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Gopher Golf
This is new. I’ve never seen a flag on my trails before.
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Look, the flag even has a number on it. I wonder what it’s here for.
Hey, I found another flag. This one has a number too.
We need to figure out why those flags are here. Maybe I should put on my Detective Dog hat again?
Oh wait, I think I’ve figured it out already.
Look at this mound here. Right near those flags. You know who makes these mounds, don’t you?
Gophers!
And I bet those gophers are up to something. I bet they’re up to a good round of gopher golf.
All I have to do is follow those flags and I bet we’ll find the gophers. And the gopher golf balls.
Come on, person. Let’s go look for those gophers.
I know we’re almost at the end of our walk, but we’ve got to go back and look. Maybe they’ll let us in on the game. I’d like to swing at a few gophers.
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Hmmm. I don’t see any gophers anywhere. Or any more flags, either.
Oh. Now I know why I’m not seeing any gophers.
Those gophers took their flags and their little golf balls and clubs…
and ran them down this hole.
Guess I’ll have to swing at a gopher another day.
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The Scarlet Cord
Rahab and the Emissaries of Joshua (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9
Hey person, I just got here and there are words already on my blog. I wanted you to tell me a story about Joshua. You know, the guy who took over after Moses died.
Really? God said those words to Joshua when He told him to go take the Promised Land?
Do you think God would say those words to me the next time there’s thunder?
I would too listen to God.
I do too listen to you. Okay, I’m listening now.
Joshua sent two spies across the Jordan River to look over the land. He told them to especially look over Jericho. So the spies went to Jericho and stayed at the house of a prostitute named Rahab.
The king of Jericho heard that the men had come and he sent messengers to tell Rahab to bring them out.
Was that king going to give those men special honor? That’s pretty cool – a king wanted to see them.
I am listening.
Rahab hid the men and told the king’s men that they had gone. She sent the king’s men down the road looking for them.
Rahab was pretty sneaky, wasn’t she?
I’ll listen. I promise.
Rahab talked to the men she had hidden and told them that everyone in the land was afraid of their people because of the things God had done for them. She asked them to spare her life and the lives of her family.
The men agreed that if Rahab didn’t tell anyone what they were doing they would treat her kindly and faithfully. Rahab’s house was part of the city wall, so she let the men out of a window by a rope and told them to go into the hills for three days so they wouldn’t be found.
The men had climbed down on a scarlet cord, and they told Rahab that if she tied it in her window and brought her family into her house they would be spared.
Rahab agreed and sent the men on their way. They hid in the hills for three days, then forded the Jordan River and told Joshua everything that had happened to them.
So what happened next? Did Joshua and the Israelites go give those people in Jericho what for?
What? I have to wait to find out what happens next? Maybe I’ll go to Jericho and huff and puff and blow the walls down.
What do you mean I have the wrong story? I am not a big, bad wolf!
The New Raccoon
Yesterday was a blustery, snowy kind of day and I didn’t want to be outside at all. But today was a different kind of day. The sun came out and the air was crisp and cool. The perfect day for a walk.
It’s a good thing today was a good walking day because I found an animal that I’ve never seen on my trails before. Today I made friends with a raccoon.
I didn’t know what to expect from a raccoon because I’ve never met one before.
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At first he was kind of shy.
He even tried to run away from me.
But the raccoon’s friends tried to help. He didn’t seem to be afraid of them at all, even though they weren’t raccoons.
Finally we became friends. That little raccoon put his fear aside and patted my head.
He even taught me how to play a game.
I had so much fun with my new friend today. I hope he’s just the first of a whole family of raccoons that I get to meet on my trails.
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Make it Stop
Today seemed like an ordinary day as my person and I headed out for our walk. Well, it was cloudy and kind of chilly, but I can put up with that. Anything for a walk.
But as soon as we got out to the street I could see it coming. Have you ever watched a storm about ready to attack you? It’s like a big cloud coming toward you –ready to engulf you.
And then it did.
Snow and wind coming right in my face. And it wasn’t that light, fluffy kind of snow. This was that hard little corny kind. I didn’t like it one little bit. I don’t know what my person was thinking. She kept heading up the trail.
I had to put my foot down. I came to a halt.
My person still didn’t get it. I gave her the evil eye.
Finally she got the message and we headed toward home. But by then the wind and snow were bad in both directions.
I started looking around to see if that snow was everywhere. Maybe it was only falling on my trail.
There must be another way.
I think my person should have followed me off the trail, but she made me stay on it. And it wasn’t the right way at all. By now those snowflakes were turning into monsters. More like hail if you ask me.
I finally had to try the sad look. It hasn’t worked before, but there’s got to be a first time. I’m sure my person could stop this storm if she wanted to.
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I knew it. My person could stop the storm. As soon as we got back in the house that snow stopped coming down.
