More Mail and... Cremains...

Hello... it is I, Bär again. We've gotten some more mail. This one is from Jerry & Ben (I love their return address label!).

 Aww... it's a condolence card...

It's from Jerry and Ben and Sandy... oh, and Jake and Boo, as well... They all sent big hugs, which we certainly can use.

Spooky... such a handsome cat...

We also got the ashes/cremains from the vet. She's sitting in front of the fireplace with Grampa's ashes for now...

Mail!!

Doesn't it look like I'm somewhere cool?? It does, doesn't it?

Well... it's a postcard! From Ajdin...

Cool... Ajdin went to Colorado... that must have been nice!

 I wish I could go on a trip somewhere... maybe one day...

Chef Theodore steps up...

Good morning, it is I, Chef Theodore... yesterday I cooked Glazed Korean Chicken Lettuce Cups... with a bit of help... We are trying out the GoodFood program... just to see...

Here are all the ingredients... looking good so far - the chicken is Canadian-raised!

OK... step by step instructions... that's good.

Hmmm... a fair bit of plastic but we can reuse those little bottles for other things... oh... what is that!

Honey!! You know it's gonna be a good recipe when there's honey in it...

Got the rice cooking...

Got the chicken marinating...

And sliced up the carrots...

And the lettuce is ready to go...

Then we cook the chicken a bit... and add the marinade after a while and let it reduce so that the chicken can get glazed...

Like this!

Hmmm... the humans might need some practice in "plating-up" but... it was a 10/10 from all concerned. YUM!

A Walk with a View

Hooray - we are off on a real hike today!!

First though... we stopped to pay our respects to the final resting place of Rascal (cat) and Daisy (dog)...

Right here... we still miss them...

Oooh, the bunch-berries are blooming... beary nice.

Sniff, sniff... hmmm... golden retriever... sniff sniff... mumble mumble...

I'll just leave a message here too... HEY! No photos!!

Cool hiding places...

And a twinned Queen's Cup... those are pretty rare... Usually they are only a single flower...

We even found the remains of a triplet...

And a columbine! They are pretty... but it sure is dry here... and hot...

Ooh, a pond... I could cool off in there!

errr... or not!

Here we are... nice view out to the west...

And tomorrow it's back home again... it was nice to go on this trip to visit Gramma!

Campfire on the Beach

Woof!! We're up at the lake!! This is a great place for a dog to run and jump in the water...

I'm not much of a water hound though... but it sure is pretty up here.

Lots of places to hide here...

It helps to be a small stuffie!

Oh wow... look at all the driftwood... We need some for a campfire... I can help!

I got one!!

And there we go... campfire on the beach but not sausages or smores... just the fire... It was beary windy too so we only made a small fire (P.S. this was in June when there was not campfire ban yet!)

 And the big old root masses are beary pretty... as I stare thoughtfully out over the water.

 Or how about this look...

Or maybe this one?

 Oooh, a heart rock... we love it here... that is true.

Can you spot me?

We even found a painted rock here...

 And a few stuffie sized trees on an old stump... I like the hemlock... it's not as prickly as the spruce.

A Walk and cool Rocks...

Finally... a walk!!! This is what a dog is bred for...

Can you see me?? I blend into the bark pretty good... Ah-hah... tree bark and dog bark... hah!

Hmm... what's that over there? Something tucked into the tree along with me.

It's a little painted rock... a lady bug I think... cool! I know that there are the carved faces in the cottonwood trees here... but the rocks are new.

Ummm... see that fluff on my head... the cottonwood trees are fluffing their cotton... it is everywhere.

 Oooh, a cute heart rock...

 I'm a beary photo-genic little dog...

 It helps to have good balance!

Look what I sniffed out for Mama...

Some wild strawberries... they are teensy tiny but packed with flavour.

 I think this rock looks a bit like a butterfly wing...

The oak ferns are cute and just my size...

A little blue rock with flowers... we took this one along but left the others...

And a brown... no... wait... that's not a rock!!!

Grrrrrr... some doggie did a poopsie and their owner didn't pick it up!! Grrr.... rrrafff!

Flowers? Fireworks?

And one of the carved wooden faces!

 Thimble-berries aren't ready yet...

That was a good walk!!! And the cottonwood fluff almost looks like snow!