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Welcome to Monday. Can’t believe the weekend is already over. There has been way too much to do lately with an ever increasing list of things to take care of, including servicing of the car with hours of waiting. While the following “model” will be serviced next week, I couldn’t resist turning him into today’s groan pun. Hope you enjoy a wonderful Monday.
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Good Monday morning, peeps. Mum is hoping a more normal paced life is on our horizon as she’s been uber busy, in fact she neglected to post on Friday. I was appalled at her clear slugness but realized she has been running around like a chicken with its head cut off for the past couple of weeks. Naturally that made me feel badly for her but couldn’t really do anything to help except smother her with love and attention. And you know when I smother, I’m talking serious smothering. Anyway, I told her just to do what she could and stop worrying about it. Hopefully we’ll be better about our posts.
Anyway, let’s start out the week with a groan, erm I mean a smile. Happy Monday!
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Welcome to Monday. My goodness, is it just me or is September flashing by at warp speed? It just seems like it was beginning and here we are in the last days of the month. It was a lovely warm autumn weekend in the West while we watched nature’s fury on the East Coast with a major battering Nor’easter. We are keeping our East Coast friends in our thoughts. Let’s start with a clean slate for the week with this meme from our friend, Vince the Sign Guy. Seemed a good way to begin focusing on the Halloween season that’s quickly approaching.
May you enjoy a terrific Monday.
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Welcome to the last official day of the 2026 summer. Tomorrow begins astronomical autumn although I will note meteorological autumn began September 1, 2026. Either way, at the time of writing, it’s a delightful 52F (11.1C) at the beginning our early morning walk. It’s paradise in our books.
One of the breed traits for sheepdogs is they love staying close to their humans. Wilson maintains a heavy paw on that characteristic. Nothing like moving his largess at certain times. Guess I should be grateful, but at least he’s not on top of me.
Here’s hoping you enjoy a wonderful Monday and life this week isn’t overly crowded.
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Happy Monday, peeps. Let’s get this week off with a little smile. We hope today is totally fantastic for you and the week follows in its footsteps. Make it a great day.
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Welcome to Labor Day 2026 edition, where throughout the US and its territories we will celebrate and acknowledge the contributions of workers. Every first Monday of September we honor the labor and union movements (if you work 40 hours or less a week, you can thank unions) and the role all workers have made to the strength and well-being of the nation. For those who still work, we usually have the day off and usher in the new school year (though most schools have been in session for at least a week, many longer). Many consider Labor Day as the unofficial last weekend of summer with BBQ get-togethers often being a frequent pastime as well as any number of retail sales events.
A brief history of Labor Day indicates that as the trade and labor movements began to grow, calls for a day commemorating workers’ contributions were proposed. As a long time progressive state on social issues like this, Colorado was one of the first five states to enact legislation recognizing Labor Day (Oregon was the first) to officially make it a public holiday back in 1887. Labor Day became an official national holiday in 1894. Our friends in Canada also celebrate “Labour Day” on the first Monday in September.
Following the deaths of workers during the Pullman Strike of 1894, Congress unanimously approved legislation making Labor Day a national holiday and it was signed into law by Grover Cleveland shortly after the end of the strike.
Yesterday I provided some help to a friend moving into her new townhome (talk about irony) so today I plan to take it easy today. Wilson has gotten a head start on relaxation and rejuvenation. We both wish you a safe and lovely holiday. Do you have any special plans for today?
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Happy last Monday in August which means we’re one day closer to autumn dropping…in a mere 22 days away. Woohoo! Another reason for us to celebrate is that we received a small shower yesterday. While it wasn’t much, it still was something and we’ll take it. And because it’s still Monday, while we’re celebrating the countdown and a tiny bit of moisture, we still need to start out the week with a smile. We hope you have a terrific Monday that carries over throughout the week. September…here we come!
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Happy Monday! Do you ever feel like you’ve completely lost it? Things didn’t go quite as you planned? I think this chuckle fairly accurately describes it.
But all is not lost, Despite a bit of a minor hiccup this morning (a lost sock that somehow managed to wander away from its mate after a few minutes of searching for it but it eventually turned up), I’ve decided to consciously adopt a ‘bloomscrolling’ attitude for the day. Who knows, maybe one of those MIA Tupperware lids will show up. Hope springs eternal. Have a great Monday. Happy bloomscrolling today.
Happy Monday, Glitter Gremlins…hope you enjoyed a great weekend. For the record, it’s not spiders that bother me as much as that one nasty, buzzing all around your head mosquito while you’re trying to sleep. You know, the one you can’t seem to swat away and it’s too hot to pull the sheet over your ears so you don’t hear him but hey, I get it. This is what happens when you leave spiders alone…they likely will get that mosquito for you and you could be able to enjoy a nice rejuvenating sleep while they slink back into the dark places in the back of the closet. Just saying.
Here’s wishing you a peaceful night of sleep without any flying or crawling critters this week. Happy Monday!
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Rise and shine, campers. Welcome back to Monday. We hope you had a nice weekend. Wilson is patiently waiting for the day to begin. Be sure to have your volume turned on. He’s now ‘talking’ to his breakfast until he receives the all clear release. It always cracks me up to watch his little tail wiggling in anticipation and now he’s beginning to softly ‘talk’ to his bowl more frequently. This dog is hilarious.
It’s harvest time in Colorado and the Palisade peaches are arriving in grocery stores, farmer’s markets and fruit stands along roadways. It’s the best time of the year. Those juicy delicious fruit has me drooling just thinking about them. Which leads me to share another smile from our friend, Vince, the Sign Guy. Have a fantastic Monday and week!
Live, love, bark! 🐾
