MaggieMoose: Happy Halloweenie 2 You!

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:

Happy Halloweenie!

MaggieMoose: Happy Halloweenie!

Trick or Treat!

Day #13 of 3o day Amity Crossfit Paleo challenge! 

We're doing great! BOL

MaggieMoose: Maggiefish Sea Dreams

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:

"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions."

Albert Einstein

Maggiefish

  I happened to be out shopping with Maggie's human sib Christy. We saw a clown fish Halloween costume for dogs (like Finding Nemo). It was perfect for Maggie since both her human twin sibs have fish names due to their love of the water. One is Christyfish and one is Juliefish. Now there's Maggiefish. She happily swam around the house in her fish costume. The fins caught her attention the most. She wasn't sure if they were for flying or swimming. Last year Maggie was a bumblebee and had wings. Maybe there's some connection here... Either way, Maggie knows that without her having an imagination to swim or fly; where would she go? Life is more fun to see what she might bee (buzz, buzz) or what waters she might swim in with her imagination to guide her....Splash. 

Happy Halloweenie

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:

"Double, double toil and trouble; 

Fire burn, and caldron bubble."

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

from Macbeth

A dark Cave. In the middle, a Caldron boiling. Thunder.

Enter the three Witches.

1 WITCH. Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd. 

2 WITCH. Thrice and once, the hedge-pig whin'd. 

3 WITCH. Harpier cries:—'tis time! 'tis time! 

1 WITCH. Round about the caldron go; 

In the poison'd entrails throw.— 

Toad, that under cold stone, 

Days and nights has thirty-one; 

Swelter'd venom sleeping got, 

Boil thou first i' the charmed pot! 

ALL. Double, double toil and trouble; 

Fire burn, and caldron bubble. 

2 WITCH. Fillet of a fenny snake, 

In the caldron boil and bake; 

Eye of newt, and toe of frog, 

Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, 

Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, 

Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,— 

For a charm of powerful trouble, 

Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. 

ALL. Double, double toil and trouble; 

Fire burn, and caldron bubble. 

3 WITCH. Scale of dragon; tooth of wolf; 

Witches' mummy; maw and gulf 

Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark; 

Root of hemlock digg'd i the dark; 

Liver of blaspheming Jew; 

Gall of goat, and slips of yew 

Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse; 

Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips; 

Finger of birth-strangled babe 

Ditch-deliver'd by a drab,— 

Make the gruel thick and slab: 

Add thereto a tiger's chaudron, 

For the ingrediants of our caldron. 

ALL. Double, double toil and trouble; 

Fire burn, and caldron bubble. 

2 WITCH. Cool it with a baboon's blood, 

Then the charm is firm and good. 

 early morning full moon on Halloweenie day

CLICK: DOUBLE TROUBLE

Trick or Treat from our house to yours! WOOF WOOF

Fog, Crows And Worms

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:

"Ron: staring in to a misty crystal ball > I don't need to ask her what this means. It's telling me there is going to be fog tonight."

J.K. Rowlings

  Today is the second day we're socked in with heavy fog in the morning. It's a fog hangover from last night. It reminds me of the Harry Potter novel when Ron Weasley looked into the misty crystal ball and predicted fog. Maggie and I continue to hear their repetitive "Caw, Caw, Caw" as they fly in groups to gather. They land one at a time on the tree branches. The pine tree hides the group in its thick needles. A solitary crow looked about as Maggie and I caught it on camera. In our neighborhood the black crows love the fog. It's damp. The crows love worms. When there's wetness on the ground the worms come out in abundance. Easy pickings. On our walk Maggie and I have to sidestep these big inch worms. The fog, the crows, and worms all sound like a set-up for a ghoulish Halloween. One day away.... 

Hey Maggie, I think I hear "trick or treat"? Get the gummi worms, the crows showed up. 

Full Moon Champs! Or Is That Trick Or Treat Early?

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:

"May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night and a smooth way to your door."

Irish Blessing

  Tonight is a full moon. Last night Maggie and I went outside to get a glimpse of the moon's fullness. We were very excited after our SF Giants baseball team won the World Series. Looks like last night's moon lit the path to a World Series Championship. WOOF WOOF. Through the trees we saw the moon. Our camera captured a green colored spooky version of the full moon. Perfect for Halloween week. The countdown begins. Trick or Treat day is in two more days. Maggie's ready with her Bumblebee costume and I with my Lorax costume. Maggie will be buzz, buzz, buzzing about while I, as the Lorax, will be heralding the merits of the Truffula trees. Until then, may our friends have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night, and a smooth way to your door.

PS. Way to go SF Giants!

Trick or Treat: Bee Yourself

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

Judy Garland

  Halloween is coming. Maggie is ready. She has a bumblebee costume. She tried being a hot dog and it just wasn't her. She considered being a big orange pumpkin. That wasn't quite right either. The bumble bee's velvet coat of yellow and black fits her just right. She can bee herself. Buzz, Buzz. I think the antennae of the costume reminds her of her favorite thing: tennis balls. Maggie modeled her bumble bee costume around the house holding her tennis ball tightly in her mouth. That's who Maggie is. A dog with a tennis ball bee-ing who she is. Bumble bee dog extraordinaire. Trick or treat!