MaggieMoose: Happy Halloweenie!

Trick or Treat!

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

We're doing great! BOL

MaggieMoose: Family Trick or Treats?

Maggie's pawsability thought for the day:

 "Many of my cartoons are not a belly laugh. I go for nostalgia, the lump in the throat, the tear in the eye, the tug in the heart."

Bill Keane

  Last year Maggie was a beautiful bumble bee for Halloween. She took it to the extremes by making sure she had her tennis ball in her mouth as she buzzed around. This year she's a MaggieFish in her full Nemo-ish costume. 

I flash back to her human siblings and all the costumes they had for Halloween; beauty queens, witches, and many others. Looking at Maggie's photos in her Halloween costumes I get the same tug in my heart from a wonderful feeling called nostalgia. Maggie feels that same tug and lump when her human siblings visit her. She remembers the family memories they shared. And recalls the treats she recieved and the tricks she gave. Bounce, bounce tennis ball... 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!