Today’s my Gotcha Day!
So instead of telling you about my Gotcha Day – because I did that here and here – I thought I’d do something different.
I posted a slide show of some of my favorite pictures.
I hope you like ‘em.
Category Archives: Bongo
Unexpected Blog Blessings
How God Worked Through a Dog Blog
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Your friends are what, person?
They’re stuck in Sydney and they don’t know when they can come home?
One of them is in the hospital?
And they don’t know anybody there?
That’s terrible!
Sydney is where?
The other side of the world?
Wait a minute.
Sydney. Isn’t that where my friend Bubba lives?
You know. Bubba!
She’s always sending me little girl loves.
Sydney isn’t that far away.
It’s just beyond my trails somewhere.
I know that because I see her on my your computer all the time.
She couldn’t send me loves if she was too far away.
I bet Bubba could go give your friends some loves.
And her dogs Bella and Beary could help.
Your friends would like that for sure.
Hey, I just realized Beary looks a lot like my neighbor dog Toby.
I guess that makes sense. Toby is an Australian dog.
Maybe Toby could visit your friends too.
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You did what, person?
You contacted Bubba’s mumma and she went to help your friends?
You know that wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for me and my blog.
Well, and Bubba’s and her mumma’s blog too.
We’ve really found a lot of great friends through this blog, haven’t we?
Wait! What?
Your friends are going to get to hang out with Bubba in a few days?
No fair!
If I go to the hospital can I go to Sydney and see Bubba too?
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For all my other great friends who read this blog, you can visit Bubba (and her mumma, and Bella and Beary) at http://bumpyroadtobubba.com/.
You might have to wait until my person’s friends come back home to visit them though.
Trail Block
There she goes again.
Taking pictures of flowers.
I’m in trouble from now till the end of summer.
There’s much better things to do than make your dog sit around and wait just so you can take flower pictures.
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Didn’t you hear me?
I said there’s much better things.
Like maybe you should take notice of what’s going on around you.
Like this, for instance.
Just look at this!
Some do gooder is trying to block up my trails again.
They seem to do that all the time.
If there’s two ways to get somewhere they decide you only need one way and they block one off.
It doesn’t matter that everybody’s had those two options for years.
Don’t they know that variety is the spice of life?
Hey person, aren’t you going to do something about this?
Because this do gooder only blocked off one of the entrances to this trail.
So if I enter the trail on the unblocked side – I’ll eventually come around to this blocked part.
And if I’m an obedient dog that obeys all the trail blockings I won’t be able to cross over so I can continue on down the trail.
Then what do I do?
Hey person, if you take a picture of those flowers you’re going to have to cross over this blockade.
Come and Get Me
Hey person, you can’t put these pictures on my blog.
Everyone’s going to see how much I’ve messed up messy your yard is.
I only claim the yard when it’s not messed up.
So anyway, it’s Monday Mischief Day and my younger person is always pulling mischief on me.
He’s always leaving and going to that college place.
So I decided I would start pulling mischief on him.
If I’m out in the yard when my younger person is home and my person wants me to come in I run off.
Now, I know that sounds like I’m pulling mischief on my person instead of my younger person.
But that’s not the case at all.
You see, I refuse to come in until my younger person comes out to get me.
Because that means he has to get up from whatever he’s doing and come outside.
And he usually grumps about it too.
But I’m really doing him a favor.
He needs the exercise and fresh air.
Sure, I’ll come in for you –
If you let me take you for a walk.
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Taking my Place
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First, they’re going to be out looking for that pesky groundhog.
You know, the one who’s supposed to see his shadow so we actually get some winter before it turns spring.
What do you mean, we don’t have any groundhogs here?
That’s terrible! You mean we’re not going to get any snow?
Could somebody please send me some snow?
Anyway, after everybody finishes looking for that groundhog – that they’re not going to find if they live near me – they’re going inside to watch the Super Bowl.
And after that they’ll remember all the things they should have been doing and nobody’s going to read my blog.
Wait! What?
You said two of Jesus’ disciples want to be on each side of Him?
Jesus will have trouble passing any fish to me then.
I’d better do something about this.
Yes, I’m listening to the story.
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James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”
“What do you want me to do for you?” He asked.
They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.”
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I’m sure Jesus would rather have a dog by His side.
I am listening.
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“You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said. “Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?”
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There’s just water in that cup, right?
And baptism, isn’t that kind of like going swimming?
I’m all in!
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“We can,” they answered.
Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared.”
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See, I knew it!
I’m sure there’s a spot right next to Jesus prepared for a dog.
I’m listening! Do you think I’d know what to say if I wasn’t listening?
