We Scotties like to laze around in the morning and you can normally find us stretched out on the couch or love seat in the living room while Wen is on her iPad.  Ever since she retired, we have had the luxury of lazy mornings to start our days and we Scotties love it!

 

I may be Wen’s favorite (and only) boy, as she tells me all the time, but I got in big trouble this morning when she caught me digging a rather large hole in the middle of the backyard this morning.  Even worse, I was eating dirt, as evidenced when I looked up and my muzzle was a big blob of dirt.  Somebody was not pleased and she yelled at me and chased me into the house.  (Molly was eating dirt too, but she only got a mild reprimand, probably because she wasn’t digging).

Seems to me that Wen is forgetting that we’re terriers—earth dogs—and our instinct is to dig, so we don’t deserve getting into big trouble because we really can’t help ourselves.  Okay, that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it!

NEWS FLASH!  WE’RE GETTING A NEW PUPPY!!!

(Ha, ha!  April Fools’!)

Our cherry tree in the backyard has been blooming over the past week and the tree was at its peak blossom when the wind and the rain moved in.  It was really gorgeous at its peak and still is, but now when the wind blows, cherry blossom petals rain down and it’s as if it’s snowing petals.  The ground is speckled with the pink and white petals and from the looks of the tree, it will be snowing petals for awhile longer.

Yesterday was grooming day, so off we went to see our groomer, Gigi.  While Wen went shopping and played pickleball, Gigi transformed us into stylin’ Scottie bodies once again.  It’s a good thing, because we were getting pretty shaggy and now we’re back to looking fine!

When we Scotties hear “Who wants to go for a car ride?” we all want to go, but then we quickly realize that it’s probably to one of two places:  the groomer or the vet.  If there are three crates in the car for us to ride in, it’s most likely grooming day, because we usually go one at a time to the vet and random car rides are few and far between.

I’m the one who is always ready to go, but sometimes Wen has to chase down Molly and Sadie to put them in the car.  They like to run upstairs and hide, but that doesn’t work out well for them because Wen always rounds them up, puts them in the car, and away we go.

All three of us actually do like to ride in the car and we’re all good travelers, so when we hear that “Who wants to go for a ride?” thing, it definitely gets our attention—at least for a split second.

 

We have a cherry tree in our backyard that is covered with blossoms.  The tree was planted before Molly, Sadie, and I arrived on the scene and it produced a big crop of cherries for the first time last year.

The tree is in full bloom right now and we’ve had some strong winds lately, so there have been some little pinkish flowers on the ground, but right now the tree is full of blossoms and it’s beautiful.  Hopefully, we’ll get to enjoy its beauty for a little while longer.

Evidently there’s an old song that says “keep on the sunny side of life” and we Scotties like to do just that, but literally.  We always seek out the sunny spots where the sun comes in through the windows and we like to park ourselves in those nice comfortable warm spots.  Our bedroom has the best morning sunny spots and you can usually find us on the floor, soaking up the sun.  Hey, isn’t there also a song about soaking up the sun?

Now this is a first and it only took eleven years!  We had some cold weather and snow this week and Wen turned our fireplace on.  She always puts a dog bed in front of the fireplace for Sadie and me when it’s on and it only takes a few minutes for one or both of us to settle in on the bed to soak up the warmth.

Molly has never shown any interest in our dog beds until lately, but never when one is by the fireplace.  She has recently been sitting in a dog bed in the corner by the TV though, which is highly unusual for her.  The dog beds are Sadie’s and my territory, so to see Molly occupy one was surprising.

What was really surprising though was to see Molly walk over to a dog bed in front of the fireplace the other night.  For the first time in eleven years, Molly took our usual spot and she actually stayed there for more than a few minutes.  So far, it was a one time occurrence, but you never know.  Maybe Wen will have to put two dog beds by the fireplace from now on.

 

 

It’s the first day of spring and even though it’s cold here in Colorado, the neighbor’s crocus bulbs are blooming.  Our original next door neighbor planted all kinds of bulbs and every year we get to see colorful crocus, daffodils, and tulips.

Molly is wearing her butterfly wings to celebrate the first day of spring and she certainly looks springy.  We’re going to ignore the cold weather and enjoy the sunshine and hope it warms up.  Happy spring, everybody!