Good morning Starskey! There was just a wonderful report on the news about Boozer. He is a beautiful boxer that disappeared from his home 9 years ago. He was found and taken to a shelter by someone in Colorado......over 1,000 miles from his family. The shelter checked him and found his microchip. The rest is now history....Boozer is back with his family again!
It is the stories like this that keep me hoping and praying that this will be us someday! You are not just a missing dog - you are a missing member of our family! We are not just a family, or pack, that is missing a member.....we are missing YOU! That is significant! You are the one that changed our lives forever and we so much want you back home so very much!
They didn't tell the whole story behind how Boozer got so far away from his home. No one may actually know. They do know that he was picked up by a man who took him to the shelter in Colorado, where his chip was read and he was reunited with his missing family. This is what dreams are made of....true stories with happy endings. I am a dreamer and I will always have hope to be reunited with you!
Boozer looked healthy and cared for during all or most of his 9 year separation. I can only pray that you are having a similar experience wherever you are right now. I pray you are well, that you are fed and that you are loved....how could you not be loved? You have such a gentle and playful nature and that magic about you.....maybe it is that star you wear that makes you so special. God put that there you know....and He is watching over you, even now. I have to trust in His plan for both of us. I still pray that, besides keeping you safe, He does plan to reunite us in this life. I know we will be reunited in the next life but that is a long ways away!
I took Pele with me down to spend the weekend with my parents. It was Dad's 86th birthday and I hadn't been able to spend one with him for a long time. Mom and I left him to his paper reading and we took Paucha and Pele to the Marshalltown Dog Park. WOW is that place neat. You would have loved it too. Paucha knew some of the guys there but Pele was a little shy at first. Then some more guys came and the playing and running began!
A Great Peranize (spelling?) was there. He was pure white but reminded me of Dufus because of his size. He rolled and played with a lot of the medium sized to smaller dogs just like Dufus did with you! It was fun to watch (and remember). Dufus lives in Britt now. I don't know how he likes town living but he has a houseful of kids so I bet he is happy.
Back to the Dod Park. It is huge! The Big Dog side is at least 2 acres, maybe more, and the small dog side was about an acre. It was all fenced and had big old trees that shaded most of it. There were benches for us two legged pack members. The water bowls were around the hydrant by the fence....and poop bags dispensers here and there all around the perimeter with big waste cans to put the "stuff" in on your way out. You enter, on leash, in one common area and then choose which side you will go to - Big or Small. Just inside that gate you choose everyone hangs their leashes and if is free run zone.
Of course we want to the Big dog side.....Remember Pele used to live with a Pit, before he came to live with us and Buck the Lab. Big guys don't intimidate him at all and they play better anyway. There was a pair of Dane pups on the Small side because no one else was there but everyone met them sniffing through the fence. Some of the regulars were there so Paucha knew them and introduced Pele. They had been there a while already so we're getting tired of running and playing much. Then some new guys came so Paucha and Pele joined them on their run abouts.
Mom and I visited with some of the folks at the benches and watched the boys play. Had to go pick up their poop, when they stopped long enough to do that, and then they ran some more. We were there a couple of hours! They were having such fun and it was such a beautiful afternoon. There were more dogs there than she had ever seen at one time. It was a great day for dog parking and just enjoying.
We love you Starskey and we very much miss you and want you back in our home. Please do something to get yourself checked for your chip so folks know how to find us so we can all be together again. Stay safe until that can happen. We love you! Until next time little buddy ❤️
Starskey
At Freedom Park summer 2010
Monday, August 10, 2015
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Summer weeds!
Howdy little buddy! It is summer again and I am missing you badly! Everybody at Freedom Park still asks about you. Wow - you made a lot of good friends on your weekends over there with us. They keep asking me if we have found you....and I have to tell them "NO but still looking and hoping". I guess that is where we still are and where we will remain until we find you or learn what happened to you!
The Bedstraw is all over the place in the timber, under the Day Lilys and in the long grass that we can't mow....and the burdocks too! Missy managed to plant them in so many places, after her daily patrol and collection of burr seeds in her long coat. I don't know if I will ever get rid of them all. The burrs babies are having babies now!
