ANOTHER Birthday! Can you believe it?

Cheers! I know all of you have been waiting with bated breath (what kind of breath is that?) to read about my birthday this year!  

That's it's this late isn't my fault.  It isn't Grandma's fault either.  It's the fault of the computer of the person who puts this together.  That computer expired!  How rude of it!  But... here I am at last.

How do you like my birthday hat?  My hydrotherapist, Jenn, gave it to me.  

She says she's my hydrotherapist.  However, I say she's my swimming coach.  I'm planning to be in the Olympic swimming event for 14-year old dogs, just as soon as they start it.  Here I am at practice...

How many years have we added to this birthday sign?  Just a few.  I hope your birthday signs will have numbers added onto them, too!

Here I am in another birthday hat, with my Grandma in a birthday hat!  We're getting ready to celebrate....

So people didn't have to wear masks to come to my house.  (I didn't either, of course.)  And our friend Deb was there; she shares my birthday and she always comes.  My buddy Alexa stayed home this year.  I love her anyway.

But the best thing is - guess what?  Grandma and I can now party ALL YEAR again!  So we did!  

The next party we had was with my puppy raisers!  They came out all the way from Colorado just to see me.  Well, almost - they did have a few other things to do.  I was so glad to greet them at the front door.  

My PR mom brought some flowers, but I prefer dog bones.  So I let Grandma have them.

We sat on the patio and talked and listened to the birds and talked some more.  I walked them down to the end of the road and back.  I'm a very gracious hostess.

I let them see my tribute garden that Grandma is making me.  It's right in front of the house. 

And this is the man who is planting my tribute garden.  His name is Roland.  I like him a lot.  I love to watch him work... and he likes me, too, though I don't work much.

Yes, there's another dog in this picture.  Her name is Roca and she's a good friend.  Her person is John and he built our decks.  Give that man a dog biscuit.

Last Christmas - back in 2021 - we had our annual party with Aunt Lori in Carmel.  I love Christmas!  Look at all the presents!  Yay!

That wasn't all.  With our sunnier-and-warmer California days, and with Covid sort of out of sight, we get to go back to visiting with friends on the patio - like our special friend Laura, who came to exchange Christmas gifts with us.  It's so nice to be with lots of friends again.

And we ALWAYS cheer for the San Francisco 49ers!  Football is great.  Grandma goes to the games, but the kitties and I stay home and watch it on television.  We have a better time than she does.  (Don't tell!)

In the spring, we had a patio party with our friends Judy and Ted.  Notice that I always know where to sit to be in on the action and get lots of attention.

Here's Pappa Jack!  We always celebrate his birthday!  He's been my good friend ever since I moved to Grandma's house WAY back in 2010, and we LOVE celebrating.

Best of all, I think I like it when Grandma and I can just be together.  She's so good to me!  I'm good to her, too.  Dogs always know how to do that.

Pretty soon it will be Thanksgiving and then another Christmas!  I hope you and your dogs and cats will enjoy them.   We love all of you!  Come over and visit and we'll have a party just for you!

THIRTEEN ON THE THIRTEENTH! (OF MAY!)

 

Hello, friends!

Did you wonder where I was?  Hope so!  How could I miss my annual blog post?  It might be (small woof) a TAD late, but I couldn't miss it!  There are always good things going on here, even in a pandemic!

My loving Grandma and I have fun together all the time.  It was exciting to put up decorations again.  The spring weather was so nice I could have howled (if I were a howling dog), and I was as helpful as I usually am.

I had been keeping her - and myself - very busy with all my work projects.  That was before the adventure began.

Here is Yours Truly at the library's Paws to Read program - the last one before the nasty ol' Covid got ugly and everything was shut down.  We were told to shelter at home.  Thankfully, Grandma has a nice shelter to shelter in.  

So... in May of last year, we decided to call my birthday party COVID CAPERS.  Here I am, peeking out the window.  What was going on?  How in the world could I have a party?

Wow!  People came to visit me on the patio!  They wore their masks and came  all by themselves, one at a time, in spite of liking each other (actually, I guess it was because of liking each other.)  It turned out to be fun after all.

This is Sandy F.  (I imagine you know which one is who.)

And this is Sandy H.  Isn't it nice that humans have last names?  It makes everything much more organized.

Marty came masked up so that no one could tell which of us was the canine.  I thought that was fun of her.

And this is Jan...

...and this is Jone!

Here is Suzanne....

...and meet Marilyn!  Don't I have a lot of nice friends?

We had a quiet year after that...  maybe not doing a whole lot, but enjoying each other's company.  Last Christmastime it was Grandma, Muffin, Kimmi, Yours Truly... and the light-up dog (who is kind of a friend).

   

Dr. Fauci showed up, too - almost with a mask and certainly social distancing way up there on the tree.

The Christmas Feast was dinner for one, but the kitties and I got special treats....

and Yours Truly got to be Santa Paws - er, Claws - er - Claus!

