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Berries too Early

05 Mar

Bongo checking out a manzanita bush with berriesWhat’s this?

These aren’t supposed to be here yet.

What are berries doing while it’s still winter?

All the other Manzanita bushes still look like this.

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Bongo next to a manzanita bush full of blossoms

What? You can’t tell the difference?

Well then, check this out.

Manzanita blossoms

Blossoms.

All the other bushes are still covered in blossoms.

So where did all these berries come from?

I’d better do something to hide these berries from my person.

Bongo in front of the bush with berries

If she sees them she’ll have her camera out in no time.

And she’s going to have plenty of time to take pictures of berries without starting now.

Hey person, look over there.

Don’t look this way.

There’s nothing interesting here.

Person, what is your camera doing out?

What could you possibly find here to take pictures of?

Manzanita Berries

This is going to be a long picture taking season.

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Bongo Fact: Manzanita means Little Apple

Can you tell why these bushes are named Manzanita?

 
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Posted by on March 5, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Cousins

04 Mar

Bongo leading a cousin to the trailI have what?

Cousins?

I don’t have any cousins.

Well, at least none that you know about.

You don’t even know who my real parents are.

What? Wait. What?

What do you mean, they’re not my cousins?

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Then who’s cousins are they?

Your cousins?

You have cousins?

Oh. They’re coming to visit us?

They’re coming to visit us!

I’d better get busy.

I’ve got to get a training plan together.

I’ve got to train them right while they’re here.

How much time have I got?

They’re here?

Hey cousins. Here’s my leash.

Hold onto it and I’ll show you where my trails are.

Cousins on the trail without Bongo

These cousins are not doing a good job.

If they don’t hold onto my leash they’re going to get lost.

I’m sure of it.

Bongo and cousin

That’s much better.

At least I can keep one cousin from getting lost.

Bongo with cousin

Now, let’s see what kind of adventures we can run into.

 
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Posted by on March 4, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Who’s Up to Mischief

03 Mar

Scratchy on top of cabinetsScratchy, the cat I live with, has been up to all kinds of mischief lately.

For some reason I always get all the blame for all the mischief around here, but this time I have proof that Scratchy did it.

Check out this picture.

Scratchy’s on top of the laundry room cabinets.

And it’s sure a good thing that opening to the attic is closed up tight.

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Because my person said when it was first put there – way back before I lived here – the cover wasn’t over the hole and Scratchy discovered it before she did.

But since Scratchy couldn’t escape that way he tried another way.

Scratchy sitting at an open door

And don’t think Scratchy was just sniffing the air because he didn’t stay at the entrance.

Scratchy heading downstairs

Who knows where Scratchy would have ended up if I hadn’t put a stop to it.

If Scratchy doesn’t stay where he belongs I’m going to have to do something about it.

Like lock him up in cat jail.

Bongo and Scratchy going at it while Scratchy is in the cage

I’m the only one around here who’s allowed to be an escape artist.

Monday Mischief Pet Blog Hop

Click here to find more mischievous pets.

 
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Posted by on March 3, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Prints

01 Mar

Bongo and prints in the mucWhen the ground gets wet and squishy they show up.

Prints.

Pawprints, footprints, and hoofprints.

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Javelina prints

I’ve been trying to figure out what those hoof looking prints are.

I’ve never seen anyone on my trails that matches up to those.

My person says that’s because they usually come out at night.

She says she’s seen them during the day, but never on my trails.

I guess those trail creatures are night creatures for sure.

My person says they’re usually up to no good.

They eat the prickly pear cactus.

Prickly Pear Bitten by Javelina

And they dig up people’s gardens.

Sometimes on trash day they knock over all the garbage cans and go through the garbage looking for goodies.

I don’t know why they go through my garbage.

I already ate all the good stuff.

But today I was heading out on my trails – and there it was.

Standing right next to my trail looking at us.

I tried to give it what for, but my person wouldn’t let go of my leash.

I guess she was scared of it.

I did manage one thing though.

You know how my person is always taking pictures of everything she sees?

I chased that creature right back into the bushes before she could get her camera out and aim it.

Because I didn’t want that creature taking over my blog.

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What, person?

You have a picture?

An old one from before I was around?

Okay, since it’s old.

Javelina web

This is a javelina that visited my yard once, a long time ago.

 
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Posted by on March 1, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Jumping Dog

28 Feb

Bongo profile on the trailI’m sure you can tell by this picture that I’m a very calm, peaceful dog.

Those of you who know me know that I am anyway.

I never get in trouble. I never do anything wrong.

Sometimes I get blamed for things but it’s always Scratchy’s fault.

I’m the perfect dog.

But my person says I used to be different when they first got me.

I used to jump – a lot.

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Well, I still jump sometimes but only when I want someone’s attention.

Especially if they are ignoring me.