Buck doesn't seem to have much trouble with them. With his short hair a dip in the pond and a good roll in the grass gets rid of most of them (and plants them). Pele', on the other hand is a collector like Missy - even with his summer haircut. He ha a similar soft undercoat that really hangs on to them. It doesn't help that he is the little guy so he has to climb and run through things that Buck can see over. At any rate....I spend a lot of time each day cleaning them both up so they don't bring them in the house. Or cleaning up the ones that got in and are stuck to carpet or furniture.
Some days my big black dog looks part green from all his collecting but his do brush out pretty easy. Pele', on the other hand, is a magnet for the weeds. After a run through the timber and around the pond he looks black from all the stickers....even with the summer buzz haircut. I feel bad having to get them off him but Buck's tongue just rubs them in deeper when he tries to help so I have to get them off of him. Burdocks are the worst for the little guy.
Damn it Starskey....I miss you!!! I am still learning of rescues and vets around here that you might have been taken to if you were picked up by an Officer or were a pest to someone. That makes me so frustraited because it means I didn't get your information to them. If they had you, or knew about you, they didn't know about your home and the people that loved you because we couldn't contact them.
I think I know how helpless people feel when they lose a pet when traveling! We were right here at home and didn't know all the places you could have been taken to so how could they when they are in a strange place? I met a lady who travels with her dogs and is compiling the information on "animal friendly" places, especially for dogs. She has a blog too at www.GoPetFriendly.com so she can share what she learns with other pet owners who travel, or just want to take the rest of their family with
them. Remember when we traveled together? It was fun wasn't it and for many of us, fur balls like you are our family!!
There was an event to meet other bloggers and some authors last week so I went. I didn't get around to everyone but I talked to some very smart and special people. Joy Newcomer told me that my memories and letters to you might make for some good children's books. I had never thought of anything like that. This wasn't started to write a book - it was started to help me cope with losing you and the pain and guilt that went with that......but I see all the fun memories I have written about and all the antics of Ike, Buck and Pele' and I realize this blog has done exactly what I needed for it to do for me....keep you alive in heart, keep hope alive and still proceed with a life that you aren't here to share!
It is still my hope to be reunited with you in this world....but until then I plan to keep remembering the wonderful things about you and the things that we did get to do with you while you were with us. You introduced me to a world I never really knew - even though I had loved many pets before you.
I've told you before but you touched us both in a very special way that no other family member or beloved pet ever has! Is that star on your chest magic? Or those expressive ears? Or that totally loving look in your eyes? Or the fact that you picked us out....we weren't looking for another dog -
much less one that would wind up in the house. Something about you was and remains very special indeed. I love you and I always will.
Other bloggers to visit|
Injoyblogspot.com
GoPetFriendlyBlog.com
ASlightlyBetterWife.blog.com
The Bedstraw is all over the place in the timber, under the Day Lilys and in the long grass that we can't mow....and the burdocks too! Missy managed to plant them in so many places, after her daily patrol and collection of burr seeds in her long coat. I don't know if I will ever get rid of them all. The burrs babies are having babies now!
Buck doesn't seem to have much trouble with them. With his short hair a dip in the pond and a good roll in the grass gets rid of most of them (and plants them). Pele', on the other hand is a collector like Missy - even with his summer haircut. He ha a similar soft undercoat that really hangs on to them. It doesn't help that he is the little guy so he has to climb and run through things that Buck can see over. At any rate....I spend a lot of time each day cleaning them both up so they don't bring them in the house. Or cleaning up the ones that got in and are stuck to carpet or furniture.
Some days my big black dog looks part green from all his collecting but his do brush out pretty easy. Pele', on the other hand, is a magnet for the weeds. After a run through the timber and around the pond he looks black from all the stickers....even with the summer buzz haircut. I feel bad having to get them off him but Buck's tongue just rubs them in deeper when he tries to help so I have to get them off of him. Burdocks are the worst for the little guy.
Damn it Starskey....I miss you!!! I am still learning of rescues and vets around here that you might have been taken to if you were picked up by an Officer or were a pest to someone. That makes me so frustraited because it means I didn't get your information to them. If they had you, or knew about you, they didn't know about your home and the people that loved you because we couldn't contact them.
