Katie here. My mama has been very remiss in getting my posts online in a timely manner. OK, so she’s been driving and getting food for us and stuff. But still, I’m going to have to play catch up now and that is so frustrating. I hope mama gets her act together now that we’re in Alabama and apparently resting a lot.
So last time you heard from me I was in Florida with the love of my life Mr. Reilly. But you only got to see one of our beach excursions. We went out another day really early (I was good at the really early thing since I’ve been getting mama up at 4 a.m. for months and months!) to the beach so we could see the sun rise. We didn’t count on it being so foggy.
Still…it was pretty on the beach in the fog. There was hardly anyone else out there. Just us and some birds and a couple other people and their dogs.
Mama and Reilly’s mom got some very nice photos of us. I tried to be good about it but I really just wanted to get up and explore. Mama takes way too many pictures if you ask me.
Sadly we had to continue on with our adventure, mama and I, the next day. So we said goodbye to my favorite Florida family and headed across Georgia to visit my Aunt Beth. It was fun to stay at her house overnight. I hadn’t seen her in a lot of years!
The next morning mama took me over to the lake house. This is where my grandma and grandpa used to live. I never got to meet them, but I’m pretty sure I’d have liked them cause I like their lake house a lot. I can see out the big windows and watch the world go by. I get to choose between the comfy chair and the comfy sofa to snooze, and I’ve been snoozing a lot.
Here at the lake I have my mama all to myself…and she has promised to take me to parks for long walks. Yesterday we got to go to Horseshoe Bend Military Park where we read all about the Battle at Horseshoe Bend between General Jackson’s army and the Lower Creek and Cherokee Indians in 1814.
The battle site is along the Tallapoosa River. The river was beautiful in the sun when we were there, but I was more interested in smelling around the trees, looking for pee-mail left by other dogs. I didn’t find much to speak of. I guess we were one of the first there after the early morning rains went through.
We climbed a big hill and I got to explore the cannon. And mama only took one picture, so that worked out. I guess even mama can learn if I give her time.
I enjoyed the park, but it wore us both out. We fell asleep at 7 last night! Now I’m ready to find out what mama has up her sleeve for today. I told her we need to explore somewhere new each day. She says she’ll try. I guess that’s all I can expect from mama.
After all, she’s on vacation too.
February 16, 2017 at 10:34 am
Love the photo of the three of them together! Looks and sounds like everybody’s having a wonderful time — 4 a.m., though, is mighty early, even for a Princess!!
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February 16, 2017 at 6:00 pm
She’s getting me up earlier and earlier these days. Sigh. But after we go out and she does everything we go back to bed for a couple hours. We had fun visiting Reilly and Denny and their folks. It’s sort of lonely now.
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February 16, 2017 at 7:55 pm
I imagine she misses all the activity, too. Probably needs a bit more love and attention (not that those aren’t forthcoming all the time!)
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February 16, 2017 at 10:35 am
I’m glad you’re getting lots of new adventures with your mama Katie. It’s nice she’s sharing her love for the lake house with you.
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February 16, 2017 at 6:01 pm
I think she likes the lake house OK…but there are lots of loose dogs here so we don’t walk very far. And she wants to know what we’re going to do for fun every single day.
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February 16, 2017 at 6:33 pm
Well, sure. Being away from home =adventuring.
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February 16, 2017 at 10:59 am
Beautiful collies! Love the narrative.
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February 16, 2017 at 6:02 pm
Thank you. We didn’t give you much perspective, so you can’t tell that they’re really a lot smaller than collies. These are all shelties, which look like collies but are really not related at all. Katie is used to being a princess so she had to share the limelight while we visited. Not easy for her to do.
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February 16, 2017 at 10:41 pm
Oh, my. They look remarkably similar. Sorry to have assumed! They are adorable.
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February 17, 2017 at 9:31 am
Everyone does that! They ARE adorable!
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February 16, 2017 at 11:26 am
The posing three are so cute! What beautiful photos at your Aunt’s- what a wonderful trip you are on!
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February 16, 2017 at 6:02 pm
We are having fun. But she’s starting to look like she needs to visit the groomer so I suppose we have to think about heading home some day.
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February 16, 2017 at 11:30 am
What fun to see your photos. I miss having a dog. 🙂 Thanks for making me smile.
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February 16, 2017 at 6:03 pm
Awwww…..I bet it’s hard not having a dog. They sure do keep a person company don’t they! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
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February 17, 2017 at 8:57 am
Fun blog to read, Dawn.
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February 16, 2017 at 11:35 am
What a fabulous trip you had!! Loved seeing the three of you together! DakotasDen
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February 16, 2017 at 6:03 pm
It was wonderful to see the three of them all together. They liked each other fine too…all got along. They are all good dogs.
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February 16, 2017 at 12:05 pm
Your mom really got some lovely images of you. In particular the one with the three of you; you all look so good. 🙂
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February 16, 2017 at 6:04 pm
They are all beautiful dogs…and so much fun to watch as they got to know each other. It was a really good visit. We were sad to leave.
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February 16, 2017 at 1:37 pm
Love the three-dog beach day!
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February 16, 2017 at 6:05 pm
I know! It was so beautiful on the beach. I thought Katie would be nervous of the waves but she wasn’t. I guess all that camping on the Great Lakes helped her recognize waves. She was most interested, though, in sniffing along the high tide mark where all the great smells were hiding. Totally NOT interested in getting her feet wet down at the water.
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February 17, 2017 at 10:44 pm
Ahh so cute you guys
Lily & Edward
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February 18, 2017 at 8:07 am
Thank you! We had fun together.
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March 1, 2017 at 10:51 pm
So great to hear of your adventures with your girl!
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