The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday — Fall Storm

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Dayphoto

The day started like this…Boom was resting and resting and resting. But Mom came out and started putting all the lawn furniture away…off we trotted to the old unused grain bin…first Boomer’s favorite bed, then his second favorite bed, then Dad’s favorite chair…after that all the tables and the benches. Back and forth Boomer and I went with Mom. We are very good helpers!!

Then when Dad and Mom went off to finish Shannon’s fireplace

the wind started up…it blew me this way and that! That is one thing about wind I really don’t like my fur going here and there and everywhere!

Gradually the day started to end as the wind got worse and worse.

Boomer and I decided we were NOT spending the night in the dog houses….no sire! Not tonight!

Because the wind and the rain and the ice were bad all night!!!

We woke up to a very cold morning! Mom started a fire in the fireplace; we all toasted until I just got too hot and HAD to go outside!!!

Mom wonders if the snow and ice have finished off the apple harvest. Mom says she hopes not.

Anyway …

Boomer and have stuff to do, we are off (he is that dot in the weeds) to check out how the farm and our wild friends did last night in that bad storm. As you can see we are just cold here, the rain didn’t really wet anything down, just turned to ice. As the sun has come up it melted.

“I’ll take it!” bayed Boomer. “Give me sun any day!”

Me too…that was enough for a while!

Fuzzy

The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday — We Are Late

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Dayphoto

We are late! Late, late, late as that white rabbit that needed to get down a rabbit hole!

Late I say!

LATE!

It’s been a busy morning. Fuzzy and I went to town with Mom and our sister Shannon and all our cousins…it was a BARK’N good time!!!!

We went several places.

I rode in the front seat in town, because you see…I will jump out sometimes so every time they stopped I had to sit in the front seat!

WORKS FOR ME!!!

Then when we got back we had to go get our other sister’s little critters as they are going to spend the weekend with us!

Then we HAD to go for a walk. We didn’t go by the canal as I fell in yesterday and just about couldn’t get out. My leg wouldn’t work. Shannon jumped in a saved me. I wasn’t good for much the rest of the day.

So today we went through the corn fields!

The smells were great!

After that if was time to help Dad load up some hay and head to the Elevator.

So we are LATE, LATE for an important date…visiting with all of you!

KageDog, who lives in Cedaredge, sent Mom photos of the rain storm

and the hail storm we had down here.

Now you can see WHY Fuzzy and I get afraid, very afraid, and have to crowd up on Mom.

But today is nice, so we are having a really nice time.

Oh, yes!

It’s colder at night now…got down to 44* this morning.

Fuzzy still likes to sleep outside so I sleep with him.

And this is why……..

RUN! Raccoon RUN!!

HURRY FUZZY!

RACCOON!

Boomer

The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday — ‘tis Done – if not it Should Be

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Dayphoto

Boomer and I are so DONE with all this rain! DONE, let me tell you!

The world is wet, wet, wet! Although, not as wet around Estes Park and Boulder, but still very muddy here.

My feet are mud colored now, not white. Mom keeps them wiped off, but it’s useless the second I go back outside — and I LOVE outside!

BAM!

I have mud feet again!

Sigh!

The everyday, three times or more a day, changing of the water is done.

Over!

Stopped!

Finished!

Mom still takes us for a daily ride about…just to see what we can see.

Sam Cat says he’s done with the wet also…the mice are staying inside so everything is a tad boring for even him.

Cats’ sure sleep a lot don’t they? (Boomer and I don’t sleep, we just ‘rest our eyes’, cats snore. Snort, chuckle, laugh!

Anyway, just to let you know Boomer and I are ready for some sunshine…Beautiful Sunshine.

The rain keeps everything so wet the smells are all gone!

Until then I’m hanging out in the dry spot of the whole outside…just because, you see, I love the outdoors.

Fuzzy

The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday — Bean Harvest

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Dayphoto

Bean Harvest! Dad and Mom sure have been having a hard time getting all those pinto beans out of the field.

