This is one of my shorter one-liner Wednesday posts.
Every morning, after we return from our walk, Maddie and I share some sourdough toast.
Maddie would like to offer her observation on our vocabulary.
“Toast is a very good verb, but toast is the best noun ever!”
This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s fun weekly series One-Liner Wednesday. If you would like to join in on the fun, you can follow this link to participate and to see the one-liners from the other participants.
What we do on rainy days when we can’t go for a walk.
Once Maddie accepted the fact that we were not walking.
After two days without walking, I decided to take a chance with Maddie. She was very happy, but I was pretty sure we were going to get wet.
Rhododendron
Baby bunny.
I included the birdbath to give some scale for the bunny.
This guy was flying high and moving too fast for me to get a sharp image. This is the best I was able to get.
These two were not happy to see Maddie.
Keeping the park ready for sports.
This poor leaf has been waterlogged for three days.
After four straight days of rain, the puddle was as big as it gets.
One of our Korean dogwoods is in full bloom.
Maddie was very happy to be walking. this is what she does, she jumps up to thank me.
I like these little flowers.
Toast
Hi there.
We hadn’t been able to sit for several days. Maddie decided today was the day.
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So sweet. :) Many similarities here: the couch pose, the love of toast (and any bread, really), a very short walk on rainy days, a thank you leap or bump or tail wag, but most of all – the cat pose when we pass. :D
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Ha! I’m glad you can relate.
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Maddie had a very good observation – I never thought about toast in quite that way. Good pictures, Dan!
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She knows the words she likes to hear, GP. Toast is very high on her list. Right up there with ‘walk’ and ‘sit’,
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Most excellent bunny shots. And sourdough toast? My favorite!
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I figured you’d like the baby bun. As for the toast, just make sure Maddie gets the bite with the glob of butter.
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Maddie knows what’s good in life!
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She does.
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I’m definitely with Maddie on that one! :-)
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I think she wants us to pop her dog bones in the toaster, or at least slather them with butter.
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Buttered toast…Mmmm. Add a little cinnamon or jelly next time, if Maddie approves. Or is she only a bread and butter girl? Either way, I think I’m hungry now.
I hope the rain goes away, Dan, and stays away for a few days so you can enjoy those morning walks.
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Actually, Maddie sees toast as one of (perhaps the best) things that holds butter. You can see her when she looks at a piece of toast, she focuses on the glob of butter – “that’s my bite!”
Yesterday was dry and warm. Same for today, then the rain returns for a couple days. We need the rain, but… Maddie keeps me walking (and that’s a good thing). I hope you have a great rest of the week. I’/m still thinking about those folks walking into a bar.
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Butter is like bacon and beer. There’s no resisting!
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🧈🥓🍺
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I’m with Maddie all the way with buttered sourdough toast. The best! Maddie jumping for joy is just too cute as is her giving in to being a couch potato. Baby bunny is adorable. No one could say no to the little beggar on the deck.
Your Korean Dogwood is stunning.
I love the look on the faces of those cats. They seem to be telling you and Maddie that you’re both trespassing!
Enjoy some dry days coming up and warmer temperatures. Maddie will have some great “sits in the sun”.
Ginger
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Thanks Ginger. Maddie dragged the Editor out last night to conduct some “business” then, right after they came in, she cried at the door while looking at me. She dragged me to her porch, and we sat. That’s when the little beggar appeared.
There was actually a third cat, but I couldn’t get their expressions if I included all of them. None of them thought Maddie and I should be there.
Maddie takes me outside every morning after I get up. She’s already taken care of business, but we think she’s doing a weather check. If it’s not raining, she gets me off the couch for a walk. If it’s raining, I become a pillow. She’s really too smart for her own good.
We have a couple dry days, then it looks like more rain. Give Murphy a scritch and maybe a bite of toast. Maddie says “Murphy gets the glob of butter!”
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Maddie has you well trained, and I’m a person who enjoys good bread and butter. :-) Now, if I could train WordPress to deliver your posts that would be nice because I’m back to not getting them. I wonder honestly what’s up with that.
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I keep letting WP know that you’re still being dropped, and that others are being dropped – repeatedly. I don’t know why this is happening. Apparently, neither do they.
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Hear, hear!
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She picks up on key words ;-)
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Yum! I have been enjoying morning toast with extra crunchy peanut butter lately with my first cuppa tea. I bet Maddie would like the peanut butter too. 😋
I hope you two are able to get out for your walks without getting wet this week.
