Planet M Files » Pet Parade http://planetmfiles.com Welcome to Our Planet! It's filled with kids, dogs, and crocheted guinea pigs! (A real guinea pig, too!) Wed, 09 May 2012 16:11:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Pet Parade – July 2010! http://planetmfiles.com/2010/07/30/pet-parade-july-2010/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pet-parade-july-2010 http://planetmfiles.com/2010/07/30/pet-parade-july-2010/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:02:42 +0000 Gayle http://planetmfiles.com/?p=7744 I’m so excited that another Pet Parade day is here!  This coming together of bloggers and photographers is so special – all to celebrate the love of our pets and the other amazing creatures that share the Earth with us!  Stop over at ELK’s place, red or gray, and leave your link!

Here are our two pups.  I love these dogs!

You can click on any photo to see it larger.

First, Polly, our Beagle.  She will be eleven years old on August 15th!

And second, Timmy, our Parson Russell Terrier.  He is four and a half years old.

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Reprinted from April 28, 2009:

Welcome to the Pet Parade hosted by ELK of red or gray depends on the day and myself!

Here are my pooches. They make my world a happier place!

Timmy
Timmy
Polly
Polly

It’s time to get marching!  The more, the merrier!  Enjoy the Pet Parade! Oh, did I see a vendor walk by with cotton candy?!

Pet Parade Participants

1. Toni | Daily Vignette
2. Puna @ Life Signatures
3. E L K
4. Se’Lah
5. Alpaca Farmgirl
6. autumnsun
7. Jennifer
8. betsy
9. margieandkath
10. Angela @ PeonyPatch
11. Pixels-n-Pen- life in the freelance lane!
12. DesignTies
13. Angel Tree Farm Alpacas
14. Meryl : My Bit of Earth		 15. traceyclark
16. Caplin Rous, the pet capybara
17. Mama of Letters
18. Mama of Letters
19. Leigh Thomas
20. Leigh Thomas
21. Leroy of A.G. Out Loud
22. Zoey of A.G. Out Loud
23. Stella of A.G. Out Loud
24. Kath
25. Hilary
26. Diane Schuller
27. Maya (Beach Lovin’ Dogs)
28. Vchelle		 29. Sunnymama
30. Chookooloonks
31. elizabeth @ retinal perspectives
32. Jewels
33. maya | springtree road
34. Country Girl Kate
35. Lori Forester
36. Kim Andersen
37. Teri
38. Shalet
39. Monkey’s Momma
40. Donna
41. Joy (Siamese Baby)
42. Donna

]]> http://planetmfiles.com/2010/07/23/wildlife-week-day-5-pet-parade-memories/feed/ 6 Wildlife Week, Day 4: More Frogs! http://planetmfiles.com/2010/07/22/wildlife-week-day-4-more-frogs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wildlife-week-day-4-more-frogs http://planetmfiles.com/2010/07/22/wildlife-week-day-4-more-frogs/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:19:46 +0000 Gayle http://planetmfiles.com/?p=7700 I’m being nurse/mom today for my son.  His surgery went well yesterday.  He’s in a fair amount of pain today, even with the pain meds., so it’s a day spent on the couch with ice packs on his face.  Hopefully by tomorrow the pain will have eased up.

The Pet Parade is coming to ELK’s blog, red or gray on Friday, July 30th, 2010!  Click on Sam’s photo for the details!

Today Wildlife Week continues with more frogs!  I hope it’s not cheating to have frogs again, but I think they are so darned cute!

Look how tiny they are!  This little one is smaller than my 12 year old son’s knuckle!

Oh, hello, where you just a little tadpole yesterday, too?

Frogs in the wild!

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Who’s this relaxing?  One of the marchers from the Parade?

Ahh, yes.  It is!

Timmy July 2009

I hope you’re pets are relaxing, too!

Our vacation, what to say about it, my poison ivy ruined it.  I am so upset about it.  We drove to Hershey, PA on Monday.  It was about a 5 hour drive.  We played some mini-golf, had some dinner and that was about it.  During the night itching woke me up several times.  I got up in the morning (Tuesday) to brand new rashes, covering the front of my thighs, around my knees and on any spots of my calves that hadn’t already been covered previously.  I took my Zyrtec, my Benedryl and slathered on the steriod cream.  We went to Hershey Park.  Not fun walking around in the heat with long pants on, with itching, painful rashes and feeling the effects of the Benedryl to top it off.  We didn’t stay long.  I just couldn’t take it.  My two oldest kids didn’t care.  They weren’t into it at all.  I just feel so bad for my youngest son.  He was so looking forward to the rides.  We went on a few before we left the park.  We went back to the hotel and played another round of mini-golf.  My boy is so sweet, he said, “At least we had fun playing mini-golf.”   That night I noticed that my entire stomach was covered with spots.  We drove home the next day, Wednesday.  The new rashes are better.  So far the spots on my stomach haven’t developed into a rash.  I’ve got new spots on my left forearm.  We’ll see what they do.  Sigh.  Tomorrow will be better, right?

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Here’s Timmy.  He’s my little shadow.  His favorite thing to do is play frisbee after dinner!

Timmy

Timmy

This is Polly.  She loves food, and a good petting!

Polly

Polly

Remember, I’m on vacation, so I may not get to visit your link until the weekend.  If I don’t see you today, I’ll see you when I get back!

