pet animal: 2010

Farewell 2010

Tonight is New Year's Eve. To mark the end of Year 2010, we decided to have another feast...

... ROAST BEEF!...

...with tortellini soup for starters.

The roast beef is ready. My oh my... I can't wait!

Here's my share - roast beef, roast potatoes, carrots, sprouts and garlic. Ooh-la-la!

But WAIT! Before I'm allowed to have my food, I have to sit for the obligatory photo-shoot.

This is me waiting. Drool...

...and waiting...slobber...

...and still waiting...

...and...Hmph!

Woo hoo! Time to get stuck in!

All to soon it was finished!

Got to go now and see whether I can get a seond helping. I hope you all enjoy the New Year celebrations. Bye!

Homer's Happy Christmas 2010 - Part 2

Yesterday I told you all about the fantastic food I had on Christmas day. Well, that wasn't the only good thing that happened to me... Santa 'Claws' also brought me lots of wonderful presents...

Here I am waiting patiently next to the tree.

Me and my Christmas cards...

...can you see yours? (Thanks again to all of you.)

My Christmas booty.

Can I open them now?

I had to wait forever. Bah humbug!

Missus eventually let me start to open the presents. Unfortunately, I made a bit of a mess of it.

Ta-da! Finally, here they all are opened. Woo hoo! Biscuits, toys and treats galore!

Right, I'm off to eat everything (even the toys). Bye!

Homer's Happy Christmas 2010 - Part 1

Burp! (Oops - sorry). Well, Christmas is now over and what a fantastic time I had. We took so many photos that I'm going to have to split my Christmas story into two blogs.

First of all, let me tell you about the wonderful food I got to eat. We always have turkey for Christmas lunch and this year was no exception. Normally, Missus chooses a bird which weighs at least 7kg. Unfortunately, it was almost impossible to find one of that size here in Italy. So, we had to settle for a turkey weighing a mere 3.5kg!

The 'scrawny' turkey, all prepared, stuffed and ready to go into the oven.

Before putting it into the oven, there was one final ritual which I perform every year without fail - worshipping the 'Turkey God'.

"Hail almighty Turkey God, I worship thee!" Drool...

Whilst the turkey was roasting in the oven, Missus began to prepare the other trimmings...

...such as Dad's all time favourite - Yorkshire puddings.

Unfortunately, Missus did not manage to prepare a full traditional English Christmas lunch because it was not easy to get some of the ingredients here in Italy. She has vowed not to make the same mistake again and will allocate more time for next year's Christmas preparations.

Anyway, she didn't disappoint. My (I mean our) Christmas lunch. Yummy!

I was spellbound by the sumptuous food on the table. The Turkey God was trying to 'seduce' me.

As the saying goes 'The spirit was strong but the body was weak'. Here I am trying to steal some food from the table when the humans weren't watching.

I was trying my best to get hold of that darn bird. Sadly, Missus caught me in the act. As it was Christmas, she let me off the hook with a stern warning.

My Christmas lunch. Turkey, roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings and carrots. Booti-ful!

After lunch, my humans had a Christmas log cake. I was only allowed to have a small piece.

Oh well folks, that's all for the time being, but watch out for my next blog: Homer's Happy Christmas 2010 - Part 2.

A Tribute to Opy

I am so sad to have learnt that Miss Opy, whose humans established DWB, has passed away and joined her beloved brother Charlie at the other side of the rainbow bridge.

In Loving Memory of

OPY

17 September 1996 - 23 December 2010

My sincere condolences to Brooke and Greg. My thoughts, and those of my humans, are with you at this difficult time.

Love,

Homer

Homer's Christmas Card Photoshoot 2010

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!! Christmas is coming! I love Christmas - I get fantastic snow to play in, wonderful presents for being a 'good boy' (sometimes - he-he), lots of attention from my humans and, not to forget, sumptious food to stuff myself with. However, one of my favourite things about Christmas is the exchange of cards I have with my doggie buddies all over the world.

I had a real challenge trying to capture the ideal pose for this year's 'Homer's Christmas Card'. Over the past few years I had set my standards pretty high.

Let me show you some of the 'out-takes' I had to discard before settling on the 'winning' design for this year's card...

Oh-oh! This one wouldn't do for obvious reasons.

The hat was hanging nicely...but look at my 'frosty face'!

Who's a handsome boy? The pose was perfect...but I just couldn't keep that hat on my head a second longer...

...and again.

I was soon sick of the sight of that bloody hat...

...but I just couldn't seem to shake it off!

For a moment, I thought about eating the darn thing, but...

...4,365 attempts later, Missus finally captured the shot which done me justice...

Ta-da. The hat was in place and my face was just...festive!

Having got the shot, Missus set about turning the photo into the traditional Chrictmas card format. Want to see the result...?

Voila! For those who haven't yet received an original version (and those of you who Missus (not me!) forgot to post one to), this one is especially for you.

I would also like to say a big thank you to all those who sent me a card. They are booti-ful and I will treasure them all!

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas to everyone!

Homer

SNOW

I love snow. I don't know why but there's something magical and mesmerising about the white powdery stuff which enthrals me. At this time of year, the first thing I do when I wake up each morning is to look out of the window and check whether it has been snowing. Today I was lucky...