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Globe Mallow

I’m stuck at the dog hotel and I take no responsibility for what’s posted here.

My person went off to Colorado and I’m stuck in the dog hotel. I wasn’t allowed to bring the computer with me so I take no responsibility for what is posted on my blog.

Lately my person has been making me hang out and wait a lot while she gets her camera out to take pictures. It’s flower season again on my trails but the globe mallow usually hangs out all summer long.

For some reason these flowers just started coming out this year. A couple of them tried to make it early in the summer but they fizzled out. It was really hot and dry before that dreaded thunder season started.

These flowers grow on bushes and when they have all summer to grow the bushes sometimes get really big.

But I think my person is spending far too much time with her camera.

Time to go.

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Posted by Bongo on October 1, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Flower, globe mallow, Pets, Photography

The Perfect Weed

28 Sep

Check this out. The weed of weeds! And I found it right on my trails. I’ve been dreaming of a weed like this. I could spend hours of munching pleasure chomping down on this weed.

Look at it. Those luscious, shiny, beautiful blades of grass. And for dessert there are even some tiny weed seeds.

I’ve never seen a weed like this before. I don’t know where it came from, but I’m sure it was placed here just for me.

Now comes the challenge.

My person is standing right next to me and she likes to pull on my leash when I start chomping weeds. I’ve got to find something to distract her.

Maybe some cute little flowers that she can take pictures of.

Hey person! Over here! Check these out. You’d better get out your camera.

Whew! Lucky break. Those flowers weren’t easy to find.

Now to chow down!

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Oh yuck! Ptooey! Gross! This weed tastes terrible!

Hey person, put your camera away so we can go. I think I see some of my regular weeds over here.

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Posted by Bongo on September 28, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: flowers, Pets, Photography, Plant, Weed

Little Yellow Flowers

26 Sep

This time of year everything seems to turn yellow. Well, I don’t mean everything. I don’t turn yellow, and neither does my person. And the rocks around here don’t turn yellow. But there are bushes everywhere with little yellow flowers on them.

There’s so many that I have to sort through them just to get to the good weeds.

And I have to sit around while my person takes out her camera to take pictures of them.

I thought this time of year was going to be so good. No more thunder and no more heat. Who would have thought that little yellow flowers would be my downfall? I think I’ll bury my person’s camera under a log.

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Posted by Bongo on September 26, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Flower, Pets, Photography, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Trail, yellow flowers

Evening Glory

19 Sep

We have two main wildflower seasons here. In late spring and early summer the cactus bloom, and then in late summer and early fall other things bloom. So right now I have to drag my person along when she tries to stop and take pictures of all those flowers.

I got lucky with this morning glory plant. It’s called morning glory for a reason. Morning is when the flowers are open, and then they close up for the day. So whenever we walked by the plant the flowers were closed up and my person had nothing to take pictures of.

But something strange happened. We walked by and there was a flower in full bloom. I think somebody needs to straighten this plant out. Its name is not evening glory. Come on flower – close up quick. You’re not playing by the rules.

That flower didn’t listen any better than my person does sometimes. It stayed open showing of its full glory – its full evening glory.

What else can I do? Guess I’ll chew on a few weeds until my person puts her camera away. How’s that for glory?

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Posted by Bongo on September 19, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Flower, Morning glory, Pets, Photography

Finding Fruit

12 Sep

Today my person and I went on a different kind of walk. We went on the same trails and were out about the same amount of time, but we didn’t go very far.

I can’t complain though. I had fun.

My person brought along some tongs and a bag and said she was going to pick some prickly pear fruit.

You go right ahead, person. I think I smell something better over here.

It’s got to be here somewhere.

Maybe it’s over here.

Got it!

Look what I found in the bushes. I don’t even mind that I had to get stuck to do it.

I have to what, person?

I’m not dropping my bone until you drop your prickly pears.

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

Tags: Cactus, Pets, Photography, prickly pear, Trail

They’re Everywhere!

11 Sep

This time of year vines start growing around here. I think they like all the rain we’ve had, because we seem to have more vines than usual.

