31/May/21 you can just give me the food

 

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

Are you on Facebook?

Did you see how Tonya dressed up the Big Guy so that he would stay on the back deck.

I mean, I was nice and warm.

But I also got this two layer fur coat.  So I didn't really feel the cold.

They lasted about an hour and then came inside.

Tonya went for a nap.

The Big Guy played a game on his XBox.

But earlier in the day, the Big Guy replaced the parts inside the toilet upstairs.

I was not encouraged to go upstairs to help with that.

After the Big Guy was all done, you could see the look of satisfaction on his face.  Job well done.

He also said that the silence is deafening.  What a weird saying.

Humans say really weird stuff to start with.

Things like, two in the bush is worth one in the hand.  Or is that the other way around?  I just googled it and it's the other way around.  See, dumb, it's one in the hand is worth two in the bush.

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30/May/21 in the way is where I like to be

 

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

Yesterday I had a bunch of visitors.  We all went out on the deck and played around.

Now, before they got there, the Big Guy had finished mowing the lawn.  The lawn tractor was still in the yard.  Floyd took Aurora down to the garage and let her sit on it.  I'm not sure if she enjoyed the experience.

They had brought a plastic slide.  It's just for little babies, like Aurora.  Baby Floyd just slept.

BUT they had left and Aurora wasn't too happy about that.  She wanted to be on the slide.  

When she got in the car, she was crying and she was upset that they were leaving.

Myself, I'm just used to having Tonya and the Big Guy.  Not so much visitors.

I head that Tonya wants to make a roast today, with some corn bread.

I had some corn bread earlier this week.

Tonya want to the Commercial St Deli.  She got this supper for herself and the Big Guy.  But there was a piece of corn bread in the box.  They both said how much they had enjoyed it.  Of course I got some corn bread from Tonya.

So, Tonya is going to try her hand at making some.  The Big Guy has made this once in the past.  https://cookwithmitch.blogspot.com/2016/09/cast-iron-corn-bread.html

He said that his was OK.  I think the issue, the pan he made it is, was too big.  So the corn bread wasn't thick enough.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog loves his belly scratch

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29/May/21 I will hug him and squeeze him and call him George

 

Good morning world.

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

I give Tonya hugs.

I notice that she is upset with something and I will crawl up and give her a doggie hug.

She says that I'm heavy.

What do you expect?

Not like I walk upright.

The Bug Guy says that he got a plan for today.

He says that he is going to be mowing the lawn.

I'm pretty sure is still May and it's still NO MOW MAY.

The dandelions are still blooming.

He isn't supposed to mow till they go to seed.

Oh well, he's going to do what he's going to do.

But he will not have to do it in the heat.

The temp is still pretty cold for him.

They are only forecasting a high today of +11.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog destroys dollar store toy

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28/May/21 why do most dog toys have a squeaker

 

Good morning world.

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

Something that the Big Guy did, each time I chewed up and destroyed a dog toy, he kept the squeaker from it.

Then, he placed the squeaker in different places in the house.

If they want me to come inside, when I've got no desire to come inside, he picks up the squeaker and I'm running to the door.  I have to see where the squeaker noise is coming from.

It might be a new toy.

He gets me with it every time.

It's like when a human has a ball and "fake throws" the ball.

How many dogs run, as fast as they can, to get the ball?

Just about every one of them.

You can fake throw the ball all day long with me.

I'm not getting it.

I don't play "fetch".

You threw it, you get it.

If you threw it away, it's cause you don't want it any more.  I didn't want it in the first place.

I don't do dumb shit tricks like that.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog and his toy piggy

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27/May/21 sitting outside again

 

Good morning world.

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

The outside temperature certainly caught Tonya and the Big Guy off guard yesterday.

It was like cold the day prior, then yesterday, boom, a heat wave.

But it wasn't so hot that they were uncomfortable.

Same with myself.  It was warm.  I'm also getting smart about sitting outside.  I don't go sit in the full sun.

I know where the sun is.

Yesterday one of the neighbor's dogs got loose and decided to come visit me.

I was up on the back deck.  

Man oh man, those chiwawa's bark a lot.  They are fast too.  As the owner would reach out, it would dart away.

The owner had to walk around my house at least 4 times.

Eventually the owner had to make believe that she was loving me up and the other dog got curious. It came over to see why the owner was loving me up.

Then she was able to reach down and scoop up the dog and go home again.

Afterwards, Tonya put me out on my lead.

That wee dog pissed everywhere.  I had to sniff out all the places it pissed and I had to remark my territory.  Lordy, what a job.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog enjoying the day at the dog park

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26/May/21 nose inside slipper ENGAGE

 

Good morning world.

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

When Tonya or the Big Guy comes home from where ever they were when the left the house, I will grab what ever shoe or slipper and take off with it.

They could also be coming downstairs from when they were sleeping for the night.

I find the closest slipper or shoe and go for a walk around the house.

Normally with the Big Guy, he will tell me, "Drop it!".  His voice lets me know.  I had better reconsider my options.  Option #1.  Open my mouth and let what ever foot wear in my mouth, hit the floor.

Tonya will yell at me to DROP IT and I think it's a game and take off.  Foot wear in mouth.  Catch me if you can!  MUHAHAHAHA

The Big Guy believes in UFO's.  He thinks that there can't be that many stars, without some intelligent life being out there.  Have they dropped in for a visit?  He can't really say that they haven't.  Or that they have.  No proof that he has seen.  Not like it's like the movie Independence Day with Will Smith.

Last night, as he is going upstairs, he notices something new in the back yard.  He immediately thought, there is a UFO in the neighbors yard.