I think I know how helpless people feel when they lose a pet when traveling! We were right here at home and didn't know all the places you could have been taken to so how could they when they are in a strange place? I met a lady who travels with her dogs and is compiling the information on "animal friendly" places, especially for dogs. She has a blog too at www.GoPetFriendly.com so she can share what she learns with other pet owners who travel, or just want to take the rest of their family with
them. Remember when we traveled together? It was fun wasn't it and for many of us, fur balls like you are our family!!
There was an event to meet other bloggers and some authors last week so I went. I didn't get around to everyone but I talked to some very smart and special people. Joy Newcomer told me that my memories and letters to you might make for some good children's books. I had never thought of anything like that. This wasn't started to write a book - it was started to help me cope with losing you and the pain and guilt that went with that......but I see all the fun memories I have written about and all the antics of Ike, Buck and Pele' and I realize this blog has done exactly what I needed for it to do for me....keep you alive in heart, keep hope alive and still proceed with a life that you aren't here to share!
It is still my hope to be reunited with you in this world....but until then I plan to keep remembering the wonderful things about you and the things that we did get to do with you while you were with us. You introduced me to a world I never really knew - even though I had loved many pets before you.
I've told you before but you touched us both in a very special way that no other family member or beloved pet ever has! Is that star on your chest magic? Or those expressive ears? Or that totally loving look in your eyes? Or the fact that you picked us out....we weren't looking for another dog -
much less one that would wind up in the house. Something about you was and remains very special indeed. I love you and I always will.
Other bloggers to visit|
Injoyblogspot.com
GoPetFriendlyBlog.com
ASlightlyBetterWife.blog.com
Friday, March 20, 2015
First day of Spring
Howdy there Young Man!
It is still chilly out but the snow is gone and the sun is shining! How are you doing? We're pretty good here but the boys aren't happy with me. Yesterday was Vet day. They never mind going because Gene gives them plenty of treats for being so good but this time was Heartworm tests, shots and that dreaded nail trim.
We had just enough snow all winter that they didn't wear them down. They have a head start on summer now and always manage to keep them worn down pretty well running around in the summer. Weekends at the camper help too. Since the snow is gone all the burdocks are uncovered so Pele' comes in stuck to himself most of the time. I have had to begin giving him his summer cut a little early because there are so many stuck to him that I have to cut them out of his fur....or pull them and you know how that feels. Shorter hair just works better whenit comes to weeds I hope you have kept your shorter fur so you aren't going through the weed thing.
The geese are here now. That will probably mean the coyotes will stay away now...if they know what is good for them. Those ganders can be nasty. I am wondering if Pele' will remember that this year or if he'll have to get tweeked or chased by on to remind him. Buck just gives them a wide berth when going around the pond. I still remind Buck that if a black dog with a white star comes to visit that he is suppose to at least be nice. Buck is a pretty good guard...and he usually checks things out before deciding whether to growl or not.
Pele' is just a lovable idiot but he'll be the loudest one barking at you. He thinks that just because he grew up with Sid (the giant Pit) that he is tough. Well I guess he is the fierce hunter....chases down rabbits pretty regular but he is still the little guy with a big mouth.
Your house kennel is still here and the summer dog house (unheated). I'll be unplugging the heated dog house now that days are warmer and dogs are inside at night. You need to come home and meet your new packmates! you will fit right in between them for size. I suspect you'll run the race track with Buck and then go hunting with Pele'. You'll fit right in! The race track has changed now that the pond is not frozen anymore. It will go back to being a circle track around the pond.
Your mother's owner has been helping us redo the kitchen so we have been able to share some memories of you and he told me how sneaky you were as a baby! He had to keep you fenced in living in town. Out here you found the joy of running free. I often wonder if that is why you are still gone....even though we were outside with you. You had never left before, but you had never played in snow before either!
As the grass gets green and the flowers begin to bloom I will be thinking of you and your curiosity about the flowers, the garden, the frogs and bugs. As a pup you were very much like Pele' is all of the time....but I also remember my little shadow that followed me wherever I went and wanted to help with everything I did. I miss you Starskey.......Please come home!
