Big Pine Campground Lassen Volcano NP

If you have to get a scrub I can think of worse places to air dry. A cold beer, a big juicy burger flaming on the grill, a pig ear appetizer and some of the prettiest scenery to take in.

Life's good my friend.

You Should See The Other Guy!

Wadda ya mean I needs a bath?

Lassen !!!!!! Volcano !!!! National Park

What do you get when you combine 113 degree temperatures...


Record snowfall...
and a... dogged... determination to retrieve a stick from a swollen creek?

Yep! You get the Big Zee braving the rapids
Now if I can only find it... It's under here somewhere....
That's it! BLAH!! Water up the snout!

Screw that stick.

salon Île d'oie

Lovely setting by the Colorado River. But my stylist got a little too...

Gulp... Personal. My tip reflected his rather aggressive search for burrs and tangles.

What indignities I endure to maintain my good looks! Harumph!!!

ZZZZZZZZZEEEEEEEEEEE...

Someone slipped me a mickey.

ROAD TRIP!!!!

Yes. That was a scream. No. Not out of joy or ecstasy one feels when say, a long lost bone is liberated from underneath the daisies or a discovery that one's home has been magically constructed from Milk Bone dog biscuits.

It was terror.

I should have known what with all the bustling about and the snotty way they fobbed me out onto the deck all day "go get some sun Zoe" "Go eat the potted plants and dig up the new herbs Zoe" Hmmm... that last one may have been of my own creation.

I digress.

So tonight, after vittlage and a suspiciously pleasant trot around the block I was informed that I would be packed in with the pots and blankets for a trip to the Southwest to pick up someone named Casita. Don't think it did not cross my mind to dash off an emergency email to INS. It turns out she is an it. Yet another thing to wheel me around in. Telling me that it would protect me from raccoons attacking me at night while at camp did soften the blow.

I decided to try to negotiate my staying home to hold down the fort. Why... I could limit my play to the office, seek entertainment via the cartoon network (and not by eating the ultrasuede couch or chewing thru speaker wire) and promise to not only poop in the toilet, but also flush and saniwipe after each... visit. Which is a damn site better than they do. Naturally their standard parry of "we'll see". I retreat to my hopeful position of not being able to fit in the back of the auto. Zoe or the smokey joe? Say Zoe... that idea of you staying in the office... Sigh. If they sound desperate I am going to ask for a keg and a bag of pretzles. They may be able to take down W, but I can swallow a shank bone whole. No prob. Plus I love the salt.

I will keep you posted.

Bis Repetita Placent

Eat - Barf - Eat... or as the Chinese say "Double Happiness".

Anyone know what this delicacy is? A nuzzle and a lick if you guess correctly!

What the??????

Hey! Prop guy! Hands off the goods!

How many times in my life will I have to repeat that phrase to men? So damn greedy for my sweet stuff!

Bon Appetit!!!

Hi, It is me again. Here in the kitchen baking cookies for Stephanie… the Postlady! Yes. I know. Hard to believe. But as the banner sez… do not call me a dog. I actually adore her. She does not try to bribe me with biscuits. Instead she offers pets and as you all know, I am an unabashed whore for a good stroking of my fur... A good rub on the knob.

What? That offends you? Tsk. It is your mind that is dirty and shameful. I prescribe 5 hell mary’s. Arf!

My First Taste of Snow!

What the hell is this?
Note to Eric: She DO lie!!

If you wanna get down, down on the ground; cocaine…

OK first, cocaine is cold, tastes like pee and if you drop your Nylabone in it… good luck finding it mister. And I huffed plenty of this stuff straight up my snout and NOTHING except a massive headache.

I did enjoy playing in it though. I slipped and slided all around while chasing my ball and every time I slid I uncovered something strangely familiar below it. First time it was something like crunchy grass (another big drug disappointment), then I spotted a dark spot and ran to check it out. It was my pee. Apparently if you pee in cocaine it turns your pee black. I suspect it was something I ate. It smelled like asparagus.

I digress. Anyway, I have never been so happy as I was playing in the cocaine. I guess I will have to watch Scarface now that I can relate.

********* Newsflash **********

M tells me that the cocaine was actually something called snow… which sounds eerily like “No” which makes it all of a sudden a little less appealing.

Just say “Snow” to snow.

Alright, pass the warm milk, ginger cookies and my blankey. I am an indoor girl. The next time someone wants to expose me to snow it better be on top of a cone.

Barf

BLAAAHHHH

I don't feel very well. In fact I think I have a bug. I am not so bad off that I am not eating (then we would be talking serious trip to the hospital), but I have been moping around the house all day all lethargic and flashing everyone in the room my famous pathetic look. I have not even felt like ripping apart that blasted handpuppet or flipping my paw off at Sonnyboy the anal schnauzer. High strung freak.

So M and S got the bright idea of getting me out of the house by slinging me into the back of the car for a ride. Um, what would make them think I would be up for that? M got all pissy when I refused to jump in the back. That upset me. S tried to make it better with nutter butters. A commendable effort, and not completely unappreciated. They decided to go have a look at the snow that had fallen the night before just up the hill. Anyway we headed home - the long way because M was bound and determined to get me to barf OR because S was not appreciating my natural doggie smell... either way, S hears me gagging (she always does), M told her he did not hear anything and that I was fine and just standing because I knew I was almost home.

