Setting the stage…{Classical music playing from the Bugs Bunny cartoons playing in the background}
Norman: {stretching} Wha…erm…what day is it?
Elsa: {y-a-w-n} Huh? Oh, you woke me up from a great dream to ask what day it is?
Norman: No, I just woke up and was a bit disoriented-mostly I was just thinking out loud. Well…do you know what day it is?
Elsa: Of course I know what day it is…it’s Sleep in Friday…that’s what day it is!
Norman: {eyes rolling} Oh sister…I think it’s actually Nature Friday, where we join the cute pups from Adventures of the LLB Gang in celebrating the wonderful moments in Nature.
Elsa: Whatev. I still would love to go back to bed and resume dreaming but I know you never can pick up where you left off. So…whaddu got from Nature this week?
Norman: Well, dear sister…it was as Mum puts it…another yoyo week. We started out in the season of mud with a spot of Spring and then…well you know how it turned out.
Elsa: Oh yeah, I remember now {still yawning and stretching}. The dog run was a bit of a mess wasn’t it? Mom went crazy trying to keep our paws clean. Boy, she gets really wound up about muddy paw prints, doesn’t she?
Norman: Tell me about it…She grabbed me as soon as we came back inside with a chamois and began wiping me down. Ugh.
Elsa: Yeah, she nailed me too. Why are moms such clean freaks?
Norman: No clue. But the beginning of the week when she wasn’t zero-ing on my paw prints, she was squealing about something in the front garden.
Elsa: So that’s what she was doing. I heard her and when I looked at what she was checking out, I did the double, dog blink, rolled my eyes and walked back inside to steal one of your toys play with one of the new Christmas toys.
Norman: Mum told me she’s never seen anything like that in January. I had to look closely. Those little things were pretty small but I guess that shock of green really got her gardening juices flowing.
Elsa: What the…what are those things anyway?
Norman: I think she squealed they were Hyacinths. She shooed me away saying they were dangerous to us dogs.
Elsa: Yeah, like we’d ever chew on anything like that?
Norman: Ha, ha, ha…good one, Elsa. I may only have been here 3 years but Angel Sam told me stories about all the weird things you’ve eaten.
Elsa: Yeah, yeah…doggone blabbermouth…ugh. Back on point, brother…what else do you have about “Nature” this week?
Norman: Well, Ninja…a couple of days after Mum was crowing about those teeny, tiny little hyacinths growing, this happened .
Elsa: Yeah, more snow. Makes you wonder how those Hyacinths are doing now, doesn’t it? Back to winter temps and snow. But isn’t January the driest month in Denver? We’ve received the most snow this January in 30 years. What the dog?!
Norman: Tell me about it. You know how I feel about snow. I keep wondering what I’ve done to deserve all this white stuff?
Elsa: Guess Nature exacts a heavy toll on oaf brothers.
Norman: Well, that was kind of rude.
Elsa: Hey, I don’t write the rules…they just…are. I only report them.
Norman: It was sort of pretty, I guess. I’m glad Mum didn’t take me for a walk in it though. You know, I’ve got my aging joints to worry about.
Elsa: You’d come up with any kind of excuse to not have to go out in that weather. I, on the other hand, happily bounce outside. Snow doesn’t bother me, in fact, I love it.
Norman: There’s just no accounting for taste, is there?
Elsa: Wheeeeee! Bouncing through all that snow is what us Standards love to do.
Norman: That’s not what Sam told me.
Elsa: Hey…he bounced with me on numerous occasions!
Norman: That may well be, but I think he’d prefer snuggling in Mum’s lap over shushing through drifts of snow. No matter how pretty it is.
Elsa: You gotta admit, it sure makes for some comfy snoozing. Mom can go out walking and finding dripping icicles all she wants. Heck, I didn’t even mind sharing her lap with the likes of you.
Norman: You’re right, I’m right there with you little sister.
Elsa: Well that looks like that’s all from us this week. Mom did want me to tell everyone how much she appreciated all the kind thoughts and comments on whether she should continue to blog in the future. She was truly touched by everyone and that was the main reason she let us pen this week’s post in Nature Friday. Hopefully she’ll let us do more, I mean…after all, she’s a got a resident award-winning correspondent right in her house. I mean, how does it get any better than that?
Norman: {eyes rolling again} Yes, Ninja. She’s very lucky having us. Let’s wish everyone a great weekend. I personally hope everyone stays warm but fancies about in whatever Nature’s dishes out. I know Mum will. I just hope she lets me do what I do best (next to loving her). Oh, and we want to wish everyone 新年快乐 (xīnnián kuàilè) a very Happy Chinese New Year.
Live, love, bark! 🐾