Leave It To Beaver!

After posting my last blog, with pictures of Henry's strange sleeping positions, our dear friend, Fay, in Toronto, sent me the cutest picture of Miss Moneypenny, Henry's twin sister sleeping and I want to share it, because they are so much alike.

The past couple of days have been quiet here, so Friday afternoon, after walking four miles with Leslie Samson, in the big room and kitchen, I got creative and decided to paint. When I say "paint" I don't mean touching up my painted rugs, on the floor, that are in badly need of repainting or my pretty, pink cabin or the Mother Ship, my treasured old RV, etc. I mean paint a picture for someone very dear to me.

With the entire kitchen counters, kitchen table and breakfast bar completely covered with my huge collection of small acrylic paint bottles, I pulled out one my sketch pads and paintbrushes and went to work and unbeknownst to me, so did Henry Standing Bear, who I thought was outside, in the front yard, playing with sweet Lori Darlin'.

Originally, I had planned to paint a small 5"x"7" picture, but that didn't happen, because three hours later, my little painting had grown into a page-covering 9"x12" multi-media painting that I was proud of it and Henry's outside work of art had grown to an 8'x2'x4' that he was very proud of, too.

Because my painting is going to be a gift I can't show you my painting yet, but I can show you Henry's creative, wood-chewed masterpiece or should I say "front porch railing, demolition, master piece." And I can't believe that Henry was so proud of his hard work, that he proudly posed by it, in these two pictures.

And since we're still talking about "art" here's the latest update on Henry's unfinished, "still-in-the-works" bedroom bench carving and once again, please note that this is why we can't have anything nice.

So, late Saturday afternoon, Tony and I took off for, Kerrville, to run two errands. One errand was that I wanted to get the River Oaks Framing Co. store to professionally frame my artwork, because they are the best. And the second errand that we needed to run was to go to the Home Depot store, so Tony could replace the 8'x2"x4" railing that our "Leave it to Beaver" aka Henry, had so proudly destroyed, in record time. 

Anyway, we went to the River Oaks Framing Co. store first, located inside the Home Town Crafts store, on the Junction Highway. And I am so glad that I got it framed, at River Oaks Framing Co. store, because their super nice, friendly woman employee was so patient with me and eager to help me. And when all was said and done we only had to wait twenty minutes to pick up my beautifully framed painting.

But before we walked outside, the Home Town Crafts store, to go to the Home Depot, I browsed around and bought a few more small, acrylic paint bottles and a plastic, potholder loom kit with a premium metal hook, that was recommended for ages 5+. And it also came with a warning sign, too—"Choking Hazard" which didn't really matter much to me, because I am not planning on putting the loops into my mouth. But if I did do that I'm wondering would that make me a little loopy?

I also purchased a large sack of jumbo loopers, because I love those kind of potholders that I once made when I was kid. So as not to disappoint you, if you're in line to receive a small gift from me anytime in the near future—expect it to be a pretty, hand-woven Cousin Nancy potholder.

Today was great for just a little while, until this morning when I found out the sad news that Leon Russell had passed away. Omg, Leon was one of my favorite music legends, as I am sure he was yours, too. His music was such a big part of my adult life, because anytime that I would hear one of his songs, it would instantly take me back to where I was and what I was doing—all happy times for me. 

So this afternoon, while working on my first, pretty potholder I listened to Pandora's Leon Russell Channel with the volume cranked up high. His music was so important to so many of us and it will always be a part of me. He will be sadly missed, but thank goodness his music will live forever. Rest In Peace Leon.

Y'all have a great evening!

Hazel!

Today and the past few days have been fine with not much happening here and that is why I haven't posted anything. Because all that we've basically been doing is keeping up with paperwork, returning phone calls and e-mails and mowing and weed-eating—over and over again.

The only exciting news that I have to share is that it appears that our sweet Hazel is going to be adopted soon by my dear friend Cindy and she'll have a fabulous, forever home, on Cindy's beautiful ranch, in Northern New Mexico.

