Filed under: blogs, friends | Tags: blogging, blogs, christmas, friends, gifts
my virtual blogfriends xmas shopping list goes like this:
lavenderbay: a hemp journal. inside i will have written. “to a friend. one who makes me a better blogger.”
pennycat: a tin of caviar…naturally.
dennis: $1000 gift card to ace hardware to trick out the goferbroke.
metabolictornadopuppy: olympic size swimmingpoolpond and perpetual tennis ball launcher.
checkers: anything and everything he wants. he’s the corgi of my dreams!
elizabeth: a custom pair of shoes from prada. one of a kind and very high.
Stilllifeinbuenosaires: her dream puppy….who would happen to have a sense of rhythm.
Buzzybeegirl: a dream job in her new town and a private jet to come home to see me each month.
Daisy: thousands of crunchy dog biscuits
Drunkbunny: 1.5 terrabyte hard drive…to store more random crap
Eyegillian: Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM Super Telephoto Lens. May have to keep it if I don’t get her new mailing address.
The aged cat: smiling memories
Gina: $100 gift card to bahama breeze and one day with anyone from her past
Laura: $100 for drinks at favorite ithaca bar on 1-29….$100 for drinks at favorite aruba bar on 2-16.
Jon: running shoes…only to be worn at an appropriate feel better time.
Tam: a 5d. naturally.
Forky: a 5d. naturally.
s.le: gps that tracks tony and shocks him when he deletes a blog.
jamesviscosi: a $10k credit at lulu and a high def web cam system.
hilary: a camera!
lavenderbay: one last thing, just cuz: a trip to costa rica. someone has to help e.g. hold up her new lens!
Filed under: animals, dogs, friends, life, pets | Tags: 50000, animals, blogging, blogs, dogs, friends, life, pets, thanks
hi everyone! welcome back to cody bear’s friends. today…we celebrate passing 50,000 visits to our humble blog!!!!
i’ve loved blogging about cody bear and all his fun stuff, as well as bees, nature and random thoughts. it has also been helpful sharing my thoughts on his gastroparesis.
i thank you all for stopping by to check in on cody bear and pickles, and for leaving such thoughtful, helpful and fun comments! it means so much to me to get to communicate to other animal lovers and to share with you all how special my cody bear, pickles and spree are.
we’re definitely looking forward to future blogging.
and now that pickles is growing up and they’re becoming better friends, maybe cody bear and picky will have some crazier adventures to share.
so anyway….i’m really glad you guys check in from time to time! and i’ve loved reading your blogs also.
and while i’m being all mushy….HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND WARMEST WISHES FOR A JOYOUS 2009!!!
sincerely,
goodbear
Filed under: life, photography | Tags: blogging, bummer, camera, canon, life, photography
in memory of my dear powershot.
it has been with me every day for 2 years. it has snapped thousands of pictures of things i thought were cute or important or interesting. it is what got me starting this crazy little blog of mine.
it was reliable and fun. and i miss it dreadfully. once the mechanism that produced glorious, colorful and focused shots, it’s last days were blurry, full of moaning lens retraction noises and “i’m dieing…” beeps.
good bye dear camera. you had a good run.
the camera a550 powershot is survived by me, goodbear, two dogs, one cat, a succulent garden and a canon 20d.
Filed under: animals, birds, wordless wednesday | Tags: animals, birds, blogging, flamingo, pictures, silly, wordless wednesday, ww
Filed under: Blogroll, blogs | Tags: bloggers, blogging, blogs, friends, stats
we had a behind the scenes look at jon’s blog the other day. i thought i would pop my stats on here, as well.
total visits 27696
most visits in a day 305
visits today 77
posts 574
comments 2811
my top posts were (not including pages, which had the highest visits):
mad lib#2 – sample wedding thank you (bummer for people that found the site actually looking for help on how to write a thank you letter)
headgames furry ones play (i have no idea why)
and now….the search terms.
cody bear
furry games
chow mix
dbs kombi
tree rings (again, these folks must be disappointed)
and my top three referring bloggers, i’m happy to say, are:
thanks friends!
