The Wonderful Thing about Mango

The Wonderful Thing about Mango
Is he was a  wonderful thing
His top was made out of rubber
His bottom was made out of springs
Think bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!
But the most wonderful thing about Mango
Is He's the only one

The wonderful thing about Mango
Is he was a wonderful chap!
Just  loaded with vim and with vigor
He'd love to leap in your laps
Think bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!
But the most wonderful thing about Mango
Is He's the only one
Oh he was a wonderful fellah.
And he was just awfully sweet.
Everyone else is jealous,
And that's why I repeat...

The wonderful thing about Mango
Is not just relentlessly huge
Cause there are a lot of big doggies
But he is the one we would choose
Think bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!
But the most wonderful thing about Mango
Is He's the only one

Now Mango would show you his dancing
He truly was light on his feet
And while he was out there prancing
Well, he looked a marvelous treat.

Accompanied by his Momma
With Dexter there keeping the beat
He captured the heart of  all blogland
And that is why we repeat:
The wonderful thing about Mango
Is he was a  wonderful thing
He managed to leave us all smiling
Remembering how he would sing
Think bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!
But the most wonderful thing about Mango
Is He's the only one


Yes Heeeeee's the only one.


With Thanks to Mango Momma for the portrait and to AA Milne for the inspiration.

Gus n Teka

I am an IMPAWSIBLE pet

 This is Cody.

He is the official greeter at Impawsible Pups.

He belongs to Miss Valerie, and he helped her 

when she was training me and Teka.

 These are some of the toys and crate pads they sell 

at their new place.  I have my eye on the stuffies

but muzzer says I will never get my teef in one.

 These are more my style anyway.

Tough, terrier toys.

 Here is my profile after my grooming

And here I am saying hello ! to the treat

muzzer brought along.  

I have trained her well.

now I am going to take a nap.

gussmeister

Haaaaaaalp!!!!!

Muzzer has dropped me off here for 

a grooming!

OMD.....I don't look that bad.

I think she seriously has curl envy.

Gussie

Just stuff

 It has been kind of boring around here.  

We did have one adventure last week.  

We went to do a home visit for Wirey Rescue.

The lady liked me and I liked the lady.

We gave her, her house and her hubby a thumbs up.

They need help with those pesky sqrrrls around there!

 Me and Teka were so happy on the way home we played a bit

of bitey face!  This made the muzzer crazy because she wants 

us to stay in our assigned seats and be nice to one another 

while she is driving on the hiway.

Too bad.

So sad.

Not gonna happen

Fall is coming soon and we are soooooooo happy!

Morning walkies are great! 

Hope it is cooling off (or warming up for

y'all in that other hemisphere thing)

wherever you are.

Not much, but keeping in touch.

Gus n Teka

New pooter

Me and Teka got Really Tired of listening

To the Muzzer complain about her computer.

So we took our saved up allowances

(all of hers and some of mine)

And we went to the pooter store

and picked one out for her!

This is the one we got her.

Teka says it is pretty.

And I like it because it only weighs five pounds!

This is what the new screen looks like!

And this is Teka telling the muzzer that she had

best start doing a better job of posting!

sincerely

Gus n Teka

Corgis...bah humbug!

Y'all should know first of all that no corgis were harmed in

the production of this blog entry.

Last week my dad had a colleague come to town to deliver a

paper at a kind of summer colloquium. 

This is the first time we have met this colleague, but he seemed 

like a nice kind of guy.  Then we smelled his shoes and socks!

Turns out he has two corgis.

TWO!

Their names are Ricky and Kirby.

And from the picture below, they are kind of OK.

See.   Don't they look harmless?

And even maybe a little cute?

Oh, maybe even a little too angelic for words.

Yeah.  We thought so too. 

Then Muzzer broke out the PetSmart bag.

And she had two toys for these guys.

One for each of them.

And as if that was not bad enough, 

the pictures below came in Dad's email 

with a thank you note for the toys.

 Look at this!

What self respecting dog would be this

quiet and good when confronted by a toy

that Bounces and Squeaks?

You can sure tell these guys are not Terriers!

I bet they tore into them as soon as the pictures were taken!

Teka and I did not wait for any stinking pictures.

We went right for the jugular.  Or in this case,

the squeaker!

And these toys took a beating and kept on squeaking!