I guess my Santa-self gave my dog-self a lot of presents, didn't I?

January First, Two Thousand Twenty-One - hooray!  May it be better than the year before!  Please notice that I am wearing my pearls with my collar and tie. 

I know I'm not the only creature in the world who has a birthday.  Here's my friend Roland.  He has a birthday, too!

Papa Jack has a birthday every year, too, so we certainly remembered his.  After all, he always remembers mine...

At last it was May, and I would be THIRTEEN ON THE THIRTEENTH!  I have officially retired from pet therapy (I'll let the younger whippersnappers do the work) and I can have more time with my Grandma and my friends.

Of course, it's mandatory to dress up for my day.

I couldn't have a birthday without seeing my special friend Deb!  My other best buddy, Alexa, decided to take a nap instead of coming, but that's all right.  When you're thirteen, you know how important naps are.

Here is the person I love the most in the whole wide world!  (And I don't mean me.)

She likes to have a photograph taken of us together every year.  I like to help. 

Grandma, the kitties, and I hope you ALL are having a wonderful year with your families, your friends, your dogs, your cats, your... whatever.  God willing, I will have another birthday party next May!  Rrrrowwwwf!

The Annual KELDA JEAN Report for 2020

Hello once again!

Here's the post you've been waiting for!  It's been another year since my last post to you, and I've had another birthday.  I'm a dozen years old!  I thought I should get a dozen snacks for it, but Grandma had other things in mind.

Let's back up to the middle of 2019.  Remember last year?

A year ago I was at Camp Arroyo.  If you don't remember, it's a place where kids with disabilities and life-threatening diseases (and their families) can go to enjoy nature and each other's company.  Am I part of the nature or part of the company?  Both, I think!  I really like these kids.

Last year was when we could have people come over any time they wanted to.  Here are my friends Judy and Ted, who have a real appreciation of dogs....

In the fall comes the very important tradition of getting pictures of Grandma and me for our Christmas card!  How's this?  Our friend Tonya took it at Oak Hill Park (just as it was beginning to rain).  I like it a lot.  I love Grandma.  She's been so good to me all these years! 

Another tradition is helping St. Nick!  He's so overworked, I figure he needs all the help he can get.





























So then we had Christmas, and Pappa Jack came over, as he always does - bringing presents for the kitties, and for me.  Isn't it great to have friends?












We celebrated Christmas Day in Carmel, California, with Aunt Lori.  We went to the Cypress Inn, where dogs are always welcome.  It was owned by that fantastic dog-lover (not to mention fantastic singer and actor), Doris Day!

In February, of course, was the Super Bowl, and it was a very special one.  In this photo, I'm at a friend's house watching it on television.  Grandma went to Orlando to cheer for the Forty-Niners, and all I got to show for it was this scarf.  It's a dog's life (sigh)....

Before the virus and the quarantine spoiled my fun, I used to see a lot of friends.  This is one of them.  Her name is Lynn, and she's a BIG CCI supporter!  Yay, Lynn!  (We look as it we were telling each other secrets just before the picture was taken.  Were we?  I'll never tell.)

I still let children read to me at the Danville Library.  What books have you been reading?  Would you like to read them to me?  Come to the Danville Library and persuade the people that you're a kid!

Back at home....  I just love my kitty sisters.  This is Muffin.  Isn't she gorgeous?

And here's Kimmi, known for her loving nature and her VERY scratchy tongue...

And here's Belle,  She lived outside because... she had never ever been indoors.  Her former family abandoned her when they moved!  But she moved to our yard, and Grandma and I took care of her.  We would sit with her during our Happy Hour.  I'm sorry to say she moved to kitty heaven in March.  I miss her a lot.

In early Spring, there's St. Patrick's Day!  It's the one day of the year I get to be an Irish dog.  The rest of the year I'm partly Canadian, I guess (Labrador?).   My new Lamb Chop toy and I are striking the same pose.  See the cupcake in front of us?

Easter came, and with it came quarantine.  But nothing stops Easter!  Eggs, anybody?

And now, the event you've all been waiting for!  Because we had to shelter in place, we moved the festivities from the usual kitchen deck so that we could have a social-distance party....

Were there going to be any party guests, or would the yucky virus scare them away?  I was worried!  You don't have a twelfth birthday every day, you know....

But Grandma had decorated a table beautifully, as she always does.  I'd learn to do it myself, but it's harder when you have paws.

And my friend Leslie came!  She takes care of me when Grandma is away.

Grandma and I like to have our picture taken..  Aren't we cute together?  This present smells good.  It's from Deb and Alexa, who couldn't come this year.  We missed them.

Here's my BIG birthday gift from Grandma!  Bow-WOW!

Pappa Jack came, of course - with a present!

And here are gifts I received from other friends.  Excuse me for showing off (sorry/not sorry).

What a party!  What a birthday!  Being TWELVE is a wonderful thing!  WOOF!

Now....  when will this Covid thing be over?  I'm getting bored again!