Filed under: friends, life, pets, work | Tags: blogging, blogs, friends, lists, memes, trees
one of my blog pals, lavenderbay, gave me an tree of happiness award….which scared me at first. happiness!? eeeeek! just kidding…i’m all for good cheer!
here’s the scoop:
list six things that make me happy; second, to name six blogrollers as recipients of this award; and third, link to the giver and the givees.
the six things that make me happy:
1. everything about my dog
2. waking up every morning to my purring cat at my feet
3. chatting with my sister on our mobile phones
4. bloggity blog blog. reading my favorite blogs and blogging about what not.
5. going for walks around trees and grass
6. seeing weird or rare or extra cute wildlife, especially bees!
now…the victims of my tree of happiness (or whatever) arrre…dun dun dunnnnnnn
1. jon!
2. the most drunkinest bunny!
3. tony at tazblog!
4. fluffy puppies at wooftails! especially since i need to see new eddie pics!
5. gracey!
6. and gillian, who somehow lucked out with lavender, but didn’t dodge my list bullet!
oh, and here’s the graphic:
i…i have no idea what it says, but i’m sure it’s a curse from my evil coworker. and instead of wishing me well….it is casting a spell that i will choke on a bonzai tree. that’s how we roll in our techy-hood.
honorable mention for things that make me happy:
the power shot commercial with dolce and maria sharapova
coca cola
raspberries
going many blocks without one red light
sleeping late
Filed under: blogs, cats, dogs, friends, writing | Tags: blogging, blogs, friends, poems, poetry, writing
thanks to everyone for joining in with the first joint poetry effort. here’s what we got:
(i’m calling it “a day in the comfortable life”
expectations high, i profer a line
stretching strong in the sun, restday overalls dripping
water, ocean, sea, and the gray sky
over dog toys i couldn’t help tripping
With a basket of laundry tucked under one arm
the strong smell of fresh tuna in the breeze
I gathered my thoughts and stumbled toward the clothesline
I figure it couldn’t do any harm
to hang the well worn quilt in the bright sunshine
to enjoy a nice, thundering sneeze.
japanese beetles, shining teal and blue
gypsy moth catapillars and their fuzzy white hue
a blue butterfly flitted gently by my face
In the distance the faint sound of a can opener
some days life is gentle, some days it’s a race
as the lid slides softly from the tin of Miss Mew
I wash my fur with paws of grace
And quickly giggle and skitter for my stew
content with my feast, I find my patch of sun
the quilt dry and warm, lays folded in the chair
Filed under: Blogroll, blogs, dogs, friends, life, writing | Tags: blogging, blogs, dogs, friends, poems, poetry, writing
oooh, our first blog poetry slam. that’s right. motivated by lavenderbay’s poems from the past, i’ve decided that we, the bloggers, are going to cowrite a poem….starting now!
it’s simple. i start with a line, another blogger follows with another line, and so on and so on. you can submit as many lines as you want, but they cannot be continuous! no one can have two lines in a row! no rules other than that: any meter, alliterate if you wish, rhyme at will or not at all! oh, and send friends over to add a line!
the poem ends itself…
i have high hopes for you all!
let’s begin:
expectations high, i profer a line
Filed under: blogs, friends, life, travel | Tags: blogging, blogs, humor, life, random, scotland, scottish, silly, translator
uh go…goodbear was hitting the scottie translator again!:
Awrite. welcome tae mah blog. if yoo’re new haur, lit me summarize: mah blog includes, but isnae limited tae, dogs, random activities, silly things, scran, bevvy, volunteerin’, photography, wildlife an’ irritatin’ coworkers.
http://dialects.co.uk/scottish-translator.asp
scran=food
bevvy=drink
Filed under: animals, blogs, cats, gardening, pets, sisters | Tags: animals, blogging, cats, family, herpetology, moths, pets, sisters, snakes
i really want my sister to have a blog, but she says she’s too busy. and i bet part of her thinks she doesn’t have much to blog about.
so, i’m blogging on her behalf tonight:
she was outside…gardening….barefoot. and look waht she found in her flower bed!
a milk snake!
and look what she found at work:
an cecropia silk moth!
and of course, her kitty penny…
they want to make sure that the new rug and the new paint complement their beautiful kitty!
….naturally!
