GONE TO THE DOGS
Friday, August 3, 2018
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
FACEBOOK JUST SHARED A MEMORY!
I've spoiled my dog! This morning when I was out with her, I called Missy to come inside. She really wanted a little more outside time. As she came, she stopped to sniff at one of the only two tiny Texas Bindweed blossoms in our backyard. I KNOW she was asking, "Don't you want to come back with your camera to take some pictures?" I wished my camera was in my hand that minute!
JUNE 26, 2018 P.S.AND MANY TIMES SINCE!
Saturday, December 30, 2017
Friday, December 1, 2017
"WHY "WESTWIND HOUSE"? EXPLANATION
Once again, it has come to our
attention that many people still wonder regarding the sign/name on our house
and cards, so:
WHY WESTWIND HOUSE?
Due to our English heritage and
our Yorkie love we wanted to have a sign designating our house name.
One summer when my brother Linc,
was here, he asked, "Why Westwind House?"
I explained that when we were in
England we learned that people named their houses and put signs on them to show
the names.
We liked the idea.
When we got Tray in 1982 in
Caribou, Maine, we gave her the official name of
BRINDLE TRAY OF WESTWIND,
because we lived on Westwind
Drive, because it sounded right, because I liked Brindle, and because I had
always wanted my own Little Doggie Tray.
(I first heard about Little Doggy
Tray from a book that my mom used to read to me every night, at my persistent
request, when I was 3 -5 years old, It was about a Scottie Dog Family
"dressed to the nines" in their kilts and tammy hats.)
From then on every place we lived
became Westwind House.
My personally created
cross-stitch designs were under the name
"Westwind House
Design".
Following that I started creating
computer-generated greeting cards so the backs had to include "Westwind
House".
After Tray we had Tanner and
named him TANNER BOY OF WESTWIND HOUSE.
Tanner's illness and early demise
left us with the beautiful gift of "Therapy Dog" Max (whom we lost at
age 13 in August 2011).
When Linc learned the answer to
his question, he determined he must make that much-desired sign for us.
It arrived here on December 18th,
2007, and our son Chip helped set it in place on January 1, 2008.
Because Max was already named
when he was given to us, his official name of Maxwell, A Little Boy Blue, did
not include a Westwind reference, but he was very much a part of what made a
house a home. He is sorely missed
After Tanner left us, Missy
(SUE'S SERENDIPITY OF WESTWIND), a rescued Silky/Yorkie, now 13 years old,
was added to our family the last day of February in 2008. When sweet Max passed, we waited a while, the found Ari Daneil. Having already been given such a regal name that means
“Little Lion” it became enough that he be titled “Little
Lion of Westwind House”!
We are most thankful for the presence of these two as they, we, and the entire Westwind House family, friendships, and memories
continue to grow.
JOHN-SUE-BRINDLE TRAY OF WESTWIND 1982-1998
JOHN-TANNER BOY OF WESTWIND -SUE 1999-2005
MAXWELL, A LITTLE BOY BLUE
SUE-SUE'S SERENDIPITY MISSY OF WESTWIND-MAX-JOHN
Saturday, September 23, 2017
Sunday, May 7, 2017
THE REAL MISSY
A picture or two,
I try to get,
But do you know what?
She turns away -
My pretty pet.
Then there came a day
she chose to pose -
All wrapped in the quilt -
except her tail and nose!
Monday, February 13, 2017
A RESTFUL EVENING AT WESTWIND HOUSE
The Doggies discuss things from
their points of view:
What can we do? What can we say?
It’s been kinda so-so around here
today . . .
A long spell of boredom has hit
House of Moore
Yet, fleet feet we doggies still
race to the door.
The energy level for humans and
such
Seems missing a notch or two -
just a touch,
Until you compare it to us
doggies times two,
Who really delight in the game of
“Now who?”
Yes! Who will we ask to let us
out of the door?
One first, then the other -
surely not more!
Both at once would mean human
exercise would be nil -
And we don’t want our people over
the hill!
So, Missy, it’s your turn, then
it’ll be mine.
We’ll keep asking ‘til bedtime –
‘til then t’wil be fine.
First he gets a turn, then she‘ll
get one, too;
Oh, don’t you know they’ll be
happy to do
All that they can to help you and
me
To stay happy and healthy
As we run outside to pee?
Then it’s my turn again before we
quit this game
Until tomorrow when we start all
over again -
As soon as we see them each sit
in a chair
With plans of their own for going
nowhere!
We’ll show them they’re really
folks of great wealth,
With personal trainers overseeing
their health,
As we make sure they sit in their
chairs none too long,
By each taking their turns to
answer our song
That tells them we have to go
outside right soon
To join the doggie chorus and
howl at the moon.
To exercise gently as bedtime
draws near,
Then it’s inside to sleep as
dreams of tomorrow appear
When once again we can start a
new game
And give them a chance to call
out our name
As inside they tell us to they
want us to be
Where, for a while we can cuddle
and be their company
Then soon our game starts all
over with, “Who?
Who gets the first turn to tend
doggies times two?”
M Sue
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