First the belt broke on the auger (day one) so the hopper had to be emptied BY HAND from the combine into the truck.

That was a huge job.

Boomer and I took it seriously and stayed out of the way.

Besides it was really super-hot! Super-hot like that just takes everything out of you.

Then everything was going along really good

Boomer and I were helping….

right after supper the folks headed back out and it

STARTED TO RAIN!

Rain is NOT good.

Everything grinds down to halt.

It messes up the whole works.

Dad said maybe by four this afternoon he can begin again…the rows of beans have to be dry, VERY DRY, to combine or the combine won’t pick up the beans.

The other sad thing about the rain is it rained on the hay. Dad was going to bale first thing this morning, but now he can’t do that either. Rained on hay is not good…rained on hay can ruin the protein of the hay. Dad is up there checking out the hay to see how much damage occurred. 😦 (Maybe not much, as sometimes the rain will miss areas of the farm.)

It was muddy enough Mom walked up to do the irrigation so we ALL walked with her…

all three of us…

every step of the way.

The rain helped cool stuff off so the evening was rather nice.

Well, back to work…it’s warming up so Boomer and I

think we had better get some serious sleeping

in before the work starts.

Fuzzy

The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday — Around the Farm

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Dayphoto

Last night Dad had to go to a meeting so it was just Mom, Boomer and I to hold everything down.

We checked water at 3:30 in the afternoon and then Mom took us for a little ride around the place.

The alfalfa is looking … little blooms are popping up all over. You don’t want lots of bloom because the plant puts all the protein into the bloom. But when the blooms just START the protein is perfect for feed.

This will be the last cutting for the year.

Mom, Boomer and I saw three Turkey Buzzards flying over us…I’ll bet they are after the dead raccoon over on the upper end.

Mom says the grass is really looking good…too bad we don’t have any cows. But Mr. Davis’ cows will enjoy when they get here in February.

Mom stopped and enjoyed the view on the Back 40 — she told Boomer and me she really likes seeing the Rabbit brush in bloom. After lots of photos we headed on over to the new hay field where we had to change the water for the last set of the day.

We saw some young Chico plants starting to grow big…that is always good. Mom and Dad really like Chico bushes. So having some to replace the ones that were burned is nice.

On the way back in we saw a really tough cat taking a dust bath in the corn field. A dog just doesn’t mess with Sam if he values his nose. No sireee….noses are nice things to have.

We only see the ‘house cat’ when we are inside. We have an agreement with her (and with Sam) we won’t bother you so you can leave your claws in your paws.

We had to go back out at sunset to change the water for the night. Boomer and I really enjoy helping Mom. We hope you enjoyed seeing some of the stuff we see when we help Mom.

Life just doesn’t get much better does it?

Fuzzy and Boomer, of course!

The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday — The Swallows Left

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Dayphoto

Yesterday, while Mom was washing the windows and the screen for the Living Room and the Dining Room the Swallows left the corn field – flinging themselves off the top of the corn tassels and into to the air to land on the electric lines way above our heads.

They gathered in huge bunches.

Mom hurried in to get her camera.

But well ….. I barked and barked at them — and they flew away.

I was sad.

So was Mom.

Mom said she wasn’t mad at me, she was just sad because when the Swallows leave the Hummingbirds will be next. After they leave it will start to freeze and the snows will come with huge winds that rip your face off your head.

She gave Boomie and me a huge hug and went back to washing screens.

We’ve been working with Dad in the New Hay field for several days now. The hay just wasn’t drying down.

This is Dad checking the hay to see if it is dry enough to bale.

Yellow Strips where the hay laid until it was dry enough.

Thankfully

last night we got the last of the hay bales

straightened

and Dad

got all but two loads hauled in.

Altogether he has ten loads!!! COOL!

He is hauling the last as I write this!

One of the raccoon’s ran through the yard last night….