I barfed.

And then when they finally let me out I barfed again.

M cleaned it up even though I would have happily eaten it. I think I saw the pigs ear in there. Bummer. It smelled like peanut butter... irresistable! At least I got some S cuddles out of the deal.

I returned to moping.

I am pretty sure I am going to get something extra special delicioso tonight at dinner. I saw meatloaf in the fridge. S is SURE to sneak some into my dish. She loves me... Or pitties me... either way I am the winner so who cares.

A Little Privacy PLEASE!!!!

Thanksgiving has come and gone and I have yet to see a bone off that rib. Can you believe these people?? But I have seen those greedy little bastards gobble down leftovers all day and night since Thursday.

Not one bone!

S did give me some sort of wonderous concoction though. A cheesecake with meatsnacks hidden within. All was well with that, then I decided to get cute and lap up a pile of birdseed off the ground where M was filling the feeders. Apparently 4000 oil coated sunflower seeds and assorted round seeds (what are those? They don't digest!) do not sit well in my tummy. Who knew? Not me. I am only a puppy though. Certainly Mr. Bossy, Know-It-All might have warned me off them like he does every other delicious thing. But NOOOOOO. Now I am blasting out those seeds whole and making all sorts of racket while... constitutionalizing.

Embarrassing for a girl of my breeding.

And now I am subjected to this indignity...

I live among the course!

I am not an ANIMAL!

A Dog's Life... Decisions Decisions

M'lady... perchance are those my cookies you have there laid before me?

No. They are mine. Keep your muddy little paws off them. OR ELSE!

Uh... gulp.... But... I yearn! I have my needs!!! I will have to go to my room?????? Cry.


.... I'll takes my chances.

I AM The Favorite!!!!!!!

Hi, Happy Thanksgiving!

Here I am with my pal M. OK I have a secret crush on him. Don't tell him kay? I am a pretty low key kind of gal. But really, don't we look cute? All smiles and such. These are pictures the other girl in his life took of us at Salt Creek, Washington. Notice who got to sit next to him. I am the clear favorite!

So we spent this glorious day romping around on the beach, scampering around the tidal pools and running from waves. Then we had a lovely picnic on the cliff above the beach among the tall trees. Notice pic 2 shows me trying to dine on M arm. Ooh la la... me gots to have my M meat! He was pretty pissed until I gave him a kiss (pic3) and promised him my share of the wine.

I heard mention of prime rib for Thanksgiving. I hope they throw me a bone.

Zig - My Uncle

This is Ziggy.
He is my crazy uncle. You know the one nobody talks about.
OK that is a lie.
He only LOOKS crazy. Its the crazy poodle haircut Nana gives him that makes him look... off. She claims she does it because he picks up strays and "hitch hikers" ( prostitutes) and brings them home. Apparently it was his fluffy "hair" that attracted them. I say it was the bottle of Jack Daniels, a paw full of roofies and unabashed male wares leg lifting that are the draw. At least that is what it was for me. Garrrrufff!

Ziggies Likes: Mixing it up with the ladies, a good vindaloo, vodka on the rocks with a spritz of keylime
Ziggie's Dislikes: Pre 9 am wakeup calls, menthol cigarettes, too much parfume on his ladies, ticks (all kinds)

Christmas Trip Angst

So today S told me that we are going away for Christmas. You know me... I worry. How will Santa know that I am not at home? S tells me it is far. How far? Because I barf on road trips! Will there be pigs ears? I am often good and pigs ears are my reward. What if if they do not have them? Do they have have ice cubes? I love them and I doubt any house has them besides mine. Oh worry and bother... I wonder if they have sheep. I might be able to forgo pigs ears if I can get a nip on some sweet sheep.


I wonder if they will love me as much as S sez they will...

I hope they do does not internet because S sometimes chooses that over petting me and it pisses me off. I might have to go eat one of her bras as revenge for that negligence.

I wonder if Santa will actually give me a lump of coal for that...

Maybe I will just go chase my tail to be on the safe side.

I AM Cute!

Listen, I don't try to deny the obvious. I don't fish for compliments. Why bother when everyone cannot seem to contain their love for me when I trot into the room. "Oh you are so adorable Zoe", "C'mere sweetie pumpkin cutie pie"... oy.

The Many Moods of Zoe

Laughy. Here is telling me the one where three bitches are walking down the street and a stud approaches them...














Pensive: I was caught in a moment of contemplation.
Where am I going? What is my purpose in life?
Then a ball of yarn rolled by...


Bashful: This picture was taken when someone infomed me that I was not wearing any underwear and that my tail was like a sign saying "woohoo its right here for the taking big boy!" I mean... who would not get a little bashful?

What? A dog is howling for me?? I will be right there... with bells on... but apparently nothing else...




Howly: An emotion very close to laughy only it is more animalistic. You can't see it, but he is tickling me and the moon is full.

Yeh, the one in the sky is full too...