast, it was time fur a boat ride! Here I am modeling my life jacket. Safety first!

Me and mom on the boat. We got to watch people put long sticks on their feet and fall down in the water. Mostly they would glide on top of the water. Mostly. It was lots of fun! (No, mom didn't ski. Are you crazy? BOL!)

Later, back at shore, I did some swimming. Mom made me wear my life jacket fur to swim. Because I am such an impressive specimen of masculinity and have like 2% body fat, she was afraid I would sink like a stone.

In the evening I was furry tired from all the fun, and did lots of dis:

I will leave you wiff dis picture of me in all my suave glory, looking furry much like the Old Spice guy...

Pay attention ladies! Look at your dog, now back to me. Now back at your dog, now BACK TO ME!! Here I am, The Dog Your Dog Could Smell Like...

Woof!

Luv,

Cloud

PS. Mom wants to thank evfurryone fur voting in the kitty art show. She will let you know what happens! :-)

Would you like to vote fur kitteh art?

Hi furiends. Mom is in an online art show for the Canine Art Guild. Dis particular show is kitteh art! There is a vote fur People's Choice Award.

Mom would appreciate your vote. Of course, with all the wonderful art entered, if you see one you really love more, mom wants you to vote your conscience, BOL!

With 6 pages of art, mom says it's hard fur her to pick a favorite, and she's honored to be included.

At the bottom of the page you just have to enter your name and email, to make it fair so people don't vote more than once:

http://www.canineartguild.com/gallery/kittykitty-2.php

Mom says thank you fur your consideration.

I say, have a great weekend evfurrybody!!!

Luv,

Cloud and his mom

I went backpacking!

Since we had a little break from the heat wave on Saturday, mom and dad decided to go on an overnight backpacking trip to a nature area not far from our home. We live in the Loess Hills of Western Iowa, which are furry beautiful and furry steep... especially if you have short legs like moi. But mom said I did GREAT!

After we hiked to our campsite and set up the tent, we hiked around some more.

Here I am hiking wiff dad:

We went fur a walk in the clouds, BOL!

Look at the view!

I'm so happy!

After the hike, I rested in the tent. I also learned what a "tick check" is. Boo!

I got a tired and had to take a nap...

Dis was the view from our tent!

And dis was the view on the other side:

Pretty, huh? Mom loves these hills.

Here is a picture mom took the next day:

"Hellooooo ladies..."

BOL!

I had a lot of fun camping. If anyone wants to read more about the Loess Hills, click here. They are furry unique!

Luv,

Cloud