Random Thoughts on a Random Day.

Hey everypup ~Scooter here~

*Yawn* oh, Hi.  Sorry about that pups - we've been out of interweb service because somepups Mom was "going to town" on the Wisteria out front.  So far into "town" she ended up whacking the interweb cable apart.  A couple times....apparently it was a very stubborn "vine" that cable was.

Anyhoo - I just have some random pictures to share and not much of a formed theme so just sit back in the lazy boy and enjoy.

This tasty morsel was from when Mom was in Phoenix.  Kahlua pork wontons, Eggroll, Asian salad.
Not a doggy bag was packed for our bellehs.
Also entirely home made.

Work offices look the same, especially when it is raining outside.
Except for the tall buildings, this could be Mom's office in Seattle.
Looking from Kowloon towards Hong Kong.

 Hey sexy lady, what are you doing in the hotel lobby?

Hey lady - what happened to your head, arms and legs?

Mom says she looked, but never did figure out what this lady was staring at.

Wheeeeeee!!!

After a very full day visiting 2 factories, Mom said she was too pooped to deal with eating in a fancy place.  So she had a fancy meal sent to her room.  Those fries....Amazing.  That burger...more like meatloaf, but still eaten.  That little square in the left corner - strawberry cheesecake....Yummy.

Bodka Dwip™ in the upper right corner.
That is real silver....no wonder she had to sign something saying
she would call the waiter when it was ready for pick up.

 Scaffolding as you have never seen before.  Made out of bamboo.  Even the green building to the right is still being built.  That's all bamboo with just a mesh covering surrounding it.  Safety rules are a little different.

A sentiment for anywhere public!

See that polka dotted flash in the lower right corner?
That's an old lady rushing to get in the middle of Mom's picture.

Not sure what this couple is looking at either.

Wash this plane window.  

Heading out to the tarmac.  

 Thanks Hong Kong.  We're headed back to home, it was another fun trip.

Sure you are on a plane Mom.

Sure, complain that the tray is practically on your belleh.
Sounds like it has faster access that way.  BOL.
Is that Bodka Dwip™ up there I see?

Don't worry, it just as fuzzy
on a bigger size.

Things not to pay attention to only 2 hours into the flight.

 You'd think we were so much closer to Vancouver, BC before the puddle jumper to Seattle.  We've obviously made some progress since we've turned a corner.

Bring on the Pacific Northwest air smell.

Arggghhhhhh.  Well at least we made up 1 minute.  At this rate.....
That might be a whole 1/2 hour early.

I think I can see the North Pole.

Time for some breakfast.

 OMD!  I feel a bit worn out after all that adventure.  I think I need to head back to the ScooterChair™ and take another nap.

Sniff Snore at ya later ~Scooter~

Hong Kong at Night.

Hey everypup ~Scooter here~

I hear it was a balmy-sticky-steamy-sniffunderarmpitsnottahtmomdidanyofthatatall-week long trip Mom was in Hong Kong for.  Me, I wasn't there so who cares.

This is a picture from the Star Terminal and Mom says she used to stay in the hotel right next door. This time she was around the corner and a block down the street.  Oh, and look to the left in Hong Kong when you cross the street, and expect no mercy as a pedestrian.

Here is a cruise ship next to the Star Terminal.

The Lurve Boat.

Mom has fond memories of a concert / beer fest the last time she was in Hong Kong.  Up there to the right of the cruise ship is a parking lot they sometimes turn into a party venue.  Since she was staying at the hotel she had access and free beers and the ability to go back to her own room to use the bathroom (except it was a very long walk and room service food before going back up for more free beer).

Here is a view looking to the left of the cruise ship and looking at Star Terminal.

Looking out toward Hong Kong from Kowloon.

Then there are these crazy guys during all the frenzy of the World Cup.  Who knew "Soccer" aka Football was so popular?  BOL.

Check out these guys.

This guy.

And this guy.

And that guy - and the little guy that wouldn't get out of the picture.

This guy too.

Then this guy.

Every where you look at night is neon and light shows.

See that spot - somewhere up there???  Perhaps to the left a bit - that's where Mom was
the day before - up at The Peak.

 And for laughs, we leave you with this fun sign.  Careful what you wish for.  BOL.

Mom says she'd "redraw" her personal loan to a zero balance.

So pups - want to go into southern China and see what Mom kind of does for a living?  Or do you want to see more boring pictures of buildings and flowers?  Flowers and buildings I couldn't even pretend to pee on if I wanted to.

Sniff at ya later.

~Scooter~

The Peak.

Hey everypup - Scooter here~

Want to go to The Peak with Mom while she was in Hong Kong last week?  It's way up on top of a hill above Hong Kong and you take a tram up the steep hill.  The seats are built so that even if you are leaning back at what would be a 45 or so degree angle you are sitting straight up as you go up the hill.

Entrance to The Peak Tram.

It had just stopped raining, but was still hot and humid.  

