NanjoDogz

We are back from vacation and trying to settle in. We had a wonderful time and we'd like to say thank you to all out there who continued to stop by and who wished us well on our trip. We had a few tick problems, but nothing too traumatic. I tried a new spray that I'll tell you about later, but for now until we get settled in, enjoy these doggie cartoon clips, they're pretty good!

Thank you all for showing Lena some lovin! My nephews are always teasing us that Lena is not cute, that their Golden Retrievers are way cuter, she gets so much slack from them. I always tell them she may not be as cute but she is way smarter :) -- so thanks again for showing her some love!

We're off for a week to the cabin and our lovely river and although we will miss all of our Internet buddies a whole lot, it's sure nice to get away from the city for a while, computers, telephones and the rat race and spend some lazy days at the river. Lena especially loves to chase the critters and go in the river to cool off her belly :) See you when we get back.

How come all the younguns get loads of comments on their cute photos? I see all kinds of pictures of cute, little, adorable pups where tons of people are commenting on how cute, how precious, how adorable those pups are (including my mommy), but how come I can't get any "oh she's so cute and adorable?" All right, all right, so I'm middle-aged (okay, okay maybe a tad over middle-aged), a bit overweight and I do admit I have a few fat bumps, not to mention I'm a Doberman, I guess I'm not supposed to be cute as an adult, I'm supposed to be fierce looking, but geewilickers can't a gal get a little somethin somethin now and then -- not to boast, but I'm really, really smart :)

Little Benny here has just picked a most favorite flower for mom. He went out to the garden special to dig up (oops, I mean gently pull) this flower out of the garden bed to present to mom. He even went so far as to put it in a lovely vase for her. As he was out there a little butterfly jumped on his ear, perhaps whispering in Benny's ear some good advice -- to clean up that garden mess before the big presentation to mom.

The Boston Terrier and butterfly are hand-sculpted from polymer clay. He sits next to a small glass vase filled with pink glass shards and inside the vase sits a golden stem wire with two acrylic leaves ending in a lovely pink and blue flower.

It's Etsy featured blogger time again and the wonderful shop this month is CREATEaTHOUGHT, a shop full of handmade goodies including journals, art cards, rings and pins. My favorites in her shop are the paper goodies including this do-it-yourself kit and robot mini journal -- I mean who doesn't love robots! You can also visit her blog for all the latest updates.