Saturday Night

Hello animals everywhere! This is Fierce Bad Rabbit - actually I'm not fierce at all, I'm rather a wuss and I let kids drag me around all day and play with me and give me rides and sleep with me and handle me and my name is Lovey! -But a rabbit can dream, sometimes.

I will be taking over Charlie's DogBlog for a short time as those of us who knew and loved (yes, I was one who loved having my fur tousled by a wet dog nose and snuggling up to a warm dog on the carpet) Charlie have missed being part of the animal blogging world and visiting all of our friends. While Charlie's family is getting ready for the big move to Oxford, I will revive the old dog blog and get it ready for the arrival of a new animal some time in the near future in England. Being an Australian Rabbit, I will be staying here - let's be honest: I don't exactly jump at the idea of a 24-hour plane trip.... carrots, now there's something I'll jump at! ...and grass and fruit and just for the sake of jumping, but not for plane rides, so I'll be staying here with a new loving family who will feed me and play with me.

In the meantime, don't forget to tell your friends if I don't get around quickly enough, that Charlie's DogBlog is on the air, and don't forget to stop by the First Ever All Animal Lyric Writing Bee, as I have kept it going uninterrupted.

Sunday Evening

Wednesday Evening

Many thanks and my deepest gratitude for all of the wonderful animals and humans who have stopped by to share their sympathy, prayers and support as I brave each new day without my dear companion. Truly, it is a time that must come to all of us who open our lives and hearts to those creatures who, though they teach us so much about love, loyalty and indeed, humanity, must leave us all too soon. I would like to especially thank KeyWest Collies, Alassandra and the Cats - and dog, Jan's Funny Farm, Sassy, Karl and the Cat Realm, Asta, Momo and Pinot, Ludo, Opy, Leslie, Pye and Tigger, and Opus in Italy - the list just goes on and on - for all of the posts and messages - thank you everyone who has stopped by and left us a little note, and to everyone who has shared the last two years with us in blogland. I do not know how I would be getting through if not for all of you.

I have spent the last few days reading and re-reading again all of the posts on our blog and others, reliving those wonderful memories of the adventures over and over again. I detest lugubriousness, and I know Charlie would not have tolerated my tears at all, being the dignified and somewhat aloof dog that she was, but it will be a long while before I can stop putting my hand out, expecting to feel that wet nose and stately head, rubbing the soft fur between pricked ears, eager to hear my voice.

Once again,

Thank you, my friends everywhere

Crossing the Lake

Charlie!  Charlie!

You are but a puppy.  I cannot play.  Let me be.

No, Charlie, I am ageless.  I am here to take you onward so that you are not alone in your journey.

I can't.  I'm too slow.  Are we on a frozen lake?  I can no longer hear the sounds of my happy family as I lie sleeping in my bed.  Where are we going?

You will see, Charlie, when we get across the lake.  Come, Charlie!

It's cold and the snow is getting packed in my paws.

Come, Charlie!  Come with me; I have something to show you!

It's getting warmer.  I can see the opposite shore.  I'm getting faster and there is a forest over there!  I can see him; it is the Keeper at the Gates of Dawn; how beautifully he plays his pipes!

Yes, Charlie!  You are young again and it is Spring.  We are in the Great Forest Beyond and all of your friends and kindred spirits await to greet you, see!

I had forgotten what it is like to run and jump!   How joyful and happy I feel!  The cool water tastes good and my tail is up high, wagging, and I can smell flowers, birds and many interesting creatures!

Charlie, you are home now, but there remains an important job to be done.

When I look back across the lake I can hardly see through the fog.  It is still frozen.  There is my beloved human; I can see her crying.  She is so sad and I have left her.  

Humans live much longer lives than we do, Charlie.  You must wait to show her the way when it is at long last her turn, so that she will not be alone.

My human has lost so many friends in her life, how can I leave her now, and how can humans keep on living with such grief?  I have left her all alone.

No, Charlie, she is never alone, for you will soon understand that even if you are not a creature of the Earth anymore, your presence is still there in the heart of your human.  She has a great heart, and you have left it bigger and more full because of your life.  She knows both love and pain, for humans must learn to reconcile the two.  Loss and grief are part of the human existence, Charlie, but these things will right themselves in time.  When you finally meet your human, alongside all of your friends who have gone ahead and those who will come after, you will both understand.  

I shall miss her.  I will never leave her alone.

No, Charlie, you shall always be with each other, but for now you will be young again, playing, jumping and being happy and healthy, and when your human comes to join you, she, too, will know youth again in its abounding eagerness, energetic anticipation and excitement, and more, she will know peace in her heart, and reap the rewards of eternal friendship and devotion, for the two of you have only just begun your journey.

Then I shall wait patiently, and when my human and I are together again, she shall hear the joyous barking and see the wave of tails in the air of all those to whom she has given her love and compassion - I will be there!  Do not worry: I will wait for you!

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Beloved Furrie Carlie Cewe "Charlie"

at peace

ANZAC Day, 2009

forever in my heart

The lesser creatures await Christ's return to redeem the sons of God so they, too, will be released from physical death to eternal life. 

Romans 8:19 (KJV) 

Thursday Evening

post by human -

My darling dog, I have never been without a dog in my life these long years I have lived it, and for the past fifteen and a half, not without you by my side. Over three continents, through life upheavals, career changes and a long road - I was never alone, for you have always been with me, human, fallible, imperfect as I am and you have never once ceased to love me with all of your canine soul, your deep eyes full of devotion and lifelong friendship. We have always been there for each other, never left each other behind, even when continents and oceans separated us, we were never apart for long.