It is still chilly out but the snow is gone and the sun is shining! How are you doing? We're pretty good here but the boys aren't happy with me. Yesterday was Vet day. They never mind going because Gene gives them plenty of treats for being so good but this time was Heartworm tests, shots and that dreaded nail trim.
We had just enough snow all winter that they didn't wear them down. They have a head start on summer now and always manage to keep them worn down pretty well running around in the summer. Weekends at the camper help too. Since the snow is gone all the burdocks are uncovered so Pele' comes in stuck to himself most of the time. I have had to begin giving him his summer cut a little early because there are so many stuck to him that I have to cut them out of his fur....or pull them and you know how that feels. Shorter hair just works better whenit comes to weeds I hope you have kept your shorter fur so you aren't going through the weed thing.
The geese are here now. That will probably mean the coyotes will stay away now...if they know what is good for them. Those ganders can be nasty. I am wondering if Pele' will remember that this year or if he'll have to get tweeked or chased by on to remind him. Buck just gives them a wide berth when going around the pond. I still remind Buck that if a black dog with a white star comes to visit that he is suppose to at least be nice. Buck is a pretty good guard...and he usually checks things out before deciding whether to growl or not.
Pele' is just a lovable idiot but he'll be the loudest one barking at you. He thinks that just because he grew up with Sid (the giant Pit) that he is tough. Well I guess he is the fierce hunter....chases down rabbits pretty regular but he is still the little guy with a big mouth.
Your house kennel is still here and the summer dog house (unheated). I'll be unplugging the heated dog house now that days are warmer and dogs are inside at night. You need to come home and meet your new packmates! you will fit right in between them for size. I suspect you'll run the race track with Buck and then go hunting with Pele'. You'll fit right in! The race track has changed now that the pond is not frozen anymore. It will go back to being a circle track around the pond.
Your mother's owner has been helping us redo the kitchen so we have been able to share some memories of you and he told me how sneaky you were as a baby! He had to keep you fenced in living in town. Out here you found the joy of running free. I often wonder if that is why you are still gone....even though we were outside with you. You had never left before, but you had never played in snow before either!
As the grass gets green and the flowers begin to bloom I will be thinking of you and your curiosity about the flowers, the garden, the frogs and bugs. As a pup you were very much like Pele' is all of the time....but I also remember my little shadow that followed me wherever I went and wanted to help with everything I did. I miss you Starskey.......Please come home!
Friday, March 6, 2015
Spring is coming
Hey there Starskey......been thinking about you an awful lot lately. Not exactly sure why so much now because I think of you daily and always wish you well. It has just been different lately for some reason. I hope you are well and fed and warm and I still hope that someone somewhere will look for your family and bring you home to us!
There was a snowfall a few days ago that reminded me of the day you disappeared. It was fresh white fluff like what you went romping through that day. It was your first snow and you really thought it was neat. Dad got the tractor out to plow the drifts in the drive. You helped him get it out then you came bouncing over where I was scooping the sidewalk. You were having such a good time!
I scooped the sidewalk, a wide path to the doghouse and then went to clear in front of the garage door so your Dad could get closer with the loader. He pulled up and asked me where you were. I looked at him and said I thought you might have gone to finish helping him when you stopped helping me. That was when we realized you were gone and we didn't really even know for how long.
We immediately got in the vans and drove around looking for you. We didn't see you and neither had anyone else. They had all been pretty busy clearing snow themselves! That was when I called the Sheriff and the radio station. I made posters and put them up all over town and made smaller ones that I delivered to all the neighbors within 2 miles. The grandkids found places on the internet to post lost pet information and I called Home Again.
I got lost for a while too little buddy.....lost in depression and desperation. I chased down sightings of you from Thompson to Garner and all over Forest City for months. The biggest problem was that folks would call in the evening to tell me they saw you on their way to work that morning.....do you know how hopeful but futile those follow-ups were? You must have wondered where I was and why I didn't come get you. Starskey - I was trying!!! I still am trying!
