The MaggieMoose Green Gator Talent Show

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:

"It is a happy talent to know how to play."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Maggie's new green gator toy

  Maggie loves her toys. As a puppy she was trained to go pick out her toys from her "toy bins" whenever she looked bored or wanted attention. I wanted her to know how to amuse herself without chewing on furniture or other non-puppy things. She use to have two toy bins in different locations of the house so, the toys were always handy. After she turned a year old I consolidated them into just one toy bin. All I have to  say is "Go get a toy." Maggie happily prances to her toy bin to get something to play with. I must admit my girl Maggie is really talented. She really knows how to happily play by herself or with others. No coaching needed. Yesterday I bought Maggie two new toys. A green gator and a brown rope toy. I casually dropped them in her toy bin. I sat down at my laptop not looking at her. She strolls over to the toy bin. First she picks out one toy. Green gator. She brings it back and drops it on the floor by my chair. Then she goes back to her toy bin and picks out another toy. Rope toy. She comes back to where I'm sitting and starts playing with her new toys beneath my chair. First the gator toy got a good chewing. Then it was the rope toy's turn. Chew, chew, chew. Maggie had the best time utilizing her amazing talent of knowing how to play. Oops, she went back to the gator toy....happy, happy, happy!

Maggie with rope and green gator toy

Friends Come In All Sizes: Ask Pippa & Ted

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Pippa & Ted

  Maggie meet some new friends the other day when we went to the local pet store. Pippa is a one year old Pekingese dog with light colored hair. Ted is older and a darker colored Pekingese dog. He's three years old and very protective of Pippa. These Pekingese dogs never stood still. Maggie was all around them. She was on the move just trying to keep up with these two cuties. 

Maggie wants to play with her new friends Pippa & Ted

In the end we had to get our goods from the pet store and leave. Pippa & Ted had other plans too. Maggie looks forward to seeing her new friends again. Maggie knows to have a friend you have to be one first. As we parted I could see all the dogs' tongues were wagging as they said their goodbyes.

Pippa, Ted & Maggie

Ray of Beauties

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:

"Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities of the world."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Botanical Gardens

Washington, DC 

Explore & Experiment

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:

"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."

Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Maggie exploring

  Today is Eadweard Muybridge's birthday. Born in 1872. He's famous for his horse in motion photography. There's a historical plaque in our neighborhood where we walk. That's where he filmed his horse in motion here on the farm. It's a reminder to experiment, experiment, and attempt the impossible!

Happy Birthday Eadweard!

PLAY: Horse in Motion

Flower Power

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

California Poppy

Maggie

PLAY: I Am Beautiful

Trailblazing

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Julie in the Serengeti (Pride Rock)

  I love the song about the windshield & the bug sung by Mary Chapin Carpenter:

Sometimes you're the windshield
Sometimes you're the bug
Sometimes it all comes together baby
Sometimes you're just a fool in love

  

  This song in its upbeat rhythmic tones encourages me to take one step forward and not worry about the one step backward. I love being the windshield. The view is far better than taking the backseat. I've been the bug too. Messy stuff. Then too, windshields can always be cleaned. I've raised my kids and now Maggie to blaze that trail, and not follow the path of others. Unlimited pawsabilities. When my daughter Julie went to Tanzania & Kenya for college studies abroad most college students were heading to Europe. In my eyes, Julie chose her life view as the windshield with her decision. I love that Maggie is always up for any new path too. She doesn't care if she gets messy. Me neither.

You gotta know happy - you gotta know glad

Because you're gonna know lonely

And you're gonna know sad

When you're rippin' and you're ridin'

And you're coming on strong

Sometimes you're the windshield

Trailblazing leads to better visibility. My and I will go where there isn't a path. Messy happens, but can be cleaned up. 

Maggie

Acorns Into Oaks

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:

"We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Family: Christy with Maggie

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