Maggie's Play Date With Herself

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:

"Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it."

Sai Baba

Am I interrupting Maggie's privacy?

  I think the best gift I gave Maggie was teaching her how to play by herself. She fully embraced my teachings. Her toys are proof of her proficiency as they are littered all over the floor. Today's rough count of rope toys: 3 different ones are on ground. 1 rope is in her mouth. Elk antlers: 2 are on the ground. 1 Nylabone is behind my chair.

I've already thrown the tennis ball before the rope toys came out. Geez, I spoke too soon. Maggie now wants to play together. She has brought me the red squeaky ball! It's too early Maggie! SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK! Ok, a few tosses of the ball and Maggie is happy. After the squeaky ball toss she brought her toys out by her buddies the turtles Timmy & Tui. They'll give her some privacy as they look down at her from their tank. She's safe to play by herself. The turtles don't have an iPhone to bug her with photo opportunities. Maggie agrees that life is a game-play it!

We'll Have It With Sunshine

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."

Steve Martin

Maggie's toys she so neatly arranged behind me

  As I typed on my laptop I took a break to go refresh my coffee. I looked down and pawsed. I saw two elk antlers, one plastic football, one big Nylabone, a rope toy shaped like a dog, Toy Story's Woody & Buzz Lightyear's face on a bouncing ball, and one industrial strength frisbee. No Maggie. I pondered life without Maggie. It is a concept for me akin to a day without sunshine. Night. Being my reflective self I had to capture the moment by photographing Maggie's toys. No sooner had I taken one photo shot when I turned and got a MaggieMoose surprise. She had put herself smack dab in the middle of her toys. Almost as if saying to me "mine". Yes, life with Maggie is full of sunshine. Art Linkletter use to have a TV show called "Kids Say The Darndest Things". In our home Maggie does the darndest things! It is always a day full of sunshine around here. Everyone should have a MaggieMoose loose in their house....no frowns possible.

My toys.