What do you think?

The Big Guy has a bizarre mind to start with.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog doing the tail flick

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25/May/21 batteries not included

 

Good morning world.

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

I have to wonder about humans.

They are about to purchase some electronic device and they know it runs by batteries.

Then they are surprised when the batteries are not included.

Or the other one.

Some assembly required.

That can be an outrageous lie.  Some assembly required should occasionally read, LOTS of assembly required and you better be an engineer to be able to figure it out our easy to follow directions..

Some people thrive on the assembly bit.

They have an entire store devoted to assembly required.  It's call Ikea.

But they also have an ingenious device, called an Allen Key.  You get a free key with every purchase.

The Big Guy had a friend that really wasn't good at that sort of stuff.  So, he would get some beers and invite the Big Guy over to build his stuff he got from Ikea.

This used to piss off his wife as she thought she was pretty good at putting this stuff together.  But this guy was like, sorry honey, this is guy work, and wouldn't let her put it together.

BBQ's seem to have the most assembly required.  You better get your thinking cap on before you decide to put one of them together.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog having fun doing slow mo

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24/May/21 when will this human be full sized

 

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

Yesterday, we had visitors.

Although after watching the news, we found out, we were not supposed to have anyone over.  But that was later in the day.

I'm sure everyone is visiting someone.  Just not all the someone's that they would have in the past.

The rules governing Covid seem so confusing at times.

You can have a bubble.  Then you can't.  

You can visit people, just as long as it's less then 10 people.

You can visit outside.  Just don't get too close.

What if they got to pee?

Humans don't pee outside.

They certainly don't shit outside.

I suppose there are exceptions.

You were NOT supposed to go shopping for un-necessary items.

Yesterday as the Big Guy was watching the news, he seen the Garden Centers were doing a BOOMING business.

Is that essentially shopping?

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog empties his toy bucket

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23/May/21 I shall stare while you eat

 

Good morning world.

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

Summer must be coming soon.

There is a fan that just came downstairs.  One of those standup jobs.  It isn't plugged in just yet.  Tonya said that the dust has to be removed first, before they plug it in and turn it on.

This is normally the weekend were people will plant their gardens, their flowers and mow the lawn.

Not in Cape Breton.  It was raining and it was miserable outside.  

The Big Guy says it's good weather to play his XBox.

He only seems to play his XBox when Tonya isn't around.  He does like playing his XBox, but he says he isn't addicted to it.

The Big Guy says he has hundreds of games for his XBox, but I only see him playing a certain few.

Yesterday, the Big Guy stayed upstairs and Tonya went to the basement.  She was playing with the water supply to the house.  The Big Guy stayed upstairs while he was playing with the shower cartridge.

I guess his work didn't work.  So he reached out to the company and told them, the part they sent.  Didn't work.

This means the shower still drips.

I hate the shower.

It doesn't work.  Doesn't upset me one bit.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog is alone at the Dog Park

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22/May/21 ball too far away to play with

 

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

You would think that is a tennis ball in the picture above.

That's where the similarity ends.

It is big and tough.

The tennis ball fuzz, isn't all that fuzzy.  (I've peeled the fuzz off a real tennis ball in about 30 seconds)

This ball has 0 bounce.

A tennis ball would bounce when you bounce it off the ground, or the deck.  This one.  Nope.  No bounce at all.

Tennis balls are somewhat squishy and easy for me to chew down on.

This one is mostly hard rubber.

This tennis ball was designed for me.

I will keep this ball and I will play with it.

Unless I can figure out how to puncher it.

Then it will mysteriously go away.

No more fake tennis ball.

But I have the memory of a goldfish and probably will not notice.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog being loved up by Bonnie

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21/May/21 did someone say Hot Dog

 

Good morning world.

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

For people that have Government Jobs, they are going to have a long weekend.

For people that don't have a Government Job, it's just work.  No change for them at all.

Now, for some people, due to the lock down with Covid, they can't work at all.

This would be the weekend where people would be planting gardens, planting flowers and going to the cottage.

Since I don't have a job, I tend to eat flowers and would likely dig up the garden.  Nothing much changes for me at all.

The Big Guy woke up earlier than usual today.

He will likely just make some coffee and have a nap on the couch.

Why didn't he just nap in bed?

Tonya said that she is going to make pizza for supper.

I wonder how much pizza I can beg from her?

Lately, she has been pretty stingy about giving away some of her food.

We are going to have a talk and see what we can do about putting the status quo back in place.  I need my human food.  A dog can't just live on kibble alone.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog and what is that sound

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20/May/21 why is thick fog called pea soup

 

Good morning world.

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

The Big Guy was looking at this new vehicle that he says he would like to get.

It's a battery powered F-150.

He has owned two F-150's already.  One was a 1976 F-150. Which was 2 years older than the ship he was sailing on at the time.  Which was HMCS Huron.

He brought it back to Winnipeg, but couldn't get the plates on the truck moved over to Manitoba, as there was just too much "wrong" with the truck.  I mean, it was old.

Then, in 2007, he bought a new F-150.  But Tonya wasn't able to reach the windshield after an ice storm.  They knew then, it was time to go back to their old car.  He only owned that truck for 3 months.

But, this new truck, he plans to own for a long time.

Having said that, he also has to pay off his current car first, before he gets this truck.

Tonya and the Big Guy drove the Ford Mach-E.  But it didn't have power pedals.  So, that meant that Tonya couldn't drive it.

So...

If the new truck doesn't have power pedals.

They ain't getting that one either.

Myself...

I just want to go for a drive.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog wants his broken toy

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