Now I just have to figure out why my person was picking on me.
Christmas Visitor
Yesterday I was so excited to talk about all the great Christmas presents I got that I forgot one thing. I had one more present that I didn’t mention. It was a visit from a special friend that I haven’t seen in a long time.
And that friends, is no other than Ghost Dog.
I was walking my person along my trails like I always do. Yes, even on Christmas I have to make sure to get my person out for her walk. She might get all cranky if she doesn’t get her exercise.
Anyway, we were walking along my trails when, there he was.
Ghost Dog seemed happy to see me. He started wagging his tail and came over and sniffed noses with me. But then, like he always does, he kept on walking and disappeared.
This time he did something a little different though. As he was walking down the trail Ghost Dog turned and looked back at me, as if he really wanted to stay and play.
But there must be something about his ghostiness that won’t let him do that. Like a true Ghost Dog he vanishes every time I see him.
Next time I might have to put my Detective Dog hat on and follow him. I bet he won’t be so quick to disappear. Because if he does, I’ll find out where he goes and I’ll get a new hat to wear.
Who you gonna call? Ghost Buster Dog!
Bongo Ties for Christmas
Boy did I have a good Christmas this year. Look at this! I even got Bongo Ties. Who would have thought someone would make something special just for me. I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do with these Bongo ties – I think it might have something to do with tying up Scratchy – but that’s a whole other story.
But while I was still pondering (I was what?) what to do with those Bongo ties my person opened another present for me. She says she used to have a dog that opened his own presents, but I figure I’m paying her all those big bucks to be my secretary so she can open my presents too.
And speaking of big bucks…
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I got an antler! I really needed this because I finished off my last antler awhile back.
I got some other toys too – including a squeaky squirrel.
Take that, you pesky squeaky squirrel!
I really like my antler.
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Scratchy must have thought that he didn’t get enough presents…
because I caught him searching through the torn paper for more. (I did get more presents than Scratchy, but don’t tell him.)
And just when I thought all the presents were opened and Christmas was over…
a ball showed up. Woo woo!
I hope all of you had a great Christmas too.
Hidden Presents
This is too good! I’m really beginning to like Christmas more and more.
When my person and I headed out for our walk today there was a package at our front door. I didn’t really think much of it. It was kind of an annoyance because I had to wait while my person put the package inside the house.
Then we went out walking. It was an ordinary kind of walk. Nothing special happened that I could write about for my blog, and then we headed back home.
My person decided we needed to check the mailbox before going into the house. We have to walk right by my neighbor dog Toby’s house to do that and I wanted to stop and say hi.
No such luck. My person has a one track mind and she was headed straight for that mailbox.
She opened the mailbox while I sat very quietly next to the post that holds it up in the air. And she said there was something inside it for me.
What? What? I can’t see anything. That mailbox is way too high for me.
Then I had to wait while my person took pictures of whatever that thing in the mailbox was.
But finally, she gave it to me. A squeaky toy just for me! Somebody loves me. Woo woo!
Then we went back in the house and my person opened that other package. Remember that one? The annoying one?
The package was from my person’s sister and there was a present inside for me from my cousin dogs. And you know what my person did?
She hid it from me. She hid my present and the other ones too. Even the ones that smelled good.
So you know what I did?
I hid my new mailbox toy from my person.
That’ll teach her.
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The Real Gift of Christmas
Christmas is almost here and I’m getting really excited. Our tree is up, the lights are on, and I’m looking for the presents. I keep hearing that Santa will bring me presents, but I think I saw my person putting some good smelling things all wrapped in brightly colored paper on top of the fridge.
I’m a pretty good jumper, but I wish I could jump just a little bit higher. All the good stuff that doesn’t go into the fridge seems to go on top of it. If I could get up there I could have a treat feast.
But there’s something else I wish I could do besides jump higher. I wish I could sneak back in time – not too far back, just a little over 2000 years. That’s not asking much, is it?
And I’d like to go to a place called Bethlehem. A little baby was born there one night. Well, I guess lots of babies were born there, but this one was special. This little baby was wrapped in cloths and laid in a manger because the inn was full and his parents had nowhere else to go except for where the animals hung out.
Since there were animals there already I’m sure no one would notice one extra dog in the place. Especially when those shepherds showed up. Everybody would figure I was one of their sheepdogs. Well maybe. I could have pretended I was a sheepdog anyway.
Even if I had to change my appearance so I could pass as a sheepdog, travel back in time, and go to a faraway place, it would be all worth it to see God making his appearance on earth as a baby.
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Hey person, I think I knocked a ball onto the top of the fridge. Could you get it for me, and maybe knock some of those presents down while you’re at it?
What are you saying, person? The true gift of Christmas is Jesus? That baby in a manger is the gift? Never mind then. I guess Jesus isn’t hanging out on top of the fridge.
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“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16
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