Snake 'n the Grass.......'N Divin' Fer Bass......

Hi Ta Everyone.....

While we were at the cottage on our last visit, Pap took a wheel barrel full of split wood ta the back of the house so it would be ready fer the cold weather......cause we mostly use the wood stove ta heat the cottage.

Once he unloaded the wood, he found a snake in the wheel barrel and my Mom just loves ta chase snakes so he brought it ta the front of the cottage. Gram has seen this kind of snake before and it's called a ring neck snake. My Mom doesn't care what it's called, she just loves ta chase 'em.....

See what happens ta the snake.....

Don't ya wonder how the buggers move along like that without any legs? But they're real sneaky....yep, just like a snake in the grass..... poor snake....he's history now cause my Mom shook 'em too much.

Pap was splittin' all that wood....'n Toby always loves ta play with big logs....he grabbed one of the split logs and ran off with it. Here's what he did with it ...........
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We just love ta go inta the water. So Gram 'n Pap took us up ta Keller's Lake ta try ta catch some fish....some rocks in the water....'n some sticks.......'n ta cool off too......

Here's what Keller's Lake looks like....pretty isn't it ???

Then we got ta go inta the water and got ta enjoy ourselves some...watch 'n see what we got ta do....

My Mom always likes ta bring balls back when ya throw 'em.......we never really went inta the water where it was deep til this trip....ya might get ta see us paddlin' along.......'n ya might see my Mom bring back a stick....

Boy, ya think my Mom knows more about stick fetchin' than I do ???? Nope.....no siree.....just watch me bring back that stick ta Gram........that's me....Dewey Dewster....Master stick fetcher extraordinaire..........

Well....now that ya got ta see how good I am at bringin' back the stick....ya know why everyone thinks I'm so special....don't ya..????

'N now ya know why we love ta go ta the cottage so much......we love it there cause there is lots of room ta run 'n play......'n places ta swim....'n vermin that needs my Mom ta teach it that it shouldn't be there at all....

Yep.....that's North Western Pennsylvania at it finest........'n Dewey Dewster at his best......

Almost fergot baby Parker.....maybe we should say big boy Parker now........
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Have a great week..........everyone...........

This is Dewey Dewster reportin' on Snakes, Lakes and pictures that Gram takes............'n big boy Parker......who has what it takes.......

Caught in a Trap........a Mouse Trap.......

Hey there........all ya bloggies....

We know that we've been outta touch lately but we've been at the cottage again.....'n we still have dialup there but DSL is comin' soon so we may not always be apologizin' after every trip.

We're about to have earthdog tests again in August and so Gram 'n Pap thought we might like ta practice a bit. There are a lot of mice in the garage at the cottage....'n they'll do a peck 'o damage ta the tractor 'n ATVs if we let 'em stay.

So, Pap made a mouse trap that can catch the buggers......'n keep 'em alive til we can try ta catch 'em like we were real earthdogs. Heck....we are REAL EARTHDOGS !!!!!!

There's a ramp goin' up ta the rim of the 5 gallon bucket so the mice don't have ta jump up...they can just walk........there's a rod through the bucket with a soda can (here we really say "POP" but not everyone does so we'll call it soda taday).....'n on the soda can there's peanut butter spread all over cause mice just love peanut butter. The mice walk up the ramp......jump on the can ta get the peanut butter......the can spins....and the mouse lands down in the bottom of the bucket.....'n he can't get out.

Cool, isn't it ????? And it works swell too !!!!!

Pap caught mice fer us just about every day we were there.......'n this is what the little guys looked like before Pap let 'em loose.......

Now I tell ya that bugger ran inta the pipe and just wouldn't come out....'n we knew that he was in there.......'n we wanted him ta come out..........well, take a look.......

Pap got a stick 'n pushed the silly mouse outta the pipe and my Mom pounced on 'em. She shakes 'n shakes them til they don't move anymore.......me ????? I still thought the bugger was in the pipe.....that's why my Mom is a better earthdog than I am.

That bucket still had lots of mouse smells on it 'n I figured that I could rip it apart..........turns out that I couldn't but I still had fun...fun...fun....my Mom got a bit testy with Toby cause he was gettin' in her way........that bark of hers will drive ya nuts.....fer sure.....yes siree......

We have lots more ta show ya but ya would be bored if we put anymore in this post. But we did think ya might want ta see what the cottage looks like since Pap got the porch roof pretty much finished....there's still a bit more ta do but fer the most part it's done.....'n Gram has 'er porch swings up and workin' too......we sure love it.......( biggify it if ya like ta)

We'll catch ya all later........we promise.......

