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Haiku’s To The Evening

Nathan — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:41:14 +0000

Matteo my dark black affair ride ride ride

big boulder tough problems up high chalk all over

Ellie dog shedding fur constantly I love you!

HOT DOGS!

Slobbie — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:55:22 +0000

Hi Ellie,

Slobbie and Cart writing to say “Hi”. We miss you!

Yes there is far less dog hair around but we cannot get out of rooms without you opening the doors for us. We have been in the air conditioned bedroom for days. It was great. We did not want to leave the cool [...]

Maine Canine News

Slobbie — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:26:22 +0000

Hi Ellie,

Happy Passover! Just had some Matzo..it was plain..would have preferred some peanut butter with it.

Sorry it has taken so long to write but I cannot get to the computer without you being here. Cart and I miss you and so does Harlow. She says you were so much fun to annoy and [...]

Doguments

Ellie — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:28:34 +0000

Well Dad Slobbie is just so jealous of me that we are getting into verbal arguments. She just cannot stand when G_Mom pays attention to me. We all have our own time with G_Mom and mine is when we settled down on the couch. I am not allowed on the couch but I sit and [...]

Canine Remedial Listening Classes

Ellie — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:54:22 +0000

Hi Dad,

G_Mom said I should tell you that I am attending canine remedial listening classes. I am not stupid and have a rather large canine vocabulary, however I have an excellent case of selective listening, which apparently is very frustrating to humans.

Fortunately I did not have any privileges taken away. I am not [...]

Snowland

Ellie — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:47:02 +0000

Hi Dad,

Thanks for the food and treats! Sorry I haven’t written. Just been really busy dealing with winter. Guess G_Mom told you we were all sick and just staying in bed for several days. Better now! I hurt my thigh doing Wii Yoga, so I had to behave for several days. It really fooled [...]

The Big Pinecone BUST

Ellie — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:11:26 +0000

Dear Dad,

Is Maine not the Pine Tree State? So why am I in trouble for eating pinecones? Look Dad they are everywhere in my reach at G-Mom’s house. What the big deal? They are free! The big deal is apparently that G_Mom has scented these Pinecones to make the house smell less dog like, [...]

Maine-cation resumes

Ellie — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:04:53 +0000

Hi Dad,

Ellie here. Well I do miss you but I am having a great time. I had a blast last night with Harlow. G_Mom was on the phone with Kt and Harlow attacked me from under the coffee table…it was so much fun. I was barking at her and she was swatting me with [...]

We Miss You!!!!!!!!

Slobbie — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:21:41 +0000

Hi Ellie,

Happy Halloween! How are you? Cart and I really miss you and G_Mom often goes looking for you when she calls your name and you did not show up.

As I am sure you can imagine, everything has been cleaned and the house winterized. The only problem being it that it is 67 [...]

I Got Broomed!

Ellie — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:59:02 +0000

Hi Dad,

Ellie here.

Well most of my canine friends get groomed, but not me, I get BROOMED!

Not sure if this is a Maine cultural tradition but G_Mom sweeps me every day now and I love it. I have my very own broom. G_Mom even explained the difference between brooms to me. I cannot [...]

Dog Days and Earl’s Coming To Visit

Ellie — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:17:48 +0000

Dad this weather is unbelievable. There is a heat advisory out and we are not allowed to leave the air-conditioned room except for bathroom and food breaks. Now I hear G-Mom talking about some guy named Earl coming to visit. It is way too hot to entertain. All of the shades and blinds are pulled [...]

Life in Batty Maine

Ellie — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:50:16 +0000

OK Dad, in less than one week I have endured tornadoes and a bat in the house. Is this really “the way life should be”?

This place is nuts! It took two policemen an hour to get the same bat out last night. We came in from being outside around 9 o’clock and Slobbie spotted [...]

Tornados Not Snow Hit Maine

Ellie — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:36:18 +0000

Hi Dad,

Did you ever spend time in a bath tub with three dogs, and a cat? Not fun let me tell you…we were all scared…even me! Below is the headline from the Portland Press Herald.

