On being thankful...

This is a special weekend.  It’s a three-day weekend in Canada and the US.  Which means some of our humans have an extra day to spend with us – and the alarm clock might be turned off on Monday morning.  But don’t worry – we’ll still get them up on time.

In the US, people are celebrating Columbus Day.  That’s the day some Italian guy found the “New World.”  The world was here before he was – and so were other people – but Columbus gets the credit.  But who is going to argue with an extra day off?!

In Canada, the holiday is called Thanksgiving.  Thanksgiving is a day to celebrate the harvest – and all the good things that happened in the past year.  So I think it’s important to share some of the things that I am grateful for…

·      My food bowl.  Especially when it is full.

·      My water bowl.  Drinking out of puddles is fine – but clean water IS better.

·      The lovely collars our human buys for us.  It doesn’t matter that you can’t see them with all of our hair – they are still very nice!

·      Car rides – except when we are going to the vet.

·      Doorbells – which alert us to a new victim for our bad-mannered jumping.

·      Our human’s bed.  Which we TECHNICALLY are not allowed on – but where we sneak many nights…

·      Belly rubs and ear scratches.

·      Toys.  To play with.  And sometimes to destroy.

·      Rabbits.  To chase.

·      Bananas.  Carrots.  And ANY kind of treat!

·      The ability to bark.  To warn of an intruder (like those foxes), to request a treat – or simply to welcome the dawn of a new day!

·      Sunny days.  To play outside.

·      Snowy days.  To play outside.

·      Windy days.  To smell good things. And to play outside.

·      Rainy days.  To wear my favorite, lovely, well-fitting, cobalt blue coat.

·      Frodo and Paxton.  Who said I had to put them on this list.  But they don’t know – I would have put them on the list anyway!

·      The colorful leaves in the fall.  Which go flying every which way when I am retrieving my toys.

·      The stars when we go out at night for our last pee before bed.

·      That moment when we hear our human’s car coming home…

·      My human…

·      And finally… you- for taking time to read my BLOG!

Happy Thanksgiving – no matter WHERE you live!


© 2014 Linda Wozniak