Monday Musings ~ October 26, 2026

Well, well, well…welcome to the last week of October. Goodness gracious…I blinked and first September and now October, have flashed by in a heartbeat. We’re finally receiving some long awaited rain (it’s been raining since 1 AM this morning). Southwest Colorado has been flooding for the past three days but we only received cooler temps. Yesterday’s low was 36F (2.2C) with a high of the mid-50’sF (13.3C). It feels good entering sweater weather finally. Poor Wilson looked at me when we walked outside for the early morning bathroom break like I was insane. He immediately dropped down to a prone position once outside but think the umbrella intimidated him more than the threat of being wet. Even his favorite potty spot didn’t speed up his process. He just stood there with his head hanging low, looking pitiful. I was finally able to encourage him enough to start his day and then he happily raced back to the house for the comfort of his dry bed where he’s now snoozing after enjoying a tasty breakfast. Our morning walk should be ‘interesting.’ Wish us luck.

Anyway, let’s start this week with a little smile. We found another sign from our friend, Vince The Sign Guy and hope you enjoy it.

Monday smile

Have a great Monday and an even better Halloween week.

Live, love, bark! 🐾

Monday Musings ~ October 12, 2026

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.

Wilson - Fur-rari

Live, love, bark! 🐾

Monday Musings ~ September 28, 2026

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.

Monday smile

May you enjoy a terrific Monday.

Live, love, bark! 🐾

Monday Musings ~ July 13, 2026

We’re hunkering down for the next few days while triple digits visit us. We only hope our few potted plants survive. Gardening this time of year has it’s unique pitfalls. Here’s Vince, the sign guy’s take.

Monday smiles

We hope everyone stays safe and hydrated. Keep smiling…autumn is a mere 71 days away.

Live, love, bark! 🐾

Monday Musings ~ September 29, 2025

Welcome to the last Monday of September. We hope you had a ‘pawsitively’ wonderful weekend. We actually managed to combine rescue work with some fun along with a bit of leaf peeping and are looking forward to sharing some scenes on Nature Friday.

But it’s a new week which means we need to start the week out with a smile. Let’s revisit the El Arroyo Restaurant again for one of those life questions the lactose intolerant are wanting to know. What do you think?

Signs

Have a happy Monday and a swell week. We’re looking forward to welcoming October…our favorite color.

Live, love, bark! 🐾

Monday Musings ~ August 18, 2025

Happy Monday, peeps. Wilson and I have finally recovered from many visits with nurses, patients and hospital visitors last week and are close to catching  up on our blog reading. We were so busy last week we even neglected to post our usual Nature Friday piece. Truthfully I didn’t have the bandwidth to be creative and with our schedule so jam-packed, I hadn’t managed to find any opportunities to capture photos either. Add in hot temps, well you might be able to see why we weren’t too keen about looking for slices of nature.

Hopefully with a return to a more balanced schedule this week, there will be some opportunities for some outside time, at least early in the day as this week’s forecast still calls for more 90’sF (32C) until at least the end of the week.

Today’s smile comes from the cultural phenomena known as the El Arroyo Restaurant of Austin, Texas. Serving up tasty Tex-Mex dishes for the past 25 years. It also is well known for its iconic sign that always elicits lots of visitors who just stop by  to snap a pic and have a good laugh and you know me…I can’t resist a good pun, especially on a Monday.

Naturally when Wilson finds something shareable, it’s likely to include an element of food. That said, he thought the message was a waste of a good bone. We wish that today’s smile is the beginning of a great week for you and yours. Happy Monday.

Monday smile

Live, love, bark! 🐾

Monday Musings ~ August 11, 2025

Hey yo, peeps. Time for another smile from my favorite sign guy. Gawd, how I do love a good pun and Vince serves up a nice tasty entree today.

Monday smile

May only good things stick to you this week. Happy Monday.

Live, love, bark! 🐾

Monday Musings ~ August 7, 2023

Monday Musings

Elsa and I recently experienced a similar question when we were out on our walk. The woman was certain that Elsa was ‘some sort of Doodle’ and imagine her reaction when I replied, “no, she’s a ‘sub-Standard.’ I always get tickled when humans give me a head tilt look. That goofy response was always more accurate when I was referring to Sam, but not especially as much with Elsa. She’s many things but sub-standard is not one of them.

Here’s wishing you a better than standard week, in fact, we hope it’s 100% pure bread.

Live, love, bark! 🐾

Monday Musings ~ May 15, 2023

We hope all you moms had a lovely Mother’s Day. Now it’s time to begin a new week.

Today is another soggy Monday for the Ranch Hands and it seemed like a good time to share a smile from our favorite sign maker, Vince from Indian Hills. Back in 2019 we started sharing some of Vince’s funnier/punnier signs. And if you are interested in some historical background about Vince, we shared a bit of it here.

Sign

There’s nothing better than a good groaning pun to start out the week. May smiles abound for you and you make this Monday extra special.

Live, love, bark! 🐾