The day after

Well peeps, it looks like we made it through! We lost power about 1 am and it cam back about 10-15 minutes ago. Record time for us to get it back in a big outage!

I went out and surveyed the damage this morning. Two trees are down in our woods, but they thankfully fell between the other trees and kept from causing a chain reaction of falling trees. It's still raining and a little breezy this morning.

I'm a tired out puppy though and will probably be spending a lot of the day snoozing.

WWFN,

ROSIE

Liveblogging Hurricane Sandy

Hello my faithful readers!

1:05 pm October 29, 2012

I was trying to start this earlier, but the internet wasn't cooperating. Gee, I can't imagine why.

Anyway, the wind and rain have definitely been picking up throughout the day.

I went out about 9:30 this am to do, well, a dog's personal needs, and got very wet. I was not amused.  I had to take a big nap afterwards to dry out.

At about 11:30 am or so the news people announced that Kanga's hospital was without power already. She's glad to not be working today and tomorrow. :) Owl is off work, and Tigger is off school as well. I've been busy helping them both with homework and work.

The current forecast.

The mail did come today. Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow, nor hurricanes shall stop the USPS!

Hard to see, but the great Lake Superior is forming in the front yard.

Hard to really get a good picture of how windy it is, but this shows it a little bit.

 

The status of the backyard as of 1:10 pm, 10/29/12.

Tigger is about to take me out to attend to my dogish needs. Not looking forward to getting wet!!!!!

1:30 pm October 29, 2012
Just back from going outside. ICKY!!!!!!! I GOT VERY WET!!! From only a few minutes outside. Owl is getting ready to call Aunt J-Dog who lives in NYC to find out how things are going there. For Irene her comment was "I've got plenty of wine and cat food so I'm fine."
2:10 pm October 29, 2012
Winds still increasing. Looking like it's supposed to become even nastier before it's over. 
4:10 PM October 29, 2012
Sandy is about 50 miles from land.  It's raining a little harder, and the wind is still increasing.  I'm waiting on my dinner. There's a decent sized branch down in the front yard and Lake Superior is filling up.

Trust the bowtie: Nabby "Hurricane" Schwartz

5:16 pm

Winds have dramatically increased. Power is flickering. Looks like it's going to be a long night!

5:33 pm

Sandy is making landfall!!!!!!!!

Evidently, in NJ, there are wave heights of 20 feet. EEK!

5:49 pm

I'm putting up a new poll- you're supposed to vote after the storm passes you, but I'm posting it now, so it's sure to go up. BTW, you've gotta love Gov. Christie- he sure tells it like it is.

7:05 pm

The girls took me out during a temporary lull, but there were some impressive gusts. Here are some pictures from earlier this afternoon/ evening.

I also helped Tigs study

And hid under the dining room table.

STAY SAFE!!!!!!

7:58 PM

The electricity has started flickering again. Strong gusts seem more frequent.

8:46

We're hearing some big stuff fall right by us. Tigs wants to move to the basement.  Of course, when stuff isn't falling, it doesn't sound very windy. We're watching North and South, a very good BBC mini-series, on DVD. The girls are playing "what else was that actor/ actress in" with a fair amount of success. 

9:05 pm

We just heard something else fall, but it was further off...

9:25 pm

I wonder by what miracle we still have power....

10:00 pm

The wind is pretty calm now, and we haven't heard anything fall recently. 

10:55 pm

I don't hear anything outside, and haven't for a while. According to the NOAA, it looks like the worst is over. North and South just ended. Kanga was right that they would get engaged- not that the fact that she's seen it before would help her predict that- she said she could tell because he was mean to her. :)

11:02 pm

Tigger here disagreeing with Rosie's statement that the NOAA indicates the worst is over. According to their hour-by-hour windspeed chart, we haven't reached peak gusts yet and should be at peak gusts from about now until 2am.

The forecast for the week. Looks ugly! Tigger's university has already announced that they are closed Monday and Tuesday. I took some pictures of me getting ready for the storm and will try to post them later if the computer cooperates.

WWFN,
ROSIE

Here we go again!

You may remember if you were reading this blog back in the first couple of weeks of its existence me writing about Hurricane Irene. (You can find  those posts here, here, and here.)Well peeps, it looks like another one of those big pesky storms is headed our way! Time for some more cute pictures of me wearing a rain hat, power outages, and lots of wind and rain. I am not a fan of either the wind or the rain.

This was from Irene last August. It's not nearly as green out there right now. I'll try to get another picture like this later today.

Today I have lots to do to get ready for the storm. I'm going to take the humans on a long walk so they don't get too destructive while we're cooped up during the storm. I'm going to go get some kibble and move things off the back porch. I might do some more raking, and I've been doing lots of laundry so that the humans will have clean clothes if the power is off for a long time.

WWFN,

ROSIE THE WEATHER DOG

Doings, Happenings, and the Like

Well folks, what's been going on in my life?