It is melting today, just like it did after you vanished. We walked the ditches then and gravel roads until we were satisfied that you had not been hit by a car or something. Not finding you dead kept us hoping. I have often wondered if you met a sad end like Ike did,,,,,off the road and because of an illegal trapper. That thought just makes me mad.
There seems to be a lot of coyotes around this year. Bucky keeps barking at them to stay away and we put Pele' on the runner cable when he goes out at night. I had a talk with Buck about you and told him that if he sees you - you aren't a coyote, even if you might look kinds scrufty and that he may have showed them where to find the open water in winyer but that you might really want to come home....and that he should go meet you and let you know it's okay. Don't think he heard me well though. He has claimed this home for himself now and you'd probably need some help to get to know him. He has 3 lab cousins at Rene's house that he enjoys being with....but you would be new to him.
If you stop by the pond, for a drink of water, stick around for daylight when we can see you and can help you out. Your doghouse is here and the heater is on so feel free to warm up for the night. We do so miss you and would so much love to have you come home to us again. You taught us a lot and we are grateful for that. I keep your pictures on the computer in case anyone askes me about you. The porch swing is waiting for spring to come and then it will be here to swing in together again. That is still your special thing because Buck doesn't like to swing and Pele' is always too busy.
Be safe my Starskey and know that you are still loved and wanted! Thanks for letting me share the memories. I'll try to think of happier ones the next time we talk. God Bless you!
There was a snowfall a few days ago that reminded me of the day you disappeared. It was fresh white fluff like what you went romping through that day. It was your first snow and you really thought it was neat. Dad got the tractor out to plow the drifts in the drive. You helped him get it out then you came bouncing over where I was scooping the sidewalk. You were having such a good time!
I scooped the sidewalk, a wide path to the doghouse and then went to clear in front of the garage door so your Dad could get closer with the loader. He pulled up and asked me where you were. I looked at him and said I thought you might have gone to finish helping him when you stopped helping me. That was when we realized you were gone and we didn't really even know for how long.
We immediately got in the vans and drove around looking for you. We didn't see you and neither had anyone else. They had all been pretty busy clearing snow themselves! That was when I called the Sheriff and the radio station. I made posters and put them up all over town and made smaller ones that I delivered to all the neighbors within 2 miles. The grandkids found places on the internet to post lost pet information and I called Home Again.
I got lost for a while too little buddy.....lost in depression and desperation. I chased down sightings of you from Thompson to Garner and all over Forest City for months. The biggest problem was that folks would call in the evening to tell me they saw you on their way to work that morning.....do you know how hopeful but futile those follow-ups were? You must have wondered where I was and why I didn't come get you. Starskey - I was trying!!! I still am trying!
It is melting today, just like it did after you vanished. We walked the ditches then and gravel roads until we were satisfied that you had not been hit by a car or something. Not finding you dead kept us hoping. I have often wondered if you met a sad end like Ike did,,,,,off the road and because of an illegal trapper. That thought just makes me mad.
There seems to be a lot of coyotes around this year. Bucky keeps barking at them to stay away and we put Pele' on the runner cable when he goes out at night. I had a talk with Buck about you and told him that if he sees you - you aren't a coyote, even if you might look kinds scrufty and that he may have showed them where to find the open water in winyer but that you might really want to come home....and that he should go meet you and let you know it's okay. Don't think he heard me well though. He has claimed this home for himself now and you'd probably need some help to get to know him. He has 3 lab cousins at Rene's house that he enjoys being with....but you would be new to him.
If you stop by the pond, for a drink of water, stick around for daylight when we can see you and can help you out. Your doghouse is here and the heater is on so feel free to warm up for the night. We do so miss you and would so much love to have you come home to us again. You taught us a lot and we are grateful for that. I keep your pictures on the computer in case anyone askes me about you. The porch swing is waiting for spring to come and then it will be here to swing in together again. That is still your special thing because Buck doesn't like to swing and Pele' is always too busy.
Be safe my Starskey and know that you are still loved and wanted! Thanks for letting me share the memories. I'll try to think of happier ones the next time we talk. God Bless you!
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Another December without you
Starskey my boy.......I should say my man. You are almost 5 now and you have been away from us for almost 4 years now. It seems like an eternity and although life goes on - We still miss you terribly and still hold out hope that you will be identified and returned to us!
