Time and Toby
wait for no man.
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Join my stinky two on another adventure in Dream Our World. Dream Our World follows the boys to the Museum of the Imagination where they view the world of art from a canine perspective all while enjoying a day of unsupervised fun.
Dream Our World is available from Amazon.
Ha! I had to borrow a camera, but I finally got pictures of the giant sunflowers in the garden.
At the end of the day
they turned off their suns,
nodded their heads
and fell fast asleep.
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And then the puppies peed on them
Who, me? I wouldn’t pee on the sunflowers.
The tomatoes, maybe….
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Come join my boys as they visit the museum of their dreams in Dream Our World!
We had a bit of excitement in the neighborhood today. One of the local dogs decided to go on a walkabout. We suspect she was heading to a neighbor’s house to look for her boys, not realizing they were still in school.
In all there were five of us trying to lure the little pup to safety. Cars stopped in the street. People ran home to grab treats and leashes. What was scary was that this particular pup likes to hide underneath cars. We were so worried that she would get into serious trouble.
After she was caught, I was nominated to walk the dog home. Her family’s door was closed, and when I rang the bell, the pup couldn’t help herself and howled at the doorbell. Ha!
(So what if I haven’t got my camera to work yet. Stick figures can be just as fun!)
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For some non-stick-figure fun, pick up a copy of Dream Our World. In it, Bitey and Toby visit the museum of their dreams.
I was organizing some photos when I came across this one of tiny Toby. From the time he came into this world, Toby has managed to take goofy pictures. This one is no exception.
At this age, you can see that his left ear hadn’t entirely stood up, and he had traded his green sweater for a stylish hand-me-down harness from his big brother Geordie. While I like remembering the puppy he was, I really love the dog he has become.
Thank you for bringing so much fun (and torment) into my life, little one.
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School is starting, and that is a great excuse to escape into an alternate reality. Come visit Bitey and Toby as they journey to the Museum of the Imagination in Dream Our World.
Who me? But I’m totally innocent.
This evening I went to the computer and noticed that the mouse wasn’t working. I traced the cord back to the port to make sure it was secure and found that it wasn’t plugged in at all. This was the second time in a week that this has happened. Looks like Toby has found a new hobby….unplugging Mommy’s peripherals.
…but this time he failed thanks to my bad knee. I couldn’t move fast enough, and Toby wasn’t able to catch the toad.
Two summers ago we weren’t so lucky, and Toby did manage to lick a toad. At first I thought he had eaten a dandelion gone to seed and was shaking the white fluff off his tongue. Nope. We had several hours of rinsing his mouth while watching to see if he needed to be rushed to the emergency vet.
So, do puppies learn from their mistakes? Not my boy!
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That is the scientific name for this stuff, isn’t it?
This is the latest addition to the list of things I need to keep Toby from eating. So far he has been pretty good about it, but he does keep trying to eat the mulch. I worry that this might happen again:
Why do you keep picking on me? I’ve been good lately.
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To catch up on what my stinky boys have been up to when they are not visiting the museum, pick up a copy of Poopiter. Poopiter tells the illustrated tales of the meeting of Bitey Dog and Toby and their adventures during their first year together.
Poopiter is available from Amazon.
This is what I found after a suspiciously quiet moment.
It wasn’t me, Mom. You can clearly see it was Blue Puppy.
Toby loves Blue Puppy, but I am finding that he is the scapegoat for a lot of things that go wrong around here. Things where Toby is somehow nearby….
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Don’t forget to pick up a copy of Poopiter.
Poopiter is available at Amazon. (Some people donate their copies to their local children’s libraries or the children’s ward at the hospital. Kids love reading about naughty puppies.)
You’ll want to be caught up on the boys’ adventures before they start their next one which is coming up soon. I have been working on this next book for a very long time, and it looks like I am in the final stretch. Yeah, I’m happy!
I had to do a double take the other day. Geordie was sleeping near the window, and Geordie was sleeping in his bed. Wait, what?
While this is Geordie’s bed, the usurping Toby likes to make it his own whenever he gets the chance. Sometimes Geordie will cry until the little one leaves. Sometimes he gives up and sleeps outside the door. One time he tried to paw the puppy out.
I don’t know if Toby feels safer sleeping in his big brother’s bed or if he just likes to put his stank on the blankets so that Geordie can never escape him. Either way, it is adorable.
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I don’t know how, but I ended up on a mailing list for a college that sends out newsletters every so often. Sometimes the essays they feature are interesting, so I don’t mind reading them.
A few days ago a newsletter came that dealt with marijuana and lesser known scientific research on links between usage and mental illness. As I was reading, Toby decided to “help”. Each time I turned a page, he very kindly shredded it for me. He was so enthusiastic that I had to read very quickly to keep up with him.
Perhaps hungry puppies could motivate students to do their homework faster?
(I am showing my age with that comment!)
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Speaking of hungry puppies, don’t forget to pick up a copy of Poopiter.
Poopiter is an illustrated journey that follows Bitey and Toby during their tumultuous first year together. A fun read and a great gift!
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