goodbye 2013

If I think about it hard enough, I know the world still isn't perfect, that we are still flawed in how we treat one another, in our beliefs, or lack thereof, and even in our sense of right from wrong.  We are different, every one of us, and yet we must all live together.

I don't really set out to send out any particular message when tiny chumley and I write our blog posts, but when I look back as I so rarely do, it all seems to be there.  I believe in a world where things always work out, or even if they don't, we merrily make do.  I believe in a world of tolerance, and forgiveness, and love, where a little sausagey dog and a stuffed toy duck can be best friends despite their basic instincts, and where new and rather diverse friends are collected along the way. I believe in the power of cuteness and happiness.

As each year passes it seems there are always things that happen to test these beliefs. But I think there is still much to learn and share from my penguin bodied little friend and his happy go lucky life.  More cheer to spread like sweet and creamy, lightly salted, sunshiney yellow butter on delicious homemade bread. So that we may go out again and face the harsh imperfections of this world, renewed and ready to accept our differences and find the ways in which we can all live together.  

Happy New Year's Eve, my friends.  See you next year! :)
 





  

evening walkie :)

even though Christmas is now but a memory,  always spread cheer wherever u go :) 

little brown puppies

that's right my new little friends, soon you will have a very nice home right next door with the little misses.

and i promise you, me and lil pink puppy will visit u as often as we can, and u can visit us too when the little misses bring you over in your pretty pink patchwork carrying cases!
















here, lil pink puppy will help you into your cases now because mom says we have to wrap u now so u can be ready to give to the little misses when they get back home soon from visiting their grandpoppy pops.

(sniffle sniffle) mom, i know we got them as a christmas gift for the little misses but are u sure the little brown puppies cannot live with us instead?  :) :)

much ado about something

hellooooooooo! do not worry itty bitty snackie, lil pink puppy just called nine-eleventy-one like we learned to do in school for emergencies so help should be here any minute now!

oooh - there they are! quick, over here mister fireman, and please be sure to bring your longest tongy tongs!!

little blurry boy

I wanted to post a lovely, perfectly focused and composed Christmas morning photo of tiny chumley today, but as it turned out, it seems I mostly managed to photograph a wiggly red sausagey blur, encased in viridian blue and green dyed cotton jammies and limned by a glowing aura of happy happy joy joy. And then I realized, Christmas morning photos were already perfect, just the way the are. :) 

 

oh dear Santa, please hear me do, 

one last plea I send to you, 

with eyes wide shut and nothing but, 

please make dad let go of me, 

so I can open your presents finally! :) :)

merry Christmas :)

Sing we joyous, all together,

Fa la la la la, la la la la!!

merry Christmas to you, my friends!! :)

luv,

baxter, duk duk, chocobot, lulu the tiger, and lil pink puppy

counting cookies

...three,  four, seven, five, eleventy-two, ninety-zero point oh six, quadruple deuce astro eight, minus two, powerball twelvety nine, twenty-four! 

phew, that was a lot of work but with dad's help mixing and our teamwork rolling and cutting, we made twenty-four peanut butter and banana snackie cookies, duk duk! 

I am so glad our custom 3d printed snackie cutters came in the mail and we could use them now -  when we share our cookies with Santa and his reindeer tonight, there will be no question about who has been good this year and deserves all the presents in this neighborhood! 

what's that duk duk? oh yes I agree to make the cookies easier to cut, when we make the next batch with your name on it we should leave out the big chunks of oatmeal too. just like how it was a really good idea to leave out the parsley from that whole foods biscuit recipe we used because who on earth would want less stinky breath? I mean, if anything, we should be putting monkey chow and fishy bits in them! I bet Santa and his reindeer would really like that - not only would their breath stink but the sleigh would be super nitro monkey chow gas powered! in fact, if Santa himself ate enough of our cookies, he could power the whole sleigh all by himself, and Rudolph and all the other reindeer could stay here and play with us.  but by my calculations, hmmmm, hmmm...he would need...fourquadred, take the threeve and carry the eleventy..he would need five batches of monkey chow cookies. which means not only should your cookies and chocobot's cookies and lulu the tiger's cookies and lil pink puppy's cookies be made with monkey chow and fishy bits, but mine too!  hmmm..hmmm..I guess that means we should really start over but we really should not waste a perfectly good but less gassy batch of cookies..

hee hee, mom, can u please ask dad to start mixing another batch while we start eating this one? :) :) 

nugget

The key to a quiet lunch outside lies mostly in knowing that a certain little boy's tummy is always larger than his bark. :)

gluey louie

hee hee, mom, I am so glad u are home! if u need anything while u r taking your shower just let me know because I will be right here!  :)

reminder :)

dad, mom always puts my blankie on me after we turn on George. :)

off and on

mom if u r going to auntie robin's, u have to take me with u, no ifs ands or butts. 