Muzzer had to put them up for a day to let them

dry out.  Then those sneaky squeaky toys 

started squeaking again.

We would give them a thumbs up, if we 

had thumbs.  

Just sayin', these are pretty fine play things.

Gussie n Teka

oh, and we think Ricky and Kirby like them too.

Bon Voyage Bussie!

My great pal and inspiration

My longtime mentor and friend

Buster W. Smith

Has crossed the Rainbow Bridge.

I join all his pals in celebrating 

his life and many loves.

I know he was met at the Bridge

by Terrier Pals and  honorary terriers.   

Legion in numbers and strong in Spirit(s).

Bussie had a joie de vivre most awesome.

He will long be remembered in songs and poems,

and will live furever in the hearts of his family and friends.

The most awesome set of wheels awaited him at the Bridge

filled with beautiful female dogs,  libations and treats.

Drive carefully Bussie, I'd like to have a chance to 

drive your car when I join you.

Gussie

Gee, Thanks Garth

Our Pal Garth Riley passed this lovely "Sunshine Award" on to us!  We normally don't indulge, but we made the muzzer feel very most guilty because she did not bring the flashy beast on the vacation to St. Loulis, and it has been an eon and a half since we blogged.

And this is pretty simple...just a few questions to answer, so we think she is getting off pretty easy.  Right???

So, Me and Teka are both answering the questions.  At least, an edited version of Teka's answers are included, and no humans have been hurt (badly) in this exercise.

OK, so here we go....
1. What is your favorite number?
Teka: I hate numbers. Anything over four is a real challenge for me.
Gus: Two!  I have two humans, I have two sissies, and I have had two girlfriends in my whole 9 years.  Except, I only have ONE Teka Toy, and that is the way I want to keep it.

2. What is your favorite nonalcoholic beverage?
Teka: Sparkling water (pref. San Pellegrino) with a slice of lemon or orange.
Gus:   Ummmm...Any water I can slurp.  I like Beer too, but that kinda isn't non alcoholic.  Oh, and Champagne with my sweetie.


3. Facebook or Twitter?
Teka: Facebook, me and Gussie share Muzzer's ID.
Gus:  Ummm...Facebook kicked me off one time, and I never really learned about Twittering because the Muzzer is lazy.  I am an old fashioned kind of guy, I like my blog, even if it is a struggle to get stuff posted.  Oh, and I like Skype.  I think.


4. What is your passion?
Teka:  My Dad, Swede William and Brudder Ranger, and anything PINK!
Gus: My sweet Miss Asta, My Muzzer, My sissies, and my Angel Snickers.

5. What is your favorite pattern?
Teka: Pink and Orange Paisley.  Oh and diamonds.
Gus:  My clan tartan, a small, tasteful foulard print, and cheese.


6. What is your favorite day of the week?
Gus and Teka:   We love every day, and greet the sun as it comes up over the freeway with our humans on our walkies.  We love every day because it is always an adventure, and something wonderful happens every day, even if it is only breakfast and dinner!  We are dogs.  What do you expect.


7. What is your favorite flower?
Teka:   Orchids, and Roses, and dandelions.
Gus:   Ummmm...I like the ones you can eat...expecially Nasty Turtiums.

Now, we are supposed to pass this award on to Ten friends.  We hate this part.  We will just tell you that this is an easy and fun award, and if you want to do the questions, go ahead.  


Thank you Garth for giving it to us!

Adventures in "the 'Hood"

 Today, me and Teka decided that we would

keep our "adventure" close to home.

So,,,,,This is our house in Richmond VA.

(for earlier houses, check prior posts!)

 And this is the park right across the street.

It is small, but very pretty.

 OPA

This weekend we will be right at the center

of the excitement.  The Greek Festival 

takes place just about a block away 

from our house.  This "hood" smells

wonderful...starting about 3:00 pm

this afternoon!  

If you are coming

to the festival, and need a place to 

park, we have room for two cars

(if they are friendly) in our driveway.  

Let us know if you are coming.  

Otherwise, we will have you towed!

 We are also close enough to these places to 

walk to them, even though we will not do that 

today.  That is my dad's head next to the sign, 

so you can see that the bottom of the sign is

about 7 ft. from the ground.