But I think my person is mistaken about jumping a lot.

She says she has proof.

But you really can’t tell who that dog is in the video.

I think she blurred it on purpose so everybody would think it was me.

So check it out.

You can’t tell who that dog in the video is.

It is not me!

Watch it again.

Oh.

Well, they left me outside and I had to see what I was missing out on.

 
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Posted by on February 28, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Zeitgeist

27 Feb

RV that says Zeitgeist on the backI found the strangest word on my trails.

I can’t even read and I still think it’s a strange word.

And I sure don’t know what it means.

But it might be a violent word because it seems to be related to killing TVs.

Anyway, I decided to make my person look the word up.

And I still don’t know what it means.

Because there doesn’t seem to be a translation into English – or even into dog language.

I thought everything could be translated into dog language. Woof!

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But my person found out that word is a movie – and there are conspiracy theories in that movie.

I don’t know what conspiracy theories are – but I think they’re related to everybody being turned into rock piles on my trails.

Rock piles next to the trail

That word seems to get around because my person found out it’s also a movement. Apparently a bunch of people think they can fix the world.

People are never going to fix the world unless they listen to us dogs.

But here’s the definition of this strange word. Zeitgeist: the general beliefs, ideas, and spirit of a time and place.

So I guess the zeitgeist of my trails is that it’s a great place for dogs to take their people for walks.

 
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Posted by on February 27, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Rock Climbing

26 Feb

Rock climbing on SugarloafPeople have been doing strange things on my trails lately.

Awhile back someone rappelled down the side of my rock called Sugarloaf.

Today someone else is climbing right up it.

You’d think they’d want to coordinate with each other.

I mean, which is it – up or down?

No one seems to be able to make up their minds.

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Personally, I think the trail on the back of Sugarloaf is much easier, but I guess these people didn’t want to walk that far.

I guess this way is a lot shorter.

And look, she’s almost at the top.

Person almost to the top of Sugarloar

But as soon as the first person made it up, her friend decided she’d give it a try.

Two climbers on Sugarloaf

I know you have to look kind of hard, but there’s a pink shirt in the middle of the picture.

Anyway, I’ve been thinking…

There must be something to this climbing thing.

It looks like fun.

Maybe I should try it.

But I think I should start out on something a little easier.

Bongo climbing onto a rock

How’s this?

I’m almost to the top.

 
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Posted by on February 26, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Missing Baby

25 Feb

Bongo sniffing a stroller on the side of the trailHmmm.

What’s this parked on the side of my trail?

Isn’t this one of those things that babies ride around in?

But something’s missing.

There’s no baby in here.

This is bad. This is really bad.

Who knows what could happen to a baby crawling around by itself on my trails.

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All kinds of things could happen to it.

A coyote could get that baby. Or a javelina.

Even those ravens that circle around here are pretty big.

Or that baby could get stuck by pricklers from a cactus.

And how is a baby going to find its way home?

I bet it’s lost out there.

Maybe I can get some clues about that baby from this stroller thing.

Bongo sniffing the stroller's wheel

Nope. I don’t smell any babies on this wheel.

One of my friends left me a message though.

Bongo in front of the stroller

Come on person. We’ve gotta go look for that baby before something happens.

Let’s go!

Bongo looking away from the stroller

I think the baby went that a way.

 
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Posted by on February 25, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Worst Mischief Ever

24 Feb

Bongo looking at toy frog in dog jailScratchy, the cat I live with has really been full of mischief lately and I was about to post more of the mischief he’s been pulling.

But I had to change things around.

You see, over the weekend my younger person’s friend came over and he was so full of mischief that he deserves star billing.

He locked my frog in dog jail – and then to make it even worse, he locked himself in there with the frog.

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But no one can hold mischief over me for long.

Bongo in dog jail with his frog

I rescued the frog.

Bongo in his kennel chewing on his frog

Poor frog. Did they hurt you?

I’d better remove my frog from dog jail.

Bongo with his frog outside dog jail

Nobody’s locking up my frog again.

 
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Posted by on February 24, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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Swami River

22 Feb

Bongo next to a license plate that says SWAMIWay down upon the Swami River

Far, far away…

What?

What do you mean, that’s not the way the song goes?

Of course it is.

And I bet if I wait for the people to come back to their car they’ll let me get in and they’ll take me there.

Then I can go swimming.

What do you mean, they wouldn’t want to put up with me in their car for that long?

It can’t be that far away?

It is?

I’d have to go where?

Swamis are all the way in India?

Where’s that? It can’t be that far. We have Indians living all over Arizona.

What do you mean, not the Native American kind of Indians?

There’s other kinds?

I’m totally confused.

What!?

The song I was singing is about the Suwannee River in Florida?

Now, that’s more like it.

Florida can’t be that far away.

It’s in the same country, after all.

 
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Posted by on February 22, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

 

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