It's a Parade!!!

Diego...hands down...the star of the parade...

Kelly...proud surrogate mom of Diego...

Getting into position...

Definitely a hot entry!!!

We were part of the Corvette brigade...

nope, this isn't the one we were in!

Kelly sat in the well in front of me...Diego on driver Joanne's lap...

and Olympian  Robyn Morning on the bac...

A parade's eye view!!!

Yep...you guessed it...the Trojan Horse comes to Mammoth!!!

After some of the budget cuts, the fire department had to downsize...

Everyone who's anyone was in the parade...if not...they were

watching!!!

What's better after a parade than a free concert in the park???

Everybody got into the spirit of the day...

Even Kelly!!!

Kelly really stepped into her surrogate mom role today...

after the concert in the park, Kelly and Diego approached a couple

of GoldenDoodles...they became aggressive and charged Kelly and Diego...

Diego scooted back to Kelly and positioned himself under her belly...

Kelly simply stood there and said "Really???  You're going 

to go after my kid here???"

The Golden Doodles backed off and all was well.  

Sorry to say there were no pics...it all happened too fast!!!

Kelly and Diego...

Kelly and Diego...just a week and I think he's doubled in size!!!

Kelly kept eating the little bully sticks I got for Diego...then she'd commandeer 

the big one too!!!

But that didn't stop Diego!!!

Diego thought Kelly was awfully fun to climb on...

...then Kelly's pop came home...and look out!!!

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Under the Table...

...takes on new meaning with these two!!!

"U"

ABC Wednesday

Under the table bantering for the chew bone...

...then...under the stool...

...unadulterated and unabated pleasure...

...it's tough being the underling in the pair!!!

Kelly and Diego...(Joanne and Byng's new puppy...and Kelly's new best friend...)

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Kelly's New Best Friend...

Guest photographer Joanne Hunt took this close up on my iphone of Diego Byng...

Kelly's new best friend!!!

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"He's kinda lil' mom...

...but he is kind of cute...

...you still love me best though, don't you???

...I guess he's pretty cute...

P-o-p!!!  

...that's MY favorite spot!!!"

Reflections of a good day....

Kelly saying good bye to the lake...

She was sad when I told her that after next weekend it 

won't be very often that she can be off the leash playing in the water...

All those fish hooks might cause a problem...

(Ok...so this is a photo my beautiful granddaughter Kieley took

when she and her sister were up here last year...I didn't take my 

camera down to the lake today)

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"N" is for "Nice Day for a Swim!!!"

"N"

ABC Wednesday

It was a NICE afternoon for a swim...

It all started yesterday morning...

Kelly woke up from her morning NAP to go with me to Pilates.

Since she couldn't go in with me, she chose to get back to her NAPPING.

When I got back to the car at NOON and told her we were going to June Lake, 

she went a bit NUTS thinking "Lake!!!  Swimming!!!"

She was quite annoyed when I told her NO it was NOON and time for lunch...

Mama stopped and got a burger while Kelly NAPPED again...

When Mama got back to the car...Kelly NAGGED and NAGGED about 

going for a walk and a swim at the Lake...

She was quite a NUISANCE and barked at me that it was tantamount to

NEGLECT to NOT take her.  She barked to remind me of my John Muir

quote from yesterday's blog and reminded me that she NEEDED to 

get out in NATURE as per Muir's quote.

In order to avoid any further dog-NAGGING...I decided that a stroll along the 

lake was just what I NEEDED too!!!

Soooo...we stopped at the Lake and like the true NATURIST that she is

Kelly plunged into the water in all her glory...

NOBODY else was on the beach so she was confident that she could

run and play and shake the water off to her heart's content...

She swam like a sea NYMPH.   Taking NOSEDIVES to retrieve the 

soggy pinecone that I threw in the water for her to fetch.

She was like a NUTCASE obsessed with the pinecone.

But as she came out of the water and looked out on the lake that

she had been enjoying...she looked like the NOBLE beast that she is...

After a few more shakes, she came up to me and NUZZLED her wet

NOSE in my lap to thank me for a wonderful afternoon...

It was my pleasure Kelly-girl!!!

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"K"? Well...Of Course! "K" is for Kelly!!!

"K"

ABC Wednesday

...Kelly...

Aw mom...aren't you done taking pictures yet????

It was a rough day that day...

Need I say more?


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A New Kind of Snow Plow...

I don't think she'll clear the road or driveway, 

but she's awesome on the back patio!!!

Best Friends...

"Love is when two people (animals?) know everything about each other and are still friends."

Unkown

The first day of the month is Theme Day in City Daily Photo...

Today's theme is Animals!!!

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"C" is for Cats, too!!!  Click here for more participants in ABC Wednesday!