Thirteen and a Half!

My big sister Finley are 13 and a half today!!

Me and Brinley tried to think of a good present for her. Brinley said she could bark da TV extra for Finley tonite.

I said we could give Finley some puppy kisses. She may pretend like she thinks we're annoying, but I know she kinda likes our kisses.  

Finley said we coulda just let her have our food if we really wanted to give her a present.

BOL, nice try Finley!

She did get fresh hamburger for lunch. And a new jacket from my momma.

And we all got a nap this damp and cold afternoon.

Wordless Wednesday

Terrier Tuesday!

Hi pals! We had a fun day today!

It wuz warm (almost 80!) so we got to go out in da backyard and run a LONG patrol.

Good thing too - we gotta make shure dam tree rats don't get any ideas bout settin up winter quarters.

We also got a long neighborhood patrol and got to get a lotta good barkin in.

Da nayborhood are SAFE and after da recent Plano crime spree, we think we deserve a medal.

Or even better, a STEAK!

Sunday Selfies

Happy Sunday!

We has lotsa selfies for ya!

We had a pretty good weekend. We got some nice walks in!

And all kindsa good barkin wuz had.

We got to bark cars, dogs, joggers, baby strollers, the wind, crows, bunny rabbits, skwerrils, da TV, well, all kindsa good stuff!

Oh and we got BACON this morning!

I tried to convince momma she could just give ME all her bacon, but no such luck.

Finley's gonna be 13 1/2 later this week!

WOW, that are OLD! She still has a lotta energy and is plenty feisty, BOL. A true terrierist.

Grandma's Birthday!

Yesterday it wuz my grandma's birthday!

And we wuz wifout internet or TV for most of da day (AND for most of Tuesday)!

Brinley didn't know what to do wif herself - there wuz no TV to bark!

So it wuz up to us pups to make her birthday speshul.

We all made shure to give her birthday kisses.

Momma made shure we smelled good by giving us BAFFS on Tuesday (I are so glad da TV are back to distract her!)

I think she had a pretty good birthday.

Even if she didn't get squeaky toys. 

My momma made her a birthday cake - it are bunnies digging in the garden! Hmm, I think it needs some westies chasin those bunnies . . . 

Music and jewelry and purses and clothes are good and all, but it are not tennis balls.

Dey went out to eat - which kinda stunk since we couldn't beg for food.

I snoopervised da cake making - I wuz constantly underfoot in the kitchen. And it looks like my snoopervishun paid off, since da cake turned out so well.

Today the weather wuz a lil better, so it wuz back to a bike ride and a walk! 

And we's all glad da TV are back - now Brinley can bark Grey's Anatomy!!

Music Monday

Hi y'all! It's Music Monday and the theme this week are Native American music since it are Native American Heritage month.

Pawsome theme CK! Native Americans have been treated wrong - our government has broken promises OVER and OVER and continues to do so after trying to exterminate their culture and stealing their homeland and lives. Da mommas has always been interested in and appreciated native culture - there's native artwork in our home and da mommas all have a big collection of Native American jewelry (mainly Navajo, but also some Hopi and Zuni). My grandpa are from Arizona and one of the best parts about going to Arizona for my momma wuz going to the trading posts. She made a lotta trips through the Navajo Nation wif Angel Whitley when she went to UCLA. 

So with that said, here's some tunes by/inspired by Native Americans.

R. Carlos Nakai is a talented Navajo/Ute flutist. His songs are beautiful.

Redbone's "We Were All At Wounded Knee." Ya might know Redbone for their big hit "Come and Get Your Love." Here's a protest song by them.

We can't forget about Native Hawaiians when we're talking about Native Americans. Here's Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's monster hit mashup of Somewhere Over the Rainbow and What a Wonderful World. Momma LUVS his voice and plays his album a lot.

Cherokee Maiden performed by Asleep at the Wheel. Momma used to sing this song to Angel Whitley since her breeder was a Cherokee lady from Oklahoma.

We're ending with Johnny Cash's The Ballad of Ira Hayes. Yeah, Travis shared it over at Lone Star Cats too. But its da prefect song for this theme on Veterans Day - our veterans and our native Americans both deserve more than they get. 

Sunday Selfies

Happy Sunday pals!

We had a pretty good weekend - da weather wuz ackshually pretty good for November, so we our patrols in. Lotsa skwerrils to bark at!

Now we're getting ready for some football! Go Cowboys!

And maybe some SNACKS???

It never hurts to ask.

And this one isn't a selfie, but we know a lotta pals like our pics together. Da funny thing is we LUV taking em together - momma duzn't have to work to get us to pose together becuz we's best friends and luv to get right up next to each other.

Now, where are da snacks??