We have had a couple small snows but nothing big yet. Bucky loves to run in the snow and Pele does a pretty good job of keeping up but he gets sidetracked easily. His newest project is the rock pile and all the places he can get in to or make bigger. I know you are too big to be in there but I find myself wondering if you are close and trying to come home but these guys don't know you and won't let you.
They don't mean to be rude! You still have many things here with your scent on them....if it lasts that long. Your summer house and it's pad, parts of the football, your kennel and pillows and that big bone collection Missy left for you and that you added to! This is still your home....you just have fellows to share it with now....ones that you will like and have fun with......if we can just get you all together.
You have no idea how much you have changed our lives. You, the first animal allowed in the house and the first pet to touch Jeff's heart as you did. Since you have been gone we rescued Ike and shared our love, and what you gave to us, with him for as long as God would let us. Buck is still here and we are blessed that he was rescued and then given to us to care for. He is a good boy and very well behaved.
Because you helped us learn to trust and love more then we ever had before, Buck got to come in the house right away. He spent a long time sleeping on the floor at our feet before he was allowed in the housefurniture. Now he takes turns with Dad as to whether he is on the couch or next to me in the recliner. That never would have been possible if you had not broken through all the barriers and beliefs he held about dogs in the house!
Pele was always in Robin's house after she rescued him as a baby.....but after a year with Pele, Sid and Pokey she felt over-dogged so she brought him to us. She knew he would be loved and she hoped he would help us stop missing you so much. Well that part didn't work....we miss you as much as we ever did but we do love the little sinker and he loves us and his packmate Buck. He isn't too sure about the house cats though but he has a good feline friend in the shop that pesters him and snuggles him too!
On Thanksgiving I gave thanks for all my family and friends and for all the blessings that God has provided me in my life. You were one of thoseblessings you know. You came in to our lives for a reason. I am not sure what that was unless it was to open our hearts and home to other animals in need. You did that well. I just hope the Lord sees fit to allow you to come back to us.
You'd fit right in between Buck and Pele and the three of of you could explore the rock pile and both burn piles together. Buck likes to chase the deer and squirrels. Pele is a mouser and a good rabbit hunter. As part Border Collie you would love the herding they try to do. Maybe you can teach them something!
We love you and miss you! Tell someone you need to get back home! Until next time my love. Stay safe, stay warm and be smart!
We have had a couple small snows but nothing big yet. Bucky loves to run in the snow and Pele does a pretty good job of keeping up but he gets sidetracked easily. His newest project is the rock pile and all the places he can get in to or make bigger. I know you are too big to be in there but I find myself wondering if you are close and trying to come home but these guys don't know you and won't let you.
They don't mean to be rude! You still have many things here with your scent on them....if it lasts that long. Your summer house and it's pad, parts of the football, your kennel and pillows and that big bone collection Missy left for you and that you added to! This is still your home....you just have fellows to share it with now....ones that you will like and have fun with......if we can just get you all together.
You have no idea how much you have changed our lives. You, the first animal allowed in the house and the first pet to touch Jeff's heart as you did. Since you have been gone we rescued Ike and shared our love, and what you gave to us, with him for as long as God would let us. Buck is still here and we are blessed that he was rescued and then given to us to care for. He is a good boy and very well behaved.
Because you helped us learn to trust and love more then we ever had before, Buck got to come in the house right away. He spent a long time sleeping on the floor at our feet before he was allowed in the housefurniture. Now he takes turns with Dad as to whether he is on the couch or next to me in the recliner. That never would have been possible if you had not broken through all the barriers and beliefs he held about dogs in the house!
Pele was always in Robin's house after she rescued him as a baby.....but after a year with Pele, Sid and Pokey she felt over-dogged so she brought him to us. She knew he would be loved and she hoped he would help us stop missing you so much. Well that part didn't work....we miss you as much as we ever did but we do love the little sinker and he loves us and his packmate Buck. He isn't too sure about the house cats though but he has a good feline friend in the shop that pesters him and snuggles him too!
