Key West Collies: January 2025

2024 had the collies watching three herricanes closely. Our pal Chucho moved to a new place and we have some new friends at Angel Paws. Neither of us enjoyed the fireworks that went off the last two nights.

Gemini & Normandy

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5 January - Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 door plug blows out.

2 February - Carl Weathers crosses the rainbow bridge. Dad enjoyed Carl Weathers acting in the Rocky movies, Predator and Happy Gilmore.

5 February - Toby Keith crosses the rainbow bridge.

14 February - Kansas City Super Bowl Parade shooting.

26 March - Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses after being struck by the container ship Dali.

8 April - Total Solar Eclipse

Total Eclipse Pawtragraph - Cleaveland Ohio

10 April - O.J. Simpson crosses the rainbow bridge. Dad was a big Buffalo Bills fan growing up. He remembers OJ's Buffalo Bills days well.

20 May - Gemini tears some skin in her mouth.

27 May - Bill Walton crosses the rainbow bridge.

2 June - Oregon man accidently drives off road crashing into ravine. His dog, Blue, saves him by running four miles to find help.

18 June - Willie Mays crosses the rainbow bridge.

20 June - Donald Sutherland crosses the rainbow bridge. Dad remembers him from Mash, Dirty Dozen and Hunger Games.

7 July - Shelley Duvall crosses the rainbow bridge.

12 July - Dr Ruth crosses the rainbow bridge.

13 July - Shannen Doherty crosses the rainbow bridge. Starred in Beverly Hills, 90210, Charmed, and the movie Heathers.

- Richard Simmons crosses the rainbow bridge. Remembered for being a fitness instructor. Sweaten' to the Oldies.

18 July - Bob Newhart crosses the rainbow bridge. A classic comedian.

30 July - Four collies, Ferguson and Rigsbee say hello to us. Dad though he was seeing double.

Seeing Double - Four Collies

4 August - Herricane Debby

18 August - Phil Donahue crosses the rainbow bridge. Talk show host that Dad watched quite a bit when he lived in Ohio.

28 August - Our Moon Dance Huskies, cyber paw pal, crosses the rainbow bridge.

Lilly

28 August - Decoy Ohtani, Shohei Ohtani dog, throws out first pitch at Dodger Stadium.

4 September - Our pal Chucho leaves Key West. Makes special cookies fur us.

9 September - James Earl Jones crosses the rainbow bridge. A pawtastic actor. Starred in Dr. Strangelove, Field of Dreams, Hunt for Red October, Conan the Barbarian and of course the voice of Darth Vader.

15 September - Trump assassination attempt in Pennsylvania.

25-27 September - Hurricane Helene passes west of Key West. Our pal Chucho and his Dog Mom survive as their camper was swept up.

Chucho In His New Camper

27 September - Maggie Smith (Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter movies) crosses the rainbow bridge.

28 September - Kris Kristofferson, actor and singer, crosses the rainbow bridge.

30 September - Pete Rose, Charlie Hustle, baseball player for the Reds and Phillies, crosses the rainbow bridge.

Pete Rose

30 September - Dikembe Mutombo, famous basketball player, crosses the rainbow bridge.

9-10 October - Hurricane Milton passes north of Key West, Port of Key West closed.

22 October - Fernando Valenzuela crosses the rainbow bridge.

29 October - Teri Garr - Young Frankenstein, Tootsie and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

6 November - Trump Wins Election

7 November - College Game Day Golden Retriever, Ben Herbstreit crosses rainbow bridge.

26 November - Norm gets in a scuffle with another pup at Angel Paws. Gimpy fur two days.

27 November - Albert Wayne Prince crosses rainbow bridge. Wayne was a very good friend of Dads. They first met when Dad worked in the oil patch in Oklahoma. We heard Wayne talk with Dad on the phone at times.