Rosie Crosses The Bridge

Rosie, the cat, knew Essex, Deacon, Sherman and me.  She had plenty of tails to tell about visiting collies.  She got along best with Essex.  The two were not best pals, but they definitely got along.  The calm personality of Essex made all kinds of creatures calm.  She let Deacon sniff her.  Sherman and I loved to chase cats if they ran from us.

Essex and Rosie

Rosie lived over twenty years with Dad's sister.  She was a pawsome house cat and was loved by her family.  She enjoyed looking out the window and chilling out.  She was a house cat and would sleep by her hooman.  Recently, she was starting to have  kidney failure.  She had problems keeping down food and was sick.  So today the vet helped her cross the bridge.  She probably came up to Essex to say hi, but stayed away from Sherman and Deacon.  

Rosie Chilling Out

Her family will miss her.  Dad and I will miss her, when we visit.

Cat Speed Rosie,

Gemini

An Interesting Week

It has been an interesting week here in Key West.  

While I was at the Dog Park, a pawson mentioned that the International Space Station was going to fly over around 6:30 PM.  I sat down with Dad and scanned the sky.  Bowser, it looked pawsome flying over Angel Paws folks.  We watched it for a whole six minutes.  

On Wednesday I was reunited with a collie pal that came down to visit.  McGee was here two years ago and returned.  It was two years ago that Sherman and I met McGee.  My tail was wagging when we met.  

McGee in his Collie Mobile

Then today we met up with a sheltie pal named Mac.  I met him last year.  I told Dad he needs to bring his camera, so he can take a pawtograph of Mac.  He looks like a tiny version of Sherman.  

Both McGee and Mac asked about Uncle Sherman.  I relayed the sad news, and they told me they were sorry and hope a new collie comes my way soon.  

We will try to get some pawtographs in the next couple days.  

Dog Speed,

Gemini

2019 in Review

I wish all our cyber-paw pals a Barky New Year.  We hope 2020, "The Year of the Rat" is good to every paw.   2019 had some good memories, but November's bridge crossing of Uncle Sherman will make it a sad year for the tow of us.  We look forward to new adventures and the arrival of a sable Holmhaven puppy in the spring.  We will continue to visit Angel Paws and meeting new friends.

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06 January - Highway 1 near Malibu, California is closed due to mudslides, snow and flooding.

20 January - Sasha, the Rat Terrorist, a Angel Paws Dog Park pal of Essex and Deacon crosses the Rainbow Bridge.

Sasha

02 February - Heavy monsoon rains cause severe flooding in Queensland, Australia damaging over 3,300 homes.  Around 1,500 of those homes are rendered uninhabitable.

26 February - We receive a pawtastic collie figurine from Angel Dog Sasha's Mom

Collie Figurine

28 February - Our cyber-pals, the Moondance Huskies, in Connecticut return home after a year.  There home was severely damaged in a fire 22 January 2018.

06-16 March - Cyclone Idal strikes Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi and Madagascar over 1200 hoomans cross the Rainbow Bridge and impacts over 3 million hoomans..

12 March - The Department of Justice announces over 50 people arrested in the college admissions bribery scandal.

02 April - Gemini's flexi-leash breaks.

15 April - Notre Dame Cathedral catches fire.

28 May - Dayton Tornadoes - Brudder and cats okay

05 June - Sherman turns eight and we get new dog bowls.

Sherman Eighth Barkday

06 June - 75th Anniversary of D-Day.

Dad's Pawther by a D-Day Tank in Normandy

20 July - 50th Anniversary of Moon Landing.

11 August - Lakota of the Moondance Huskies crosses the Rainbow Bridge

Lakota

01 September - Hurricane Dorian devastates the Bahamas

12 September - We meet Lewis & Clarke at Angel Paws.

Lewis & Clarke

24 September - Impeachment Inquires of US President start.

28 September - We get a Dog Ramp for the Colliemobile.

Dog Ramp

10 October - Wild fires start in Riverside and Los Angeles counties, California burn over 12,000 acres

23 October - Wild fires start in Sonoma county California burn over 77,000 acres

04 November - Sherman crosses the Rainbow Bridge.

Sherman & Gemini

12  November - Denny of the Cowspot Dogs crosses the Rainbow Bridge.

18  November - Dad receives stuffed lassie toy from sisters.

Stuffed Lassie Toy

26 November - 6.4 earthquake in Albania kills over five hoomans and injures over 3,000.

27 November - Reilly the Cowspot Dog crosses the Rainbow Bridge.

Reilly and Denny

06 December - Dad jury rigs the mixer so he can finish Essexmas baking.

15 December - Kodiak (the Golden Retriever) of Sir Oliver crosses the Rainbow Bridge.  Sherman and Essex met Sir Oliver in 2013.

Kodiak and Sir Oliver

16 December - Kenzie and Remi come to live with Cowspot Dogs' pawrents, helping fill a huge hole.

Kenzie and Remi (on top)

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As you can see it was quite a busy year.  I need to post some pictures of our Angel Paws dog pals.  We have two pals named Dorey and Brady.  They show up quite often at the park.  Their Mom is from Ohio like Dad.  Dorey is a rescue from Hurricane Dorian.  I am looking forward to a new Holmhaven collie puppy joining our pack this year.  We will keep you posted after the pup is born.

Barky New Year to all,

Gemini