On Thanksgiving I gave thanks for all my family and friends and for all the blessings that God has provided me in my life. You were one of thoseblessings you know. You came in to our lives for a reason. I am not sure what that was unless it was to open our hearts and home to other animals in need. You did that well. I just hope the Lord sees fit to allow you to come back to us.
You'd fit right in between Buck and Pele and the three of of you could explore the rock pile and both burn piles together. Buck likes to chase the deer and squirrels. Pele is a mouser and a good rabbit hunter. As part Border Collie you would love the herding they try to do. Maybe you can teach them something!
We love you and miss you! Tell someone you need to get back home! Until next time my love. Stay safe, stay warm and be smart!
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Patricia B.
Patricia....
I can't seem to log in to you as a follower of my blog for Starskey. I am getting a new computer and wondered if you had saved all our communications about all my furry family....and the feathered ones too. If so .....please email them to me. Use mctrophy@wcta....you know the rest.
I may look in to having them put together and published......At least for family. Thanks!
Later...............Lee
I can't seem to log in to you as a follower of my blog for Starskey. I am getting a new computer and wondered if you had saved all our communications about all my furry family....and the feathered ones too. If so .....please email them to me. Use mctrophy@wcta....you know the rest.
I may look in to having them put together and published......At least for family. Thanks!
Later...............Lee
Another First Snow
Hi there Starskey!
The first snow came on Dec. 10 again....but was just a little one. It has gotten added to each day since. It is now deep enough that Pele is more then belly deep. It does remind me of the day that you disappeared so I can't help but think about you. I am sad that you are gone but so very grateful that you were here!
Pele snuck out with Buck yesterday and took off. It scared me but he had his blaze orange coat on and he was with big brother Buck so I knew he wouldn't get lost.....but he was naughty to sneak out like that. I think they plan it together too.....Pele tucks himself under Buck's belly so when the door opens we can't see him and out they both go....stinkers anyway! I wish you could be here with them!
They stay around home but they have to run through every bramble and thistle they can find....and you know how many we have! Buck's fur is like yours so he can roll in the grass or snow and get most of them out - but Pele is kind of like Missy. Not as much hair but it is long so he can get parts of his body connected to each other in weird ways with the brambles. Buck will help him get rid of some of them but I usually have a lot of work to do too.....I think he likes it so gets them on purpose. He gets special attention from both of us. He is not a dumb dog that's for sure....just a naughty one.
There is another example of something you brought to us.....I grew up with lots of pets in the house but Jeff didn't. He had a special furry friend when he was a kid but as he grew up he just had the livestock animals and they were for selling or eating. That place in his heart where his special friend lived never had the chance to grow.....he wouldn't let it.....until you came to us. You opened up that place in his heart again and helped it to grow! Thank you for that!!! You changed him and changed our lives forever!!
Buck is out helping (?) Jeff put the chains on the tractor in case it snows some more. Pele is laying on the couch beside me having a nap. That is a good feeling....to have a warm pup beside me again! He doesn't like the porch swing...so that is still "our" place. You wouldn't recognize your old play area. This summer we put a cement slab in place of the palettes we used to use as a deck. Then we added a brick patio on to that. Not all of your playground is gone.....just part of it. Your favorite grass wrestling place with Dufus is still there.
The little maple tree we planted outside the back door has grown big. It shades the patio and grass really nice....but there are still sunny spots here and there. Do you remember the campfires we had at the park. You used to lay beside them and enjoy the warmth with us. We made a place for campfires by the brick patio so we can sit around a fire and enjoy our old memories and make some new ones. Missy and Jack would have enjoyed that.....the only fires we used to have with them were when we needed to burn the brush pile. I would sit in the grass and they would sit on each side of me and we would watch the fire together. That didn't happen as often as our campfires did.
The sun just came out. It makes it bright outside as it bounces off the snow. I cut up a lot of wood yesterday from the maples we took down beside the garage last month. I need to go stack it and clean up the brush to go to the brush pile. By next summer it will be dry enough to burn with our oak in the campfire. It would be really great if you were here to share the fire with us!
