I’m busy investigating. You see, when I was out walking on the trails today and I stopped by my puddle I found that somebody had dammed it up.
At first I thought maybe my puddle had been visited by beavers, but my person told me that beavers don’t use rocks as their building materials – and besides I’ve never seen a beaver anywhere near my puddle.
I hope I can find some clues as to who built this dam in my puddle. There might have been some puny puddle people who showed up in the middle of the night and wanted a larger puddle. The puddle is changing because of the dam. There are now green plants floating in it. Maybe the puddle will change into a lake now and I’ll have a swimming hole.
That would be so cool – to have a swimming hole on my trails. Unless those puny puddle people decided to turn into large lake lizards and try to share the swimming hole with me. I’m not sure how that would work out.
I think I’ll wade across now and hit the trail on the other side.
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lillythecat
December 30, 2011 at 11:01 am
Sounds like you live an adventurous life! I’ll live vicariously through you as I am a house cat… Can’t wait to read your other adventures.
Bongo
December 30, 2011 at 3:23 pm
Lilly, nice to meet you. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I’ll stop by and check out your site too. I live with a house cat named Scratchy. Sometimes he steals my blog, but I get really upset when he does that.
whatimeant2say
December 30, 2011 at 11:19 am
I love all of your aliteration – puny puddle people and large lake lizards!
Bongo
December 30, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Thanks Wonderbutt’s person. Alliteration is fun.
jaxart4animals
December 30, 2011 at 11:31 am
Wow! Are the plants Growing from the puddle?? Are they attached to the ground in the rock? Maybe you found a new ecosystem Bongo!!
Bongo
December 30, 2011 at 3:26 pm
Jaxart4animals, they are really strange plants. They just float around in the water and they weren’t there the day before. They must be very fast growing.
Vanilla Bean
December 30, 2011 at 5:46 pm
puny puddle people? i wonder what they look like…sounds like it’s worth investigating further – Vanilla Bean
Bongo
December 30, 2011 at 5:59 pm
Vanilla Bean, I still haven’t been able to catch those puny puddle people in the act. I’ll keep trying.
Wayside Artist
December 30, 2011 at 6:09 pm
Bongo,
Madam Lasagna blames “The Teenagers.” She blames them for every strange thing because they have the effrontery to walk past her driveway twice each day to and from the school bus stop!!!
Bongo
December 30, 2011 at 6:23 pm
I think Madam Lasagna might be right. “The Teenagers” know how to get into all kinds of mischief when they want to. Much more than us dogs – but I think they’ve been watching us because we know a thing or two that they don’t.
colliesofthemeadow
December 30, 2011 at 6:53 pm
How interesting!!! Trevor says that perhaps you should help fill it up everyday and flood over their dams… heheheh
Keep up the great posts!!!
God Bless You!
Chuck and the Collies 🙂
Bongo
December 30, 2011 at 8:44 pm
Trevor, that’s a good idea. There’s only one problem. This puddle is so far along on my trails that I have nothing left to fill it up with.
henrythebrave
December 30, 2011 at 7:05 pm
I hope you figure it out soon, Bongo. I love stepping in puddles and would be most upset if I found mine were dammed up. So I wish you all the luck in figuring it out!
Bongo
December 30, 2011 at 8:45 pm
Henry, it’s still a mystery. I keep hoping that dam will help the puddle get bigger though. So far that hasn’t worked.
Patricia
December 30, 2011 at 7:22 pm
Gotta watch those damming puddle people they could mess up your trail. They need to be told they must submit a Bongo Build Permit.
Bongo
December 30, 2011 at 8:46 pm
Patricia, I agree. A Bongo Build Permit sounds like a good idea. I have to keep control over my trails.
