The Still Life

Oh good heavens, what are you doing?

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I'm painting a picture just like mommy. Yes, yes I see that.

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I call it "Zucchini-Kiwi Surprise"! Oh, she'll be surprised all right. And I'm sure mommy will love it the way she loves everythig you do....

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But we suspect the FCC won't let us show that here.

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‘Fraid all I have left from my ensemble is the zucchini.

Those shelter people stole more than just my fur when I showed up.

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Dream Our World

Come see what other naughty things my boys have been up to in Dream Our World. 

Inside Dream Our World, Bitey and Toby visit the museum of their dreams, view the world or art from a canine perspective and enjoy a day of unsupervised fun.

Dream Our World and other fine gifts are available from my shop at L Bowman Studios.

When Hank Met Sally

Great googly moogly, what happened to you? Yeah, it looks like Hank Hill and Sally got together and had a baby...that got really old...and was eaten by a swamp monster... and caught on fire.

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Do you mean Charlie Borwn's sister, Sally? No, Sally from "The Nightmare Before Christmas".

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Aw come on guys. I work outside a lot, but I don't always wear the same thing so my tan lines are a little uneven.

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A little uneven? That's like saying Frankenstein's monster had "a few scars".

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Do we still have to go out with her/ Maybe we can convince her that muumuus are fashionable. Really long, ankle-length muumuus.

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I don’t really care what you look like as long as I get my dinner on time!

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Of you would prefer a patchwork quilt to a patchwork human, then please visit the Quilt section of my shop at L Bowman Studios.

Ushanka

Hey, it looks like he likes you! Lucky me.

Doogie was small enough that he didn’t mind standing on Murphy when he wanted to reach something. Given the hot weather, Murphy may have objected to his living Ushanka.

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I don’t mind standing on your head.

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I mind a little.

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Dream Our World

See what Murphy’s brothers have been up to in Dream Our World. 

Inside Dream Our World, Bitey and Toby visit the museum of their dreams, view the world or art from a canine perspective and enjoy a day of unsupervised fun.

Dream Our World and other fine gifts are available from my shop at L Bowman Studios.

Six Month Anniversary

Murphy has turned out to have the most beautiful smile.

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Dream Our World

Come see what Murphy’s naughty brothers have been up to in Dream Our World. 

Inside Dream Our World, Bitey and Toby visit the museum of their dreams, view the world or art from a canine perspective and enjoy a day of unsupervised fun.

Dream Our World and other fine gifts are available from my shop at L Bowman Studios.

Gotta Match? (Or, “The Cooperative Boys Go For A Walk”)

Yeah, my face and your butt!

No wait…that’s not right...

We’ve been having a good week. As soon as things settle down, I look forward to telling more stories. 🙂

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Dream Our World

Come see what my boys have been up to in Dream Our World. 

Inside Dream Our World, Bitey and Toby visit the museum of their dreams, view the world or art from a canine perspective and enjoy a day of unsupervised fun.

Dream Our World and other fine gifts are available from my shop at L Bowman Studios.

He’s Baaack!

Well, it turns out Doogie is just as cooperative for photos as Murphy is.

I think I’m going to ignore him and eat this grass.

Ignore me, will ‘ya? Well I’ll ignore you right back!

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This evening I found Doogie lying in Murphy’s bed. He gave me a look that whispered, “Don’t tell him I’m here.” OK. I won’t tell him, but I bet before this visit is over, I’ll find the two of you curled up together like best friends.

Under the Strawberries

In the spring, I was tidying up the garden when I noticed that one of my strawberry plants had died.

Strawberry bed without chicken wire cover.

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The strawberry bed has a foot high metal wall with chicken wire on top. When I lifted the wire to pull up the dead plant, I found that some stupid b*tch bunny had hopped on top of the chicken wire and clawed and chewed her way into the bed. She dug a hole under one of my unlucky plants and laid her clutch of fur-covered destroyers. When I picked up the plant, I found a huge wad of her hair where the roots should have been and three sleeping vermin underneath.

Evil lagomorphs where strawberry should be.

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I tried to shoo the undersized monsters away to wreak their havoc elsewhere, but they were stubbornly reluctant to leave.

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Voracious cuniculus is trying to blend in with the dirt.

(I’m not gonna eat that strawberry. Honest.)

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Hence the term “harebrained”.

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You can’t see me!

(Oh yes I can.)

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For the rabbit lovers out there, no cottontails were (seriously) harmed in the making of this blog post. (My turnips, peas and strawberries suffered, however!!) I did tell them that if I caught them in the garden again I would make Hasenpfeffer out of them. So far they’ve wisely heeded my warning.

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Murphy putting his terrier stink in the garden to try to keep the pests away.

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Hello? Are there any bunnies in there?

The Mysterious Case of the Blue Poo

What the heck is this?? It's july! It's blueberry season!

I’m afraid this is what passes for patriotism with my boys.

Happy Independence Day everyone!

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*Nom nom* That blueberry was delicious.

I’ll eat all the rest in those buckets, thank you.

Murphy has figured out where blueberries come from, and he is quite willing to pick them himself. What a helpful lad.