Explosive thunderstorms that triggered tornados throughout southern Maine knocked down trees and power lines, flooded streets and damaged homes [...]

NJ Update

Nathan — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:29:09 +0000

Dear Ellie,

Thank you for writing so often. I miss you! Not much is new in NJ. The apartment is really quiet and lonely without you. It is much more fur free, however. I still wake up at 6:30 and a couple times I was so asleep I went looking for you but didn’t find [...]

FAN……….tastic

Ellie — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:14:01 +0000

Hi Dad,

Sorry I have not written but I have been busy with the girls catching up on the family gossip. Days just fly by….. G_Mom bought me my own box fan. She says anybody that has to wear a coat like mine in this heat and humidity deserves their own fan. Slobbie is really [...]

Great Photos!

Slobbie — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:23:04 +0000

Hi Smells,

Great photos of you!!!!!!!!! Wow Nathan has an amazing camera; i.e. the shadows are rockin! Does Nathan allow you up on that couch? You know how my Mom is about your hair all over our couch.

Nothing new here…..we got hair cuts and now PM (personal maintenance) is more often. The gardening is [...]

We Miss You!!!

Slobbie — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:50:12 +0000

Hi Ellie, Hope you had a great trip back to NJ. We miss you. Cart says,” Hi” and without you we are bored. Face it, you are our social director and we depended on you to plan our days. After you left, my Mom started the process of getting rid of all errant Ellie hair, [...]

My Maine Vet Visit

Ellie — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:06:05 +0000

Phew! Have you ever gone to the vet’s office with three dogs? Yap! Yap! Apparently Dad, it was time for my March visit with the vet. I am in great health with a slight tumor under my right eye lid that needs to be monitored over the coming years to make sure it does not [...]

Bow Wow ‘Mpics

Ellie — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:59:13 +0000

Wii (get the joke Dad?) have been having the BOW WOW mpics each day when G_Mom goes to work. So far I have won the most Gold…are you surprised? What a stitch this whole sports spectacular has been. Have you ever seen dogs trying to do Yoga? The tree pose is particularly hysterical. We have [...]

Snofest in Greenville, Maine

Ellie — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:30:51 +0000

Kicking off Snofest in Greenville, Maine this International event pits powerful canine athletes like me, ELLIE, and our mushers against the legendary Maine snow and cold of winter!! All of the teams get all the help necessary from local people that have as much enthusiasm and fun as all of us dogs and our drivers. [...]

India Here I Come!

Nathan — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:05:08 +0000

In about 36 hours I will leave for Bangalore, India. This will be my first trip to India and my first trip to Asia that isn’t the Middle East. I am very excited to be traveling to meet the folks that I work with each day at CTS, see some of Southern India, and then [...]

Snowcationland

Ellie — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:46:50 +0000

Hi Dad,

Just woke up form a nap and it is still snowing! It stopped for a little while last night but this is great. SNOWCATIONLAND. G-Mom promised that I would have snow and she delivered. Slobbie says that G_Mom has nothing to do with getting it to snow. She says that Kevin Mannix makes [...]

Who Knew?

Ellie — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:13:37 +0000

Apparently Dad, pinecones are not for chewing. You never told me, although I should have surmised that if Slobbie and Cart did not take the pinecones off the table they must not be for us to use/chew. G-Mom caught me red pawed. Slobbie and Cart were in the bedroom with her and I was just [...]

DEPRESSION OVER!

Ellie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:27:48 +0000

Hi Dad, My Doggie Depression is finally over. I got into big trouble this morning marking the end of this bout of Depression!

G_Mom says I have to have at least 15 minutes of sun a day for Vitamin D and that I should be outside for at least one hour if the weather is [...]

Maine Summer/Fall Trip Photos

Nathan — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:33:56 +0000

I am not doing so well with seamless integration of photos from Smug Mug. It would appear as if flickr’s tools are better with WP. But I am making what I can of it and hope I can dig into some of the code in a bit. In the meantime here are a few images [...]