Once again, we are going to use Breeders Select Pet Transport, located in Center Point, because in the past, Julie Griffith has done such a fabulous job safely transporting Blake Shelton and then Henry Standing Bear's twin sister, Miss Moneypenny, up to Fay and Ian, in Toronto.

So we are thrilled about Hazel's great upcoming adoption and we plan to tell Hazel, as soon as we know the date that Julie is going to transport her. And that's about it for tonight.

Y'all have a great evening and keep on laughing!    

Snow Nose! or Blanky!

Today has been great. Our good friends/volunteers came out this morning and walked our dogs for us. Then we all jumped into our vehicles and went to the Apple Store, in Medina, to eat lunch together.
And as always the food was delicious and it was a lot of fun.

When Tony and I got back home, I checked my e-mail and I laughed out loud when I read Fay's e-mail and looked at the picture she took of Henry's twin sister, Miss Moneypenny.

Last Tuesday, I wrote about our Henry Standing Bear's strange sleeping habits, titled Oh Henry. And I asked Fay to please let me know if Miss Moneypenny slept underneath their bed like Henry loves to do. This is one of the pictures that I took of our handsome Henry, last Tuesday.

Fay wrote me back and told me that Miss Moneypenny was too big to get underneath their bed and I thought that was the end of it. Obviously Henry and Miss Moneypenny are definitely not identical twins, as I had thought earlier. Which was fine.

Today, in Fay's short, funny note, she wrote,"Came out of the kitchen to see this. LOL" And I immediately laughed out loud and seconds later, when I showed it to Tony he burst out laughing, too.

After posting these two pictures I looked at them side by side and noticed that both of their ears are in the same flopped-over position, which now proves to me, once again, that they are identical twins! 

And please note that I know that Miss Moneypenny's nose is not black like Henry's, but a few weeks ago when I asked Fay about it she told me that Miss Moneypenny had a temporary condition that vets, up in Canada, call a "Snow Nose." 

Then Fay went on to explain to me, that Miss Moneypenny's nose is actually just as black as Henry's, but in cold, snowy regions, many dog's noses will lighten up during extremely cold weather conditions and then they will return back to their original color, once the weather warms up.

A fact, that I didn't nose. (I know it should be written as know, but I like to make puns.) Anyway, I love Fay's choice of chair fabric, which, if you will notice is very similar to our pink and green quilt that Henry has so kindly chewed up or better said, "A quilt that Henry has customized for us, including the one end on that pillowcase."

By now, I'm sure you're asking yourself, "What is that thing on top of that pillow?" Well, if you must know I will tell you. It is Henry Standing Bear's favorite puppy toy or as we call it "his blanky." It goes everywhere with him and Henry won't leave home without it. In fact, he brings it with him every night, when he jumps up on our bed to sleep with us.

It originally was a very cute, stuffed raccoon chew toy, but Henry has since pulled out all of the stuffing and he has also shredded several parts of it. Another one of Henry's custom jobs well done.

As I finish writing this for today, I just took these couple of pictures of the blanky and our hard-working Henry, taking a short break, from all of his many upcoming customizing chores.

Tonight, I am going to watch, probably binge-watch it, the new episodes of Grace & Frankie, Season 2 comedy on Netflix. 

Y'all have a great evening and keep on laughing!

Miss Moneypenny!

Tonight Fay sent me this note and included a picture of Sassy with her new family. Ranger is on the left and Wee Lassie is on the right. And I love what Fay has named her. Fay wrote:

"Ranger and Wee Lassie love Miss Moneypenny and are watching her sleep xx She is the perfect addition to our pack. Hope you like her name, she is already answering to it! Smart pup for sure. Will send videos tomorrow, Ranger is in love!!"

Y'all have a great evening! And good night Miss Moneypenny, you super lucky pup!