Road trip!!!

It has taken awhile but I believe Dave's 50th birthday celebration destination has been chosen and I must admit I am surprised. Of all places he has chosen a road trip to Graceland!!! Don't get me wrong...I think it sounds fab! I have never been to Graceland and have always wanted to. Just never would have thought Dave would have chosen that particular destination. 

We will be driving through Alabama and Mississippi on our way to Memphis! The entire travel team is not depicted in the photo but until we load up the car again this partial photo will have to do!

If anyone has info about cool places to check out on our route let me know!!!

Porch time

I always have to make my yearly statement that my porch is my favorite room of the house, so here it is! The porch buddy I have this year really takes me back a few years. Eloise certainly looks different from Oscar, but there is enough similarity there to make my look twice. luckily she finds the porch just as relaxing as the Spaniels and I do.

Summer markets are under way and being in Georgia it is really hot.  I can't take all of my flavors to the market due to the heat but our peanut butter flavors always make the trip. 

Blanche's Banana Bites

PB&H Bites

Gotta love love treats made for you beastie!!

And Eloise is all about trying them out.

Maybe she should invite some friends over for a porch party!

I think the world could use a little porch time right now.

Close-Up

Eloise Josephine is determined to get my attention!! I don't think she is going to be camera shy.

Kallie

One of the best things about baking and selling Oscar Bites would have to be meeting people and their pets. I finally got to meet Kallie this past weekend. Her mom and dad have been buying treats for Kallie for a couple of years now. I don't know this little family, they are people who bought my treats and really liked them...or Kallie did! It still blows me away that I am able to produce a product that people will buy.  Not that my treats are unappealling, but the fact that I bake them and actually sell them just completely makes my day, week and year! 

It is apparent by now that I do love animals. I wish I could have a huge place where I could rescue every pet that needs a home. Until that day comes, and I will just be positive and assume that it will, I will keep doing what I can for rescues and hoping for the best.

Besties

True friends get up at 5 am..drive an hour and a half...set up a tent...hang a banner...and sit there for 10 hours telling everyone how wonderfully tasty your dog treats are! I am so lucky to have them!!!!!

Food O Rama 2016 was a definite success. Can't wait for next year!!!!!!!!!!! 

Blanche

I haven't written in a while because I knew I should broach the subject of Blanche and for obvious reasons I have been avoiding it. Last month my adorable little beastie took a turn for the worse and died. We are not sure why, it happened rather quickly. I know she had started sounding snotty and congested and she was even going to her vet to get more meds for it the morning after she passed away..in our house..and I am sure it wasn't pleasant for her.

One minute she was there and the next minute throwing up and I am quite sure gone, even though we rushed her to the emergency vet clinic. I have loved and cared for bulldogs a long time. I certainly understand all of the complications they deal with. Some are hardier than others and some you just look at and wonder how they get through the day.

Blanche had a rough life and she was not medically taken care of. When she was rescued and came to our house all of that changed and she got all of the care she needed and deserved. We only got to know and love her for 3 years. She was eight years old when she died. Over half of her life was spent spitting out puppies in a mill. Don't get me started. 

But our little gremlin had the best personality and she was friendly and as active as she could be. Of course she was a calendar girl and  she won a selfie contest (500.00) for her rescue! She was so beautiful that we certainly put her in loads of our photos. She filled a void after we lost Oscar and I was hoping she would be around for many years to come. But life goes on and even though I send random texts to my husband everyday about how much I miss her I know that for her sake I will be foolish enough to reach out to another bulldog in need.  What if nobody had chosen to help her. Rescue has become something I am passionate about, not just bulldogs of course, but any animal.

I have to say that the spaniels...well Max..seem to miss her. Who knew that I would end up having them longer. I guess they are meant to be with me a little while longer. My only wish would be my little Blanche Marie would be here too. I will love her absolutely forever.

Yay for warm weather!

February in Santa Fe..who knew it could be so....warm! I was quite lucky to visit my adopted state in what has been considered one of their warmest winters in a bit!! No a snowflake in sight! Lots of walking around and enjoying the scenery. This trip I got to spend a little more time in Santa Fe thanks to a wonderful friend of Betsy's and Mark's (thanks Ray!) because it is usually really cold up on the top of their mountain and it is nice to be sure you have running water throughout the day.

We walked around town, ate my fave southwestern food, took a few pics and found a donut shop!

Whoo's Donuts In Santa Fe did not let me down. They had an excellent selection, some very well done classics as well as some exciting choices using such ingredients as lavender, pistachio, chili powder..to name a few. I generally have to get 2 or more and one of them has to be a chocolate donut. The above Dark Chocolate Crunch is to die for...they even use chocolate from their neighboring chocolate store. I highly recommend a trip to Whoo's, but get their fast this place does sell out.

It finally happened. A trip to Albuquerque for the Breaking Bad tour. So much fun. We cruised around for 3 hours in an RV, decorated on the inside to resemble the mobile meth lab. Not only did we see Breaking Bad locations, we got to see locations from other movies and tv shows that have been shot in and around the area. We got a breakfast burrito from Los Pollos Hermanos, got to pop in the Nail Salon used in Better Call Saul, cruised Jesse's house and ended up at the car wash.  the tour was run by a husband and wife team and they were very knowledgeable and most importantly fun! I even got 3 trivia questions right so I got to fly home with my little bags of blue rock candy!

Pretty good breakfast burrito at this place! Also know as Twisters, but you can see the sign inside.

Ended the tour at Walter White's house. Same owners for 40+ years! Welcomes the neighbors but the tour people are asked to stand in the street and snap a photo and not bother them..completely understandable!

Atticus and I like to take a stroll while Betsy works!

This is view from the back of the Rift Gallery, amazing!

Hello Las Vegas, New Mexico and the Plaza Hotel!

Headed to Santa Fe.

For this trip I flew into the Santa Fe airport and I have one word, so cute...maybe two words! I thought it was so neat to have such a small passenger lounge and one conveyor belt for your luggage. I watched a woman that worked there do about 3 different jobs in the span of about 45 minutes, she knew her stuff!

As always, plenty of stuff to do on my list for next year but until then..see ya New Mexico!!!!