What I'm Thankful For

I had a nice Thanksgiving.  Did you?  This week all my furry (and some not so furry) friends came around.  Some we haven't seen in a long time.

First we saw a javelina right outside Mr. & Mrs. Gerry & Grants front yard.  (They're the ones who bought treats just for me.  Not the ones who bake treats just for me.  That's Mr. & Mrs. Shannon and Joe.)  Gerry & Grant live next to my favorite green spot where I play with Boss and Roxie.  I know - it's hard to keep all my friends straight!

Anyway, here's the javelina staring right into Mom's camera.

I circled the javelina so you tell which is the javelina and which is the cactus.  I think it's skin is a lot like a cactus so you might get confused.

Then Mom and Dad went to play golf and they came back and told me about the coyote they saw on the golf course.  First he picked up Dad's ball and spit it out 'cuz he thought it was food but it didn't taste good.  Then he tried to capture a bird that was eating grass seed but the birds all flew away.  He must have been really hungry.  Then he planted himself right in front of a sand trap on the green and watched the golf balls sail over his head.  When Mom and Dad and the people they were playing with came up to the green to putt, Coyote got up and stole a pink ball and went into the desert.  That must have been fun to watch.

That same evening, after Mom and Dad got back I saw something move outside.  Sometimes Mom leaves the shades open just a little in the living room and I can see stuff that goes on outside.  I didn't know what this was, but I gave a big bark to let them know there was something out there.  Mom laughed and said, Guinness, don't worry we have it all under control."  But I didn't think she did, so I went up to Dad and whined to him so he said we could go take a look.  Well as soon as he opened the door, there was Bob Katt, waiting for me on our front walk.  I tried to go out to say hello, but Dad told me No! so I didn't.  But I know Bob Katt saw me and it made me feel good to see him again after a long time.

Then...Mom and Dad went to play golf the next day, which was Thanksgiving.  They told me that on the 17th fairway, there was a whole family of javelinas wandering off the fairway into the desert.  And at the end, there were two of them who must have decided that they were being left out and went hustling right across the grass to get with their family.  They were probably in for the holidays and were afraid they would get lost.  Mom said it was really funny to see those big old bodies hoofing it over the fairway.

So I've been sitting at home watching to see if any of my other friends come around.  

This morning two big owls swooped by us.  I guess everybody is here for Thanksgiving.  And that's what I'm thankful for this year!

Hope you have a lot of friends visit you over the holidays!

Love, G