Valentines Day

Howdy blogaroos! Happy Valentine’s Day!!! One of the favorite days of the year for card companies, florists and chocolatiers. February 14th was “officially” declared to be Valentine”s Day in 1537. The Warden probably remembers it. I certainly hope she remembered to get us treats because, according to one website, 9 million people buy Valentines for their pets. Surely we must be in that 9 million.

To my fellow canines, if you’re looking for a cute way to sign your Valentine card for your human – here are some pretty corny suggestions.

https://living.greatpetcare.com/festive-fun/dog-valentine-puns/

Our plan is to write our message in the snow. It will be yellow.

Speaking of snow, we’ve been seeing a lot of Larry lately. Our plow guy. About a week ago we had the Snowmagedon, and last night we got another dumping. I’ve been the only one going down to the lake lately – the snow is too deep for the Boss, and trying to stop the Coyote from snowplowing with his open mouth is too much of a challenge. Those guys go for walks on the road. The Warden takes yours truly to the lake to tire me out. Doesn’t work. She’s the one who is tired when we get back!

The Warden was going to attempt to get a Valentine’s Day photo of the three of us – but we’re a bit out of practice so in short, it was an epic fail. She attempted to have all of us sit at the top of one of Larry’s giant snow piles. The Coyote went up, but wouldn’t turn around. I kept running up, and rolling down. The snow roll is a PON sport. We excel at it. Meanwhile, the Boss just stood there and pretended he didn’t know what she wanted him to do. She was going to attempt to lift him up, but then I started jumping on her while the Coyote kept gorging on snow. She gave up.

Hey – today is the first day of Lent. It’s the beginning of the countdown to Easter. Yesterday was Paczki Day (pronounced ponch-kee if you don’t know Polish). Paczki are donuts – and people load up on them the Tuesday before Lent begins, because during Lent you’re supposed to fast. The Tuesday before Lent is also called Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Tuesday. . The Warden had store-bought Paczki. She didn’t share any with us. She said “we’re sweet enough.” Well that was a cop out.

People sometimes give up something for Lent as a form of penance. Not a good day to give up chocolate! The Warden says yours truly should give up barking for Lent. It seems I have taken lessons from the Boss- and frankly, I think I’m almost doing a better job! I wasn’t always a barker. At least not as much as I am now. I kind of like hearing myself talk. The Warden not so much.

Well, Larry hasn’t been here yet – and last night, before we went to bed, the Warden had to shovel a path because the snow was so deep. She knew the Boss wouldn’t poop if he didn’t have a good snow-free spot to go. It took a bit of time, but he did figure out that his poop-zone range was significantly reduced. I didn’t need to go and the Coyote just plunged right in. Good times!

Happy Valentine’s Day! Virtual hugs and licks from us to you!!!

Have a good one. Peace and paws up. Stay safe. JBJ.