Geez....No posts since March......So Sorry !!!!

Hello ta all....

Well, I can hardly believe that we have not published a post since March.......

now that is unacceptable !!!!

Did ya like that "Unacceptable".....

that's a new word that I learned taday and it certainly fits the bill here ,

cause we really have NOT posted anythin' since March 2012.

The truth of the matter is that we have not really been doin' anything excitin' lately.

But since we are all here right now, I tackled Gram and told her to let me use the computer.

So here I am.....Dewey Dewster....

Filin' another report on what we have been doin' fer the past 3 months...

Well.....

Maybe there's not enough time ta tell ya EVERYTHING that we have been doin'......

But we can sure at least tell ya a little bit of what we have been doin' lately anyway....

So......here goes...... 

A couple weeks ago...

I hurt my left leg....or my left paw....can't remember which one....

So I had ta take ta my sick bed........

Yep, Gram....'n Pap too..... had ta carry me everywhere.......

up the steps....

down the steps.....

Why they even had ta put me in and pick me outta my sick bed.....

It took a few days before I felt better....

 

Then I got up outta my sick bed and got back ta bein' Dewey.....

Since I was feelin' better, Gram gave me a haircut....

I have ta remember that fer next time......

So I can stay in my sick bed longer and then avoid the haircut......

Things were pretty boring after that fer awhile....then....

We got ta come back ta the cottage....

When we go there.....we play ball.....lots of ball.....

When my Mom gets hot....she likes ta cool off.....

If the pool isn't out, she just plops in any bit of water available....

Ever wonder how my Mom gets inta that little pan?

Here's how....



So now ya know....amazin' isn't it ??????

Well, that's my Mom !!!!

Ya know....when we are up the cottage......the vermin are everywhere....

Ya just never know when ya might run inta one.....

There was this big black snake in the side yard and we felt so threatened....

That we had ta attack it.....

 Yep.....ya can see how scary the bugger was.....

Ya know....this is the same snake that we attacked once before....

He was pretty stupid ta come back again.....

Ya always have ta be on yer toes up here in the woods.....


Ya might enjoy my attempt at rippin' that monster apart.....

I think I got the best of 'em......yep.....fer sure.....

So I will leave ya with a snapshot of me restin' with MY BALL......

MY BALL.....

Remember that.....MY BALL

This is Dewey Dewster here......reportin' on what we three terriers have been doin' lately......

Wordless Wednesday

Dewey Dewster here.......there..... and everywhere.......

Heaven is.............

Hi ya Bloggies,

I tell ya....time has a way of flyin' by.

When yer OLD like my Gram,

Time has no meaning at all.....

She promised us that we could post ta our Blog,

That was the beginnin' of February.....

Here it is March and we have only created ONE POST......

Not satisfactory, I tell ya.......not satisfactory at all......

But I hear that the procrastination is about ta stop.....

And it sure is about time....

We actually got ta do somethin'

Other than watch Gram 'n Pap work around here.....

We got ta go swimmin'.....'n  water ball playin' in Lake June.....

I tell ya that it was refreshin'....definitely refreshin'.......

'N fun too.......lots of fun.....

Pap gets ta be the one ta throw the ball and be in the water with us.....

Gram takes the pictures....

She's not good fer much else.....

My Mom just LOVES ta play ball.....'n when she gets it......

She is REALLY EXCITED !!!!!

Ya can see that we really get inta playin' the game.....

And I can tell ya that I, Dewey Dewster, am gettin' ta be a better swimmer too.....

I learned ta use my back legs ta swim....instead of just usin' the front ones.....

Pretty smart of me....isn't it?

We were over at Aunt Sandy's house on the other side of the Lake.....

Here's a bit of the scenery there.......

More grass and much greener grass than we have........yep....fer sure....

A dock with a boat.......

And just plain beautiful water.......

Now before I lose my computer helper,

I will leave you all with this lovely picture of

The 3 of us....lookin' out the bedroom window here.....

Here's Lookin' at Ya !!!!!!1

Bet this will help ya all remember just how Cute, Handsome, Darling we all are....

This is Dewey Dewster reportin'...'n signin' off from our winter hideaway........but we'll be back....

I promise.

Ya Thought We Died, Didn't Ya ?

Gee, Hi Ya All ! 

I bet that ya thought we died, didn't ya? Well, I, Dewey Dewster, am here ta tell ya that I still
LIVE !!!!!