This is Dewey Dewster reportin' on Pap's special mouse trap....'n the real earthdogs......

Goin' With The Flow............

Hi ta all.........

We sure didn't disappear or anythin' but we've been outta comission in the blog world fer sure.

We blame it on Gram.....'n we're lookin' fer another new Gram right now ta take 'er place 'cause we need someone ta help us with the blog that isn't as busy.......

Know anyone willin' ta accept the job ?

Anyway, we don't have much ta report except fer our last trip ta the cottage. The camera person hasn't been using' the camera like she should be.....I won't mention any names but I think ya know who I mean........

We went fer a walk and my Mom got all muddy layin' in a mud puddle. So that meant that the pool got out and we all got ta get wet with the hose.......


We all love ta jump at the hose and that water is really COLD too cause we have a well there.....


But there's nothin' like a refreshin' romp in the cold water ta get yer blood flowin'........


Now for those of ya that want ta see us in action.....here it is........watch closely cause we move FAST..........

And then when we got home, Ross Township had their holiday fireworks goin' on and we have a Birdseye view from the back deck......so Gram did take a few pictures of the display.....

Gee, we're sure sorry that we haven't been around lately. I did sit Gram down a spell and had a talk with 'er but I'm not sure if we have an agreement ta do better yet or not........we may have ta go ta arbitration........we'll keep ya posted on any progress we make......

But have a great weekend and I promise we will be around ta visit soon.....

This is Dewey Dewster reportin' on a lazy Gram and our trip ta the cottage......

We Love Earthdog

Hi ta all....

Taday we hopped on the Pa. Turnpike and got off at Donegal and went ta have some more earthdog fun.

My Mom gets excited when we get off the turnpike and even more excited when we turn onta the road ta Woodside.....Earthdog Heaven.......

The view from Woodside is breath-takin'...ya can see ferever.......

Mr Rat is always there when we're there fer earthdog fun and this Westie is checkin' 'em out.....

People are lined up at the Intro to Earthdog tunnels ta see if their dogs are interested in chasin' a rat in a tunnel.....

There were a few new people there this weekend and they got ta meet Mr Rat......when a terrier meets Mr Rat....all they want ta do is get 'em......... ya almost have ta feel sorry fer the rat....notice I say ALMOST..............

Now this Cairn Terrier is tellin' Mr Rat just what he thinks of 'em bein' around Woodside....

Then there's Parker again.......he was over ta our house with his Mum 'n Dad and he got onta the little ATV that I thought was mine but he thought it was his......guess what ???? It is his.......

He likes ta find out about his new toys all by himself.........

One more thing.........Gram has had this Hoya plant fer probably 30 years and until lately it never bloomed. Gram likes ta start new plants from pieces of the ones she has and everytime she would give a hoya away that she started from this one, the recipient would say "You didn't tell me that it bloomed ". 'N Gram always said that her's never did. Now she has one of those waterin' globes in there and the Hoya is bloomin' up a storm.....FINALLY......

Well, that 's all fer now folks......
We hope ya all have a swell week.....

This is Dewey Dewster reportin' on Earthdog, Parker and bloomin' Hoya plants......

Diggin' Tunnels and Pullin' Guard Duty

Hi ta all.......

We were at the cottage again fer a spell with that dialup stuff 'n Gram just can't handle dialup at all. So we were just not usin' the computer at all there........

I can tell ya we didn't see any porcupines this trip........ 'n we're sure happy about that. They were horrible monsters.....fer sure......

But I tell ya.....we saw somethin' movin in a pile of rocks near the edge of the woods. My Mom was over there scoutin' around and we wanted ta see what was in there. So Gram let us all go over ta catch the vermin in the rocks.....

Why, even Toby wanted ta be in on the search.....look at 'em go......... why I tell ya... it almost seems like he wants ta dig an earthdog tunnel fer all of us......

Of course my Mom's shrill bark scared anythin' away that was hidin' in there. We're sure the vermin ran 2 miles away after hearin' her scream like a banshee.........

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Back in "Da Burgh".........

Remember we told ya all about those burglars that are prowlin' around just waitin' ta steal our toys ?????

Well........I was sure I saw one tryin' ta get inta our house........

Why....he was frightenin'.....fer sure......

Imagine this guy gettin' inta our house and stealin' our toys........

I had ta run ta get my favorite toy ta guard it so that it wasn't stolen.............

