On the last official day of winter, I’d like to wish it a fond farewell. Sure it got off to a slow start in January, with me begging Mother Nature to deliver my order for snow. However, in the end, winter lived up to its promises of snow, fun, and cuddles by the fireside. As […]
Hello Mother Nature, it’s me, Asa. What’s troubling you? Here in my little corner of Maine you went from warm 65 degrees Fahrenheit temperatures on Thursday, to we’ll be lucky if we reach 25 degrees today. Also you really caught us off guard yesterday with that snow squall, and your howling winds on Friday night […]
These are the times that try dogs’ souls – Mud Season. Now don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Mud Season! Nothing compares to the scent of freshly made mud from melting snow, and rolling in it brings a sense of pleasure that is beyond description. However, Mom and Dad don’t share these sentiments, and Mud […]
Today our resident rockstar, Asa, is getting in touch with his more romantic side with this poem dedicated to a winter puppy’s first love, snow. Our sincere apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, for what Asa is about to do to her famous poem, “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” Snow, how […]
We interrupt today’s regularly scheduled post with a weather report from our rover reporter, Asa. The much anticipated snowstorm of 2021 has arrived! We’re taking a snow day to celebrate!!! Thank you Punxsutawney Phil for delivering our snow from Mother Nature!
Apparently Mom and Asa are having a bit of a disagreement over whether it is too cold to go out and play during the polar vortex. I have to admit I’m on Mom’s side. Even I’d rather snuggle by the pellet stove than play fetch in this subfreezing weather. At least on the bright side, […]
Mother Nature, I’m not one to tell someone how to do their job, but you’ve really been slacking off this winter. It’s January in Maine, and yet we can still see the grass here in southern Maine, and north of us isn’t fairing much better. Perhaps you’ve forgotten what winter in Maine should look like? […]
When it comes to winter clothing in Maine, LL Bean and his iconic boot usually first comes to mind. However, Leon Leonwood Bean isn’t the first Mainer to invent warm clothing for outdoor fun. There’s also Chester Greenwood, of Farmington, Maine, who in 1873 invented earmuffs! As the legend goes, Chester enjoyed ice skating, but […]
Dear Mother Nature, I am writing to you in regards to delivery issues with my recent orders for snow. On Saturday, January 2, 2021 I received your shipment of slush. As you can see in your records, I requested pure snow. Not that snow and rain slush you sent me, which I might add has […]
Gather round my friends, as I share this haunting poem about my Halloween plight that is truly a fright. For you see this isn’t the first Halloween I’ve dreaded what horror would be unleashed by dressing me in a costume. So while I continue to search to find where Asa hid the one he picked […]