They’re growing all over the cactus.

They climbed up my neighbor’s mailbox.

They’ve even been covering the rocks.

Hey person, let’s get moving. If you keep slowing down to take pictures of those vines they’re going to be crawling all over you.

It’s a good thing I’m an active dog. No vine would ever think of getting on me.

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Posted by Bongo on September 11, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Pets, Photography, Plant, Vine

Detective Dog at Work

29 Aug

I saw this really strange thing on my trails. There are lots of strange things on them, but I think this is one of the strangest. I guess I’ll have to put on my Detective Dog hat and figure out what it is.

Maybe it was a rock, and when the rain came down it was carved into this shape. I’ve never seen rain do things like that before though.

Or maybe it’s a microphone for lizards. I never hear lizards say anything. Maybe their voices are too quiet so they need a microphone to be heard. I should wait and see if any lizards show up and tell them they can talk to me through this.

It could have been part of somebody’s necklace on a string and then the string broke and this part dropped and landed here.

What if it’s a very old piece of chocolate? I’d better check it out. It might still taste good.

Hey, wait a minute. Here’s a double one of these things. And it has some very tiny residents crawling all over it.

And I was hoping it was chocolate.

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Posted by Bongo on August 29, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: ants, Pets, Photography

Cactus Alert

23 Aug

I really can’t figure out my person sometimes. My trails are full of pricklers. You’re supposed to stay away from them, but lately my person has been stopping and taking pictures of them.

Come on, person. Let’s get on with our walk. What do you want pictures of those darn pricklers for anyway? They’re here all the time. It’s not like they’re something special or anything.

I’m really losing my patience, person. Can’t you at least just click and walk?

Do you believe it? She’s stooping down to get closer to those pricklers.

What was that you said, person? I thought it sounded like “Ouch!”

You what? You got pricked? See, I told you that would happen. Will you listen to me now?

Oh no, now what are you doing? There aren’t even any cacti here. Well at least you won’t get stuck.

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Posted by Bongo on August 23, 2012 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Cactus, Pets, Photography, prickly pear, Trail

May the Bird of Paradise …

08 Jun

Hey person, our house is right here. Where are we going?

The end of the street? Why would we want to go there?

You want to take more pictures? I’m about ready to smash your camera. All you want to do is take pictures anymore. We could go on much longer walks if you weren’t always stopping to take pictures.

I’m what? I’m getting a longer walk so you can take pictures? But we could have stayed on my trails and had a longer walk there.

You’re stopping here? What is this?

Yellow Bird of Paradise? If those things are birds why aren’t they flying away? Every time I get near birds on my trails they fly away from me. Is there something wrong with these birds? Are their feet tied down or something?

Oh, wait. I bet they are tied down. I heard a song once about the bird of paradise flying up your nose. I bet somebody didn’t like that idea so they tied those birds down to keep them from flying up their nose. I don’t think I’d like them flying up my nose either. Person, I think we’d better go home before one of them gets loose.

Hey person, check this out. Those birds found one of those elusive century plants and stuck it right on my street. After all the trouble I had finding those plants. Those birds really are a nuisance. Not only do they fly up noses, they gang up together and chase after plants that are hiding in the woods. We’d better make sure those birds are tied down really tight.

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

Tags: bird of paradise, century plant, Pets, Photography, Sedona, Sedona Arizona

They Came out of Hiding

07 Jun

My younger person came with us on my trails today. My person wanted to show him the elusive century plant.

I’m not sure how she’s going to do that. I haven’t found that century plant anywhere. I’m starting to wonder if it even exists. Maybe my person is making it up. She does make things up sometimes.

I think she just told my younger person there was a century plant on my trails so he would come out with us. Usually he doesn’t want to come.

I guess by the time he figures out that there isn’t a century plant on my trails it’ll be too late. He’ll already have had his walk.

Come on younger person, let’s go. There’s sure to be a century plant out there somewhere.

Hey, wait a minute. This wasn’t here yesterday.