Charlie Brown gets a Blankie

The kitties have lots and lots and LOTS AND LOTS of blankies that are just for them. Sweet, silky baby pink satin blankies backed with minky, baby blue squishy soft blankies... blankies, blankies everywhere. The kitties LOVE their blankies. I think Charlie got a white blankie to share with his brother and sister on the back of the couch so it wouldn't get so soiled with all that "paw traffic", but he doesn't really have a sauscie of his own. (Sauscie is what I called my special blankie when I was little. :) )


So today, I went to the fabric store (okay, Walmart, whatever) and got some fabric, and after several TORTURED hours at the sewing machine where the thread broke approximately 30+ times (not exaggerating) doing a blanket stitch around the edge of the zig zag, I got this little number whipped up for him!!! Tee-hee.

You can't see it here, but Charlie BB actually has a yellow and black zig zag tag too. I tried to flip it around but he was having none of that business.

   











   

(The zig zag does look alot better in person.. I dunno why it looks so uneven in the picture... I cut ONE M stacked in a chain- like a chain of paper dolls, so they really are all uniform. :shrug: It looks cue in person. )


He'll be getting a Charlie Brown sweater in the mail this week or next too. Too much? It is his name after all.

A taste of the ATTACK BEAGLE

Just a little day in the life of our dog park adventures... and a little taste of the ATTACK BEAGLE that lies within!

Wordless Wednesday: Our Secret Place in Summer

Charlie Brown Bagel & I went location scouting for a photo shoot and returned to our Secret Place as a possible locale (and it was a success! You can see the pics from that shoot over at my work blog: http://eheizerphotography.blogspot.com/2011/07/oh-alice-you-dont-even-know-what-tea.html )

Afterwards we came home, Charlie was kind of hot and did his Dumbo impression- and Al Bundy I guess too. Sorry, I didn't apply a modesty patch; I'm not as sophisticated as the Dooche or Pioneer Woman blog to do that.



   

Video Reunion with Charlie (Wordless Wednesday)

Charlie Brown Bagel sitting on the porch watching the hail.

A week ago I was in Washington DC shooting a wedding for a friend from high school's cousin. Since I was out of town for 6 days, my poor sweet doggie had to go to the kennel for that time. It was his first time being boarded. When I went to pick him up I put my purse and camera on the floor and taped our reunion! I knew he was going to wigg out when he saw me and BOY DID HE EVER. This also has to be the most embarrassing, unflattering, ugliest video of me ever and makes me feel so fat and I look TERRIBLE! UGH! What happened to me since Christmas? Anyway, try not to look at icky me and where I almost flash the camera, and look at my dorky doggie instead.

(Wordless Wednesday always needs an introduction!)

Dog vs. Cat SMACKDOWN

I've been wanting to show these for awhile, but had trouble gettiing online and I have been out of town and SO BUSY. Here is Toulouse my little boy cat and Charlie Brown my Beagle engaging in their nightly wrestling match. in the first one it may look like Charlie is picking on Tootie, but if Toot doesn't like it, he can just run away. And trust me, there are plenty of times he just walks straight up to Charlie BB and smacks him on the head to get things started! lol Excuse the mess... why clean up when they're going to run all over it anyway?

Beagle Bunny Chasing

This is my first video ever with my new camera... SCARY. It's not a video camera... it's a DSLR... which basically means you have all of the complications of shooting manual like a regular camera, (and it was a different brand so I had no idea how to make it work like my regular camera) and then you throw video function on top of that. It was a mess. (And I found I HAD to shoot in manual focus, something I don't do often, but the autofocus didn't do well with Charlie moving around so much. I was trying to shoot the camera in manual mode, but manual focus requires constant attention too, as you can see. It also gives it a bit of a dreamy effect, which I actually kind of like..) The first few times I turned it on I was ready to put it back in the box and ship the darn thing back to where it came from. UGH. But, this didn't turn out SO bad, considering I was walking in grass up to my waist, in wellies, in a couple inches of mud, with the dog barking and pulling on the leash and yanking the camera (and I was carrying both of my cameras mind you). Maybe I will figure this out. That and I belatedly realized the new camera had a 14 day return policy from the day it was received. And I had it shipped to my Mom in Oregon. And it took me about a week to take it out and use it. And another week to try again, and a few more days to look at the return policy. Yeah, so I guess I will keep trying! I like my video though! :)

Charles brings a little SPICE into his life!

Alright, you know I can't keep my mouth shut.  I try to be wordless, but I can't manage it. Wednesday is more like picture day. lol

Charlie, although neutered, must still have a little residual testosterone in his body, because he is absolutely, totally, and completely TWITTERPAITED.

(Yes, just like Thumper and Bambi).

Indeed, I kid you not. Charlie Brown has a girlfriend. **Pauses for shock and gasps** I know, he's so young, right?

Her name is Spice. She's an 18 month old beagle, and she is SO NOT FIXED. Charles thinks she smells *delicious*. He likes her SO MUCH he won't even fetch her ball if he beats her to it. SHOCKING, I KNOW! They are so cute together, and they even have matching Martha Stewart red collars and harnesses. (Charlie usually wears his collar [with the classic CB tag to match his namesake] but he has the harness too! They are like twins!) I don't believe in breeding, but MY OH MY would they make some beautiful puppies together! <3

 I have no idea why he looks like such a ragamuffin in this picture. He's so much cuter than this! Oh, well. It's my job as his mother to embarrass and humiliate him by putting up unflattering pictures, right? lol