WW-Reason #87 Being a Senior Dog Rocks!

Don't forget to stop by tomorrow to vote for the 2015/2016 Derby King and Queen!!

We are joining  BlogPaws for Wordless Wednesday this week!

Fun in the Bay Area!!

Happy Travel Tuesday!!

Whew...is it us, or has this summer flown by??!!

Hopefully the rainy season will start real soon, putting a stop to the yucky wildfires up here so we can get out and show you some of our local fun things to do!!

In the meantime, we are going to show you all a bit of the wine country and Mama's trip to take pictures of the San Francisco Bridge!

Every year, usually during the summer time, Daddy has a few busy-ness trips he takes for work. Since Mama has this addiction love of photography and travel, she tags along with him. When he has his meetings and stuff, Mama takes off and enjoys the local scenery!

The first day of this trip, Mama left Santa Rosa and went over a big mountain to wine country!

Since Mama was only visiting for a few hours, she only went by one winery, her most favorite, St. Supery! 
Mama likes them because they have good wine AND a beautiful winery!!

The entrance is surrounded by beautiful flowers!!!

 Mama says these are some of the most beautiful fuschias she has ever seen!!!

 Mama had a picnic lunch and enjoyed the beautiful weather in the vineyard!

Of course, she also took lots of pictures of the grapes before heading back to meet Daddy for dinner!!

The next day Mama took a ride down the California Coast to take 
a million pictures in the views!

This is the coast just south San Francisco! The Pacific Coast Highway is full of twists and turns in this area and Arty and I were pretty happy to not have been in the car for this ride. Sometimes it's just as fun to be "Zapped"  into a photo!

Of course, you will all be surprised (or not) to know that Mama found a light house during her ride. This is the Point Bonita Lighthouse! It is located in the Marin Headlands area of the Golden Gate Recreation Center.

The lighthouse is closed to the public right now, so Mama didn't get real close. She did get this cool picture with the lighthouse and a big ship!! 

If the ship above was headed the other way, he would go under here:

The Golden Gate Bridge!! 
Mama has seen the bridge before, but never from up above like this! This was also taken from the Marin Headlands section of the Golden Gate Recreation Area. There is a very cool road and it has lots of places to pull over and take pictures,  she says this is a "must see" if you are ever in the San Francisco Area!!

We had a blast showing you around the Bay Area a bit!! 




Join us next week when we travel south along the Pacific Coast Highway!!!

Minding Monday.....

I bet you thought we were minding our Mama,

YEAH RIGHT.....BOLBOLBOLBOLBOL!!!

Like that would EVER happen!!

Today we want to remind you of a few things happening around Blogville!! 

First, don't forget to get your pictures in for King and Queen of the Blogville Derby!! You have until Wednesday to get them to Mama, you can click HERE to get all the particulars! 

 Don't forget, there will be PRIZES for the Royalty!!

Also, make sure to stop by on Thursday to VOTE for the Derby Royalty!!  Only Mama will be able to read the votes, so no one else will know who you voted for! 

The King and Queen will be crowned on Friday right here at Dory's Backyard!!

 

 Demolition Derby is this FRIDAY!! 

Don't forget to stop by Oreo's Blog (Click HERE) to catch all the action!! 

Attending the BAR? Send your picture to bethblog(at)ebchristians(dot)com

 

 

Last, but certainly not least, don't forget to go over and follow the BAR (Blogville Awesome Retreat) page! This is the GO TO place to get the most current info on the most anticipated event of 2016!!!  This will also be the place to go for all pictures, videos and other fun things happening at the BAR!!

Click HERE or on the BAR Suitcase on our sidebar to head over to the BAR now!!

All Wrapped Up

All wrapped up with no place to go!!

We are joining Nola and Sugar for Black and White Sunday this week!!

 

We are also joining The Cat on My Head this week for Selfie Sunday

Sepia Saturday Zen

Gentle sepia breezes through the dunes....

...and sleepy sepia  Jakey's

We are joining Ruckus and Earl for Sepia Saturday

this week!!

Flower Friday at Carmel by the Sea

Happy Flower Friday!!! 

Today Mama wants to show off her pictures and I are going to show you pictures of some of the pretty flowers in Carmel by the Sea!

You know....that place I DID NOT GET TO GO TO!!!

GGGGRRRRRRRrrrrrrr.....

 Just look at these beautiful flower-y cottages (I did not get to see!)

 What Mama?? Extra cookies if I can be nice???

 It was very nice of Mama to take these beautimous pictures 

for me to share on Flower Friday....

 Is that better Mama?? Can I have cookies now??

OOOOOOKKKKKKKK...I'll finish the post first!

They have beautiful flowers hanging on the outside of the cottages!

Sign of a Squirrel Cartel

 Unfortunately, they seem to have an underground squirrel cartel problem. We think it may be a branch of the New York Squirrel Crime family that lives near Chester and Joey!! They brand their symbol on all the garbage cans.  Hmmmmm, Mama, it seems that I might have been able to control this squirrel problem if YOU WOULD HAVE BROUGHT ME WITH YOU!!!

 Yes Mama, maybe it's best if we go to the slideshow....

Cookies now, Mama???

We hope you enjoyed this week's travel Flower Friday and we hope you all get to take a few moments to stop and smell the flowers this weekend!!

A Queenly Reminder about Derby King and Queen!!

I wanted to remind everyone about the Derby King and Queen Contest coming up. The dead lion is just a week away and we don't have many entries yet....So far we have:

Madi

Casey

Jessie

Cinnamon

Jakey (not eligible to win)

Arty (not eligible to win)

Dory (Bailey's escort) and Bailey
Mabel

You can use your natural beauty (like moi!) OR

you can use one of Jakey's tutorials by clicking HERE. 

Just send us a picture of yourself "dressed" like what YOU think a Derby King and/or Queen should look like!

Email your pictures to Mama at

bethblog(at)ebchristians(dot)com by next Wednesday, August 26th.

On Thursday, August 27th we will display all the entries and have a closed comment vote to ask Blogville to elect our winners!

The winners will receive a special prize package!!

 Question #1: "What do I need to do to enter into the running for King or Queen?"

Well that's an easy one....You need to enter a picture of yourself, dressed like what YOU think a Demolition Derby King/Queen should look like!! 

Question #2: Do I have to be part of a "couple" to enter the contest??

Nope, you don't HAVE to be part of a couple BUT if you want to enter a picture of you and your beau that would be PAWSOME too!! If you win, (and your partner doesn't)your partner can be your "escort".

Question #3: Do I have to be part of the Derby to participate??

Nope, but we DO think the Demolition Derby is going to be a BLAST...so you should go visit Oreo, HERE, to find out how to enter! 




 Let us know if you have any other questions!
See you at the Derby!!!