Several days ago, my 16×20 picture arrived from my photo shoot at Red Rocks last month.  Wen had done a zoom call with Kris, the photographer, where they went over my best photos and Wen chose her favorite to be enlarged and printed on metal.

We had a lot of issues trying to take the photos, due to Red Rocks maintenance workers, tourists, and the area Wen had chosen for the photo shoot being closed to the public that day, plus I had not been recently professionally groomed and my haircoat hadn’t grown back to normal since I was really sick last year, but Wen really liked one photo in particular and it turned out nicely.  As a bonus, Kris also sent a 5×7 photo printed on metal of another one of my photos from the shoot as a surprise and that was an awesome thing for her to do.  Not only is she a very talented photographer, but a super nice person and now we have two photos for Wen to decide where to display them!

Somebody plays pickleball a lot anymore and it’s Wen, not me, and she practices dinking in our laundry room by hitting a ball against the door to the garage, so I always sit close by and watch.  Sometimes when she hits a weird shot, the ball rolls over to me on the floor and that keeps me interested as if I’m a part of the game.

Are we pickleball obsessed at our house?  Maybe….

Where has the traditional meeting spot in the workplace been where the office gossip flows?  The water cooler!  Employees seem to gather there as they are getting a cool drink and they hang around to exchange the latest office news—the jucier the better!

 

We made it through the 4th of July weekend and now it seems to be Shark Week on TV, because Wen got out our RC shark toy that circles around our living room chasing us Scotties while it chomps at us.  Every time she gets that thing out, chaos seems to ensue, because as the shark chases us around, we try to bite it back!

Happy Shark Week!

We are enjoying peace and quiet this morning after the loud fireworks on 4th of July night and last night also that lasted for hours.  We Scotties actually did well and we were less bothered by all the pops and bangs than Wen was, but it’s a really nice change to not have to listen to all that ruckus until dark when it will probably start up again.

Meanwhile, do you hear that?  That’s right—peace and quiet!

Since we’re celebrating Independence Day today, we had to take some festive pictures.  Molly was very cooperative and I was my usual professional model self, but as expected, Sadie wanted no part in having her picture taken and her face shows her reluctance.

Wen persevered though until she had photos of all three of us.  Enjoy our patriotic pup pics!  Happy 4th of July!!!

Here’s an early morning photo of Sadie.  Nope, it’s not 50 Shades of Grey—it’s more like Sadie’s Shades of Gray….

Since it’s summertime and the temperatures are soaring, even though we have central air, it gets hot upstairs in the bedroom where our big dog cages are.  Each of us Scotties has our own cage or our “house” as Wen likes to call them and during the summer, even though the ceiling fan is on, it still is uncomfortably warm, so Wen has added more fans.  We have a big tower fan that revolves, another revolving fan directed at Molly’s and my cages and a fan directed at Sadie’s cage on the other side of the room.  They may be a little noisy, but the breeze feels good and needless to say, we are fans of the fans!

Early yesterday morning, Wen dropped me off at Dr. Nina’s office for an ultrasound of my gall bladder.  After I suddenly got very sick one night last August and ended up at the ER for two nights, I’ve now had two recheck ultrasounds to check on the mucus in my gall bladder.

Dr. Nina and her vet tech, Bonnie took really good care of me and confidentially, they really spoiled me with lots of treats.   Later,  when Wen came to pick me up, they gave me more treats, so spending the entire day at the vet wasn’t bad at all.  Plus, I was a good boy and I made new friends.  Even better, since it was a recheck ultrasound, Dr. Nina convinced the ultrasound doctor to not shave off the hair on my sides like they did last December.  My poor hair has been slowly growing back from being shaved for the other ultrasounds and I’m just barely beginning to look like myself again.

Fortunately, the mucus has not increased since my last ultrasound in December, so it was good news and Wen (who was really worried) was super relieved that I don’t need surgery.

All in all, my day at the vet went well and I got to go for two car rides there and back, so it was a good day for me.  Sitting in a big cage in the prep room, watching all the activity of the people working with the dogs and cats was actually pretty entertaining, but it’s sure nice to be back home again with my sisters!

 

 

Today’s your birthday, Miss Molly, my little princess sister and you’re eleven years young just like I am!  Sadie and I hope your day is special and along with Wen, we wish you many more happy birthdays!  Enjoy your princess toys!!!