It is heartbreaking for me to watch you growing old and feeble, and now these five days past I cannot get you to eat, though I've tried, have been dumping pills disovled in water down your snout, which you hate, have been plumping your bed as you grow skinnier, getting you out of corners in the middle of the night when you go wandering and get stuck, and talking to you when you pull away from me as if you've forgotten who I am. I will be strong for you, dearest dog, and watch over you. When you at last must go from me, please remember me to all of those who have left their pawprints so indelibly on the walls of my heart. I love you, dearest dog. I love you.

Ghosts of Christmas Past

In the dim hours of the rainy days I am haunted by the memories of Christmasses long past, friends long gone ... and what happy memories they are and what a wonderful time we had!

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Me and my brothers Higgins and Taffy, Christmas 1998


Those were such happy times!

Sunday Morning

Happy Easter!

Wishing you all a yummy scrummy Easter with lots of treats!  I tried to catch the Easter Bunny and intercept the chocolate, but this bunny didn't have any eggs at all and just wanted to nibble a carrot!  (I kind of think I overslept and got the wrong rabbit!)

Then I got online and my human not only helped me create a site specially just for us animals who write fabulous lyric for those human songs (don't forget to check it out and see the clever Lyrics provided by Essex and Deacon! - just click on the link here or on the picture to the right.) but she also showed me the message we got from our new friend, Caplin the Capybara!  He's so cute, and we fell in love with him last year when we found his vlog on YouTube.  Please evfurrybody stop by his lovely blog, say hello and welcome him into our animal blogosphere if you haven't been already!

And for all of those humans out there who have ever experienced Blogger trouble, here are some things we have found out:  Safari + Wireless Router + Blogger = no good!  The trouble with the three of these at once is latency - ha ha, no not my latency, but the occasional lag that a combination of two or more of these components does not like to deal with - then it all breaks down and you get a "failed to open page..." message.  So, yes, Asta and all you terriers 'n' 'Dales, the moral is, "better wire-haired than wire-less!"  However, even with wires, the problem still occurs, so we're going to try a new browser when my human can get all of her stuff organised enough to transfer it....

Tuesday Evening

I've had the engineers and IT support staff (dad) on it for some time, and we have it from the "horse's" mouth that this bloggering irritation is indeed a difficult nut to crack. We've imrpoved the problem somewhat by using wire thingies instead of that little box with the lights that sends stuff through the air - some kind of wireless router (don't tell Asta) - but this has not solved everything. The odd thing is that the impediments were occurring only on blogger pages and not on others, and that we were getting error messages from blogger, but I won't bore you all with the details.... The important thing is: We're Back! and working on the rest until we solve it!


To celebrate our reunion with the blogging world, I am starting the 

first ever all-animal lyric-writing bee! Here are the specs:

Using the song "From Both Sides Now" as a model, write your own lyrics for one or more verses that reflects your life and views as an animal, then post them on your blog, link back to Charlie's DogBlog, then stop by and leave me a comment that you've participated ...and we'll see how long the song gets! no time limit, and no tagging necessary, just spread the news by patter of paw, linking to this post. TELL YOUR FRIENDS TELL YOUR HUMANS TELL EVFURRYBODY!

I'll start:

Rabbits, tails and bouncing balls,
In my youth I've chased them all.
Furry whirlwinds in the sun,
In field and forest glade.

Now old toys are smelling stale,
My teeth won't grip them anymore.
Cozy bed calls from the floor,
Stiff joints and blurry sight.

I've looked at dreams from both sides now,
from then and now, and still somehow,
it's dreams' illusions I recall...
I really don't know which is real at all!

Wordy Wednesday Challenge

Here's our entry for Zoolatry's Wordy Wednesday Challenge (along with some appropriate and really gret music! - John Lennon couldn't have said it better if he could have spoken Dog!)




Sorry, my friends, but our computer situation has not improved - my human is about to cry.  After fiddling around with software ad nauseam, posting seems to be okay, but commenting just does not work, and the problem seems to be with BLOGGER.  We were so excited to see everyone's Wednesday posts and we visited all our friend's beautiful blogs today, but alas, we were only able to get ONE comment out only, so we could not even let everyone know we'd been by to see them!  (sniff!)  We spent forty minutes, had to re-enter passwords 8 times, reload pages 17 times to no avail, got numerous error messages from Blogger (bX9345....etc. & it won't let us go to the help message board without signing in over and over again), and we lost count of the "failed to open page...Blogger not responding).  I am so very sorry, but we've had it for the day - I'm going to go take a nap and try again tomorrow.  My human feels this is getting very discouraging, but we DO visit all of your wonderful blogs and wish to let you all know that we're still sniffing around.

Apologies

Sydney -or Blogger - for dogs:



My friends, I must extend to each and every one of you my deepest apologies, for I have not been able to blog because of my human's high level of frustration with Blogger. For the past few months whenever we try to post, view blogs, or even post comments on others' blogs, more than half the time we get the repeated message, after long waiting times: "Failed to open page - Blogger not responding." We have all the latest OS, software, processors and connections and have been unable to determine the cause. My human has become so frustrated with this that we are considering giving up altogether, which, we admit, would be a great disappointment to us, for we already miss the interaction in the lovely animal blogging community we have come to love in our lives. Thus far, however, we hesitate yet to make any such rash decision, and hope that the problem will right itself sooner rather than later.

On the bright side, we have found a really great dachsund blog that I know many of you will love, and would like to share it:
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