I stuck my head inta the toy ta make sure if it left the house....I was goin' with it.......

No siree.....there wasn't any burglar goin' ta get my toy away from me.........

I held onta it fer dear life........

I think I scared 'em away..........do ya think it's safe now ta let it go now?????? Well, I'm not lettin' it outta my sight.......

Let that be a lesson ta all burglars tryin' ta get inta our toys......

WE WILL NOT STAND FER IT.....AT ALL......FER SURE........

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Oh yeah......

'N Momo and Pinot had asked us a while back ta see some pictures of baby Parker....'n we kept fergettin'.....

Here's a little video that was taken in early April.....we'll try ta get more soon.......

We have ta make sure Parker doesn't try ta play with OUR toys.....that he only plays with HIS toys......Imagine us all gettin' locked out of the house so Parker could play by himself........the indignity of it all......

Gee, we are sure sorry we were away fer so long.......we'll be around ta visit soon......

This is Dewey Dewster reportin' on flushin' out vermin and guardin' toys.......

Teachin' Thursday

Hi all ya bloggies.....

Taday is teachin' Thursday and I was teachin Toby how ta be scary....ya know like a vampire is scary ?

So I thought I would teach 'em all the fine points of bein' real scary so that the criminal peepers would be afraid of 'em.....'n me too.....

With the economy bein' the way it is, crime is way up. More and more homes are bein' broken inta by thieves and valuables are bein' stolen.

Now, we need ta put a stop ta that. .....fer sure......

Ya all know that the first thing a thief would do if he broke inta our house is steal all our toys. Why, that would be awful.....yes siree........

So we need ta protect those toys cause they are the only valuables we have. So ya have ta learn ta be fierce........be an attack monster.........why ???.... so ya can protect what's yers....

Now ya can tell that I was scarin' Toby plenty.....couldn't ya????

Those growlin' noises ya heard were comin' from me......So if an intruder is tryin' ta get inta our house, me 'n Toby can sure scare 'em away. Don't ya think so ???? And wasn't I a great teacher ???

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Spring has sprung and it has been pretty colorful around here in Southwestern Pa.

So Gram took a bunch of colorful pictures of 'er flowers as they were bloomin'.

We wanted ta share that with ya taday.

Cause that teaches ya all about all the pretty colors that we have around here.

Hope ya like it.

I think I'm gonna like Teachin' Thursday.....how about ya ????

Have a wonderful weekend everyone !!!!!!

This is Dewey Dewster reportin' on Teachin' Thursday..........

Green Acres is the Place to Be.......

Green Acres is the place ta be........
Country livin' is the life for me......
Land spreadin' out so far 'n wide.......
Leavin' "The Burgh" ta sample the countryside.....

Hi Everyone,

We really didn't disappear or anythin' but we did decided ta take a trip back up ta the cottage and enjoy nature and the freedom of open spaces.



I decided ta help Pap cut the grass. He has a John Deere tractor so I got on ta see if I could help 'em with his work.....
That hat was gettin' in my way.......'n so I took it off so I could see where I was drivin'......


I tell ya, it's hard ta drive a tractor when yer as little as I am but I gave it my best shot....
Then my Mom wanted ta help too so she got on ta take a ride with me.....

Hey, Pap...is this the right way ta go ?????

Gram 'n Pap bought a little ATV fer baby Parker....but I wanted ta make sure that it was safe fer a little boy ta ride on.......

It makes broom broom noises and all and I think baby Parker will have fun....fun.....fun with it......fer sure.......

Up at Gramdma Judy's we saw a lady turkey come over ta the feeder ta get some dinner. Grandma Judy said that it was a female that has a nest of eggs ta care fer....'n that's why she's all by herself. It's her job ta hatch the turkey eggs........

Gram got a little video of the turkey 'n the birds just enjoyin' the feed Grandma Judy puts out fer 'em.......ain't the country great ????

I tell ya we got tired cause Gram bought a new plastic ball 'n bat ta hit around fer all of us. We chased 'em til we nearly dropped from exhaustion. I got so tired I curled up in the toy box and went ta sleep......

Yep, I was one tired Dewey from all that work 'n play too. Now that we're home again, we will try ta catch up on what ya have all been doin'.....that dialup service we have at the cottage just makes it too hard ta visit.....we're supposed ta get DSL there in the Fall...... 'n we're sure lookin' forward ta that day....

Well, I'm off ta catch a few winks here...........see ya later guys.....

This is Dewey Dewster reportin' on Green Acres.........