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Where there’s Smoke…

22 May

Hey, how come I don’t get to go?

That’s not fair.

That big camera always wins out over me.

It’s not like I’m gonna break your camera or anything.

I won’t yank on the leash and pull you over on top of the camera.

Besides, if you fell on your camera wouldn’t it be your fault?

So what are you taking pictures of?

Smoke?

That’s not very interesting.

You should be taking pictures of me.

There’s a fire?

Where?

You can’t leave me in dog jail if there’s a fire.

What if I get stuck in here and I can’t get out?

Those cats would leave the house without me.

You know how they are.

Are you sure it’s not that close?

Okay, I’ll look at the pictures.

Yeah, I guess it is far away.

But what if it comes closer?

See, I told you this was gonna come closer.

Let me out of this dog jail and grab onto my leash!

I’ll protect you.

Oh, and leave your big camera at home.

***

P.S. My person says we are safe from this fire, but asks for prayer for the people who have been evacuated from their homes, and for all the firefighters who are fighting this fire. This is the Slide Fire in Oak Creek Canyon in Arizona between Sedona and Flagstaff.

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

Tags: Camera, Cat, Cats and Dogs, Fire, Oak Creek Canyon, Pets, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Slide Fire, smoke

Treat on the Trail

08 May

Something great happened on my trails the other day.

I was walking along, minding my own business, on a part of my trails where hardly anybody else goes – when I saw her.

My girlfriend Layla.

I hadn’t seen Layla in a very long time.

Weeks, or maybe even months.

So I was really excited.

Some of my dog friends don’t like to play much, but Layla loves to play.

We ran, and jumped, and had a great time.

But after awhile it was time to get serious.

I’m not sure if I wore Layla out, or she didn’t like that serious part because she left me.

Layla, come back!

I guess I’ve blown it again.

The only ones that seem to stick around are the cats.

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Posted by Bongo on May 8, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: girlfriend, Layla, Pets, play, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Trail

Blog Theft

07 May

My person has been glued to her computer lately.

So you’d think she’d be helping me more with my blog.

I mean, what other reason would there be for her to be on the computer?

But no, I’m not sure what she’s doing.

She hasn’t even helped me answer all my friends who’ve made comments on my blog in the last few days.

And now I’m way behind.

So I hope everybody will understand.

It’s not my fault.

***

What, person?

You want to do what!?

No person, you can’t do that!

Listen to this.

A couple days ago I was innocently napping and a cat stole my blog.

Now my person wants to steal my blog.

And she’s not even going to wait till I’m asleep.

She wants to show you what she’s been doing while she’s been glued to the computer.

She says she’s been taking a Photoshop class (whatever that is) and she’s been working on her final project.

***

I guess I might as well let her show it to you or I’ll never hear the end of it.

What!?

You’ve got two pictures?

Oh alright. Go ahead.

I hope she’s done now and I can have my blog back.

Scratchy, don’t you dare come near this computer!

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Posted by Bongo on May 7, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Blog, Cat, Cats and Dogs, Pets, Photoshop, Sedona, Sedona Arizona

Just a Memory

24 Apr

I’m taking the memory trail today before I forget.

You see, we haven’t had rain in a very long time.

I’ve almost forgotten what it’s like.

It’s been so long that the county I live in has already posted fire restrictions.

They never post fire restrictions this early in the year.

Maybe somebody should tell them it’s only April.

So anyway, before I forget what rain is like, I thought I’d look back at some pictures my person took from the last time it rained.

She doesn’t make me wait around as much when she takes rain pictures like she does when she’s taking flower pictures, so I like the rain pictures better.

The rocks on my trails change color when it rains.

Rain must have some magical dye in it or something that goes away the same time the rain does.

Water flows down the rocks on my trails when there’s rain.

It’s fun to splash in.

Sometimes the rain has giant erasers and it starts erasing the big rocks on my trails.

The rocks always come back eventually, so they must be magic erasers.

My puddle!

Oh puddle, I almost forgot about you.

It’s been so long since I’ve seen you.

Where are you hiding?

I’m not sure why my puddle only shows up when it rains.

Well puddle, I guess it will be awhile longer till I see you again because…

I’m really enjoying all this great weather we’re having.

Guess I’ll forget about the rain.

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

Tags: memory, Pets, Puddle, Rain, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Trail, Water

Gone with the Century

17 Apr

Hmmm. What’s this?

It looks like it’s from another century.

Last year’s century.

I know last year was only a year, but it had centuries in it too.

How do I know?

Because here’s one of them right here.

This century plant grew up right next to my trail last year.

And now it’s gone. Splat!

I guess that’s the end of the centuries on my trails.

I’ll have to take it year by year now.

One of these big things only shows up once in a hundred years.

I don’t think I’ll be around for the next one.

***

Hey, what’s this smell?

It smells like that century plant.

Naw. There’s not a chance in a hundred that another century plant would show up on my trails.

Probably a good thing.

My person takes too many pictures of them.

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Posted by Bongo on April 17, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: century plant, Pets, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Trail

Rock Climbing

26 Feb

People 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.

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.

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

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.

How’s this?

I’m almost to the top.

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

Tags: climbing, Pets, rock climbing, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Sugarloaf, Trail

Mischief on Me

17 Feb

Today is Monday Mischief Day and if it was up to me I wouldn’t have a thing to write about today.

After all, I am the perfect dog.

I never get into mischief.

Well, if I do it’s all Scratchy’s fault.

But this weekend my people were totally full of mischief.

They locked me in dog jail and went off hiking without me.

I can’t believe they didn’t take me.

And they used some excuse about me going over the cliff.

Well yeah, there was water down there that time.

I wanted to get to the creek.

I won’t go down a cliff with no water at the bottom.

But not only would my people not listen to me, now my person is stealing my blog so she can post pictures on it.

And I’m not in a single one of them.

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Talk about rubbing it in.

Click here to find more mischievous pets.

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Posted by Bongo on February 17, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Doe Mountain, Hiking, mischief, Pets, Photography, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Trail

Travelling Afar

10 Feb

Sometimes I go travelling in a car.

And sometimes I travel by foot.

I’ve never before travelled so far that I couldn’t come back the same day.

But this time I went a whole lot further.

I’m not even sure how I got there.

I don’t remember getting there.

But I was there – I know it.

I have proof.

I really went there.

I really did go to Sydney.

I went and hung out with a bunch of friends.

My person says it takes hours and hours to get there from here – even if you go on a big jet.

I don’t remember hours and hours and I don’t remember anything about a big jet, so there must be another way.

My person told me there is another way.

She says I probably went there in my dreams.

That must be it!

I never knew you could really travel somewhere in your dreams.

I guess I learned something today.

Because I’m not making this up.

I did really go there.

I’ve got proof.

And if you don’t believe me, click here.

See, I really was in Sydney, wasn’t I?

Click here to find more mischievous pets.

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Posted by Bongo on February 10, 2014 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Australia, Bumpy Road to Bubba, car, Hiking, Pets, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Sydney, Trail, travelling

Big, Big Dogs

29 Jan

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.

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!