31/Oct/19 action shot of my ear standing on end

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

So, first off, Happy Halloween for those that celebrate such things.

Tonight, were expecting about 1 mm of rain.  Not really enough to keep the hard core trick or treaters away.  But I'm sure, the younger ones are NOT going to enjoy being out in the rain.

Now, in the province of New Brunswick...  they are due for a LOT of rain.  Closer to 40 to 50 mm of rain.  I've seen some communities, push back Halloween to a more favorable day, so that the weather wasn't nasty.

The Big Guy told me the first Halloween they had in Winnipeg, they had a snow storm.  It didn't stop him from bringing his kids out trick or treating though.

Then, there was one year, when my non-furry sisters, Melissa and Linda had gone trick or treating.  They were much older.  They told people that they were going trick or treating for their sister that was in the hospital.

Not everyone enjoys giving out candy to older children.  

With the Big Guy, the last time he went trick or treating, he would have been in grade 8.  He went out with Artie and Donnie.  They were twins and they looked a lot younger than he did.

The, for grade 9, the Big Guy stayed home that year.  He really thought he was way too big to do that any longer.

Since I'm only 3, I wonder if someone would take me around. Would they give out doggie treats?

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30/Oct/19 this is my apple peeling machine

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Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

As you can see in this picture, I'm looking at the apple peeling machine.  It has peeled literally thousands of apples.  Tonya says, with out the apple peels, the apples are OK for me.  With the apple peels, it's DANGEROUS for me.  I could choke on the apple peel.

I don't think Tonya has seen me eat a piece of cheese.  I don't so much chew as swallow the cheese.

I actually chew my apples.

I don't think the apple peel would be that much of an issue for me.

So, yesterday the Big Guy had what is known as a Non Scale Victory.  He bought this 4XL jacket from china.  When he first got it, he couldn't do up the zipper as his belly was too big.

Yesterday, after they got home from shopping.  Tonya wanted to go sit outside.  Well the Big Guy put on his new jacket and guess what...

He was able to zip up his new jacket.

He was so pleased!

Tonya should have taken a picture.  But the Big Guy is still a BIG guy, so he would like to loose more weight just yet.

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29/Oct/19 your job is to open the door for me

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

So, the Big Guy will often go on this website called Quora.  People will ask questions and other people will reply to those questions.  Some answers are very serious and other's well they are quite funny.

Someone had asked a question about why housing was so cheap in Nova Scotia.  The Big Guy took the time to reply.  He got a few comments back.  Now, he posted this one picture of his house and someone, who I will admit, is REALLY good at fixing pictures.

This is their results.

It's it amazing?  Click on the picture to see it full screen.

So, in talking about the Halloween theme.  Tonya and the Big Guy got his pizza from Greco yesterday.  It was in the shape of a pumpkin.

This is what they got.

Now, they also said, they will not get another pizza like that.  It was OK, but there was no pepperoni or other stuff that Tonya likes on her pizza.

Of course Tonya gave me some of the crust from her pizza.  I begged enough for her to give it up.

Just like yesterday.  Tonya made some toast and eggs for her breakfast.  She fumbled her toast and it fell on the floor.

Before you could say: hocus pocus

The toast was GONE!

It's the only magic trick that I know.  I just eat stuff really fast.

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Your Daily Video - Max our Bernese Mountain Dog and his magic act

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28/Oct/19 a la peanut butter sandwiches, I command you to open

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

How many of you have noticed that my opening line to my blog has changed?  I bet you didn't.

The reason for the change, I have looked at the stats of my blog and I have readers around planet Earth.  

It's pretty cool!  Click on the picture to see it full screen.

As you can see, I have the MOST readers in United States.  Followed by my own country of Canada.  Most people use Google Chrome as the browser that they use to read my Blog.

Did your country make the most read list?

So, it's getting cold out now.  Last night, when Tonya and the Big Guy were driving home, it was only +3.  It hasn't snowed yet, but they certainly are ready with their new tires.

Now, the Big Guy still has to swap the lawn mower deck for the snow blower attachment.  Then that job will be done for another year.