It’s time to get marching!  Please join the parade!  The more, the merrier!  Leave a link to your blog post or photo in Mr. Linky.  If you don’t have a blog, tell us about your furry, scaly, feathery friends in the comment section.  You can also leave a link in the comment section if Mr. Linky isn’t your thing!  If Mr. Linky isn’t working when you stop by, come back a little later or leave your link in the comments.  Please remember to:

  • Leave a link to the specific blog post, not to your general blog address, to make it easier for people to find your pet post.
  • Make sure your link works and that it goes to your specific pet post.
  • Put a link back to here in your post so that your readers can come and enjoy the rest of the parade!
  • Visit the other parade participants and please leave comments on their posts!  We all love comments!
  • Enjoy the Pet Parade! I hear the bands starting up!

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I’ll go and tell them they’re early.  Hey, ground hog, deer, come back tomorrow, July 29th!  It’s going to be amazing!

Where's the Pet Parade? Someone told me it was here.

Where's the Pet Parade? Someone told me it was here.

The Pet Parade is tomorrow. I'm just here eating the flowers.

The Pet Parade is tomorrow. I'm just here eating the flowers.

So, I’m on vacation!  I wrote this last week.  I love this technology stuff.  Well, I love it as long as this posts on the day I scheduled it for!  I sure hope we’re having fun on vacation!

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I think he’s resting up.  He knows the Pet Parade Summer Edition is coming on Wednesday, July 29th!  It’s going to be a busy day for him!

I hope you get some rest time this weekend, too!

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My poison ivy came back with a vengeance, before I even finished taking the prednisone.  This time it popped out all over my legs.  My doctor sent me to a dermatologist.  He was going to put me on more prednisone, but when I complained about the side effects, he put me on Zyrtec, Benedryl, Domeboro compresses and a steroid cream.  I started these remedies yesterday afternoon and so far the rash is still spreading to the clear patches on my legs.  Please don’t let me be blogging about this poison ivy in August!  I’m so sick of it!  I just keep reminding myself there are a lot of worse things.

My husband got my eleven year old son a used dirt bike.  Yikes.

Dirt Bike 7-22-09 006 (Medium)

I’ve been exercising!  Yes! I’ve been using our elliptical machine and my 5 lb weights.  I have stuck with it for about 3 weeks now! Wish me luck and  perseverance!

Coffee Table 7-09 006 (Medium)

I have wanted to set up an etsy shop for a long time and I am finally doing it!  I get many requests for my guinea pig pattern and I had never written it down.  I made all of those guinea pigs a long time ago.  So, I finally sat myself down and worked up and tested a pattern for the large guinea pig and created one for a baby guinea pig, too!  I wanted to open the shop this week, but I’ll need to wait until August because of the reason listed in the next paragraph.  So for now it is an empty, partially set up shop.

My husband finally decided that we can go on vacation, and that we need to go next week while he has a lull in his work.  You might remember that his work was nearly non-existent from mid-January.  Well, when July got here he suddenly became loaded with work.  Yippee!  But the, “We need to go on vacation on Monday” part, not so yippee.  I am a planner.  I don’t like things sprung on me.    Why must my husband annoy me?  heehee!

The Pet Parade is Wednesday, July 29th!  Woo Hoo!  I’m going to set up the Pet Parade post with Mr. Linky in it before we go on vacation and set it to publish early Wednesday morning.  If I don’t get to visit your link right away please forgive me.  I’ll be embroiled in family fun!

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Originally Published on April 28, 2009

Welcome to the Pet Parade hosted by ELK of red or gray depends on the day and myself!

The Pet Parade will keep marching through Friday, May 1st!  Please come back to see the new marchers that join in!

Here are my pooches. They make my world a happier place!

Timmy
Timmy
Polly
Polly

Pet Parade Participants

1. Toni | Daily Vignette
2. Puna @ Life Signatures
3. E L K
4. Se’Lah
5. Alpaca Farmgirl
6. autumnsun
7. Jennifer
8. betsy
9. margieandkath
10. Angela @ PeonyPatch
11. Pixels-n-Pen- life in the freelance lane!
12. DesignTies
13. Angel Tree Farm Alpacas
14. Meryl : My Bit of Earth		 15. traceyclark
16. Caplin Rous, the pet capybara
17. Mama of Letters
18. Mama of Letters
19. Leigh Thomas
20. Leigh Thomas
21. Leroy of A.G. Out Loud
22. Zoey of A.G. Out Loud
23. Stella of A.G. Out Loud
24. Kath
25. Hilary
26. Diane Schuller
27. Maya (Beach Lovin’ Dogs)
28. Vchelle		 29. Sunnymama
30. Chookooloonks
31. elizabeth @ retinal perspectives
32. Jewels
33. maya | springtree road
34. Country Girl Kate
35. Lori Forester
36. Kim Andersen
37. Teri
38. Shalet
39. Monkey’s Momma
40. Donna
41. Joy (Siamese Baby)
42. Donna

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My oregano plant is flowering

Oregano flower

It is also a nursery!  Can you see?  You can click to see larger.

Spider Nursery on Oregano Plant

Tiny spiders!  Now I am not really a fan of spiders, but I think the mom made an excellent choice of spots for them to hatch in!  It’s green and aromatic and is topped off with beautiful purple flowers!  I wonder how many are inside the web cocoon.  Or, maybe I don’t want to think about that!

Happy Friday and don’t forget, The Pet Parade summer edition is coming on July 29th!  Please join ELK, and Sam of course, of red or gray depends on the day, and me, and Timmy and Polly, too!    Get those pets ready for marching!

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