Today I was walking along on my trails minding my own business when suddenly I saw it. It couldn’t have been snow – the rain from the last couple days washed away the little traces that were left. It was something more unusual that that.
My puddle, which had been getting pretty scungy, now had water flowing into and out of it and it was much cleaner. But then, when I passed by my puddle and followed the little stream running away from it – I found it.
At the bottom of a rock, sitting there in all its white foaminess, I found a pile of suds. At first I thought it was snow, but it was much too frothy for that.
So maybe it wasn’t the water running through it that cleaned up my puddle. Maybe, just maybe, someone gave my puddle a bath. I never heard of giving a puddle a bath, but here you have it. First class evidence.
Or maybe someone thinks I need a bath, and they put those suds there so I would scrub myself before heading back home. No, that can’t possibly be. It’s got to be the puddle they were cleaning. I wish I had a camera hanging on a nearby tree. I want to know who that person was that gave my puddle a bath.
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Chancy, Mumsy and Crew
December 16, 2011 at 10:41 am
We wish you had a camera to hang in a tree too sweet Bongo…like you we would love to know who put the suds in your puddle and why. Strange to find suds in your puddle, huh? Hugs and nose kisses
Bongo
December 16, 2011 at 2:50 pm
Chancy and Mumsy, I’m hoping my person will let me do some detective work to track down that suds person.
b0ng0
December 16, 2011 at 10:51 am
How did it taste, Bongo? Like bathing foam?
Bongo
December 16, 2011 at 2:51 pm
B0ng0, my person wouldn’t let me taste the suds, but they didn’t smell sweet.
Dianda
December 16, 2011 at 1:01 pm
Suds in your puddle?
Probably doesn’t taste good. :c
Bongo
December 16, 2011 at 2:58 pm
Dianda, I didn’t taste those suds but they smelled kind of funny.
colliesofthemeadow
December 16, 2011 at 1:35 pm
Suds?// Could it be beer? Such a lovely place where you live. 🙂
Love your blog, keep up the great posts!
God Bless You!
Chuck and the Collies 🙂
Bongo
December 16, 2011 at 2:59 pm
Thanks Collies and Chuck. My person never lets me have beer and I don’t know the smell. Maybe that is what those suds were.
pippadogblog
December 16, 2011 at 1:40 pm
Baths and showers and such like are to avoided. Even when puddles are on the receiving end.
Pippa
Bongo
December 16, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Pippa, I kind of like baths and showers – but the water there would have been much too cold.
rumpydog
December 16, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Weird! I sure hope somebody didn’t just abandon those suds out there in the middle of nowhere.
Bongo
December 16, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Rumpy, that would be really sad – abandoned suds. Maybe it was a good thing I found them.
Bonnie
December 16, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Bongo, I know all dogs are really smart……and I love your tales…….I use to work with your person in the Red Rock country. I lost my dog (Sam) a couple years ago and am looking for another companion, but haven’t found just the right one yet. Keep up your adventures, love reading about them. Bonnie in NC.
Bongo
December 16, 2011 at 4:55 pm
Bonnie, my person says thanks for visiting my blog. I hope you find another dog to replace Sam soon. Until you do, I hope I can be your favorite blogging dog.
whatimeant2say
December 16, 2011 at 4:34 pm
I think this mystery needs more investigation, Bongo. Wonderbutt will eat the suds for you and you let you know the chemical makeup. Well, he’ll do the first part. I’m still trying to train him to do the second.
Bongo
December 16, 2011 at 4:57 pm
I think Wonderbutt and I would make a great team. We’ll get to the bottom of those suds yet.
2browndawgs
December 16, 2011 at 5:33 pm
We always thought puddles were self cleaning. Sounds like a mystery to us!
the 2 brown dawgs
Bongo
December 16, 2011 at 5:40 pm
Brown Dawgs, maybe the suds were what the pond washed down the drain after it cleaned itself.
Patricia
December 16, 2011 at 9:22 pm
I never heard of a puddle having a bath. Suds appearing in a puddle sort of sounds like an environmental problem–or maybe there are gremlins on your trails.
Bongo
December 16, 2011 at 10:54 pm
Patricia, I think it might be the gremlins. I probably showed up too fast and they couldn’t get away with all the evidence.
thesweetkitten
December 17, 2011 at 2:56 am
Doesn’t look like suds to me, but more like the foam on a good Belgian beer 🙂
Bongo
December 17, 2011 at 9:50 am
Sweet Kitten, maybe that’s why I was a little wobbly on my way back home.
eripanwkevin
December 17, 2011 at 5:45 am
Hmmmm….it’s a mystery….why suds in your puddle? Besides the suds doesn’t look a lot…we have to hire a detective to investigate why it happended, Bongo!!! 🙂
Bongo
December 17, 2011 at 9:52 am
Kevin, a detective would be good. We might even need Sherlock Holmes for something this serious.
Earl Hertzog
December 17, 2011 at 7:07 am
Bongo…good dog. Sud in your puddle…well I’m sure you will figure it out!
Bongo
December 17, 2011 at 9:54 am
Hi Earl, thanks for stopping by. You might have to come back for another visit and help me figure out this suds thing.
Bassetmomma
December 17, 2011 at 8:39 am
Suds in your puddle? Sounds a little fishy, Bongo!
Bongo
December 17, 2011 at 9:55 am
Bassetmomma, do you think fish created those suds? I might have to go check that puddle a little more closely and see if there are any fish in it.
KatiesCameraBlog
December 17, 2011 at 8:40 am
You are just so wonderful, Bongo! And funny. Love this. 🙂
Bongo
December 17, 2011 at 9:56 am
Thanks Katie.
Bassas Blog
December 18, 2011 at 1:48 am
Be careful Bongo – it could be some sort of pollution!
Bongo
December 18, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Bassa, that’s probably why my person wouldn’t let me taste those suds. She thinks they might have come from the green stuff that was in the puddle before it got cleaned.
angelswhisper2011
December 18, 2011 at 2:31 am
Suds or no suds, Bongo, you’r brighten up my sunday 🙂 lol
Bongo
December 18, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Thanks Angelswhisper.
jaxart4animals
December 18, 2011 at 9:27 am
I’ve heard of Puddle of Mud before, but I’ve never heard of Puddle of Suds. Weird! I think you discovered another wonder of the world Bongo!
Bongo
December 18, 2011 at 1:00 pm
Jaxart4animals, wow, I never thought I might have discovered a wonder of the world. Maybe I should report it to a scientist to check out. Pretty cool.
jaxart4animals
December 18, 2011 at 2:17 pm
Bongo, keep us posted if you have any luck finding out where those suds came from!
Bongo
December 18, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Jaxart4animals, I’ll for sure let you know if I find out where the suds came from, but last time I was out there I couldn’t even find the suds.
Sunshine
December 21, 2011 at 12:36 am
Maybe there was a hidden television camera crew filming you to see what would happen when you stumbled on their set called: Mystery dog and the suds in the water prop scene. 😉
Bongo
December 21, 2011 at 12:59 am
Sunshine, I could be really famous if there was somebody filming me.