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The Bone Tree

There’s a special tree near the beginning of my trails. Well, actually there are two special trees.

One is the peanut tree.

That’s where those pesky squirrels keep all their peanuts until they get hungry for them. I’m just waiting to catch one of those pesky squirrels under there.

But that’s not the tree I’m talking about. The other special tree is the bone tree. I found it when my person wanted to go back by it to take pictures of some flowers. What a treat! There are bones everywhere under there.

But my person wouldn’t let me take any of them home with me.

And now she won’t even let me go back near that tree.

But something’s been happening lately. Some of those bones have been finding their way out near my trail.

I don’t know what dog in his right mind would put a bone there and just leave it. But that’s what happened.

But now I have a real dilemma.

My person won’t let me take the bones I find.

Maybe I can nonchalantly (did I say that word?) walk by that bone and quietly snatch it up as I keep walking along.

That didn’t work either. She made me drop it.

Come on, person. Let me have that bone!

I guess I’m one of those dogs I was talking about who’s not in his right mind.

No! No! Let me have the bone!

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Posted by Bongo on November 17, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Bone, Pets, Squirrel, Trail, Tree

Fuzzballs

16 Nov

I don’t know what my person is doing now. We’ve run out of flowers for her to take pictures of, so here she is taking pictures of a field of fuzzballs.

What good are these things? They aren’t a pretty color, they aren’t good for sniffing, and they’re no good to eat. I think my person needs to put her camera away.

I’ve got to get on to some good smells. I’ve got to find out what all my friends are up to, and I’m not getting anywhere here.

Okay, that’s enough. How can I convince my person that she’s taken enough pictures?

Oh look. A distraction.

Hey person, over here. This bush still has some yellow on it. Maybe you should take some pictures over here.

It worked! She’s over looking at those yellow things – and by the time she realizes that they’ve turned more brown than yellow…

I will have taken care of her picture taking for the day.

Come on, person. Time to go.

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Posted by Bongo on November 16, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Pets, Photography, Trail

Nurse Bongo

15 Nov

I was so bummed yesterday. My person had twisted her ankle the day before and she was limping, and moaning, and saying it hurt really bad.

So yesterday morning she said I wasn’t going to get my walk.

What do you mean I’m not getting my walk? I always get my walk.

Not only that, but my person said I had to take care of her.

Well, I take care of her by barking if a stranger comes into the yard, or by keeping Scratchy out of her room so he won’t bother her. But what does she mean – take care of her? Do I have to get a new hat now – a Nurse Dog hat?

I’ve never been Nurse Dog before, but I’ll do anything to get my walk. So I kissed my person’s ankle, and I guess I did a good job being Nurse Dog because my person felt so good she got up and left me – alone. Well, alone with Scratchy. She got in her car and left.

See if I ever put on a Nurse Dog hat again.

But then my person came back and said she felt good enough to take me for a walk. Woo woo!

I’m not sure why, but my person walked kind of slow. I didn’t mind though because it gave me extra time to get some good sniffs in.

But now I’m thinking, if my Nurse Dog skills got my person better that fast, maybe what I need isn’t a Nurse Dog hat at all. It’s something else.

What about Miracle Healer Dog hat? Come on over to my house. I’ll heal you pronto.

Wait a minute. I don’t need a hat for that at all. But I could do with a big tent in the yard.

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Posted by Bongo on November 15, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: nurse, Nursing, Pets, Scratchy, Trail, walk

New Neighbors?

14 Nov

I have some new neighbors. At least I think I have some new neighbors. I haven’t seen them yet, but they put their house in the parking lot of my trailhead.

I’ve never seen a house in the parking lot before, but I guess someone has moved in here because this house has been around for a few days.

I wonder where my new neighbors have gone. They never seem to be here.

Maybe if I go over to this side of the house I’ll find something. Maybe the neighbors don’t like that side and they’re hanging around over here.

No, I don’t see anyone.

Do you think I should knock on the door? Do you think anyone would answer?

I really want to meet my new neighbors. Neighbors give loves and maybe I could give them some loves too. But nothing’s going to happen if I can’t find them.

Oh, look. Over on the other side. They’ve started decorating their windows. They must be around somewhere.

What, person? The police are decorating their windows?

Now, wait a minute. Are you trying to tell me that the police want to be my neighbors too?

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Posted by Bongo on November 14, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: neighbor, Parking lot, Pets, police, RV, Trailhead

What Came with the Hat?

13 Nov

Yesterday I got my new Detective Dog hat, but something else came with it.

I looked and looked at it and could not figure out what it was – let alone what anyone would do with it.

I think I’m going to have to get my Detective Dog hat back on and investigate this.

My person tried to tell me I was supposed to hold the end of it in my mouth.

But that didn’t make any sense to me.

I think I’d better keep up with my investigation.

***

My person took that thing away and did something to it.

When she gave it back it smelled better.

It smelled really good.

I think I know what this thing is for now.

But there seems to be some extra parts here.

They only needed this one little piece to put the peanut butter in.

That was sure nice of them to send along a peanut butter holder with my Detective Dog hat.