Leaning over people to take a shot while riding up the tram.  It was very "cozy" during the ride.  

I think this is a restaurant.

Are you scared?
Overlooking Kowloon.  Mom's hotel is somewhere behind the lion's neck.

Now are you scared?

How about now???

 Funny side note - Mom's been typing on her phone or Kindle and had to look at the laptop keyboard to figure out where ??? was located.  Jetlag.

Taken from The Peak looking down toward Kowloon.
Mom's office building is way over to the upper right - ish area.

A "very rich person" lives here according to our gang from the office.
I'd love to have coffee in the mornings there.

Well lookie here...Can she never get away from WORK?

Here's the tram to go back down the hill.

 After she came down from The Peak, it was off to see another store before going to dinner.  A walk through the park on the way wildlife was seen.

Hippo out of living plants.

Turtles are for good luck.

Baby turtles too.

Along the garden walk.

Once again WORK is around the corner.

After that Mom went to dinner with the WORK folks with some owners of some factories.

Let us know if you want to see more pictures and stories from the far East.

Sniff at ya later ~Scooter~

Un-Packering.

Hey everypup ~Scooter here~

Well Mom's birthday month comes to a close.  Mom's a Gemini and all Gemini's get an entire month for their birthdays.  She says it's written somewhere and so far every Gemini you will ever meet will agree.  Must be true...??...let's just give it to them and follow along.  So far she's been here egg-sacitally 15 of the 30 days in this month and for some reason she mentioned on the phone that not a dog snore was missed while tossing and turning in a bed she's not used to.  "Sleeping like a dog" is something we will have to "learn" her on before Monday morning so she can pay to refill our kibble bin.  BOL

Rain approaching....

Didn't get much better from the hotel to the office.  Rain and even more rain.  Mom's from Seattle and "rain" here is very different from "rain" in Hong Kong.  Umbrellas in Seattle are for tourists.  Umbrellas in HK - an accessory this time of the year.  Ask Mom, she got a sunburn on the last day just from walking around for 2 hours to kill time before he ride to the airport...

We'll fill you in more, but for now we seem to have "jet lag" and it's better to catch up now on zzzz's instead of the early morning meeting on Monday.  Glad Mom has to wake up early and I just get to do my Scooter day sleeping.  It's been tough making sure Mom's Mom has been up to speed on our SNACKS™ neediness.

Sniff at ya later ~Scooter~

May's Not Turning Out to be Smell the Roses Month. (Read it's sucked so far).

Hey everypup ~Scooter here~

Well so far the month of May hasn't been all about April Showers bringing May Flowers.  Oh, sure, we had record breaking April Showers and beautiful May Flowers, but right now nobody wants to sniff the roses.

Allow me to explain.

• The Parents came back from their 3 1/2 year road trip.  Under the guise they were getting the house ready to either sell or rent.  Then they'd take off for another 2 or 3 years.  Except.....Mom's mom was diagnosed with some cancer and will be in surgery tomorrow morning.  Wish us all luck.  It's non invasive and has some big fancy scary word Mom can't remember, but it's supposed to be a full healthy recovery.  Boo on cancer!
• We've seen a lot of Dogster pals just deleting their accounts entirely.  This makes us sad because we can't read old diary entries or look at old pictures.  We have to find a new way to cyber stalk our pup pals.  I'm looking at you Zaidie! 
• Mom's WORK has become a 4 letter word and the only letter left is still the last one and still in the last place.  Like MUCK only a different letter used again.  BOL
• Mom's car overheated on the drive home and is now in the shop.
• Our feisty pal Coco Rose took her Hummer and drove across the big Rainbow Bridge.  We love her and miss her.  
• Mom is supposed to be on vacation up by the Canadian border in Birch Bay on vacation.  Except for points #1, #2 and mostly #3.

It makes me not want to deal with life right now.  Can you just take a number and I'll call back when ready?

Sniff at ya later ~Scooter~

Hey everypup ~Scooter here~

Mom decided the weather was warm enough that we had to take a BATH.  Can you tell how thrilled I was?

Wait 30 minutes and I will fluff out to Mars.

I give it 4 seconds until I spot something to bark at up in the trees.

We thought we misplaced the garage kitteh today.  We hadn't seen her in 2 days, and you can't judge by the food being eaten.  Seems there are other garage kittehs that visit us and party it up while we are sleeping.  They play with the catnip balls, eat OUR dog food (kibble crumbs everywhere) and eat garage kitteh food.  Although to be honest we should call her laundry kitteh, because she actually does sleep in the house...now that she is older.

Then Lucy kitteh popped up dirty from underneath where I'm standing up on the deck.  At this side of the deck there is no crawl room to get out on that side, so she was out the other end of the deck.  Mom says she has a future project to shore up the other side so that no more critters can crawl under the deck.  She also says Lucy kitteh is in big trouble for worrying her for no reason.  I think Lucy kitteh did something rude, like turn around and shake her bootie for statement.

Sniff at ya later ~Scooter~