We sure have been outta the loop lately but if I can get Gram ta let me use her computer, I'll be around ta visit ya all shortly.

In the meantime, here I am guardin' the castle........watchin' out fer vermin......makin' sure nothin' gets inta my territory..........

It's a tough job, but someone has ta do it..........so I'm tryin' ta teach Toby how ta be vigilant.......

Ya just never know who is lurkin' around outside..........I hear tell that there's a groundhog about ta emerge from his den tomorrow......I'm just waitin' fer him ta show his furry face.....

This is Dewey Dewster here.....baskin' in the sunshine and soakin' up the warmth......

Dewey the Master Earthdog

Hi Bloggies,

Do you remember when my Mom won all those ribbons......

'n the titles ta go with 'em by goin' inta a silly little tunnel

 ta try ta finds some rats in cages at the end of it ?

Do ya remember that....do ya  ????

Silly ribbons.....silly titles.....silly job....

Now I....Dewey Dewster....am a real earthdog cause I don't need ta go inta a tunnel ta capture a

vermin......

I can capture a vermin by patrollin' our yard and sniffin' round.....

Yep, when I get out there, I know if somethin' has been there that doesn't belong.....

Like the other day....I went out and smelled somethin' that wasn't quite right.....

Somethin' moved in MY YARD that didn't belong there.......

'N I had ta teach 'em a lesson......

I guess ya know what it was....don't ya?

Yep....it was a RAT !!!!!

'N somehow or other..... he ended up in my mouth....see 'em in there ????

I was pretty proud of that RAT....I tell ya......

I caught it fair 'n square......

I am the KING of the YARD cause I caught the VERMIN in our yard........

My Mom 'n Toby wanted ta take my Rat away but I wouldn't let 'em.......cause he was MINE !!!!!

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'N if that rat wasn't bad enough.....

I discovered another VERMIN in our yard.....

but I could never get 'em. I knew he was there though....

'n so did Gram 'n Pap too cause when they went ta pick their one and only cantalope outta the garden....

they found out that it was gone.....not a trace of it was left either....

So Pap put out the trap ta see what he could catch.....

He caught a raccoon........see 'em in there ?????

Why he ate Gram's prize cantalope....he did...the little piggie.....

Silly Raccoon....

He needed ta go fer a long ride ta find a new home cause we didn't want 'em here..........

We got ta check 'em out before he left so we would remember what a raccoon smelled like....

just in case some of his relatives stopped by later on.......

So as ya can see there was a lot of excitement aound our house lately......

But as usual, I, Dewey Dewster......saved the day......

Yep.......there's nothin' quite as special as havin' Dewey Dewster around.......

This is Dewey Dewster reportin' on all the vermin I have had ta take care of lately....it's a tough job but someone has ta do it..........

Remembering an American Tragedy 9/11/2001

Sept. 11, 2001: Timeline

Sunday, September 11, 2011

By The New York Times

7:59 a.m.

American Airlines Flight 11 takes off from Logan International Airport in Boston with 76 passengers, 11 crew members and 5 hijackers.

8:14 a.m.

United Airlines Flight 175 takes off from Logan with 51 passengers, 9 crew members and 5 hijackers.

8:19 a.m.

Two flight attendants on Flight 11, Betty Ong and Madeline Amy Sweeney, tell American Airlines of the hijacking; the airline calls the FBI.

8:20 a.m.

American Airlines Flight 77 takes off from Dulles International Airport near Washington carrying 53 passengers, 6 crew members and 5 hijackers.

8:42 a.m.

United Airlines Flight 93 takes off from Newark International Airport, carrying 33 passengers, 7 crew members and 4 hijackers.

8:46 a.m.

Flight 11 hits the north tower of the World Trade Center.

8:50 a.m.

President George W. Bush, who is reading to second graders at Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Fla., is told that the World Trade Center has been hit by a plane.

9:03 a.m.

Flight 175 hits the south tower.

9:31 a.m.

President Bush announces on television, "Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in an apparent terrorist attack on our country."

9:36 a.m.

Vice President Dick Cheney is evacuated to a bunker under the White House.

9:37 a.m.

Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon.

9:42 a.m.

The Federal Aviation Administration grounds all flights over and to the continental United States.

9:45 a.m.

Evacuations begin in the White House and the Capitol.

9:57 a.m.

Mr. Bush leaves Sarasota for Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.

9:59 a.m.

South tower collapses.

10:03 a.m.

