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Hey! It’s 2012!
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Merry Christmas!
All of us at the Let the dog in! household wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
We hope you all get what’s on your lists!
Cheers!
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving
from our furry paws to yours!
[Note: This is not my dog. She would never allow such ridiculousness.]
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As the Pumpkin Turns, Ep. 2
I know. It’s been hard to sleep, hasn’t it?
What with all the pumpkin decomposing going on.
When we last joined our garbage on the porch story, Vampire Kitty was looking a bit saggy, a bit un-Botoxed British actress-y. And Dog Pumpkin had its dark side growing from within.
Let’s see how they’re doing…
DAY SEVEN
What a difference a day makes, eh? Poor Vampire Kitty, she seems so deflated.
DAY EIGHT
I did not see that coming! Bat lost a wing! Although, in bat hindsight, totally predictable since he was sitting by the front door a metropolitan runway with his wings all vulnerable, hanging out there.
Meanwhile, Vampire Kitty has some nasty stuff happening internally. It almost looks like my shower drain hair growing in there. Zombie pumpkin hair?
DAY NINE
There’s really no magic serum to save Vampire Kitty in this story. (As an aside, those smiling pumpkins seem to be holding up. Perhaps it is all attitude? Or that they were carved most recently…)
DAY TEN
Bat got a little triage, see? But Vampire Kitty is turning rapidly into Pancake Kitty. And she’s leaky.
DAY ELEVEN
Okay, this is just plain gross.
Which is what the Hubs finally said.
Leaving us with this:
Aw. I miss their slimy, leaky, stinky pulpiness.
(Which is also what I said about the cancellation of As the World Turns.)
Well, you laughed, you cried you were grateful not to live with me or have to come over this past week.
Thus concludes our little gourdy drama…
Pumpkin bread, anyone?
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As the Pumpkin Turns, Episode 1
Here at Chez Let the Dog in! we have certain lazy people issues. Particularly around throwing things away. You may recall a certain pot on the deck that sat and sat and eventually got a shiny, new girlfriend in the spring!
Well, it’s November 5th, and guess what?! We have some gourd-ous decomposing activity happening on our front porch.
Hi, neighbors and hot UPS guy!
So, the pumpkin goo writing is on the wall. It’s time for an experiment, doncha think?
If I avert my eyes, how long do you think these puppies will remain melting on our porch?
I’ve already taken a few days’ worth of snaps. Here’s where we are:
DAY ONE — HALLOWEEN
Everyone looking pretty fresh.
DAY TWO FIVE
(Yes, I skipped a few days; once in a blue moon ocassionally I do have a life!)
What’s that? We have some action, people! Notice the black mold happening in the dog pumpkin. Mmmmmm.
DAY SIX
Uh-oh! Vampire Kitty’s looking a slumpy, isn’t she? So deflated and sad….
Who’s gonna come out looking good? Will Vampire Kitty flatten before Dog Pumpkin bites it? Betcha can’t wait to see! My money’s on the bat. What do you think? Also, what day will the Hubs finally notice and say GROSS!?!
Isn’t science fun, kids?!
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10 Years Ago Today…
A Star Was Born…
Happy Birthday, Becca…or Beccaboohoo for short!
Thanks for all the great beach walks, park runs counter-surfing adventures , bed-hogging and nostril/brain licks.
Here’s to ten more years, Boo Boo, of letting you in.
We love you.
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Port Townsend’s Kinetic Sculpture Race
Hey, y’all! You’ll never guess where I dragged the fam last weekend!
Oh, that’s right, I changed the title of this post…duh.
Yes! We went to the Port Townsend Kinetic Sculpture Race!
It was my first time. I was a kinetic sculpture race virgin.
And what is a kinetic sculpture race?
Just what is “kinetic,” you may wonder if you chose to grow up and not live in academia for decades like moi?
Dictionary.com says this:
ki·net·ic [ki-net-ik, kahy-]
1.pertaining to motion.
2.caused by motion.
3.characterized by movement: Running and dancing are kinetic activities.
So, this doesn’t actually say anything about “goofy” or “ridiculous” or “drunken” or “silly” or “goodoletime,” but it was. All that.
Contestants built their unique sculptures and raced on them through the streets of Port Townsend, as well as traveled on the water.
All kinds of themed sculptures competed.
Sure, many looked similar to not-so-disguised bikes with pontoons.
Fros N Peas ended up leading the water leg of the race we saw.
(“Fros,” get it? I only did just now.)
Some worked a little harder than others.
Some even carried dead weight passengers.
The pumpkin team had a smooth operation. We decided they must be engineers.
The race was a bit surreal, but in a fun way.
So, you could understand why some spectators were a tad perplexed by the outlandish behaviour…
Watching all the drunken racers, we had a good laugh while the Hubs mentally designed his sculpture for next year.
Check back with us next year…maybe we’ll be in race photos on someone else’s blog.
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