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Blocked Trail

27 Aug

What is going on here?

Somebody is trying to put a roadblock across my trails.

I hope they understand that these are my trails and nobody is allowed to block them up.

What is this thing, anyway?

Oh, now I see.

What we have here is a mischievous century plant.

A century plant that decided to lay down on the job.

Well, century plant – I don’t care if you do want to drop your seed pods all in one spot.

And I don’t care if you’re tired of standing and want to lie down.

Don’t do it across my trails!

There’s plenty of room if you just lie down heading the other way – and you won’t be blocking anybody’s path.

This century plant is so stubborn. It’s not listening to me at all.

What am I going to do?

I guess going under this thing will work as well as anything.

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Posted by Bongo on August 27, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Agave, century plant, Hiking, Pets, Trail

What’s a Deer?

24 Aug

What’s a deer?

My person and I met someone coming off my trails, and she said she’d seen a deer.

I’ve never ever seen a deer. Never in my life.

Deer don’t hang out on my trails.

If they did I’m sure I would have found one.

So what was that deer doing here?

I’ve got to go find that deer.

But how would I recognize it if I saw it?

Maybe by the smell – because it would be the only new smell on my trails.

So let’s go person. That deer’s got to be around here somewhere.

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I looked all over for that deer.

I pawed the ground and everything, but nothing would bring that deer around.

And then you know what happened?

My person and my younger person left the house and drove away.

Without me, mind you.

It was dark when they came back home, and you know what they told me?

They drove right by that deer. It was right by the side of the road.

And I’ve still never seen a deer.

But from what I’ve heard about what a deer looks like…

I imagine it might look kind of like this.

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Posted by Bongo on August 24, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Deer, Pets, Trail

Julie

21 Aug

Woo woo! I’ve got a new girlfriend. Her name is Julie and she loves to play with me.

Julie makes me feel like a puppy again.

Oh. Oops. Just a minute.

Collies, if you’re reading this can you distract Ginger so she doesn’t see this?

Maybe you can get a new hammock for Ginger your dad or something.

Whew! That’s taken care of. I wouldn’t want to upset Ginger.

Now where was I?

Oh yeah.

Julie has come up to me two different times on my trails and wants me to chase her.

I’m still trying to convince my person that she’ll be fine if she lets go of my leash for awhile, but I guess she still needs to hold on. Some kind of insecurity or something.

But Julie is cool. She didn’t go farther than my leash could reach.

And then – this is so romantic.

We stood near each other sniffing little patches of ground.

And before I knew it…

we were sniffing the same piece of ground.

I can’t wait to go out on my trails again tomorrow.

But this time I need to come up with a plan to ditch my person.

Maybe I’ll give her two leashes – so when I take off after Julie she still has one to hold on to.

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Posted by Bongo on August 21, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Ginger, girlfriend, Julie, Pets, Trail

Pulling Mischief

19 Aug

My younger person has been home for the last few days and he let me take him for a walk.

I got really excited because I don’t get to go on walks with him very often.

But we got out a little ways on my trails and I sensed something.

There’s a storm brewing somewhere.

You see it?

Oh. Well, maybe not in that direction.

It must be over here.

I know there’s a storm somewhere.

Maybe we just can’t see it yet.

I decided we shouldn’t go any further.

And you know what my younger person did?

He pulled mischief on me and started dragging me along.

Do you believe it?

I guess walking is better than getting dragged.

So I walked for awhile.

But then I’d had it.

I know that storm is somewhere around here.

I’m not taking a chance.

I’m not going any further.

Seriously. I mean it.

Two can play at this game.

So who’s the best mischief maker now?

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Posted by Bongo on August 19, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Hiking, mischief, Outdoors, Pets, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Thunder, Trail, walk

This is so cool! My friends the Collies, including my girlfriend Ginger, congratulated me on their blog for celebrating my 2^nd Blogiversary. I love having such great blogging friends. And Ginger is my bestest girlfriend.

Note to all my other girlfriends: Ginger is headed toward World Domination so I have to make sure I stay on her good side.

Note to Collies: Please don’t let Ginger read my last comment.

Note to girlfriends: I meant girlfriend. It’s you, and you alone that I love.

Now that I’m finished with all my notes I’ve got to tell you about someone else that loves me.

The other day I explored a new part of my trails and discovered a stone house that someone had been building for me.

I got really excited when I found that house, but there is one problem. I haven’t been able to find the builder and the house isn’t finished.

There’s no roof on it.

But today I discovered another house that someone is building for me.

I wasn’t even exploring this time. I was taking my person for a walk on our usual trails and there it was.

Where it hadn’t been before.

I told my person we had to get closer. I needed a better look.

When I finally got a better look I was so disappointed.

What is wrong with the builders around here?

I can’t believe this is happening to me.

Two houses are being built for me…

and this one doesn’t have a roof on it either.

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Posted by Bongo on August 17, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: Chimney Rock, Collie, construction, Ginger, house, Pets, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, Thunder Mountain, Trail

Ant Hole Competition

15 Aug

Normally the ants around here aren’t much to look at. They crawl out of holes in the ground, go get stuff to eat, and then crawl back in.