After passengers on Flight 93 try to regain control, hijackers crash the plane in a field in Shanksville.

10:28 a.m.

North tower collapses.

10:57 a.m.

From a firehouse on Houston Street, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani calls NY1 and tells people to evacuate Lower Manhattan. The city asks for help from the National Guard.

11:40 a.m.

Mr. Bush arrives at Barksdale Air Force Base; he leaves at 1:15 p.m.

2:39 p.m.

At a news conference, Mr. Giuliani says, "The number of casualties will be more than any of us can bear ultimately."

3:07 p.m.

Mr. Bush arrives at U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska; he leaves 90 minutes later.

5:20 p.m.

7 World Trade Center collapses.

6:54 p.m.

Mr. Bush arrives at the White House.

8:30 p.m.

Mr. Bush addresses the nation, calling America "the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world." He vows to direct full resources to finding and bringing to justice those behind the "evil acts" of 9/11.

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May 1, 2011

Osama bin Laden, hunted as the mastermind behind the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, has been killed, President Obama announced tonight.

The president called the killing of bin Laden the "most significant achievement to date" in the effort to defeat al Qaeda.

"Justice has been done," Obama said.

Bin Laden was located at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, which was monitored and when the time was determined to be right, the president said, he authorized a "targeted operation."

"A small team of Americans carried out the operation," Obama said. "After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body."

DNA testing confirmed that it was bin Laden, sources told ABC News.

Caricature courtesy of Shafali the Caricaturist. Thanks Shafali !

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And now 10 years after the attack that shocked people around the world, a memorial is completed and dedicated at Ground Zero to honor those who died there.

September 11, 2001

May We Never Forget

Hail ta the Champion.....my friends......

Hi ya Bloggies,

Yep...I say Hail ta the champion.....my friends...........

She'll chase those rats right to the end.........

Now who would the champion be....ya might ask me.......

Well, as usual it's my Mom....

Last Saturday August 20, 2011, my Mom passed her 3rd and last qualifying senior earthdog meet at the Wester Pa Earthdog Club in Donegal, Pa.

Ya have ta pass the Senior Earthdog test 3 times ta get yer Senior Earthdog  title and so this was the one that really was important.

 There's the earthdog judge with my Gram 'n my Mom after she won the 2 ribbons.

One fer passin' the test

and the second one fer gettin' 'er Senior Earthdog title.

 See there's those 2 ribbons Mom won last Saturday.........

She's always showin' off.......

Not funny Mom.....not funny at all.....

 

 Now there's all the ribbons that my Mom won........

2 fer passin' Junior Earthdog Tests....

'N one fer her Junior Earthdog Title........

3 fer passin' 3 Senior Earthdog tests....

'N one fer gettin' 'er Senior Earthdog Title....

 

Here she is showin' off with 'all 'er ribbons......

Fer some reason, she sure doesn't look happy....

But then that flash beastie drive her nuts so she won't look at it.........

That's what the entrance ta the Senior Earthdog tunnel looks like....

It's 30 feet long with two 90 degree turns in it, a false den and a false exit or entrance 

which ya better not go in cause ya get failed. 

It's only 9 inches high and wide.

My Mom goes right in cause she knows the rats are in there 'n she wants ta get 'em....

Too bad she never gets ta get 'em cause they are safe in a little cage at the end of the tunnel.

But she sure has fun tryin'.....

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Now ya may be wonderin' why I....Dewey Dewster do not have any earthdog ribbons......

I'm still tryin' ta figure that one out myself.....

Cause I'm a master hunter.....fer sure.....

Just watch what I can do.......

'N here's me....the Vermin Hunter too........

 

Ya can see that I know what I'm doin'.....why I'm chasin' a Vermin....

I know there's vermin in that wood pile 'n I want 'em.

So Gram promised me that next year, I get ta try ta get my Junior Earthdog title ........

It's along story why I didn't get ta try this year 'n last too......

I'll explain later.......yes siree.....

So a BIG CONGRATULATIONS TA MY MOM, ASTA MARIE

JUNIOR & SENIOR EARTHDOG !!!!!!!!!

If ya want ta learn about Earthdog, Wikipedia has a good explanation.

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To anyone who is in the path of Hurricane Irene....stay safe....stay dry......stay indoors....

We hope that it's all over soon.....

This is Dewey Dewster reportin' on my Mom's big day.....'n Gram's promise ta me fer 2012......

so I can be an earthdog too.......