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Posted by Bongo on November 13, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Detective Dog, Pets, pipe

Detective Dog

12 Nov

It came! It finally came! My Detective Dog hat. All this time I’ve been doing investigations and I had no hat to wear.

And it looks like I have an investigation already. I’ve got to find my hat. It was here and now it’s missing. I don’t see it anywhere.

As a matter of fact, I don’t see anything.

This could be serious. What could have happened?

Oh, there it is!

And now I can see the carpet and everything else too.

I really am a good Detective Dog. I solved that mystery quickly. I bet no one else could have done it that fast.

I’d better get my hat back on and wait for the next mystery to arrive.

What do you think? Suave and debonair enough for you? Aren’t you just ready to hire me to solve your next case? No one could turn me down.

Or maybe this?

Hey girls, come on over and let Detective Dog solve your case for you. And afterwards we can have a few treats and go for a romp on my trails.

***

Yikes! I think I’ve got another mystery to solve. Detective Dog to the rescue!

What’s the mystery? Can’t you tell?

All the girls are missing!

Somebody must have snatched them away.

I’m definitely heading out to investigate this one.

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Posted by Bongo on November 12, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Detective Dog, detective hat, hat, Pets

Cactus Blockade

10 Nov

This is bad. This is really bad. I was heading across the street to say hi to my neighbors. I like to visit them because they give me loves.

But something was in the way. I was blocked.

My neighbors had put a cactus blockade between my street and their yard.

What does this mean? I know I could squeeze by those cacti and get through – but how long is it going to be before those cacti grow big and cover the whole area?

Are my neighbors trying to keep me out? That makes me really sad. I thought they liked me.

What to do? What to do?

Wait a minute. I think I see something down there.

Is there an opening at the end of this cactus blockade? Maybe they wanted to give me a way in after all.

I knew my neighbors still loved me. They could have put that cactus blockade all across their yard, but they didn’t. They knew if they did that I might not be able to visit and give them loves. What nice neighbors I have.

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Posted by Bongo on November 10, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Arizona, blockade, Cactus, neighbors, Pets

Et Tu, Brute?

09 Nov

Something is really strange out on my trails today. I can’t quite put my paws on it – but something is different. I think I’ll stay close to my person. Things just don’t feel quite right.

I think I’ve got it. The sky isn’t the same. It’s been blue for a long time now. I’d almost forgotten it could ever be any other color. But it isn’t blue today. Look how gray it is.

My person says all this gray is coming from a storm called Brutus that’s on its way.

Brutus! What kind of a name is that for a storm?

The Weather Channel named it that?

I’ve heard of thunderstorms, and snowstorms, and rainstorms, and hailstorms. I’ve even heard of windstorms. But Brutus storms? This could be really dangerous. Is Brutus going to be falling out of the sky? What would that be like? Or maybe there will be lots of Brutuses falling.

Hey person, I can barely see those hills. I think Brutus is on its way. We’d better get out of here.

Oh, no! It’s covering up Thunder Mountain now. We’re surrounded!

Wait a minute. I think I’m getting wet. These little Brutuses that are hitting me seem a lot like rain. Do you think the Weather Channel knew what they were talking about when they named this storm Brutus?

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Posted by Bongo on November 9, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Brutus, Pets, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Storm, Trail, Weather Channel, Winter storm

Treats for Everyone

08 Nov

A couple days ago they had this big thing called the Presidential Election. People got all excited and some people ended up happy and some people were not so happy.

I think that everyone should be happy, so here’s my plan.

I’m going to run for president.

If I became president everybody would be happy. That’s because I’m going to campaign on a promise of “Treats for Everyone.” How could anyone not be happy with that.

Dogs would get treats, and people too. I’d even make sure that all the cats got treats.

I figure this is a foolproof campaign. How could anyone not vote for me when they’re getting treats?

What?

Oh. My person just told me that in order to give treats to everyone I would have to raise taxes, and nobody likes that.

I don’t think that’s a problem. I tax in loves and everybody likes to give me loves. All you have to do is give me a few extra loves and I’ll turn them into treats. Problem solved.

So remember in the next presidential election to get out and vote.

Bongo in 2016! Treats for Everyone!

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Posted by Bongo on November 8, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Election, Election Day, Pets, President, Treats, Voting

Last Flower of the Season

07 Nov

You’d think it was the last wildflower ever the way my person is taking pictures of it. Yeah, I suppose it might be the last flower of the season – but is it really that special?

I mean, look. It’s a puny little purple thing. The only one on the bush. If that even is a bush. I think it’s really a bunch of weedy little suckers winding their way around the rocks. And they just happened to have one tiny flower – the last throwback of summer.

So can we go now? And leave that little thing to die a wintry death? Yeah, I know it’s not winter here yet but it will be soon. Believe me. I checked the weather and I feel winter on its way.

Yeah, I know it felt like summer today, but It’s coming. So forget about that flower because it’s gonna be gone.

***

What? You’re done taking pictures and you want to go now?

Wait a minute. I’m not ready to go.