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When the ten heard about this,…
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The ten and the dog – that’s me.
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…they became indignant with James and John. Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.”
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What!? I have to be a servant and a slave?
There must be some other way.
That’s too hard.
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Jesus continued, “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
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Okay, if Jesus can do it I guess I can too.
Hey person, here’s your slippers.
I did not take them off your feet so I could give them to you!
Under the Weather
It’s been raining out and my person says she’s under the weather so she won’t take me for a walk.
I don’t know what else she expects.
When it rains you’re always under the weather.
My person must have forgotten what it’s like.
We haven’t had any rain in over a month.
Do you think maybe if I took her flying up over the weather she’d take me for a walk?
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It’s kind of hard to have adventures when you can’t leave the house.
Guess I’ll take a nap.
Snow Dust
I’ve been waiting for snow all winter.
We haven’t had any.
My friends in faraway places have more snow than they know what to do with.
Someone even tried to send me some.
But all I got was a soggy box.
I might have to bite the mailman who stole my snow.
So while I’m waiting impatiently for the snow I thought I’d do the next best thing.
I might not have all that white stuff to play in, but there’s sure a lot of red around here.
So I’m heading to my favorite dusty spot.
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This spot has deep dust so when I get it kicking, it goes flying.
And when it settles you won’t even see the hole.
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Hey person, could we get it to rain dust instead of snow?
This is much better. My toes aren’t frozen?
Dust storms? We have dust storms here?
Where’s the weather report?
I’ve got to find out when the next one is.
What Are They Doing Here?
I’ve been finding some strange things in the parking lot of my trails lately.
Take this vehicle for instance.
What in the world would anyone be bringing kayaks to my trails for?
There’s no water anywhere on my trails.
Well, sometimes my puddle is there but it’s been missing for a long time.
And sometimes the wash gets filled if it’s been raining a lot.
But even then, I don’t think I’d want to take a kayak down it.
Those kayaks would scrape bottom and probably get big holes in them – and then they’d sink.
Well no, I guess they wouldn’t sink.
The water isn’t deep enough.
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I decided to give up on why those kayaks would be anywhere near my trails when I ran across another mystery.
This is even worse than kayaks.
There’s not a single window on my trails.
Well, I did see a piece of broken glass – but it didn’t need washing.
I think these two vehicles are in cohorts with each other.
But that might depend on if a man or a woman is driving that car.
I might have to wait to find out who shows up because I’m not sure if the driver is a Window Man or a Wind Woman.
If it’s a Wind Woman I might never find out.
She may have blown away.
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While I was busy contemplating what had happened to the Wind Woman I saw something else.
And I’ve got a serious problem with the driver of this car.
I guess you can claim most of the earth for yourself…
But these trails are mine!
Got it?
Mine!
Big, Big Dogs
What a day I had!
First, I saw these strange prints on my trails.
They don’t look like people prints and they’re certainly not from any animal I know.
I saw prints like these once, a long time ago.
And I never did figure out what they were.
I started to head home to get my Detective Dog hat and figure out this mystery when I came across another clue.
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Hmmm. This stuff tastes kind of good. I wonder where it came from.
My person wouldn’t let me finish the stuff off – and I guess it would have destroyed all the evidence anyway – so I continued on my way to get my hat.
When I saw them.
The biggest dogs I have ever seen in my life!
And they were coming right at me!
They passed right by me on my trails.
And there were people riding on their backs.
My person better never try to ride on my back.
Oh oh. Here come some more of those dogs.
Hey, where are those big dogs going?
Do you believe it? They just walked by me.
And they didn’t even stop to say “Hi.”
Hey big dogs, come back here!
I’m not through with you yet.
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This is terrible!
Not only did those big dogs just walk away…
They made a cactus try to hold me in place so I couldn’t follow them.
I’ll take care of those dogs alright.
They won’t get away with ignoring me on my own trails.
I’m sending the helicopter squad out to pick them up.
No Snow
You see this picture here?
It didn’t happen today, or this week, or even this month.
This snow happened a very long time ago.
I haven’t had any snow to play in at all this winter.
And some of my friends have way more snow than they want.
You’d think it could get evened out a little better.
So I’m trying to figure out how I can get some of those clouds down here to play in.
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They look like they might be as much fun as snow.
It looks like God’s paintbrush almost ran out of paint when He was brushing those clouds across the sky.
Oh wait, I think I’ve figured out how to get those clouds down here.
Almost anyway.
Hey, what’s this?
Isn’t that little colored spot in the sky called a sun dog?
Now that’s my kind of cloud.
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