Owning a house, there are out door jobs that never seem to get done.  Just like another job the Big Guy is going to have to attend to.  The canvas roof on the pergola.  Last year, he grabbed a couple heavy duty garbage bags and wrapped them around the canvas and tied it in place.  Well this year, he has got to do a much better job at sealing the ends.  Last year, when he opened it up, there was water that got inside.  Now the canvas was no worst for wear.  But it could have been.

Last night, Tonya was going to feed me a hot dog and a hamburger patty that was left over from earlier in the week.

The Big Guy gave her the stink eye about feeding me human food.

Guess what the Big Guy is having for breakfast today.

He can be a real prick at times.

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27/Oct/19 I need you to open the door for me

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The Big Guy didn't cook anything before going to work yesterday.  They had what is called "left overs".  This means, I didn't get any.

It was already in containers.

Just like there was some other "left overs", but both Tonya and the Big Guy felt that they went "bad" and have to be thrown out.

Something else that "went bad" was a pumpkin.  They didn't carve it to make it go from a pumpkin to a Jack-O-Lantern.  Which really surprised the Big Guy.  but it was rotting from the top down.

So, there is this hole where there was a tree stump.  Well, the Big Guy used to put the ashes from his charcoal BBQ on this tree stump.  Well, eventually the tree stump bunt up, but there was big hole that was left.

They have been putting all sorts of stuff in the hole to fill it.  Mostly compost stuff.  Now, of course, animals that aren't that picky, will have something to eat.  But it's stuff like peelings from vegetables.  Like potatoe skins, or carrots peelings, or apple peelings and the core.  Now, some animals are super hungry.  So they will come and eat the stuff, before it turns to mush and then into compost.

This past Spring, the Big Guy put a bunch of rocks and stuff into the hole.

Then, to pack it down, he ran over the hole with his car.  He was very lucky his car didn't get stuck.  But it was packed down quite a bit before he decided to do that.  So it only packed it down a little bit more.  If Tonya would have caught him doing that, she would have freaked out.

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26/Oct/19 yes, this is my corner of the couch

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

So I have some sort of Kennel Cough going on right now.  I am not sure where I caught this cough as I haven't been to the kennel for a long time.  Over a week now.  I wonder if it's like the Flu in Humans.  It's delayed till you just get sick.

But I am having my cough medicine and it's helping.  It should run it's course in about a week.

So...  it's been decided...  no Halloween decorations this year.

For some reason, it just doesn't feel like Halloween this year.

Tonya and the Big Guy said that there is NOTHING going on at work.  The mall and other stores are NOT decorated for Halloween.

Perhaps they are saving it all up for Christmas.

Tonya had gone to the Dollar Store in order to see if she could find stuff for the car.  But she didn't find anything that she liked.  So even the car isn't decorated this year.

But it is an investment in time and effort.  Not to mention, that you also have to get treats for the kids.

Even TV didn't really get in on Halloween this year.  Normally they have all sorts of SPOOKY movies and the like.  Not this year.  Nothing.

It just doesn't "feel" like Halloween this year.

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Your Daily Video - Max our Bernese Mountain Dog with close up

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25/Oct/19 I can smell fresh air coming from under the door

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

Yesterday, Tonya was cooking hamburgers inside the house.  It became a bit smokey in the house.

Now, I did get to have some hamburgers.  Both Floyd and Colby couldn't finish their hamburgers.  So they took the patty and gave it to me in my food bowl.  The bun, well they threw that out to the birds.

They do know that I would have eaten that too.

Now, the Big Guy and I, we hung out, outside.  He was doing BBQed hot dogs.

I was surprised when he actually gave me one.

This was TOTALLY unexpected.

Tonya put the green bin out to the curb last night.  When she was moving the green bin, a huge rat ran across the yard and went under the neighbors deck.

Now, the neighbor, she was putting her garbage out and the rats got into her extra green bin that she puts her blue bags in.  Well, the rats tore open that bag.  She was NOT happy about that.

They got an electric rat trap, just like we got.  Only, our rat trap is being used in doors to catch mice.  But those electric traps are expensive.  However, they certainly are a one shot kill.  Each and every time, they catch the mice.  No fail.

You would think, if they had cats, they wouldn't have mice.  Although the neighbor has about 4 cats, and they got mice.  So that thought can fly out the window.

