30/Jun/21 is a fireplace without a fire just a place

 

Good morning world.

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

The weather is magical.

The day before, it was 26 with a feel like temp of 34.

Yesterday, it was 15 with a feel like temp of 15.

What a difference a day makes.

When the Big Guy got off work and was done supper, he got his "blankie" and got wrapped up inside it as he was actually cold as he sat around watching TV.

Today, the temp is supposed to be more Summer like, but we are due to get rain.

Which is fine by the Big Guy, it means the grass will get watered.  The trees and other plants need water too.

But, about 3 days after it rains, the mosquitoes comes out.

Oh how the Big Guy dislikes mosquitoes.

They seem to ruin his Summer Nights.

Mosquitoes can't get thru my thick fur.

If they land on my nose, I just lick them off my nose and eat them.

Dumb mosquitoes.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog having watermellon

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29/Jun/21 I will lay in the heat and dream of snow

 

Good morning world.

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

Sometimes the Humans will talk to me, like I understand what they are talking about.

I know about 200 words.

I know my name, "Max".

I know "Good Boy"

I know "Outside"

I know "Walk"

I know "Drive"

There are more words that I understand.  Otherwise, I just stare at the humans and hope they will speak one of the words that I know.

Mostly, I just take tone cues to figure out if I'm in trouble or not.

For the most part, I'm never in trouble.

I get hugs and scratches.

I feel it's my job to protect my property from other dogs that are out walking.  Even if they are across the street.

Got to let them know, BIG DOG lives here.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog outside in the snow

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28/Jun/21 more fun than a barrel full of monkeys

 

Good morning world.

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

The Big Guy talks about these toys that I've never seen.

Barrel full of monkeys.

Army men.

Lincoln logs.

Constructor sets.

I'm not even sure these items even exist any longer.

He told me about making parachutes for his Army Men.

Plus playing outside till it got dark.

He certainly doesn't do that now.

He also told me that he would have his box of cereal in front of him as he ate his breakfast.

He doesn't do that any more either.

He also said, that he can have cake for breakfast, if he wanted.

Which really annoys Tonya.  She says that he has left overs for breakfast and not a real breakfast meal.

Decisions decisions.  He can have A&K for breakfast, or he can have his chicken fricassee.

Not sure which one he is going to have.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog and The Giggle Ball

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27/Jun/21 let me hold your slipper for you

 

Good morning world.

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

Although it's almost afternoon.

I messed up the routine this morning.

I needed to go pee.

I came upstairs and got the Big Guy.

It was a mixed blessing.

Last night, after Tonya went potty, she flushed the toilet and the toilet was running all night long.

Do you know what it's like to listen to running water all night long?

It's an itch that you just can't scratch.

The Big Guy put me outside for a pee and he went and jiggled the handle on the toilet.  Problem solved.

The Big Guy made his precious chicken fricassee.

It wasn't the same as the first time he made it.

Tonya said, he doesn't have to make it again, for her, ever.

That means it was yucky.

I think the Big Guy burnt the chicken as he was cutting up the veggies.

That's what you get for not prepping correctly before you start cooking.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog has another visit with his brother Odin

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26/Jul/21 it was a full moon to sit outside

 

Good morning world.

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

Last night, Tonya and the Big Guy, both left me.

They came home and they smelled like fire.

Did you see on Facebook?  They went to visit Leo and Bonnie and went without me.  How could they do that to me?

Honestly, I thought we were all really good friends.

The Big Guy was playing around with settings on his phone.  He took all kinds of pictures.

But when he went to download them on his computer, something went wrong.  He doesn't seem to have access to do that.

He says that this isn't something that he is worried about at the moment.

Did you ever wonder if the Big Guy ever got his chicken fricassee?  He is pretty sure, today is going to be the day that he gets it.

Tonya doesn't have any plans for what he is to cook, so he should be "good to go" today.

I wonder if I will get any of it?

I bet there will be onions in it.

But it's going to have skin on the chicken thighs.  If I stare at Tonya, I bet I can get her to give it to me.

We are going to test that theory.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog and his Big Red Ball

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25/Jun/21 sunny weather is nice weather

 

Good morning world.

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

Yesterday, Tonya was missing.

She had her coffee and some breakfast and then took off.

She came back for a few minutes and yelled upstairs to the Big Guy, who was at work, that she was taking Floyd to the Regional Hospital.

Then she was gone.

For a very long time.

I would look outside to see if she was there.  Nope.

I went upstairs to see the Big Guy.  He was no help.  He scratched me behind the ears.  This was little comfort for me.

I went back downstairs to see if Tonya was back.

Nope.

The Big Guy finished work and he came downstairs.

He made supper.  Didn't share.  He put a second portion in the microwave.

I went outside for a bit.

Still no Tonya.

The sun went down.

Where did she go?

I waited.

Is that the car?

OMG!  IT IS THE CAR!

I was so happy to see my Tonya was home again.  I wagged my tail so hard.  I wanted to jump up on her to lick her face.

She sat around for a bit.

