To Aire is Divine

My greatest dream has now come true.  I have met and have been expertly rubbed by Brooke and Greg, the founders of Dogs With Blogs!!!

I wondered why we were walking across the Burnside Bridge this morning, and it turns out that they were staying at the Jupiter Hotel and we were off to welcome them to Portland.

I cannot begin to tell you how much fun we had – sitting outside at the Life of Riley tavern and all getting to “know” each other.  I feel like I know these two because we’ve both been around the dog blogging world for so long…

They got my attention instantly when they gave me a fantastic present – a bone-shaped stuffie with the Australian flag on it!  Woo-hoo!

And I got this amazing souvenir of the Dogs With Blogs USA 2010 Tour!

Mama and I just LOVED them from the second we saw them.  We laughed, and laughed, and laughed for hours.

They also both have some amazing tattoos – mama couldn’t resist taking some pix…

We played here for HOURS – the time flew by…

Greg immediately became one of my favorite people in the entire world.  He understands me on a deeper level, and he’s the first person other than mama that I’ve allowed to get up close and personal with me since daddy passed away.

I gave him a couple of kisses to show my appreciation.  He seemed to like it.

Brooke really knows how to give a great booty scratch – much appreciated after a long day!

By the end of the night, Greg and I were lounging on the sidewalk at the bar just like old friends.  I know we will see each other again sometime, and we will always be super-duper friends.  Mama promises to come and visit you in Australia sometime!!!  And I send lots of love and Aire Kisses to Opy & Benson!!!!!

Love,

Bogart

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I can’t tell ya how tickled I am these days to be watching the Kerry Blues do their thang… mama and I are really absolutely enamored of them.  And THOSE BEARDS – they make me all tingly whenever I see them, especially after roaring to the top in Stanley & Stella’s Beard Competition.

So I feel very honored (and did I mention tingly?) to receive this award from them.

The award states: “This blog invests and believes in PROXIMITY – nearness in space, time and relationships!” In other words, blogs that receive this award “are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.”

So as always, I’m probably late to the party on this one.  In the interest of spreading the love, I’m gonna try to find other dogs who haven’t already received this, many apologies if you already have…

Asta (up over)

Nottie Scottie

Lorenza

Ludo

Sally & Rufus

Deetz

The G-Dales

Scruffy, Stan & Lacie

It was TOUGH to just pick 8 other dogs to send this to – I tried hard to find those of you who hadn’t already received one – which is sometimes the toughest part.  Mama and I read so many of your blogs all the time, so we did a lot of visiting to see, but alas, sometimes mama screws up.

So I’m just sending BIG AIRE KISSES to ALL of my dog friends to cover my butt (tuck tail first!)

Love,

Bogart

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Today is a VERY special day.  It’s Mareike’s (my favorite human other than mama and dad) birthday!!!

I wish I was there to give ya a big Aire Kiss (and run around your backyard, and play with your Dales, and bark at your hose…).  But I’m not, so this vintage moment of us kissin’ at the Good Microbrew will have to do.  Hope you had a GREAT ONE!!!

Love,

Bogart

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Hey… that’s an AIREDALE!!!  Mom, dad, did you know about this?  Was this planned?  Why yes it was, a playdate for me with a cool boy Dale named Charlie.

Ok, lets get the play bows out of the way… and get right to some sniffin’.  You’re an awfully cute boy, I really like your spiffy vest!  And you know what… even tho I don’t like most other boy dogs there is just something special about meeting other Airedales – so LETS WALK!

Isn’t Charlie handsome?  He’s a little younger than me, so he’s still got some puppy-black-face, but he’s working on a fine beard and moustache.  And check out that cool white patch on his chest!  I want one of those…  The pretty Border Collie next to him is his sister Casey.  Doesn’t she have the coolest eyes you’ve ever seen?  She’s a sweetie-pie

After the walkie and general get-to-know-you, we headed over to the Lucky Lab for some refreshment.

Follow me Charlie, I know the way…

I’m really impressed with Charlie’s posture, he’s quite a graceful boy.

Should we turn the cute Airedale Eyes on ‘em to get some treats, Charlie?  Whaddaya think?

Yup, he’s a professional at this treat-getting, and he seemed to think that my Bogart treats were tasty.

Here I am exhibiting a slightly more refined technique of beef heart procurement…

There were lots of other doggies at the Lucky Lab, which was of course distracting.  Made me a little cranky.  Sorry for that Charlie, I didn’t mean to growl at ya.  It’s just that I can be kind of weirdly protective of mama sometimes (even when she’s begging for the hug and full-on Dale kissin’ that you so expertly gave her).  I promise to work on that, and you’ll see, the next time we get together I won’t be so growly…

So whaddaya say Charlie, would you like to hang out again sometime soon?  I sure would!!!  We all had a GREAT time with you, Casey, and your mama & dad, and are looking forward to seeing you all again!!!

Love,

Bogart

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Another white-hot day in Pasadena. It was hot enough today that I was doing my Mexican-jumping-bean dance at streetcorners whenever mama and I had to wait for a light to change – since I’m not wearing shoes, it’s gets kind of toasty on the pads. It’s still always fun to walk around tho, and get away from all of the looming moving boxes in my apartment. Not too much space there right now for a majestic Dale such as I, so I do like to go out as much as possible.

This past week that meant I spent my days at Dale Day Care – aka, Mareike’s house – and there is truly no better place to be. Rather than being cooped up in the apartment, before she goes to work mama drops me off at Dale Day Care and then she picks me up on her lunch hour. So I get some time with my buddies and to check messages at my office, then some relaxation time until she arrives home at night. Not too shabby.

During our walk back to the Bogie-mobile, I met these two lovely ladies from Australia – and got an excellent, three-person massage while the Airedmiration flowed. They were so sweet! Mama and I stayed to talk with them for awhile on the street, so long that they lost the friends they were originally walking with! What can I say, I have that effect on people…

They were so cool – hope you enjoyed your time in SoCal ladies!

Love,

Bogart

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