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Your Daily Video - Max our Bernese Mountain Dog having difficult time with a hot dog

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24/Oct/19 got my Winter Tires on

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

I always lay on the floor at the back door.  There is no real insulation under that floor and it's always cooler to lay on those tiles.

Well, last night, before the Big Guy went to bed, it sure was raining.  WOW!  But it didn't rain for very long.

Tonya and the Big Guy had some fish last night for supper.  I didn't get to have any.  I did wonder why thought.  There was no onions.  It certainly wasn't pork.  Oh well, perhaps next time.

Well, we are about a week away from having the Halloween.  Now, each year, they put the decorations put up.  This year, they are a bit slower at getting them in place.  Then again, the Big Guy is worried about hurting his knee again.  So far, it's healing.  He doesn't want to mess that up.  But it would only take about an hour to get the blow ups in place.  So, perhaps next week, before the kids come round.

Tonya was telling me that Baby Aurora is going to be coming for a visit today.  I only get to sniff her before they tell me to go lay down.  

I know that they went to visit with her yesterday.  I could smell their dogs off of the Big Guy and Tonya.  She says she cheated on me.  I can believe that.

The Big Guy finished off the ham that was in the fridge yesterday.  He said that it was really salty.  But that could have also been the mustard glaze that was on it and he couldn't really identify it all that well.  The Big Guy doesn't "do" a lot of mustard.

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23/Oct/19 my toy was right there, now it's gone

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

Tonya and the Big Guy went and sat outside yesterday.  They lasted about 20 minutes.  The Big Guy was seriously considering breaking out his Winter jacket.

Now, it was sunny out and all that.  There was even a few wasps that were flying around.  Although the wasps that were out, certainly weren't very active.  They must have been really cold.

The only good thing the Big Guy can say about the colder weather, there isn't any more mosquitoes.

Last night, for their supper, they had ribs in the slow cooker.  The bones pretty much fell off the bones.  Now, there is a bowl in the kitchen, with a pile of rib bones in it.  I am so tempted to jump up on the counter and take care of those bones.

But wouldn't I get sick.  Not just a little sick either.

We're talking about getting stuff stuck in my bowels.

Pooping like...  well, diarrhea type stuff.

Not pleasant at all sort of stuff.

I guess I will just leave those bones a lone for now.

Yea...  that wouldn't be any fun at all.

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Your Daily Video - Max our Bernese Mountain Dog and the hot dog maker

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22/Oct/19 here's looking at you kid

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

Canada voted yesterday.  We have a Liberal government.  I'm not sure what that means to me.  Probably nothing.  I didn't get to vote, so I don't have any say in what happens.

Now, Tonya and the Big Guy, they vote all the time.  They say it's their right to vote and they always exercise it.  Yesterday when they were at work, one person said that they would NOT vote as their vote didn't matter anyways.  This made the Big Guy a bit sad.  He was in the Navy for 25 years so that people could have the right to vote.  But he also was in the Navy to be able to give them the freedom to be able to NOT vote as well.

The Big Guy slept in this morning.  It wasn't till 7:00 before he got up.  That's really unusual for him to sleep in like that.

He must have been really tired.

Something that happens to humans in the Fall and Winter, they get chapped lips.  There is a story that the Big Guy likes to tell.

One time, in the old Wild Wild West, a cow boy rode into town.  As he got to the saloon, he got off his horse, tied it up to the hitching post, went to the back of the horse, lifted up the tail, and kissed the horse, right on it's behind.

He walked in to the saloon.  Everyone got quiet.  He walks up to the bar and says to the bartender: "Give me a whiskey".

The nervous bartender pours up a shot of whiskey and slides it over.  He says to the dusty cow boy: "Mister, I've never seen anyone kiss their horse on the ass like I seen you do".

The cow boy looked up from his drink and said: "Chapped lips".

A chair pushes back.  An audible gasp is heard.  The bartender says: "Chapped lips?  Does that cure chapped lips?"

The cow boy, looks at his reflection in the mirror behind the bar and says: "Nope.  Sure doesn't cure chapped lips.  But it sure stops you from licking them".

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