 On the South side of Cary St, but "North of the James"

is a wonderful neighborhood called "Windsor Farms"

We like to walk there because it is shaded, and because 

we kind of snicker when the muzzer gets excited about

a nice house or garden.  We are simple dogs and

it doesn't take much to amuse us.

 This is a pillar at one of the entrances.

 This is a reallly big magnolia tree.

 And this is one of "those" houses that makes muzzer 

so happy.

 And this is me, needing a haircut.   But I can still make 

muzzer smile.

 All of the sidewalks in this neighborhood are

made of hand laid brick.   Most of them are

well maintained.

 But some of them are not well cared for.  This is

one of the reasons muzzer grumbles until she sees 

a neat house.   Bricks that are heeding nature's message

to get out of the way make her trip, then she curses, and

sometimes she falls.   To avoid this, we make her

wear really dorky shoes.  It helps a little bit.

 This is another house that she likes.

 And another house!

 With a truly lovely side yard and conservatory.

And a for sale sign!   Uh Oh!  Dad is in trouble fer sure, 

fer sure.   Actually, we hope that you all will fall in

love with our "hood" and buy this so that we can

be your neighbors.  Mr. Rogers Reigns.

Gussie n Teka

Walkin' on Wednesday

 So our adventure this week was on Wednesday

And we went over to Byrd Park to walk the

Dogwood  Dell Trail

 Dad and Teka took off down the trail.  

This is truly an urban park, there is city

all around it.  But it is hard to tell that here.

 Ummm....wait up guys. 

I want to go this way.

 Lots of places where you could see

this cute little stream

 And one place where me and Teka

decided to get up close and personal.

 Teka was gonna go wading again

 And I was just sniffing when I got water in my nose!

 Ummm...does this bridge make my butt look big?

 So then Dad spotted this place off to one side of the 

road/trail.  And we decided to explore some.

Muzzer was not happy about the warning sign that 

was talking about things like snakes, and sheer rock 

face walls, etc. 

We all reminded her this was supposed to be an

ADVENTURE!

And she agreed to go just a little way down the trail.

 Boy, was she glad she did.  We saw these growing on a 

fallen tree trunk.

 I got to sniff some more flowers.

And we saw this neat building.

It used to be part of the water pumping system

for the city of Richmond.  And once upon 

a time, they used the top floor as a dance 

hall!   Now it is just abandoned looking, 

but still has good bones and lots of class.

Just like a lot of Southern Ladies we know.

Gussie

Our Monday Adventure!

pony pasture trail

rapids outlook  where teka took a swim

 So, yesterday was our first official day of summer vacation!  Dad has been grading and grumpy all week, but Sunday was commencement (and he got to wear his favorite costume!)  Yesterday was the day final grades had to be in, but he actually finished up Sunday night.

And we celebrated with an adventure!

We all piled in the Gussiemobile early in the morning (9 ish or so) and went across the James River to a place called Pony Pasture.  It has lots of nice trails, runs right along the James River, and we figured we might just walk the trails for a couple of miles and do some relaxing.

We pulled away from the house and got on the toll road and Muzzer says....."oh no, I forgot the camera.  So all these photos are from the park system website.  Dumb Muzzer.

It was a lovely day.  There were only three cars in the pawking lot when we got there, so we set off down the closest trail lickety split.  Teka took the lead.

Of Course!

First loop over, back at the pawking lot and Dad decides he wants to see the Rapids Outlook.

None of us would have guessed what was going to happen next!

No, not bears or snakes or even creepy crawlies.

Dad and Teka walked down to the water and SHE JUMPED IN FROM THE ROCK!

Good thing she still had on her lead!  

I think she was as surprised as the rest of us.

But now we know she can swim!

                                                                                       Dad tugged on the lead, and she got out with a bit                        
                                                                                       of help.  And boy did she shake that water off
                                                                                        quickly.  I cannot do a word for word quote
                                                                                         but she said something about how cold the

second trail of the day

      water was.  With more descriptive terms!

 This was the second loop we did, and there were lots of mucky muddy spots.  We got muddy enough to get our feet wiped, but not so muddy that we were not allowed in the car.

We had a really good time.  Much more fun than trying to figure out the new blogger interface this morning!

We will get better, and that is a promise.

Many thanks to Garth Riley for inspiring this walk.  Good Dog!