Fiona’s Follies

Summer Friends

by Lucy on May 8, 2009

Look quick before it's crunched!

Look quick before it's crunched!

What wild delight!  Fi’s new friends are the JuneBugs who whirrrr around out on the deck!  They actually “talk” to her with their buzzies, so she whimpers and whoofs back at them!

Just one JuneBug is good for about 5 minutes of playtime, before he is accidentally smushed under a nice soft paw.  Oops!

Luckily, there are lots more.  So we leave the crunched remains of our friend for Mom to pick up and trot out happily to look for more!

Fi for Fi-erce

by Lucy on May 8, 2009

My fierce watchdog ... alert and on watch

My fierce watchdog ... alert and on watch

As you can see, Fi is exhausted, catching a nap on the sofa of Mom’s office.  We discovered a nest of mice under the firepit deck, and brought the dead ones to Mom in her office, one by one.  This was after we chewed up a carved coconut that Mom brought from her home in Hawaii many years ago.

It was a tiring morning.  All doggie dollies were moved outside to the deck for play, only to be carried in again when rain started — she is very organized, keeping all of her toys in ONE spot, either inside or outside in a large heap.

During the rain storm, Fiona and cats became well acquainted, as they were forced to stay inside all day.  The big cats cornered her in the breakfast room (they are 20 lb dudes), just being curious — and Fi set up a howl from behind the rocking chair to be rescued!  (Did I say fierce?)

Miss Fi had to rest up for a trip to Starbucks where she has a cup of whipped cream (and even eats the cup!).  After Starbucks, Fi gets a run in the park where she chases an old tennis ball.  Luckily, it will be bedtime soon!

Discovery

by Lucy on May 4, 2009

  • “We” (the lovely Fiona) have discovered a soft spot in the earth at the base of a large oak tree, and we have been spending much time there digging our way to China.
  • We have discovered a hole in the wall where cats disappear!  We followed them and ended up in the same place where the car is!  How did that happen?  How do we get out?
  • We have discovered another hole in the hallway wall where cats disappear.  We followed them and ended up back in the garage again!  Yikes! What a mystery!  Getting out is easy now — we just howl.
  • We have discovered a chick monkey nest just under the swimming pool deck.  We also discovered that chick monkey’s are too fast for us to chase, alas.
  • We have discovered a great game, whereby we remove all of our toys from the basket, Mom puts them back, we remove them, Mom puts them back.  It has no ending.
  • We have discovered the bliss of sleeping on an old sheepskin rug.  When Mom takes it back to the basement, we patiently drag it back to her office.