Dogbogganning

It snowed again last night! The grass was still sticking up through the snow this morning, but there was enough of that wonderful white goodness for some fun dogbogganning!

Two nights ago when we went for our walk, it was raining! I didn't mind because I knew the rain would make Laura happy. Plus, we had a big party weekend this past weekend. Laura cooked feast three days in a row so we had to do some extra hiking to burn off all of those calories!

I was a bit sad on the weekend because my friend Claire didn't come to any of our parties and Claire is my most favourite person (next to Laura) and I thought I might get to see her because usually she does come to our parties. When our friend Loretta visited us, however, she let me sit on her lap, so then I was happy.

More Rondeau Adventures

Last Thursday, Laura and I took my Dad to Rondeau to introduce him to all of our butterfly friends. He brought along his big camera, which can take better photographs than the little point-and-shoot Laura and I had along on our camping trip. All of the monarchs had left, however. We went right to the south point of the peninsula and only saw one monarch and one red admiral. Several white cabbages and clouded sulfers were still flitting about -- Laura even saw a bright orange clouded sulfer -- but no one would pose for a photograph.

We showed my Dad the Marsh Trail too. Still no butterflies, but Laura got some beautiful shots of the sunset.











We also took some photographs of Laura doing yoga



Laura designed a whole sequence of asanas as part of a big November project for which she is gearing up. I think she will be telling you more about that in her own blog next week.

Yep, that's correct. For all of you fans of Laura the Rainbow Dragon out there, Laura has promised to start using her very own blog and posting regularly, beginning October 1. Until then, you'll need to keep checking in with me to find out what she's been up to and the Polyphagous Dragon to find out what she's been eating.

Busy Weekend - Part 2

On Sunday, we went to Rondeau Provincial Park. Everyone was very quiet on the nature trail, but we didn't see any of the protornotary warblers who are said to nest there. I was sad about that, because my Dad and I both like to watch birds, but we did see a chipmunk and lots of pretty native flowers such as raspberry blossoms, columbine, and oxeye daisies -- just like Laura and I have in our garden.

After the nature trail, John and his family went to the beach. The park people are mean and don't allow doggies on the beach. This made me sad because I wanted everyone to be together, but my Dad couldn't go on the beach either because his wheelchair would get stuck in the sand, so we went for a walk elsewhere.

Laura tried to make me go in the water away from the people's beach, but I thought she was crazy. The water was COLD! Plus, I didn't think it was proper for a princess to be out in public looking like a drowned rat. (I love Laura very much, but she has some funny ideas sometimes. Like: everytime we have a major thunderstorm, Laura goes outside and DANCES IN THE RAIN!) Chacun a son goût, I suppose. Me, I prefer to lie in the sun!



Now everyone is back home (well, except for Laura and I who are still trying to sell our home and find a new one -- please let me know if you can help with that!). Laura is back to work on her computer, and I am resting up from my busy weekend adventures.



Until next time...

Busy Weekend

Hello friends!

It has been a busy weekend for Princess Kendal and friends.

Brother John and his family were visiting us, and I had to go out and about in the community to greet my many admirers.

On Saturday, we went to a park in Morpeth. There were lots of animals there, including this Triceratops:



Now, I thought Triceratops were coloured with all the colours of the rainbow so I was a bit confused by this strange creature that guarded the entrance to the park, but I soon found out that many of the animals in Morpeth have had all the colour bleached out of them.

There were white swans there



and white pea fowl



and even white racoons!



The star attraction of the park, however, was...



You guessed it! Me, me, me!
Everyone wanted to stroke my fur and be my friend -- and why not? I am beautiful, and I don't bite or spit (unlike some of the animals at the park), and I am a princess! Everyone likes to be in the presence of royalty.

It was a hot day, and hard work giving audience to so many of my admiring fans. I had to climb up this tall tower with Laura to look out over my lands



and Laura forgot to bring my water bottle so I had to drink from John's pop can



(on which I cut my tongue -- ouch!) but it is important when you are a princess to try to keep all of your people happy, so I walked about the whole grounds, greeting everyone who wished an audience with me, then I retired to a nice shady spot on the lawn with my Dad



for a rest, but still holding court.

After that, I retired to my castle for a good night's sleep. I needed to be fresh and well-rested for the next day's adventures, which proved to be another day of visiting the surrounding community and making new friends.

Laura Came Back!

Yesterday, Laura went away in the car.
And she didn't take me with her.

I am always sad when Laura goes away, but especially when she goes away in a car because Laura wouldn't drive anyplace unless it was really far. Laura says we should walk everywhere we can because burning fossil fuels in our cars is bad for the planet and it's bad for people too. Me, I like to go for car rides because I am a princess -- but Laura says that princesses have to try extra hard to set a good example for the common people.

I guess Laura must be correct because she is really smart. (Laura even recognized that I am a princess, even when no one else could see the truth!) So I try to be brave and strong and walk with Laura wherever I can. One day, we even walked to Shrewsbury (and back!)! But I digress...

Yesterday Laura went away in the car and didn't take me, so I knew she would be gone a long time.... but she came back late last night! She was really tired and dirty, so I washed the mud off her legs for her.

Laura had been to London to work in our garden. She says it has less green in it now.

That makes me sad.
It makes Laura sad too.
Our home is in an environmentally significant area so Laura has worked hard to maintain the property in accordance with ecologically friendly stewardship practices. Since we don't have a car, these efforts included allowing native plants such as wild red raspberries, violets, enchanter's nightshade and goldenrod to live in our driveway. Now we need to sell the house, however, and Laura says the house will probably sell to someone who owns a car, and those people get upset by the amount of wonderful life in our driveway -- so Laura had to take it all out.

Today our realtor is hosting an open house in our home. Hopefully someone really nice will see our house and our garden and love them as much as we do and buy the propterty. Then Laura and I can find a new place to live! (Right now, I have to stay with my Mum & Dad while we are trying to sell the house, which means that Laura and I cannot be together all the time, which makes me sad.)

Maybe you would like a nice home in London? It is a two bedroom bungalow in Wortley Village with a bright, spacious interior. Laura and I have hosted lots of wonderful feasts in this big room:



so the house has wonderful energy because of all of the good people who have been in it:



and it's in a good neighbourhood. I am sad that we have to leave it. (But maybe it could be a good home for you!)