Cat-ching up with the Kit and Kaboodle!

I have been a bad, bad blogger. Life caught up with me, I slowed down with my posting and I got writer's block. 

Or was it stage fright?

Good old fashioned procrastination?

Regardless... 

Or irregardless!!! I stopped writing and posting. And this must stop. Or start. Or.....

Gah! Just get something down on paper.

Here we go!

We are a three pup house. 

Jamboree, Mama Jalapeño and Joseppe

Last I wrote we were down to five puppies. That weekend a lovely young couple from Oahu flew in to meet Lite Green Jelly Bean. Sunday they flew home with her and our lil Lite Green became Jolene Jelly Bean. 

I'm ready to check out the pup-ulated island!

Forty winks to get me ready for my trip.

Necessary beauty sleep!

And getting some last minute chewing in.

I'll miss the Big Island.

And we will miss you, Jolene Jelly Bean!

Jolene inherited my Indian eyes!

One last cuddle...

Los ojos - profundos y misteriosos...

Lil Ms. Blue and Captain Black also headed home that weekend.

Getting some last minutes of puppy love.

Lil Ms. Blue will miss splashing in her water bowl!

I'm still clean. It's only water!

And just hanging on the lanai with her peeps.

The lanai will not be the same without me.

The pups hung out together that morning for the last time.

Who is leaving? When? Why?

Black and Blue together never looked so good....

Double the cute.

They were a little concerned they would miss the other puppies.  I did tell them about this blog.

But I don't know how to read!

Your daddy will show you pictures Lil Ms. Blue.

Oh, OK. I feel a tad bit better!

I will still miss everyone though.

Lil Ms. Blue feelin a lit blue....

Last afternoon nap together.

It's time to go!

Wait. What? Now? So soon?

We don't have to like it but we know we will!

Good bye kisses!

And then we were three.

There's a lot more room around here.

Plus our two kittens.

We approve of this change. Nine was too many!

Jamboree is still a sweetie.

That's what she says, anyways!

While Joseppe stays busy getting dirty crawling under the jeep.

The bottom of the jeep is cleaner!

And life in La Casita Verde continues.

We're pretty used to each other....

There's a lot more room to chase tail...

Got it!

And to just hang out.

Or pointedly ignore....

And everyone is happy.

Sissy-PUSS-Puss enjoys the afternoon sun.

And relaxed.

Turtle being Turtle.

The puppies know how to sit and follow, sit and follow.

Puppy math: sitting = treats!

The kittens discovered the toilet paper.

They always do!

Two puppies came back and left again. More on that next time! Plus birthing videos. Kittens escaping whelping box videos. Pups going to the vet and getting baths photos and videos and lots of other cute fun stuff!

Pups in the Wind and Other Hawaiian Oddities.

It is windy on the Big Island.

Really windy, at times. And we are on Kohala Mountain, so sometimes the makani can take over our lives as we batten down the hatches, the puppies and the kittens.

Bad hair day for both of us!

The makani affects all of your senses, not just your hair. You can hear its live presence in this video of puppies running:

When the wind finally dies down, we all venture back on the lanai.

Loves me some coconut!

The puppies discovered my plants and a couple of them picked my peppers. Here Lani discovers she has taste buds. Her taste buds discover the pepper she picked is spicy!

Hmmmm.....I'm not too sure what to make of this.

 Here is a video where you can see the entire experience:

Lil Blue didn't like the pepper either. She prefers to soak her tootsies in the 

water bowl.

That hot lava rock is rough on my puppy pads...

Where'd the water go?

The puppies do enjoy that water bowl. Here we see them belly up to it for a long drink.

Jammy is sweet the way she lets her sibling in for a sip.

Here the puppies hang on the lanai together, hoping it is close to dinner time!

I can just taste that kibble!

They spend some time exploring the fields. How many puppies do you see?

Keep lookin! There's more than you think!

 And then, of course, there is the necessary resting!

These puppy toes are for you, lil sis!

And chewing....

I feel like a farmer with this grass between my teeth!

And cuddling....

Lil' babies are getting as big as me!

And playing collectively with their first chew stick. Thank you Auntie Aimee!





I promised oddities and in case I didn't deliver, here is the oddest of the oddities of the week.

Hawaiian drive through pizza, now with a dine in option!

And Then There Were Five!

Get onto the bus

That's gonna take you back to Beelzebub

Get onto the bus....

I was listening to Soul Coughing's Bus to Beelzebub the other day when I glanced into my whelping box.

This is what I saw:

Sissy-PUSS-Puss is ready to stop going rub-a-dub

It was appropriate because the exodus has commenced. 

Once we were nine.

These were the good ole days!

And then our little Nala went home to Penny and Reed. Her name means gift, and a lovely anniversary gift she was for Reed. 

Nala tinkled on me on the way there! It was her way of letting me know she would miss me....

Contemplating life after Nala...there will be less tinkle!

I will miss her too!

And then we were eight.

Where'd that Nala go?

Lani, formerly known as Dark Green, went home to Mama Liana on Friday. Lani's full name is Heali'i O'Na Lani 'O Mauna Kohai, which means Heavenly Royal Princess of Kohala Mountain in Hawaiian.

Final snack before heading up the mountain to her royal home

And then we were seven. 

Puppy pinwheel of seven. It doesn't feel as crowded as usual.

As my Pilates teacher and good friend Karen would say, Seven is Heaven!

Although she usually says that when I'm working my hamstrings. And I don't always agree with her. 

In this case, seven was an easier number of puppies to track. For one day.

Saturday rolled around and Cheryl and Bob rolled up from Hilo. They took Professor Plum Loco, now known as Jake, and Mr. Teal, now known as Woody, back home with them. 

In case you didn't figure it out, they are named after the Blues Brothers! We have a wee bit of a musical theme going here.

Plum Loco plays good bye with Lite Green Jelly Bean.

And gives me a final cuddle. I'm gonna miss that ridge on your nose, Plum!

Plum has been a favorite from the start.

And Mr. Teal will be missed too!

Mr. Teal, then Ryan Gosling and now, Woody!!!

Here the boys snooze on their way home to the east side of the island. Their daddy is a pilot, so these lucky little guys are gonna get to fly!

It's our first long commute!

And then we were five.

Where's everyone going?

Next week our friend Richard will pick up Lil Ms. Blue and Captain Black. We still have Lite Green Jelly Bean to sell. Jamboree and Seppe will be staying with us. 

So if you want a lovely lil girl puppy, lemme know! I'm here to tell you, you can buy love!