Lindy MacDuff
December 30, 2011 at 11:11 pm
I wonder if it’s the same characters as the ones who sliced off the prickly pear pads you wrote about a few days ago…
Bongo
December 30, 2011 at 11:53 pm
Lindy, I was wondering the same thing myself. Whoever they are, they’re pretty rascally.
eripanwkevin
December 31, 2011 at 1:06 am
Hmmmm…mystery again… I wonder who built the dam? Bongo, your territory has intruders quite often, doesn’t it? I think you should hire security guards when you are away from there! BOL!
In 7hrs, we’ll have a New Year here, so Bongo, please have a Happy New Year in 2012!!! love from Kevin xx
Bongo
December 31, 2011 at 10:16 am
Happy New Year Kevin. Ours is still a few hours away. I think that security guard thing is a good idea. Maybe some of my doggie friends in the neighborhood can help.
Bassas Blog
December 31, 2011 at 3:53 am
It’s a mystery Bongo! I suggest a stake out and video surveillance 🙂
Bongo
December 31, 2011 at 10:17 am
Bassa, that’s a good idea. Maybe I can tie my younger person’s video camera to a tree.
misswhiplash
December 31, 2011 at 4:11 am
I say’ What a cheek to put a dam on your puddle! I agree with Bassas, a stake out and video. Maybe we should have a sit in as well..sit in the middle of the puddle and protest.
I love puddles..but not as much as I love you
Bongo
December 31, 2011 at 10:18 am
Patreciau, a sit in might work, but could you stay with me? My person says she won’t stay that long and she won’t let me stay by myself.
2browndawgs
December 31, 2011 at 6:48 am
That is a mystery. Is it a creek or something? What are they damming up?
If the water is still, be careful for weird algae that can make doggies sickie.
Bongo
December 31, 2011 at 10:21 am
Brown Dawgs, the puddle is only a creek when it’s raining. I tried to drink some of the water the other day and my person got mad at me and made me get away from the puddle.
angelswhisper2011
December 31, 2011 at 8:32 am
That would be great, Bongo, a private swimmingpool. I’m sure the ppp wil share it with you, how could they reject? 🙂 Bongo, I try to reply on your new year’s story, but the url doesn’t work, so I wish you from here a very happy new year, our new year begins in about 7,30 hours and you’re person is right: intentions are not only for the new year, they start at the moment you want to make the change. Hope to see you in the New Year. Take care 🙂
Bongo
December 31, 2011 at 10:25 am
Angel’s Whisper, I was really looking forward to a swimming hole on my trails, but the puny puddle people are turning it into a punier puddle again. My person says she accidentally hit the publish button on my New Year’s post when she was fixing the formatting that didn’t transfer correctly from Word. (I don’t have any idea what she’s talking about – but she said the post will be up shortly.) Happy New Year to you.
rumpydog
December 31, 2011 at 8:36 am
Hmmmm…. a mystery! Bongo can be the new Poirot!!!!
Bongo
December 31, 2011 at 10:28 am
Rumpy, that sounds exciting. I’ll have to get my sleuthing skills in order.
Misty Shores Chesapeakes
December 31, 2011 at 6:28 pm
Sounds like a wonderful mystery that needs solving Bongo!
Bongo
December 31, 2011 at 7:47 pm
Misty Shores, my trails are more exciting when they have mysteries.
tylersat99
January 2, 2012 at 11:58 pm
Would that be great if you got enough water to make a swimming hole on your trail walk. That way you could swim on your walls like we do in the creek when it has enough water 🙂
Lexie & Mica
Bongo
January 3, 2012 at 12:22 am
Lexie and Mica, I sure wish I had a swimming hole like yours. We’ve had very nice weather here lately, but unfortunately that means my puddle is shrinking.
Epizeuxis
January 5, 2012 at 12:31 pm
Hey good going Bongo.
Especially the pond turning into the lake thing…we all need that as not many lakes are left coz of global warming.
Bongo
January 5, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Epizeuxis, the global warming must be taking care of my pond. There’s been no rain and it’s shrinking.