Boomie took off after him, so today Boom says his knee is hurting rather more than usual.

Mom gave Boomer lots of pets and a dog aspirin in a SAUSAGE!!! (I got one also, but I didn’t tell Boomer!)

Well, the day is warming up nicely and I see a really nice hole that has my name on it. Boomer is resting his leg, but I think I’ll rest my eyes!

Talk to you tomorrow,

Fuzzy

The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday — A Couple of Things More

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Dayphoto

Mom said this is the shortest summer on record!

She says she lost most of July and is just now finding August.

Then it happened….

Boomie started limping. Mom tried and tried to figure out what was wrong…

Nothing in his paw,

No cuts,

No visible anything.

So Mom loaded up Blade and Boomer and headed into the vets.

Geez, Boomer blew his A.C.L!

Blade asked TONS of questions of the vet; Mom came home with ‘stuff’ for Boom and told us (Boomer and I) we can’t run after stuff like Batman and Superman anymore.

That works for me…I really don’t like to go for very long walks now. ALTHOUGH, I DO love riding on the four-wheeler! But Mom’s four-wheeler threw a shoe and Dad hasn’t made it to town to get a couple of new tires for the front of the four-wheeler. So Mom walks to wherever she is going now.

I don’t go. I walk to the end of the yard and wait for her.

Boomie still wants to go, and does go for a short ways.

Mom says it’s a really lonely walk out to the ditches without us, but that is just how it is right now.

Anyway…life just keeps on going on. It’s cool enough that I don’t like sleeping outside of the doghouse and have taken to sleeping IN the dog house. Boomer only slept outside in July he says its way too cold to sleep next to me outside. I agreed with him…so we sleep in our dog houses.

It won’t be long until we start sleeping inside the house.

Boy, where DID summer go?

Fuzzy

The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday — Whew!

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Dayphoto

One set of company has gone home. Zooker and Bella are now home with their Dad and their soon-to-be new Mom and TWO CATS!!!!!

Teehee Bahhahahah laugh chuckle

Fuzzy and I took them for many walks daily for about a week!

Now Hank is staying with us while his Dad goes to work and the little kids and Mom-mom stay with our Mom and Dad until their Mom-mom gets to feeling better. She is really sick so we are helping out.

The other dog cousins (Houston, Chaco, and Balou) have company also, so those companies are also staying with Fuzzy and I and our Mom and Dad. They have some really cute kids we love playing with. Then Sunday our other first cousins…our Mom’s Brother and his wife and their two fun dogs…Cocoa and Butter are coming to play with us.

The hummingbirds are THICK…all of the little kids like to stand in the flower beds trying to get the hummingbirds to land on them. The birds don’t land, but the kids seem to have heaps of fun trying to get them too.

Fuzzy says that is the longest he ever sees those kids stand still!

We had a very exciting ‘tree event’ right smack in the middle of all this, but I will let Mom tell you about it later.

Anyway, for now…just know that we are taking care of lots of pets and kids and our Mom is taking care of our sister Misty and other really nice people who are visiting.

Your wore-out friend,

Boomer

The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday — Thunder

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Dayphoto

It’s raining here!

Lots!

Some much so Fuzzy and I have decided we don’t like it

You want to know why

THUNDER!

Thunder is terrible!

I didn’t used to be afraid but NOW I AM!!!

First you see a HUGE FLASH LIGHT

And then the SKY GETS REALLY LOUD

Like a GUN going off!

We have to hang with MOM all the TIME

Because it is just so SCARY!

Boomer and Fuzzy

The Adventures of Fuzzy and Boomer on Friday — The Liv’n is Easy

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Dayphoto

Mom and Dad have been really busy almost to the point of … way too busy. But life for Boom and I has been EASY!

There isn’t a thing about every day that we don’t like even the heat isn’t bad, we just lay in the shade or lay under the pick-up or go inside and lay around in the cooler air.