Attic Creature, part 2

Ready to hear what creature was lurking in our attic and light fixture? It was a frog.

Poor Mr. Froggie. We felt so bad when we saw what it was.








Did a bird drop him into the roof or eve because there were baby birds to feed? Did he climb our 2 story house himself? Then made his way into the light fixture through the tiny slit in the corner but couldn't hop his way back out.



Actually, he might have been a "she" because "she's" don't ribbet. That's what my Mom's friend said.

My Grandpa told my Mom that sometimes frogs pretend to be dead and he said it might be still alive. He said if she put it outside, he might hop away into the ivy. Mom said he was probably dead, judging by how shriveled he was, but, hoping for the best, she put him in some water outside.

He didn't come back to life, but his body acted like a sponge! Very creepy.

Good bye Ms. Froggie. We are sorry we didn't let you out of the light fixture sooner but we thought you were a bat or bird or rat and didn't want you flying or scurrying around the interior of the house. Hopping would have been okay but we didn't know you were truly hopping in the light fixture. I hope there is a rainbow bridge for froggies. We are very sorry we didn't rescue you sooner.

Well, I guess the bigger issue now is there might be an exterior hole in our attic. Sigh.

p.s. Does anyone know if this is a tree frog or another type of frog?

Attic Creature, Part 1

A few nights ago at 1am, I woke my parents up with some low growling noises. Dad decided to check the hallway outside our bedroom door. We kept hearing this thud. I, of course, stayed in my bed since I had done my job alerting my parents of the strange noise. Dad thought the noise came from the downstairs fireplace and that maybe we had a bird stuck in the fireplace like we once did before. So he went back to bed.

Mom wasn't convinced and she stood in the hallway and looked UP above her head. Yikes! The noise was coming from a creature stuck in our light fixture, and it had apparently come through our attic because there are only 2 ways into that light fixture -- the attic or our hallway! It seemed to keep hopping around but it couldn't get out! Other than that, it didn't make any noise.

This pic shows it from a distance. It is relatively small... about an inch or two big.


Here is a closer view of its shadow:


Thinking it could be a baby bird, mouse, rat, bat, or the unlikely spider (a hopping spider?) or frog (because it sounded like it was truly hopping), they didn't want to open the light fixture and have it start flying around or crawling around the interior of the house. By the way, my doghouse is a 2 story house.

After 24 hours had passed, they opened the light fixture up because the animal was not moving anymore. What do you CSI detectives think it was? Tomorrow we will reveal the answer to the mystery!

RIP little creature. I do hope he (or she) had a rainbow bridge to go to.

My New Baby Blankie

My Mom and Dad helped me open up a package that was from Cappy and Oliver. We won an afghan baby blankie from Gypsy's auction. It is handmade by Cappy and Oliver's Mom.

Here you can see the package was "cheerfully wrapped"... those are my Dad's words. He is certainly right!

On the return address label was a photo of Cappy. There was one on the outside of the package and also one on the inside of the package. I think Cappy is famous. Looks like he is on a magazine cover :-)
Did you notice Cappy's poncho above? His Mom made that! She is very talented. She made Casper and Jasper ponchos and blankets.



I sniffed the package up and down because I thought Cappy and Oliver might be hiding inside. I could smell them.

See me with my new blankie! You can't tell in the photo, but there are all sorts of different stitches in the blankie and the edges are scalloped and there is a white ribbon with bow to top it off! It's color is Eskie White!


My Dad says I'm a statue when I'm photographed:


The blanket opening was a family event! :-) We all were anxious to see what was inside of the package!


Thank you Cappy and Oliver for participating in Gypsy's auction!

Poop Patrol Barbie!!!!

My Mom says this is hilarious. She had tears in her eyes when she was reading/seeing this. She was nearly rolling around with laughter. What do you think?












Reviews on Amazon:

“I love this! God bless America! Does this toy teach young girls moral lessons about the responsibilities of pet ownership and the importance of cleaning up their mess? Or, is the feces-eating devil dog teaching impressionable young kids that its ok to consume their own excrement? Who knows, and who cares. I’m sure the kids will enjoy it. “

“Would Ken not hire a pet butler? …. my daughter came to me and asked me to detach the pooper-scooper from Barbie and reattach it to one of her older Ken dolls. Worried that she was not learning the intended lesson of pet care (and with sympathetic thoughts for her future husband) I asked her why she wanted me to make the change. She told me that Barbie was not going to scoop Tanner’s poop anymore because she was hiring a Pet Butler man to clean up the poop like Alicia’s family does.”

“…anyway, it’s not like it’s real poo, they are little brown magnetic pellets that look like tic tacs.“ (Ewwwww!!!)

“This dog eats it’s own poop! Seriously, no child could help but learn from Tanner the energy conservation dog, and the faithful owner Barbie. Barbie scoops poop into a pail and then feed Tanner from the same pail! Wonderful! “

“I thought this was pretty funny because I have to supervise my dog constantly when he’s outside to prevent him from eating his own poo. Now Mattel has made it into a toy.”

And guess what? You can own this cherished collectible by visiting the Gypsy Auction web site -- It is Item #63. It's a steal with a starting bid of $25. (retail value is $99) But you must register in order to bid. Bidding ends Saturday at 8pm PST (11pm EST).

So, do you guys think this is funny? I fail to see the humor.

~Hana the Dog

Work Before Play

Last weekend it was off to Home Depot. Work before play, my parents said. I said "Okay, as long as we go to the park afterwards. Do you promise?"

So there I stood in the Home Depot cart. Typical routine for me. Been there, done that. Do you think orange flatters me?



But then we went to Lowes! Holy cow! What's with this cart? I'm not a baby, ya know? And I'm not a miniature eskie, nor a toy eskie. Lowes, I'm a standard eskie!!!! STANDARD! S-T-A-N-D-A-R-D And a large standard at that!! And the red strappy thing doesn't fit my waist. I can't even change positions in this cart. This Lowes cart is NOT flattering. How does Lowes think they are going to make any sales to dog people?



Seriously, Mom! Why can't I sit in the lower area? Maybe the bottom part is for big dogs like me?



But it got worse.... what's with this paint store? Why can't I go INSIDE like I did at the other two stores?



After being discriminated against at the paint store and having to suffer humiliation sitting in the baby cart at Lowes, we went to my favorite park to run free! (well, okay... maybe not exactly free in this photo... but I was later)



I love going to this park. I skip about and run back and forth between my parents. My heart does little leaps and I'm happy sniffing the air around me and rolling around in the grass. But I tired myself out and was ready to go home.


At least last weekend ended on a good note. Hope your weekend is pretty good!