Buck has come in to warm up so now I have both boys inside. They are laying on their pillow in front of the fire together. I still miss you and wish you were here to complete this day. I love you Starskey.....I always will. I just wish you were here! My heart still misses you........This blog and my posts to you help me feel a bit better because I can't miss you any less....no matter how life goes on.
Jeff used to think this kept me stuck in the bad depression I got in to after you disappeared. I think he has learned that it really helps me to get my thoughts and my pain expressed. I should have started it earlier then I did and maybe I wouldn't have gone so far down that dark path in the firsts place. I know it doesn't bring you back to us.....but it brings back good memories and helps we deal with the ones that hurt. Technology has it's advantages.....I just wish it had done more to find you and help you to get back home. I love you. I miss you. I pray for you. Maybe someday.......
The first snow came on Dec. 10 again....but was just a little one. It has gotten added to each day since. It is now deep enough that Pele is more then belly deep. It does remind me of the day that you disappeared so I can't help but think about you. I am sad that you are gone but so very grateful that you were here!
Pele snuck out with Buck yesterday and took off. It scared me but he had his blaze orange coat on and he was with big brother Buck so I knew he wouldn't get lost.....but he was naughty to sneak out like that. I think they plan it together too.....Pele tucks himself under Buck's belly so when the door opens we can't see him and out they both go....stinkers anyway! I wish you could be here with them!
They stay around home but they have to run through every bramble and thistle they can find....and you know how many we have! Buck's fur is like yours so he can roll in the grass or snow and get most of them out - but Pele is kind of like Missy. Not as much hair but it is long so he can get parts of his body connected to each other in weird ways with the brambles. Buck will help him get rid of some of them but I usually have a lot of work to do too.....I think he likes it so gets them on purpose. He gets special attention from both of us. He is not a dumb dog that's for sure....just a naughty one.
There is another example of something you brought to us.....I grew up with lots of pets in the house but Jeff didn't. He had a special furry friend when he was a kid but as he grew up he just had the livestock animals and they were for selling or eating. That place in his heart where his special friend lived never had the chance to grow.....he wouldn't let it.....until you came to us. You opened up that place in his heart again and helped it to grow! Thank you for that!!! You changed him and changed our lives forever!!
Buck is out helping (?) Jeff put the chains on the tractor in case it snows some more. Pele is laying on the couch beside me having a nap. That is a good feeling....to have a warm pup beside me again! He doesn't like the porch swing...so that is still "our" place. You wouldn't recognize your old play area. This summer we put a cement slab in place of the palettes we used to use as a deck. Then we added a brick patio on to that. Not all of your playground is gone.....just part of it. Your favorite grass wrestling place with Dufus is still there.
The little maple tree we planted outside the back door has grown big. It shades the patio and grass really nice....but there are still sunny spots here and there. Do you remember the campfires we had at the park. You used to lay beside them and enjoy the warmth with us. We made a place for campfires by the brick patio so we can sit around a fire and enjoy our old memories and make some new ones. Missy and Jack would have enjoyed that.....the only fires we used to have with them were when we needed to burn the brush pile. I would sit in the grass and they would sit on each side of me and we would watch the fire together. That didn't happen as often as our campfires did.
The sun just came out. It makes it bright outside as it bounces off the snow. I cut up a lot of wood yesterday from the maples we took down beside the garage last month. I need to go stack it and clean up the brush to go to the brush pile. By next summer it will be dry enough to burn with our oak in the campfire. It would be really great if you were here to share the fire with us!
Buck has come in to warm up so now I have both boys inside. They are laying on their pillow in front of the fire together. I still miss you and wish you were here to complete this day. I love you Starskey.....I always will. I just wish you were here! My heart still misses you........This blog and my posts to you help me feel a bit better because I can't miss you any less....no matter how life goes on.
Jeff used to think this kept me stuck in the bad depression I got in to after you disappeared. I think he has learned that it really helps me to get my thoughts and my pain expressed. I should have started it earlier then I did and maybe I wouldn't have gone so far down that dark path in the firsts place. I know it doesn't bring you back to us.....but it brings back good memories and helps we deal with the ones that hurt. Technology has it's advantages.....I just wish it had done more to find you and help you to get back home. I love you. I miss you. I pray for you. Maybe someday.......
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