(sorry baby dog you have to stay home with dad. I'll be posting with irregularity this week, my friends!  :) ) 

dapper doxie duds: Kirby blossom dud

Some lucky little boy had a birthday when it came time to take pictures of this lovely new dud I just finished, which hopefully explains why he isn't here, modeling with all the glee a little boy with an opportunistic tummy can muster while wearing flowers and pearls.  But that's okay.  After a month or two when I start work again on the duds already in the pipeline, there will be plenty more for mister bottomless tummy to model. :)


















For Kirby: Sweet coral pink micro gingham cotton dud with cherry blossom pink ribbon and red rack, vintage button, and removable hand dyed silk flower with freshwater pearl and seed beaded center. 
 

tiny viney rewindy videos: jaunty

There are times when I wonder what will come of all our posts here in cyberspace many years from now.  All our pictures and videos of the things we have done and places we have gone, and all the conversations about things both monumental and mundane. 

As much as I wish it wouldn't, I think at some point, our conversations here in cyberspace will inevitably fragment,  and the words and meaning that we meant to be included with our images will part ways with each other, drifting apart on random and meandering magnetic journey.  I can only hope as the years go by long after Baxter is gone and my little boy's image surface and resurface like a buoy in the ocean, that all who see him will know, he was and always will be a happy and very much loved little boy, not only by us, but all of you.   Thank you, my friends, for all your kind birthday wishes.  And I certainly hope that there will be many many more birthdays to celebrate :)

today i am seven :)

 


















...i smell like a monkey, and i throw my own poooo! hee hee thanks everybuddy that was a great birthday song. i am having so much fun, i do not think my birthday party could get any bet-


ooOOOOOooOOOooooOOooooo!! did mom just bring what i think she brought?

hey hey, quit shovin let a birthday boy thru...

(sniff sniff) mmmm, i smell double decker fishy cake with shredded carrot filling and meat jello topping!  and garnished super sweet strawberries!  and super cool twisty rawhide candles!!

let's hurry up and let mom take our birthday picture and then we can get this party started! super serious now cuz i am seven years old.  everybuddy ready? 

cheeeze!

hee hee,  okay everybuddy let's dig in!! :) :)

let me eat cake

Tiny chumley had a fine time helping me start his birthday cake yesterday

even if it did mean he needed a little help of his own. :)

 

hee hee mom i can already tell justby licking the utensils that my cake is going to be dee-licious! are u sure we have to invite everybuddy bcuz my tummy and i are pretty sure we can eat the entire cake all by ourselves!!

party preppers :)

oooh a little to the left lil pink puppy. now a little to the right. up a tiny tiny bit...yup, that's perfect! 

okay my friends, only two more ornaments to go and then me and duk duk will start clearing the room and setting up the dj station while you guys finish up the poop d'oeuvres and once that's all done we can start our super erasure christmas disco dance party! :):)

living with a dachshund lesson #214

Living with a dachshund lesson #214: Never look back at your sausagey friend unless you are prepared to go to the nearest chik-fil-a drive thru immediately after. :)  #attackofthesnackieeyes

itty bitty

hee hee, will work for teeny tiny itty bitty snackie! :)  #only5calorieseach

seventy seven

mom, thanks for opening my window but the blankie comes off only when it is 80 degrees out. :)

 #myiphoneysaystodayitisonlysupposedtobe77

#getbusy wooty

heeyyy, duk duk quit shoving!  u know mom said we have read this letter before we can enjoy the wooty that came with it and shoving is only messing up my glasses so quit it or i will pound u and hide your gummy worms - which really are mine if i could prove it butchoo r so lucky mom tripped over my iphoney motion detector setup before it could catch u taking them from my super secret hiding spot that only u and chocobot know about and everybuddy knows chocobot likes glitter not gummy worms so do not even start or i will tell santa when we see him at the mall this weekend. 

okay, now where were we?

"hi baxter! maybe these treats will take some of the work out of 'diet-sizing.' we hope you enjoy, and let us know how you like them by sharing some pics with us @busytreats on twitter!..."

oops, my glasses fell off!  just put them over there duk duk will u? okay let's see...

"...sincerely, the busy team"

hee hee hee, didjoo hear that, duk duk? our friends at busytreats saw on twitter how mom was cutting down my chewnolas with garden loppers to make them me sized and they sent us even more delicious snackies!   what a total score, and it is not even christmas yet or anything!!!!

well duk duk, i guess we have a very important job to do now, don't we?  mom, a little help please?
 

 

hee hee, verdict? #twoyumsup

thank you my busytreats friends! next time #chewnolas? ima just hopin :)

defective :)

mom, do u think it will be a problem for me to ask santa for another super squeaky dukky duk squeaky mat toy this year?  this one is defective. :)

o christmas we, o christmas we

wow, this is like the coolest christmas ornament ever, dontchoo think, duk duk?

i mean, it's totally me, and it's totally u - two friends playing just like we always do!

 

(sniff) what a beautiful piece of work.

mom, thank you for finding such a wonderful ornament and letting us hang it on our new tree.

it is the poop de resistance! :)

liberty meadows christmas ornament