There are different colors and sizes of ants, but usually the most important thing to know about ants is that some of them bite.

Don’t get close enough to tempt the ants to crawl on you.

But something changes when it rains around here. The ants get really creative.

They seem to be in competition to see which group of ants can build the best entrance to their house.

I thought I’d post some of the entries so you can decide which one is your favorite.

I think these ants were trying to see how tall they could get their entrance.

But for those ants who might not be able to climb quite so high to get in, these ants created a side door.

Here we have a moat around the entrance. All ready to fill with water. These ants might have cheated though. I’m not sure they created that moat all by themselves.

Now this is getting creative. A funnel entrance. The ants must have to walk in ever descending circles to enter this house.

If the ants ever drag home a giant key they’ll be able to get in here.

And if you want to be a little different you can change up the color and rest your entrance against a rock.

Maybe I ought to taste this one. It looks like they mixed sugar into the dirt.

These ants weren’t taking any chances. If they miss the first entrance, the second one will work for sure.

But this one has got to be my all time favorite.

The pig snout entrance.

I wonder if this little guy gets extra points if he can drop this juniper berry down the most difficult hole.

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Posted by Bongo on August 15, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: ant holes, ants, Pets, red dirt, Trail

New Expedition

14 Aug

Today I got to go on a new adventure. I got to go exploring.

I can’t believe we’ve never been here before. It’s my wash, after all.

But it’s the other part of my wash.

When we get to this place in my trails we usually go left and head back home. To explore this part we have to go right.

Finally I talked my person into going right for a change.

And we were off – on a new expedition.

At first I had a good time checking out all the new smells in this wash.

But then I saw something really strange.

A barkless tree.

It’s a good thing this tree is not a dog. It would have a terrible time giving warnings in dog talk.

We headed up past that tree and kept on going.

And then I saw it.

Something I’ve never seen on my trails before.

I think somebody has been expecting me because…

they started building me a house.

Whoever is building it must be coming back because they haven’t finished with it.

The walls are almost high enough for me, but the house still needs a roof.

I looked to see if I could see anyone around.

I don’t see anybody this way.

Nobody over this direction either.

The house builder doesn’t seem to be around anywhere.

Guess I’ll go inspect the place.

As long as there’s no rain I can wait for the roof.

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Posted by Bongo on August 14, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: dry wash, Pets, Sedona, Sedona Arizona, stones, Trail, Tree

Mischief!

06 Aug

I’ve got a complaint, and I should have posted this for Monday Mischief, but when someone pulls mischief on me, I’ve got to post it when it happens.

You see, my person tried to tell me everything was fine outside. I knew it wasn’t but she made me go.

My neighbor across the street was in on it too. He said there wasn’t any thunder.

But I knew it was coming. The wind was blowing, the clouds were dark, and I knew I would hear that awful noise any minute.

It even started raining. I swear I felt a drop or two.

I took my person into my wash because it seemed like the safest place.

But then it happened. The wind picked up and I heard a rumbly in the sky. Not loud, but it still meant business in my book.

I tried to get my person to head the safest direction, but for some reason she wouldn’t go for it.

More mischief on her part, I’m sure.

Since my person wouldn’t go up that hill there was only one direction to head – and it led straight to my toadies.

And you know what my person did?

She pulled more mischief on me!

She tied me to a tree.

She tried to tell me it was so I wouldn’t trample the toadies.

I’ll trample those toadies alright.

They’re pulling mischief on me too.

They took my puddle.

There were little toadies hopping around everywhere that my puddle used to be.

They seemed to be settling in.

They even had little toad houses.

This mischief has gone far enough.

I’m having it out with those toadies right now.

Those toadies are going to have to move and give me back my puddle.

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Posted by Bongo on August 6, 2013 in Bongo, dogs, humor

Tags: dry wash, mischief, Pets, Thunder, Toadie, toads, Trail, walk

Time for a New Hat

01 Aug

I’m putting on a new hat today. This is my Nature Dog Hat so I can tell you about nature on my trails. But this post comes with a warning.

Warning: This post is about spiders and insects. If you’re squeamish (what’s that word?) don’t scroll down to the picture at the end.

It’s really hard to get a picture of these bugs, but we found one walking along on the ground – right in my yard.

Normally they buzz right by us. Buzzing is right. They make a loud buzz when they fly by, and you get a glimpse of black and orange. Maybe they should be called Halloween bugs. Those are the official Halloween colors, aren’t they?

Once you hear what these bugs do, you’ll realize they fit right into that holiday. These bugs are mean.

They’re called tarantula hawks. They like tarantulas, but the feeling isn’t mutual.

You see, these hawk things – which are really wasps, look for tarantulas and when they find one they poke it with their stinger.

That tarantula plops over as if it’s dead, but it’s really only paralyzed.

Then that nasty tarantula hawk lays one single egg on the tarantula and buries the tarantula. When the egg hatches that nasty baby eats the tarantula, while keeping it alive as long as possible by saving the vital organs for dessert.

Then it flies away to do the same thing all over again with another poor, unsuspecting tarantula.

The tarantulas are starting to come out now. My person just saw the first one of the season.