We still have some, and I’ll take pictures. I have to confess that I didn’t do the parchment paper thing-y, just used up some of my old cupcake papers instead. I think the parchment cups might be a good idea next time so that I get a bigger chunk of cake to go with the frosting (I cut the recipe for that in half, and had plenty, btw).
I was thinking you had left on your walk already! I think I’m taking the doggies out for a long one today too.
That’s cute. I thought it was impossible to get recombobulated in an airport. The best I can hope for is a 4-dollar bottle of water and some empty floor space to sit in.
Air travel would be so much easier if more screeners had a sense of humor…
Can you imagine doing one of those career aptitude tests they used to give in high school and having it suggest that you were best suited to work for the TSA?
We officially got 3.5 inches of snow and everything,EVERYTHING was closed for two days. Today should be about 50, so the meltdown will begin, and by the weekend it will be in the 60s. I’ve decided that two days of snow is just about perfect for me.
Yeah, 2 days to enjoy the pretty and the excuse to stay home, then back to 60 sounds good to me.
Nah-gah-ha-pen here, though. My cute little red car is white from all the salt and crap they put on the roads, but I’m waiting for the melt before I hit the car wash again. Maybe tomorrow.
Probably a good idea, although your exposure to the salt is probably a lot less than ours is. They brine the roads here when they’re worried about ice.
Luna had her final ultrasound yesterday and there wasn’t much fluid visible around the pups. Which means they’ve gotten as big as their individual placental sacs.
Last night she came a got me at 2:16 am. She was restless and panting so I spent the following hour lying on the floor next to her and petting her until she finally fell asleep. At which point I moved to the couch.
I just took her morning temperature and it has fallen to 98.3, so were are definitely in the final 48 hours.
Hector has discovered the nest box and thinks it’s a fine staging ground for bunny ballet.
I’ve just never liked female characters who play the fool or make women look like buffoons. Also, as a kid I could never believe that people really were that dumb. I’ve learned differently since.
My favorite TV “birth” episode was on “Roseanne”. She’s in the hospital, in bed and she has a death grip on Dan’s hair in one hand and her sister Laurie’s hair in the other with their heads pulled in close to hers and she’s screaming at Dan, “you did this to me!”
He does some sort of “dancing” every morning and evening. My favorite are the high leaps with the 180 degree spins. Obviously he’s practicing evasive maneuvers.
I feel sorry for all the hutch rabbits, and sorrier still for their owners that they never get to see such joyful acrobatic displays.
Luna’s currently sitting outside in one of her shady spots.
No, I don’t think she “knows” what’s in store, only that she needs to do certain things, like dig a hole under the deck – that I had to block off this morning.
Right now she’s back in the house and antsy and pacing a lot.
When I had my first kid they still had shared labor rooms, and there was a woman having her fourth kid in the bed next to me reciting Bible verses during big contractions. I, on the other hand, was screaming the “F” word at the top of my lungs and scratching my husband’s eyes out.
Not me. I like my four-legged kids. And best of all, they don’t give me colds – like my niece recently did.
They do however get legs caught in the fence, like Inti did yesterday. I had to cut the fence wire to him out. He’s got a really bad limp but I think his knee is just pulled, and not broken.
Sorry about the ticks. The only one’s I’ve ever picked up I did on my own. I think Luna’s only had two or three ticks in her whole life, and no fleas. I, on the other hand, am a flea magnet. If there’s a flea in a house it will find me.
Luna’s doing some impressive snoring at the moment.
We put stuff on the dogs that does a great job of repelling the ticks … so it’s not too surprising that the ticks decide to move to a better neighborhood.
That makes me think about how the Egyptians were known to coat a slave in milk, and then make him stand around during social occasions to act as the bug trap.
I’m just back from 2 days in the “big city” for continuing ed hours. Its really good to be home, although the restaurant options here are severely limited in comparison.
Great kitty pic, SN & bunny pics, keres! Hope Luna’s upcoming events go smoothly for her (and you and Imogen).
We were fortunate that I realized fairly quickly that something was amiss, and that we have a very good vet who we could call after-hours.
Luna’s all wrapped up in blankets and towels, with a couple of heat packs as well, to keep her warm. So it’s a bit crazy looking in the nest at the moment. The lights are off, or I’d get a photo.
Its a shame that one puppy didn’t make it, but I’m happy for the others and that Luna will eventually recover. Congratulations to the new Mom (and friends)!
It’s nearly 9am and I’m having my first cup of tea. I ‘slept’ on the couch next to the nest so that I could be close at hand (and so I get up without disturbing Imogen). The puppies had me up about once every half hour and Luna needed to go out at one point. I finally went to bed at 6:30am when Imogen got up to take over.
Luna’s still very out of it, so someone human has to deal with the pups when they cry.
The spots will fade. Very few Pyrs are all white. Most have some color. Luna has wolf-gray ears and a spot on top of her head, plus a gray big patch on her lower back. Because their guard hairs are white, sometimes it’s hard to see the color (unless they are wet) where their hair is longest.
Lewis, the father of the litter, has a fine ‘blaireau’ mask and several ‘lemon’ patches.
We’re all really tired. Especially Luna who mostly just sleeps.
She doesn’t seem to have figured out yet that the pups are hers. She nurses them OK, but we have to place them on her and clean their bottoms, etc. I’m hoping that she’ll get into the swing of things once she gets some rest and “sobers up”.
Hector hasn’t really seemed to notice that anything is different. But then he’s pretty subdued today because apparently I kept him up all night by having the light on.
lol. I’m not sure what Hector would think of that comparison – probably that it was beneath him to contemplate such a thing.
I just had Luna outside a short while ago to give her back end and tail a wash. All that hair is definitely a hindrance to getting her clean. She’s back in the box sleeping now, and the puppies are still asleep in the towel I wrap them in whenever she leaves. When they start stirring I’ll put them against her belly to suckle. This will probably be my schedule of events for the foreseeable future.
That’s neat (and so tiny). I just googled to find out about it and found this:
The Briard and the Great Pyrenees are the only two AKC breeds that have double dewclaws on the hind legs. Dewclaws are extra toes — vestigial remnants of the ancient ancestors of dogs that had six toes instead of four. The best dewclaws are real toes, placed low on the leg near the other toes to give the dog a wider foot for turning quickly.
Good morning!
This place got messy in only two days. I guess new puppies do that.
Very enjoyable pics of the new arrivals, keres. Will you keep one (or more)? Will you name them?
Morning, Id! It sure will get crazy.
We’re finally having a mild spell – 40 this morning, but the forecast warns of a precipitous temperature drop this afternoon, we’ll be at 17 by midnight.
I’m still recovering from the incredible richness of the Sweet Revenge ‘Pure’ cupcakes I made last night…
Did you take any pictures before you ate them all up?
We still have some, and I’ll take pictures. I have to confess that I didn’t do the parchment paper thing-y, just used up some of my old cupcake papers instead. I think the parchment cups might be a good idea next time so that I get a bigger chunk of cake to go with the frosting (I cut the recipe for that in half, and had plenty, btw).
I was thinking you had left on your walk already! I think I’m taking the doggies out for a long one today too.
You’ll have to post the recipe.
Here it is, highly recommended. BTW, I got my Mexican vanilla at a little Mexican grocery near us.
Now I need to go walk about 15 miles to work off all that buttery goodness…
FIVE eggs?! Mmmmmm…..
Yeah, I think I was better off not knowing what was in there. 🙂
OMG, this sign in the Milwaukee Airport just cracks me up…
That’s cute. I thought it was impossible to get recombobulated in an airport. The best I can hope for is a 4-dollar bottle of water and some empty floor space to sit in.
Air travel would be so much easier if more screeners had a sense of humor…
Can you imagine doing one of those career aptitude tests they used to give in high school and having it suggest that you were best suited to work for the TSA?
…or a lunch lady?
LOL!
They don’t still do those tests, do they? Aren’t they really some sort of military recruiting tool, anyway?
Did your snow melt already? We still have ours.
We officially got 3.5 inches of snow and everything,EVERYTHING was closed for two days. Today should be about 50, so the meltdown will begin, and by the weekend it will be in the 60s. I’ve decided that two days of snow is just about perfect for me.
Yeah, 2 days to enjoy the pretty and the excuse to stay home, then back to 60 sounds good to me.
Nah-gah-ha-pen here, though. My cute little red car is white from all the salt and crap they put on the roads, but I’m waiting for the melt before I hit the car wash again. Maybe tomorrow.
You know, I’ve had my car for 18 months now and I’ve never washed it. I think the dirt holds it together.
I guess now that they’ve started to use road salt down here I should probably do it.
Probably a good idea, although your exposure to the salt is probably a lot less than ours is. They brine the roads here when they’re worried about ice.
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‘I can haz bailout?’
LOL!
Howdy, CG.
That’s a lovely photo up above. Quite the famiiar scene. A very pretty kitty, too.
I’m so pleased that it’s warmed up a little here — we’re up to about 22 F (with sunlight!) & it’s wonderful.
Thanks, but Second Nature deserves the photo credit for the above…can you believe it snowed down her way this week?
Luna had her final ultrasound yesterday and there wasn’t much fluid visible around the pups. Which means they’ve gotten as big as their individual placental sacs.
Last night she came a got me at 2:16 am. She was restless and panting so I spent the following hour lying on the floor next to her and petting her until she finally fell asleep. At which point I moved to the couch.
I just took her morning temperature and it has fallen to 98.3, so were are definitely in the final 48 hours.
Hector has discovered the nest box and thinks it’s a fine staging ground for bunny ballet.
ooh, this is so exciting! I’m imagining that I Love Lucy episode when Lucy goes into labor and chaos ensues.
Please, not I Love Lucy. That show always appalled me as a child.
That’s heresy, Keres! Ok, I didn’t like it as a child but I sorta do now. So, you’ve got some ‘splainin to do. 🙂
I’ve just never liked female characters who play the fool or make women look like buffoons. Also, as a kid I could never believe that people really were that dumb. I’ve learned differently since.
My favorite TV “birth” episode was on “Roseanne”. She’s in the hospital, in bed and she has a death grip on Dan’s hair in one hand and her sister Laurie’s hair in the other with their heads pulled in close to hers and she’s screaming at Dan, “you did this to me!”
I loved Roseanne. My favorite was when she said of her bratty kids “this is why some animals eat their young”
Speaking of updates — did everything open back up? And is Hopeful all through being Nanook of the South or is there still some snow left?
Yep, everything is open again after a two-day standstill. I think Hope is sad and confused that the snow is gone. She loved it.
Bebo hasn’t gotten much more than inch so far but she thinks snow is neat — in fact, she want to know if you and Hopey knew you can eat it!
in Luna’s nest box.
That is a wonderful series of pictures. He looks like he is having such a great time.
I hope Luna enjoys it as much as he does.
It’s so exciting that it’s getting so close. Wah, I want someone to invent the touchable-internet so I can pet the puppies.
See what I mean? I feel the same way about babies and their delicious heads.
He does some sort of “dancing” every morning and evening. My favorite are the high leaps with the 180 degree spins. Obviously he’s practicing evasive maneuvers.
I feel sorry for all the hutch rabbits, and sorrier still for their owners that they never get to see such joyful acrobatic displays.
Luna’s currently sitting outside in one of her shady spots.
do you think Luna has any idea what’s going on with her? Obviously her instincts are telling her something, but you wonder how much she really knows…
Or is that stupid?
No, I don’t think she “knows” what’s in store, only that she needs to do certain things, like dig a hole under the deck – that I had to block off this morning.
Right now she’s back in the house and antsy and pacing a lot.
When I was at kid at an away camp, one of the dogs had her puppies under our cabin in the middle of the night. And she wasn’t at all quiet about it.
When I had my first kid they still had shared labor rooms, and there was a woman having her fourth kid in the bed next to me reciting Bible verses during big contractions. I, on the other hand, was screaming the “F” word at the top of my lungs and scratching my husband’s eyes out.
… and people wonder why I’ve never had any kids.
Not me. I like my four-legged kids. And best of all, they don’t give me colds – like my niece recently did.
They do however get legs caught in the fence, like Inti did yesterday. I had to cut the fence wire to him out. He’s got a really bad limp but I think his knee is just pulled, and not broken.
Well the dogs have never given me colds either but they’re quite generous about gifting me with ticks.
Sorry about the ticks. The only one’s I’ve ever picked up I did on my own. I think Luna’s only had two or three ticks in her whole life, and no fleas. I, on the other hand, am a flea magnet. If there’s a flea in a house it will find me.
Luna’s doing some impressive snoring at the moment.
We put stuff on the dogs that does a great job of repelling the ticks … so it’s not too surprising that the ticks decide to move to a better neighborhood.
That makes me think about how the Egyptians were known to coat a slave in milk, and then make him stand around during social occasions to act as the bug trap.
And here I thought I was only useful to them because I had fingers.
And, since we have nothing else going on, we had a bit of bark chips delivered so that we can mulch the garden this weekend (which is a long one).
I was out there at 7:00am digging out a post so that the delivery truck could back into that area.
I’m just back from 2 days in the “big city” for continuing ed hours. Its really good to be home, although the restaurant options here are severely limited in comparison.
Great kitty pic, SN & bunny pics, keres! Hope Luna’s upcoming events go smoothly for her (and you and Imogen).
Welcome back. I’m sure everybody in town was bereft over our absence. 🙂
oops — I didn’t mean to abscond with “your” absence. Seeing as I’m missing from town all the time, I’m pretty sure no one is missing me. 🙂
I thought perhaps it was the “royal” our;-)
This week’s theme is People. So come on over to the FFF and show your face(s).
It’s Friday already? My, how time flies…
So you got some pictures to post?
Bigger and fewer than we thought.
Luna had to have a Caesarian. One of the pups had died (it was very tiny and under-developed) and its placenta had started to separate and leak blood.
We have two very robust girls and a boy.
Luna is very groggy from the meds and is currently sleeping while the pups suckle.
Oh, poor girl!
I love the little black spots on the pups. Boy are they cute! I can’t wait to see how they grow and develop personalities. 🙂
Me too, those black spots are adorable.
Congratulations Mama Luna, keres and Imogen. 🙂
Sorry to hear that she needed the surgery, but glad to hear all is well.
They’re so tiny!
Yes, all is well. That’s the most important part.
We were fortunate that I realized fairly quickly that something was amiss, and that we have a very good vet who we could call after-hours.
Luna’s all wrapped up in blankets and towels, with a couple of heat packs as well, to keep her warm. So it’s a bit crazy looking in the nest at the moment. The lights are off, or I’d get a photo.
So happy about the new puppies and that Luna is fine but very sorry about the poor little one that died and that Luna had to have surgery.
And how sweet and cute they are.
Rest well and recover fast, Luna.
It’s after midnight, so I’ll sign off ’til the morning.
And rest well to you too.
A very good night to all of you.
Sleep well, and we’ll be waiting for the morning update.
I’m glad all is well with luna and the pups, and so sorry about the one she lost.
Looking forward to more pictures after everyone has had a chance to sleep!
What cuties! Sorry to hear about the lost puppy and poor Luna, having surgery. But at least she’s all right. And three cute little puppies!
Its a shame that one puppy didn’t make it, but I’m happy for the others and that Luna will eventually recover. Congratulations to the new Mom (and friends)!
Good morning all. I’ll have to dig through my sd cards (otherwise known as the archives) for the flog.
We’re getting up to the 40s today. Woohoo!
It’s nearly 9am and I’m having my first cup of tea. I ‘slept’ on the couch next to the nest so that I could be close at hand (and so I get up without disturbing Imogen). The puppies had me up about once every half hour and Luna needed to go out at one point. I finally went to bed at 6:30am when Imogen got up to take over.
Luna’s still very out of it, so someone human has to deal with the pups when they cry.
I’m sure you are exhausted. Make that tea extra strong. 🙂
They are so cute. Will they keep their spots or eventually turn all white?
The spots will fade. Very few Pyrs are all white. Most have some color. Luna has wolf-gray ears and a spot on top of her head, plus a gray big patch on her lower back. Because their guard hairs are white, sometimes it’s hard to see the color (unless they are wet) where their hair is longest.
Lewis, the father of the litter, has a fine ‘blaireau’ mask and several ‘lemon’ patches.
Oh they are so adorable. I hope you can work in some naps today.
How are you all doing? Sounds like you’ve had an exhausting time. Luna feeling any better? And what does Hector make of all this?
The pups are just out-of-this-world cute.
We’re all really tired. Especially Luna who mostly just sleeps.
She doesn’t seem to have figured out yet that the pups are hers. She nurses them OK, but we have to place them on her and clean their bottoms, etc. I’m hoping that she’ll get into the swing of things once she gets some rest and “sobers up”.
Hector hasn’t really seemed to notice that anything is different. But then he’s pretty subdued today because apparently I kept him up all night by having the light on.
w/ three newborns in the house.
The last picture is the cutest thing in the whole world (at least until you do the next posting).
lol! Piles of puppies. Keep the pics coming, we can’t get enough puppies.
Sure thing.
This is the smaller of the two females. The only one with a half-mask.
Right now I think they look more like Hector than Luna.
lol. I’m not sure what Hector would think of that comparison – probably that it was beneath him to contemplate such a thing.
I just had Luna outside a short while ago to give her back end and tail a wash. All that hair is definitely a hindrance to getting her clean. She’s back in the box sleeping now, and the puppies are still asleep in the towel I wrap them in whenever she leaves. When they start stirring I’ll put them against her belly to suckle. This will probably be my schedule of events for the foreseeable future.
I hope you sneak in some naps whenever the puppies and Luna are both asleep.
And now that I mention it, sleeping sounds like a very fine idea.
Night and thanks for all the puppy pics.
Real dogs have six toes.
The unique Pyrenean “snowshoe” hind foot.
That’s neat (and so tiny). I just googled to find out about it and found this:
Good morning!
This place got messy in only two days. I guess new puppies do that.
Very enjoyable pics of the new arrivals, keres. Will you keep one (or more)? Will you name them?
Good morning ask! What will we do when they are old enough to run around, chew on the electrical cords and pee in the corners?
Morning, Id! It sure will get crazy.
We’re finally having a mild spell – 40 this morning, but the forecast warns of a precipitous temperature drop this afternoon, we’ll be at 17 by midnight.