HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ONE AND ALL ON TRUE COLOURS THURSDAY

We hope you pause a minute
on this day set aside for Thanksgiving
and contemplate how blessed you are.
We are all so fortunate,
to have full tummies,
a warm bed to sleep in,
and loving people surrounding us.
To love and be loved is one
of the greatest gifts in the world.

Happy Thanksgiving
XOXO,

Lilly, Piper,
Carrleigh and Java

In honor of True Colours Thursday, we have signed our blog in ORANGE toady. True Colours is the brain child of Miss Blue. Should you like to play along, just go over and let her know and then you're in - it's that easy!

YOU'RE A BLESSING

We have just received this special award
from our friends,
Jake and Fergi
and their Moma and Ninagirl
at
Two Special Wires.

We got to know
them when we all
started blogging at
about the same time.

We look daily for their updates
and adventures.
The love pours forth from them
and their family
to our community.

One day we will meet them.
We promise.

And now we are to pass this on
to 10 blogs that bless us.
Wow! That's an impossible task
because at last count,
there were 103 blogs that bless us.
Please know that our daily visits with
all of you are very important to us.

And now we pass this on to:

Penny, Poppy & Patches at Airedale Heaven
Clive and Murray
Mollie Jo, Bobo and Jackson
Dory and Bilbo
Tammy
Ginger Jasper and Carol
Khyra and Merdie
Miss Blue
Sierra Rose
The Portuguese Water Dogs

Please pass this on to your friends.



And while you are here,
don't forget about our contest.
It ends on Thanksgiving Day at noon.
All of the correct responders
(according to the numbers)
will be placed in a drawing.
And the winner will
get a prize.
It will be announced on Friday.
We're off to clean the stove and
make pecan tarts.
Somehow we think we should be doing it
the other way around.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Java

A BIRTHDAY, AN AWARD AND A CONTEST

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We must start off today saying
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
to our friend, Mitch.

We hope your day is filled
with the things that you love most -
apples, pizza, ice-cream and pigs.
We hear there might be a pawty today.

And now for an award -
yesterday our furiend, Dory,passed this spectacular award on to us.
We appreciate it and
will proudly post it on our sidebar.

But it comes with some stipulations -

Here are the rules:
1. Publish it on your blog,
referring to the furiend who passed it on to you.
2. Share five things you like to do.
3. Pass it along to keep the circle growing.


Java likes:
1. Sniffing cow noses
2. Lying on Mom's feet
3. Taking naps
4. Catching and eating cherries.
5. Riding in the truck with Dad.

Lilly likes:
1. Java.
2. Riding in Mom's lap.
3. Dancing for Dad.
4. Her human sissy, Kat.
5. Her human brother, Mitch.

Piper likes:
1. Chasing leaves.
2. Pepperoni.
3. Playing outside.
4. Long walks.
5. TV and movies.


Carrleigh likes:
1. Dinner time.
2. Being groomed.
3. Mom and Dad.
4. Pretending to be a ballerina.
5. Wearing clothes.

We decided to follow Dory's lead
and forward this award to five friends,
but all of our friends are truly deserving
and please feel free to claim this award for yourself.

We would like to pass this award on to:
Agatha and Archie
Buddy, Sassy and Zack
Janie and her Mom, Hollie
Snazzi Jazzi,
Mack and Sally Ann


And don't forget,
if you haven't entered,
to enter our contest.

All you have to do is post
the correct answers
according to the numbers.
The closing for the drawing
will be at noon on Thanksgiving Day.
All of the correct responders
will be placed in a drawing
and the lucky one to be drawn
will win a prize.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Java

IT'S GETTING TO BE THAT TIME and A NOSEY CONTEST

What time is that, you ask

TURKEY TIME
They are even coming to our yard,
tempting us,
making us bark.

But Mom says NOOOOO-
we can't chase them -
You'd think she was a vegetarian-
and she could be
if vegetarians were allowed to have
a hamburger once in a while.
(plus she's afraid of birds - silly Mom)

We're the only turkeys in our house.

And to celebrate that,
we're hosting a contest.
It's an easy one and will be going
until Thanksgiving day.

Just guess whose nose is whose
and post a comment
(according to the numbers in the collage).
All of the correct responders
will be in a drawing
for a prize.
Please pass the word to your friends
that we have a contest going.


XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Java

HAVE YOU EVER RECEIVED SPAM?

For a long time we thought SPAM was the
"undisputed king of mystery meat"
We had seen it at the grocery store

but had never known it could be
served as an hors d'oeuvre.

Our human sissy, Kat,
who checks out Roadside America
for funky places to visit has even
been to the SPAM Museum in Minnesota.

But the SPAM we've been receiving
is not edible.

We don't want to go this far,
but we have upped the security on our blog.
Have you had any problems with SPAM
and what did you do to stop it?
We'd love to know.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Java

WHEN IT'S SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES....

Or at least it feels,

sounds and looks like Spring
at
Rocky Creek Farm

A project waiting from last Spring
that never got finished.
But our silly Mom just loves rust
and the colors of peeling paint on the other chair.

Java came out to snoopervise Mom

As she hung the laundry
out on the line.

And we played in our outside pen
and barked at Mom and Java
and anything else that moved.

And the little Mom
rested in a crate.
She's having a bit of trouble
getting into her favorite chair
and doesn't want to be lifted.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Java

IT'S TRUE COLOURS THURSDAY - LAPIS LAZULI AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GJ

Good Morning,

And welcome to True Colours Thursday. Miss Blue is our host and the color for today is Lapis Lazuli or bright blue. If you wish to participate, please go by her post and let her know and then you're in - it's that easy.

The first thing we want to do today
is use this bright blue balloon
to wish a big
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
to one of our great friends,
Ginger Jasper.
Please go by and visit him
if you get a chance.

Mom has been a fan of
Sandra Spencer's art work for many years.
She uses a lot of bright blue
in her animal paintings.

This is the time of year
when we start searching
for Christmas cards.
Our Mom loves vintage cards
and tries to incorporate their images
into her letters and labels.
This little Scottie at the mailbox
is one of her favorites
for return address labels.
It's a little pale to be called
Lapis Lazuli
but it's cute so we included it.


And look at this Scottie
with the wonderful Snowman
on the Lapis Lazuli background.

We're sure these vintage tags
will show up on several packages.

And one of our favorite winter sounds
is that of sleighbells.


But for today,
this is what we'll see
because it continues to rain.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Java