Wordless Wednesday

 

Beat This Caption

 

Otto was upset that his father left his brother Nipper a phonograph and all Nipper got was this stupid fan, 

Monday Question

Do you know when your humans are sad, mad, or otherwise attempt and do you try to help?

Ruby's Answer:  I know my parents are upset before they do. I try to comfort them by having them relax by scratching me. It works with Mommy but not with Daddy.

Moses is Love

 

“Moses is Love.” 

When I joined the site called Doggyspace in the late aughts I loved reading the stories of dogs living their quiet, mundane and always fascinating lives. I was hooked from day one, and made friends who, closing in on two decades later, are still souls who I am proud to call my besties.

The posts were all happy, which was great, but there is one certain thing about dogs: We aren’t very good at staying alive.

So what would happen to this group when the Bridge claims a member.

It didn’t take me long to see what would happen.

Moses was a huge black dog who belonged to Nancy Bateman. She was her “heart dog” more of a best friend than a pet. Then the Bridge came calling.

It was when I learned a lot of things, including the hardest part of a transition to the Bridge was being the survivor. Moses was at peace, running carefree in a healed body, while Nancy was left behind, with reminders surrounding her, and more reminders missing. 

That is when Nancy wrote, and I read, the “Moses is love” blog. Nancy did what all great writers need to do to express their emotions and start writing: She opened a vein and bled on the page, expressing her love and pain.

Shortly after Moses's passing I began writing blogs about dogs who went to the Bridge. I have written more than a hundred blogs about dogs passing from the mortal world and crossing the Bridge and my template for doing so was Nancy’s “Mosis is love” blog.

This week Nancy crossed the Bridge and transitioned to the immortal world to be reunited with Moses and leaving behind her broken hearted friends and family members who in this fractured world could agree on one thing:

Nancy is love.

Friday Friendly Fill Ins and Talk Like a Pirate Day

 

What happens when Fill In the Blank Day meets Talk Like a Pirate Day?

It is Ruby the Pirate Fills In the Blanks Day/

The first two statements are written by 15AndMeowing, and the final two are done  by  Four-Legged Furballs. Please check them out. 

Here are this week's statements with my fill ins CAPITALIZED 

NEVER LEAVE A WENCH ON AN ISLAND WITH A HORNY PARROT is the best advice I have received. 

BEING TOLD WATCHING "SCURVY AND THE NATIVE GIRL WITH THE CLAP" WAS A WASTE OF TIME is the worst advice I have had,

If I learned how to PLUNDER I would not HAVE LOST ALL MY MEN TO THE TIME BANDIT.  

i thought THE PIRATE LIFE WAS THE LIFE FOR ME but it turned out     I AM A LAND, BED, AND BLANKE LUBBER.

Poetry Thursday

 

My friend who is one spoiled cat gave me the picture below for the Thursday Poetry blog hop

When criminals hatch their nefarious plan

And wreck havoc despite police doing all they can

There is one hero that can be counted upon again and again

The great cardboard man

You can’t rip him agape

He is put together with two layers of extra strong tape

His edges give criminals a heck of a scrape

Heavy duty staples are attached to his cape

He uses his cardboard car to track down the rats

A much cooler ride than the one owned by his friend Bats

The only downfall is the slippery cardboard door mats

And then when he parks it and returns the car is filled with cats

His nemesis is scissor girl

Who ran a blade across him and caused his pants to unfurl

Scissor girl was a sharp witted churl

And made those who crossed her stomach churl

Cardboard man had a ward he hoped to adopt

But as a sidekick he flopped

His name was Bubble Wrap boy but his career stopped

Wben he got caught by Scissor Girl and was popped

Cardboard Man had a secret lair

Which if found he would be greatly impair

It was at a UHaul storage store behind the auto repair

He could blend in with the other boxed with nary a care

But Cardboard Man had a flaw which made the people fret

And would cause him to relent

Because in the rain the people were under threat

Cardboard Man’s kryptonite was he collapsed when wet

Wordless Wednesday