Happy Christmas!

Happy Christmas! This is Libby the Lab. Cute isn't she?She spent the holidays with us. She is very young but very nice (when she is not being very obnoxious.) We made her wear this Christmas outfit. Bark out loud with laughter! We sure did. We told her all the dogs were wearing them. She even wore it to the coffee shop! The jokes on us, however, cause Libby got more treats and attention than Cordy and I put together. No matter. It's still nice and cold and crisp outside. Perfect. Welll....Happy Christmas to you (and all the other holidays too. We are Secular Caninists but we still enjoy all the holiday spirit. If people can be this nice and generous when they are all stressed out, why can't they be nice and generous the rest of the year? I dunno. Anyway, we enjoyed our holiday stockings which were FILLED with yummy snacks. Cordy and I hope your stockings were filled with snacks or you got lots of good gelt (either the chocolate or cheese varieties or maybe even the real silver kind) and you got to spend lots of time with your pack AND your spirit is refreshed. And check out our tree. Its decorated with tennis balls and a pheasant. Perfect for us!

We survived the BIG BLOW!

We were without power for several days! It went out Thursday night and came back today. It was very fun!. We don't mind the cold - even Tamara likes it! Tamara says the temperature was 41 in the living room and 44 in the refrigerator. That's barking funny, sort of. And it was nice and dark and quiet at night. We had a fire in the fireplace and Tamara boiled water there for tea and soup. (I LIKE soup! With noodles and meatballs!). At night we all slept under the covers and got too warm even. We all had to stick our feet and our noses out from the covers. Anyway... here at OLA,we're all about ADVENTURE and making our own fun. Humans are too passive, you know? To hear the people talk at the coffee shop, you'd think happiness was dependent on flicking a switch! No Adventure there! (I must admit though, it is nice to sit in front of the heater now that it is back on!)

Think SNOW!!!!

There's lots of SNOW in the mountains! And lots of trees that have blown down. It smells like Christmas! Did you make your Christmas wish list? I want the usual - tennis balls and cheese snacks. Cordy has asked for warm sunny weather 'cause her feet hurt. Tamara is holding out for some chimerical political miracle -whatever THAT means. She also said a new car might be nice. THAT I understand. Car is a word that dogs learn right away. Most great Adventures start in the car. Anyway.. I check our stockings every day but nothing yet. I'll let you know...in the meantime, holiday parties mean lots MORE cheese snacks. Its all good!

Urban Adventure

Hello, hello. Cordy Brown here. How are you all? Today we had a City Adventure. We went to Seattle. We walked the trails in Discovery Park, we went to U-Village for 'socialization', we had snacks at Mud Bay Granary, and we stopped at the dogpark at Magnusson Park (those poor city dogs have to play in a MUDPIT). Long Day - but very fun. Dawson and I grew up in Ballard which is a very cool urban place. So, we are very hip dogs. But some of the other Adventurers were a little stunned! But everyone had a great time. Sometimes you can get as tired on your leash as you can romping in the snow! Its all good.