My "Meeting"

Often when mom is at the office & I'm at home, nomming my kong, I sense that she is eating all sort of fabulous food leftover from "meetings." Yesterday was one of these days as her company had Safeway store managers in for some product demo. So, they had: bacon, sausages, eggs & pastries in the morning, chicken with carmelized onions, giant pretzels, fruit & cheese mid-morning, and then for lunch (yes, they had lunch after all that!) pulled-pork & beef BBQ with potato salad & cornbread. Anyway, there were lots of leftovers so mom & other employees were snacking on that all day. My boyfriend Wiggle The Dog suggested that I too should have a "meeting" & have snacks brought in. I decided today at noon would be my meeting, and my caterer, who looked a lot like mom, prepared this tasty tray:

 Calling my Meeting to order:

 Being served my catered snack tray:

 Attending to important business - meeting adjourned directly following the eating of snacks

 Last night on our walk, it was still so warm (84F degrees) we decided to walk down around the Magnolia Bluff, on Magnolia Boulevard, as the sunset was spectacular:

 The Olympic Mountain range west of Puget Sound

 Not much breeze, but lots of sailboats were out in the Sound

 As we walked southward on Magnolia Blvd we could see the rising moon:

 The moon through the Madrona trees growing on the bluff:

 Me on our walk last night:

Such a beautiful, warm night & a fab walk! We met lots of people and dogs out enjoying it just like us.

Labor Day

Today is Labor Day & it's another hot, humid, sunny day in Seattle. We walked over to Magnolia Park off of West Galer Street so I could run around & play some fetch. There's lots of shade there & lots of people were having picnics. I saw some nice dogs, too. Some guys were playing bocce but they laughed at me & told me the balls would be too heavy for me to play with. Below on the left are the booce players & on the right were people having picnics.

 Under the tree in the shade, sniffing my flingy ball

 Here I come!

 Doing some BIG running!

 Throw it some more!!!

 Mom tried to get a shot of the marina, but the blackberries were too high & blocked the view

 One last throw:

Afterwards we rested under a shady tree while I drank lots of water & cooled off before we started back home. Now I'm resting, waiting for dinner....

Things I Did This Week

Well, summer has finally come to Seattle so I have done some fun things this week. Monday after mom got home from work, her friend Carrie (Jack's mom) texted her & wanted to see if we could come with them to Seward Park on Lake Washington. So we hopped in Carrie's SUV & drove to the park on a pretty, warm evening. Here's me going after a ball & Jack looking around:

 The water was as warm as bath water because of the hot weather we've had so it was fun to swim in. Here's mom throwing me the ball:

 Here I come!

Today we went on a long walk over to the viewpoint at the top of the Magnolia Bridge, just off of West Galer Street. Here I am looking through the fence at the Holland America Cruise ships docked at the marina & downtown Seattle beyond:

 The cruise ships in Smith Cove with downtown in the background:

 Then we walked westward on Galer to this little park where mom let me off leash for a bit to run around & sniff & play:

 C'mon, let's play!

 Sniffing all the interesting smells

 Sitting for a picture but looking away from mom:

 Taking my last look at the park before mom puts my leash back on:

 Now I'm inside resting, waiting for my dinner (best time of the day!)

Fourth of July!

We celebrated the Fourth of July at home yesterday, as mom doesn't like to leave me home alone during the fireworks, so she turned down plans to spend it with some friends. The weather was beautiful, 78 degrees. I played in the backyard while mom sunbathed. Then she BBQ'd a huge steak for the both of us - she gave me half of it!!! I got a bit of potato salad she made, too. (if mom's vegan dad is reading this, she RARELY has red meat so don't worry!)

 Then after I had rested a bit (and she washed the car) I had more extended back yard play time to make up for a lack of a walk. Since fireworks had been going off all day around the neighborhood she didn't want to risk walking me & having me scared. I'm only scared of the really loud, booming ones. I told her I wanted to play fetch with this toy:

 Flying!

 Throw it again!

 Sniff break:

 Leaping!

 Hello!

 Back to more play:

Surprisingly, later on when the fireworks got really loud (we could even see some from our front window!) I wasn't very scared & even went to sleep on mom's bed as usual, so I was a very brave girl :)

A Trip to the Vet

Today I went to the vet for my yearly check up & shots. Also, mom wanted to schedule an operation to have my lipomas (fatty tumors) removed & my teeth cleaned, so that is scheduled for this Thursday. I have heard rumors that I won't get breakfast that morning, which concerns me greatly as one cannot go about skipping meals, especially if you're a Lab! To distract me from this worrisome thought, mom stopped off at the field across the street from our old house so I could play there like I used to! First I sniffed the field to see if I could smell any familiar smells:

 Then I ran around, sniffing here & there & generally just being happy:

 We got my ball out of the car so I could play with it:

 Here I am on the Pitcher's mound! I plan on pitching the ball low & away, BOL

 Surveying my domain:

 Here comes Lucy! (mom's favorite picture of the day)

Now we're back home & I am resting on the cool tile as it's a hot day today; patiently waiting for dinner time :)

A Happy Day at the Park!

Today I went to the dog park on Mercer Island with my friend Jack & his mom, Carrie. I've never been to this park before & although it's small, it does have a swimming area on Lake Washington so I was in seventh heaven because I LOVE to swim. Jack likes to splash around in the shallow part but doesn't swim per se, but he has fun in his own way (by trying to herd pugs, BOL).

 Me & Jack

 Mom brought my toy I got from my boyfriend, Wiggle the Dog, for Christmas because it floats. Here it is being thrown for me (that's Jack's tail you see!)

 Swimming! O joy!

 Splashing!

 C'mon, Carrie! Throw it for me!

 There it goes!

 Mom had a hard time taking pictures because we kept moving out of the frame so fast, BOL

 This is my toy:

 I think that this was one of the happiest days ever, because I swam & played & swam some more. I am one tired girl! (and Jack is pretty tired, too, - he didn't even want to get out of the car!) Here I am in my bed, all ready for a nap: