To Aire is Divine

It’s Mothers Day!!!  I wanted to take my mom to my newest favorite place here in Portland - the Powell Butte Nature Park.  It’s just behind our house, and dad and I have been there a few times.  So today it was family day!

Come on mom, keep up!!!

It’s always good to leave a marker so that you can find your way out of the forest… here’s mine:

Today we’ll take the Black-Tailed Deer trail to the top of the Butte…

Lets goooooooooooooooooo!

I wanted to get some flowers for mom for Mothers Day - I thought this would do nicely…

We’re at the top!  That means it’s time to go back down - and down is fun!

Sometimes getting that perfect shot is WORK.  I don’t know if everyone realizes how tough it is for me as constant model and celebrity - all of the stopping and posing can take a lot out of a boy.  Take these pictures for example:

Trying to get into position…

You want me to go where, mom?  Ah well, that’s ok - I still LOVE you…

 Then I met a pretty girl that I got to sniff a bit - she’s a cutie, I hope I see her again!

Happy Mothers Day to all of the doggie mamas and mamas of doggies out there!

Love,

Bogart

BookmAIREk Me!

When I left Los Angeles, I took a little piece of LA with me. I took DeeDee’s ball.

Obviously it wasn’t her absolute favorite because she gave it to me.

Well, I had it in my mouth and she didn’t try to get it back from me so it’s mine fair and square, right?

Anyway, I do find this ball very comforting.

Even with all of my drool, it still has some of DeeDee’s on it.

I do miss my Boxer friend, so whenever I see her ball I have fond thoughts.

This is my front room.

I was playing with DeeDee’s ball when the kitties decided to join mom and me.

Luckily none of the felines decided to try to take it from me, although they were tempted…

Mine mine mine

Then dad and I did a little male bonding - ie, cuddling. I love ya dad…

Love,

Bogart

BookmAIREk Me!

Who’s the boss?  I’ll give you one guess…

So dad has taken down almost the entire old treehouse - even tho it looked really cool, it had an old wasp nest inside and the wasps were buzzing around looking for their old home… so we broke it up and hauled it away. Well, not actually “we”. No hauling for me, somebody has to do all of the REALLY hard work - the supervision.

That’s right - I’m the SUPERVISOR. I watch and direct as dad does all of the heavy lifting. And the destruction. And the hauling. And the planting. I made sure that everything was done just as it should be - then I dozed off. It seemed like dad had things under control.

It’s GOOD to be in charge…

Love,

Bogart

BookmAIREk Me!

Today was my first big day out here in Portland - walking around the city, that is, not just patrolling my yard or walking in the forest. Mama wanted to go somewhere that would be walking-friendly, so we hit the Hawthorne district for some midday shenanigans.

First we had lunch at the Hawthorne Fish House - Home of Portland’s Best Fish & Chips. And boy was it ever! Both mom (Gardenburger) and dad (fish and chips) said that it was one of the BEST meals they’ve ever had, and the fries were particularly delish!!! I got to get a little sample and can attest to the yumminess.

 Then we walked around for some Airedmiration, popped our heads into some stores, and in general just had a good time. I like this town a LOT so far - not nearly as hot and dry as Los Angeles, lots of rain and lots of GRASS!!!!

 Love,

Bogart

BookmAIREk Me!

What celebrity am I?

A whole bunch of you other dog bloggers have done the Which Celebrity Am I quiz on Dogster, but I haven’t had a chance to yet… guess who I am?

That’s right, I’m Snoop Dogg! I think that’s pretty appropriate… Bustin’ out superfly vocals that keep his lady friends perched, ready and on the edge of their seats, Bogart Handsome Devil knows how to have a good time with his peeps and is not ashamed to show it. A big fan of the bling bling, Bogart Handsome Devil is fashion fit and costume conscious, even willing to go a little over the top at times. Rich like butter and phat with flavor when he rolls, Bogart Handsome Devil is well aware of the heads he turns along the way. Often seen hangin’ with the big boys, Bogart Handsome Devil is one tough cookie and knows how to paw his way out of a confrontation. But despite his occasionally feisty flare, Bogart Handsome Devil is romantic and poetic, a true-blue Casanova through and through.

Click on the Snoop Dogg badge to take the quiz yourself and see which celebrity you are!

Love,

Bogart

BookmAIREk Me!

So it looks like the humans are thinking about putting some plants in my backyard. Apparently the folks who lived in this house before me had 3 big dogs, one of which they kept chained in the backyard, and they did a lot of damage. We want to get off on the right foot and make the place nice, so we’ve put down grass seed on the area where the poor doggie was chained (it’s verrrrry obvious), and we’re fil