Well, first of all the Roo is off at the Aunt and Uncle's over the river (and through the woods to Aunt K and Uncle J's we go...). I miss her, but am not as lonely as I would have been since Tigger has today and yesterday off from work. Yesterday was really hot- the sort of day where you put your big fluffy tail between your legs and try to avoid going outside. Today is much nicer out. Tigger and I were out there weeding for over and hour, and it was lovely.

It's been so hot, that I need to look at pictures of the beautiful, happy, snowy time to cool myself off!

I'm getting ready to go off to the post office with Tigger. My friend the electrician is here. He's great and I love to see him and I wag my tail lots. Yesterday I was somewhat upset at first when the people came to fix the stucco on the house. I wanted to go out and visit, but Tigger refused to let me.


WWFN!

Rosie

What a Bernese Mountain Dog does in the dog days of summer

Look at that temperature! Keep in mind that it was 91 in the shade. In the sun it's usually about 7 - 10 degrees hotter.

This is my "I'm so sad that it's so hot" face.

You can see my new collar there.

A close up of the collar.

Looking at the thermometer and being very sad.

Napping. What a BMD does during the dog days of summer.

More napping.

Oh no! It's even hotter now!(And again, that's the temp. in the shade!)

Kanga, can we move to Alaska? Please?

Hotness and my new collar

So, it's hot. Really hot. Like triple digits hot. I am an unhappy Bernese Mountain Dog because of that.

What do I mean by hot?

This is what I mean by hot.

The long range forecast...

So, I've been hiding inside in the AC. This morning the family took me to the park. It was a short walk, let me put it that way.

In other news, I got a new collar. It's pretty and has flowers. I will be sure to get a picture of it soon. Also, my long leash that I use to play soccer broke the other day. This is quite sad, although see the weather forecast above for an indication of why it's not too terribly tragic after all.

WWFN,

Rosie the hot

Heat Wave!

ICKY, ICKY, ICKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Check out the weather forecast and you'll know why the above set of "Ickies".

I hope that the AC works! And of course, these are the longest days of the year, literally, so we get extra hours of suffering. :( We have 15.0 hours of daylight today from sunrise to sunset.


WWFN,

Rosie the very disgusted who is going off to sulk about the weather in front of the fan.

The Pipes in the Sky Are Leaking Again...

but this time inside... Last night I was snoozing happily away when I heard Roo yell "Hey Daddy!!!!! You might want to come check out the big water bubble on the ceiling over my bed!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Words that struck fear into my heart. And probably into the hearts of Kanga and Owl as well.

It turned out that apparently one of those big old trees was nasty and dropped something onto the house and poked a hole in the roof and after all the heavy rain yesterday it lead to there being a lot of water in the ceiling in Tigger and Roo's bedroom. Makes me glad that I'm a downstairs only dog!  Owl ended up punching a hole in the ceiling to let the H2O out.  The only good part of all of this was that Tiggs came and slept downstairs with me.

Guess I should start wearing this inside all the time!

WWFN!

These trees are pretty alright, but I'm sort of mad that them right now. Did you know that they are more than 100 feet tall?

Love,

Rosie, who's afraid that her bedroom might start leaking water next!

Where's Rosie Hiding?!

Howdy, folks,

Today, I was very silly.  Believe it or not, I pulled the blanket over my own head. Multiple times. It was very cute. :)

I was very sad because it was very rainy today. :(

WWFN,

Rosie:)

ROBINS EGGS FACEOFF

Malted milk eggs are a favorite Easter candy here.But 2 manufacturer's make them.We were forced to check it out.These are the mini eggs.The one on the left is made by The New England Confectionery Co.(the makers of Necco wafers)
On the right the more local Hershey brand Whoppers.

These are the larger eggs.If you look closely you will see that the Whopper eggs have chocolate.Obviously Rosie votes for the Might malts since dogs can't have chocolate.

Looking sad because no one gave her ANY candy,Don't feel too sorry.She has had lots of real Easter eggs

Why the much too early blooming azaleas pictured here?Because they are Hershey Red azaleas.Get it?

A final picture of the very hot Rosie. It is really hot today and Rosie is not appreciating it!

WWFN,ROSIE

WWRLTE?

WWRTLE: What Would Rosie Like To Eat? is one of the most important questions you can ask yourself.  It should be asked at least twice a day- morning and evening for my breakfast and dinner.
  Here are some more suggestions for when to ask it:

When I'm injured.  Protein helps me heal, you know.

When it's cold out.

After working hard to earn my keep.

After a romp.

On holidays and special occasions.

After helping Wol with important stuff around the house.

After a long walk in the woods.

After and during exciting events like Pooh and Dr. Celery coming home....

And after traumatic events...

When something unusual happens in my territory.

When I'm sad.

When I'm lonely.

When the weather's bad.

When I'm tired...

I think you get the idea. :)

This has been a PSA paid for by the Society for the Prevention of Hunger in BMDs (SPHBMD). I'm Rosie Zidane ---, and I approve this message.