Jazz and Me Together and some words about those DARNED CATS!!!!

Jazz spent the afternoon and part of the evening with me. We got along fine. We even shared Shenanny. She took us outside a couple of times, and there were cats everywhere. White cats in the garden and down at the pole shed. She even let us chase them a little, but I had to be careful as I still have my stitches. One more week and they will come out.

I don't understand why those cats can just roam around everywhere they please. They even get on Jazz's deck at night and tease her while she is in the house. Then her barking gets on Barry and Robin's nerves. I think that cats should have responsible folks to take care of them and that they should have to get a license, too. Maybe, Shenanny will work on that now that she is an active member of the Humane Society of Shenandoah County. I'm sure glad that she is getting out and connecting with more caring folks who want to do something for us pets. Shenanny likes cats, too, but is so tired of those half wild ones running around our place all the time. They get in the garbage and do all kinds of dirty tricks in the garden and most everywhere. I tried to get in the garbage, and I really got scolded. I wish someone would scould those darn cats!!!! Shenanny is afraid that they will scratch my eyes out.

Catch ya later.
Love, Ellie

Billy Bob is a great guy. I haven't talked much about him. He is the one who found me down on Country Brook Road when my old mommy was having a yard sale, and is so proud of me. When he was young his family had a Boston Terrier named Ginger. BB's mom, Grandma Betty, thinks I look just like Ginger. She likes for me to visit her in the rest home.

Here BB is teaching me to drive the little pedal tractor that he restored. He is just a big kid at heart and has lots of old toys that he has made look new again. I wonder how many he will let me play with. I like checking out the toy box at our new house, too.

I can't wait to show y'all more pics of me at my new home.
Later, Ellie

Now Shenanny thinks that I am a STAR. She just visited that musical Boston site, and thinks that I am the doggie on the right!!!! Maybe, she is right!!!

http://www.wagtime.net/dance.htm

So now she has me dancing all the time. Well, I will do anything for cheese. LOL Whew!!! She wears me out!!!!

She says she is a STAR, too. She even has a website about that for her classmates from Strasburg High School. Check them out here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SHS_class1963/

They had their 40 year class reunion two years ago and there are more pictures of all of them at her Webshots site.
http://community.webshots.com/album/93935528ZyhPIy

Her Confederate ghostly friend, Belle Boyd, is pictured there, too. You have to watch out for Belle as she pops up when you least expect her. Shenanny loves VA History and enjoys reading about the War Between the States and her ancestors here in the valley. She and her classmates had some great history teachers when they were in elementary school and like to talk about those good ol' days.

Well, I've talked enough about Shenanny and STARS for now. It's time for me to get to dancin' again. :o)

Catch y'all later.
Love, Ellie

"Shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life......." Phil 2:15, 16 NIV

This is Shenanny's favorite picture of me so far. She bought the Minnie Slippers for me at the thrift store. You can just imagine what she will do with me at Halloween!!!! She says that when she was a little girl on the farm over in Fort Valley she would sneak the cats inside and dress them in her doll clothes. I think she is in her second childhood and doing the same thing with me!!!

Oh well......................things could always be worse.

Love, Ellie

WOW!!! The BESTEST Boston Site on the Web.

Check it out:http://www.wagtime.net/

I got so excited when Shenanny found this site for me. I ran thru the house and started barking. I think some of my canine relatives are here performing and playing all the wonderful music. I started wiggling my little butt and danced along. Who would have ever thought such a thing?!?

I can't wait to show this to Jazz and Robin.
They have music in their bones, too!!!!


Later, EXCITED Ellie

Well, here it is Monday already. Today is my "catch up" day with Shenanny. She has been washing clothes and trying to get some things ready for the Saturday yard sale that she and Robin plan to have. I hope she gets more clutter out of this house so I can have room to run and explore. She needs to get the excess out of the spare bedroom as I can't get under the bed or around it to play. I love to get under beds and under buildings. They are good dens, and all canines need dens.

We took a nice walk this am. She loves to walk around the gardens and fields and observe the miracles of nature. Later, she says we will go to the woods. Right now, the snakes are still out, and the field is full of corn right up next to the woods making it hard to get there.

Here is what we observed yesterday am. She had written it down and forgot to post it. We observed about the same things again today.

"We walked around the corn field. It looks ready to harvest. Walked around the gardens, too. They are FULL of bright smiling morning glory blossoms today....blues, purples, pinks and white. Zinnias and marigolds are dying back. Some of the pumpkins are rotting and composting back into the soil. Gourds have mostly shriveled up because of the lack of rain. The last tomatoes of the season are waiting to be picked and savored. Sunflowers are bowing their bountiful heads while the blue jays gobble their seeds. A few four o'clocks have their fushia blossoms, but they are pretty well spent with the black seeds scattered all over the ground. Cosmos are still bright and standing strong.

Autumn can be a depressing time with all the dying back, but it is also a most beautiful time."

Here's a short verse which mirrors my sentiments:

There are flowers enough in the summertime,
More flowers than I can remember --
But none with the purple, gold, and red
That dyes the flowers of September!
-- Mary Howitt (1799-1888)

Shenanny hasn't figured out how to post photos here yet, but you can see LOTS of her PHOTOS here:

http://community.webshots.com/user/shenanny

Catch y'all later.

Love, Ellie, who is loving life here in the Shenandoah Valley

Hi Folks. I would like to introduce myself. I'm Ellie and I am four years old. I came to the Shrum home three weeks ago this past Friday. My old human family moved to Ohio and took my canine mother, Dutchess, with them. They sold me to my new mommy (Shenanny) and daddy (Billy Bob). They are good caring folks and feel so blessed to have me. Shenanny is the leader of the pack. She feeds me, sleeps with me, and does all the other nurturing and fun things. Billy Bob is okay, too. He is an early bird and takes me outside the first thing each morning. Shenanny is the night owl and lets me watch TV late at night with her. Lots of time I sleep on her lap while she is on this computer just typing and typing!!!

My AKC name is Eloquent Rose Marie, but I prefer to be Ellie Rose or just plain "Ellie". I am a female, but got fixed this past Wednesday. Oh well............

Shenanny is trying to get me socialized with other canines and humans. She took me to the last day of the Shenandoah County Fair and to the Edinburg Ol' Time Festival where I rode on a BIG PUMPKIN with her in the parade. Billy Bob drove the tractor that pulled the wagon load of pumpkins. I love to ride in the vehicles with them and on the old golf cart.

Shenanny and Billy Bob's grandpuppy, Jazz, lives next door. She spend lots of time here at our house. She's a LARGE yellow lab, and at first I didn't like her. I didn't want her getting any more attention than me. Now, we try to get along and make everyone happy.

I am always getting my picture taken, it seems. Shenanny has a new camera and likes to dress me up. You should see the pic of me with my Minnie Mouse slippers on!!!

Just today I went to PAWS in the PARK where I saw lots of nice dogs and their humans. There were two other Bostons, some Pugs, a really neat Cocker Spaniel, and lots of other purebreeds and mixed breeds. One cute little dog was part Chinese Crested. He is getting pretty old and was given special treatment by Cindy, his owner. The event was to raise money for The Humane Society of Shenandoah County. Shenanny joined the society and gave them a donation so she could get a free shirt. The society folks tied a red scarf around my neck, but it was too big. One lady called me "Grandma Moses". I really felt more like "Aunt Jemima"!!! Shenanny had a great time, and you can bet that she will try to help them out by doing more things so other doggies can have a good life like mine.

Catch y'all later.
Love, Ellie