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I do sometimes add peanut butter to our toast, especially when we are toasting muffins instead of sourdough. We’ve walked in the sunshine twice this week, but rain is in the forecast for tomorrow and Friday.
I hope you have a good rest of the week.
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Thank you! 😀
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Mmm, extra buttery toast is a delight I miss. The thought of you and Maddie sharing this treat makes me smile.
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Thanks Laura. I’m sure you’re familiar with what I call “magic paw” where Maddie smacks me with her paw when I’m not quick enough with her bite.
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Sourdough toast?! Maddie–you have a most excellent palate! Toast, the smell of toast…I love all things bread. Oh, the two little guys waiting to ‘greet’ Maddie are adorable. Cat expressions are hilarious to me. They just do not appreciate a jubilant redhead who wants to be friends. I don’t get it…..
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“All things bread” – I like that. Those cats were not happy at all. They seem to be saying “just keep walking pooch.”
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There’s nothing quite like good sourdough toast. We’ve found the best baker in our area, but we’ll be moving soon and will have to find another. It’s a specialty all its own. 💗 Beautiful photos, Dan. Loved the walk with Maddie. Have a great day!
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Thanks Gwen. This bread comes from one of our local-area supermarkets, but it is really good. I never know if they will have it, or if it will be sliced or just a whole loaf. But I buy it regardless. I only discovered it this year.
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I love sour dough toast and it is always nice to get some here. Maddie is right. The best noun ever. Great photos, Dan
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Thanks John. She chooses the words she’ll learn very well. She doesn’t seem to know “stay” and she certainly doesn’t understand “no barking” but she’s got ‘toast’ down in all its forms.
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Ours are the same. “Treat” is well understood.
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Great photos! Don’t let that puddle disappear😍
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The puddle is gone 🙁 It only lasts about a day. The ones in the park are usually gone by 10:00 am.
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I’m glad you capture it when you can. It’s the small things of joy that I love
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Hi Dan – Maddie is some wise dog … she definitely has her grammar in the right place!! Lovely photos etc … cheers Hilary
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Thanks Hilary.
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It is good to pamper the dog. Because at the same time the human gets pampered too.
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It is a labor of love, John.
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I love that “one liner,” and I bet that cute little squirrel would love some of that toast.
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i think the squirrel will have to settle for peanuts. If he starts eating what Maddie likes, she might start acting like a dog.
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I don’t think I’ve ever had a dog who liked toast! Are you sure Maddie’s not human?
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The way she manipulates me into giving her exactly what she wants does seem more human than dog, but I’m pretty sure she’s canine.
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Toast!! Sorry to read about the rain. I hit rain on the way out and just missed it yesterday and today thankfully. Unlikely to get into any tomorrow, at least in Arizona. 😉. I’m using my iPad and I haven’t figured out yet how to find the link for tomorrow’s Thursday Doors post. If you come on tomorrow and I haven’t been able to link would you be kind enough to link for me? Thanks. Enjoyed the photos.
janet
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Here’s the link – https://nofacilities.com/2021/06/03/springfield-rc-cathedral/
We need The rain, but not all at once.
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Thanks, Dan. We could use some in Arizona but only a half inch or so at a time.
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Haha! Love the picture of excited Maddie. That toast looks darned good too. No wonder she’s happy. Hugs on the wing.
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She just randomly jumps up like that while we’re walking. I like to think she’s thanking me,but who knows. The toast is good.
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Had no idea doggies like bread – sorry, toast! We have our share of the rain. It does not stop there. LOUD rolling thunder:) Good I’m not one who panics when it’s so loud we’re shouting at each other.
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Nice one Dan! And that toast looks tasty.
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It was.
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I agree with Maddie, we are toast soul mates.
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Haha – thanks!
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Here’s to toast, and to Maddie.
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Maddie will chomp to that.
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😀
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Great line! Now I want toast. That leaf looks like it is just escaped through the fence and is crawling along your deck…
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Enjoy the toast, Pam. That leaf had a mighty struggle.
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Nothing like some well-buttered toast, particularly if it’s got a nice crunch. :)
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The sourdough gets a nice crunch 😊
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Speaking of sourdough: Robin Sloan wrote a novel titled Sourdough. It’s whimsical and, in my opinion, real good.
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That’s cool. I’ll have to look for that.
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Love the pics!! Rain….it had been so long since I experienced rain. It took a trip to Seattle and finally yesterday and today….rain!! What a foreign concept for us Southern California peeps. Loving it up here!!
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