Then went to bed.  But that's OK, I know she is home again.  Where she belongs.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog with close up

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24/Jun/21 I'm hiding behind this bush, ready for my surprise attack

 

Good morning world.

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

Do any of you know what Beef Bourguignon is?

The Big Guy told Tonya, it's a bowl of magic.

Normally, the recipe would make it as a soup and kinda thin stock.  Well, LOTS of stock.  The big Guy had mentioned that to Tonya.

She added a bit of flour to the stock to thicken it up.

That's the ticket.  Beef Bourguignon a la Tonya.

She even added 4 stocks of celery.  The recipe didn't call for it, but she added it.  Turns out, the Big Guy didn't even know it was there.  

She did a great job.  She said that it took a long time preparing everything.

The Big Guy told him, don't share any of this supper with her brothers.

They can get their own.

Tonya put the left overs in the glass bowls that they have, well, for left overs.

I do believe, the Big Guy plans on having some for breakfast today.

The question of the day...

Did I get any?

Answer, NO

Why?  It had a full bottle of wine in it, along with other stuff I'm not supposed to have.

Denied goodness.

Sigh

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog destroys the paper bag

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23/Jun/21 the back door has a cool floor

 

Good morning world.

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

Tonya keeps asking the Big Guy what he wants for supper each day.

He will tell her and she makes something else.

He has been bugging, pretty steadily, if she could please make him some Chicken Fricassee.  She keeps saying no, cause it's too hot in the kitchen.

Yesterday she made him hamburger soup.

He said it was OK.  Which it was.

But he isn't a fan of soup.

He much rather have stew.

I can hear a lot of you out there.  Soup, stew, they are the same.

No, they are very different.

One is thin and will spill down the Big Guy's front shirt as he is eating it.  No matter how careful he is, he always manages to slop some on himself.

The other, is thick and hearty.

Perhaps had Tonya made the meatball soup, with thick spaghetti sauce, he might of enjoyed it a lot more than, it was just good.

But he didn't say never to make it again.  So it must have been good that way.

He said that he was going to pick the meatballs out.  Tonya said, cause you didn't like the meatballs?  He just looked at her till she figured it out.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog and his Milk Crate of Toys

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22/Jun/21 I'm not a Summer Dog

 

Good morning world.

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

Tonya will often want me to go outside.

I just want to stay inside and lay under the fan.

But nope.  She tells me to go Pee Pee Poo Poo.

So I will go outside and I will sniff around.

Meanwhile, she is behind the screen door, GO PEE PEE POO POO

Look, I've got important sniffing to do first.

Once that is done, I will see if I'm going to do that.

Meanwhile, she is still at the door.  GO PEE PEE POO POO

Only now, she is upset with me.

Geesh, look, I didn't want to be OUTSIDE in the first place.

OK, back to sniffing.

PEE PEE POO POO from the door.

OK, I will give a little squirt.  Happy?  I did a PEE PEE POO POO for ya.

I will wait till about 3 am.  I will bark and announce that I want to go outside.

Yea.  That's how THAT is going to work.  Then go outside for a sniff first.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog outside in the snow

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21 Jun 21 there is even heat in the shade

 

Good morning world.

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

It is Summer now.

We have officially crossed that threshold.

The longest day of the year.

Funny how we say that, but there is still only 24 hours in the day.  Even if it were the first day of Winter, then we say it's the shortest day of the year.  But there is still 24 hours in that day too.

It's just too hard to say, the sun will be up and above the horizon, for the longest period of time, today.

We tend to measure a day, of sunlight.

Then it's night.

But we don't say, it's the longest night of the year when it's the first day of Winter.

The Big Guy was really looking forward to making Chicken Fricassee yesterday.

Tonya suggested they get A&K instead.

He really likes their chicken.  So he was OK with it.

Then, she changed her mind and made this sausage and bean thing.

She added quite a bit of spices to it.

Perhaps if there wasn't so much spices, the Big Guy would have enjoyed it more.

He still wants his Chicken Fricassee.  Or A&K.  Either one would be fine.

First World problems.  They are real.

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20/Jun 21 spot the berner

 

Good morning world.

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

I am hiding from the sun.

The sun really heats up my black fur.

I wonder, if I had all white fur, would I be as hot?

Probably, but just not quite as hot.

Yesterday Tonya and the Big Guy went for a drive without me.  I was happy to see them when they got home.

They got me a new bag of kibble.

So I guess it was OK that they went out.

We sat around on the front deck last night, listening to music.

There is this one group that Tonya and the Big Guy really likes.  They are called "buddy wasisname and the other fellers"

Funny name for a group, but they sing really good songs.

I wonder what the Big Guy is going to make for breakfast today.

I guess I should just keep on wondering, cause he is not likely going to share with me anyways.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog gives a BIG paw

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19/Jun/21 do we only have one fan

 

Good morning world.

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

Last week, we were bitchin about it being cold

Well, someone remembered that it was Summer and turned the furnace back on.

Now, it's not the heat wave that they have been getting in Ontario and in the Prairie Provinces.

I've been seeing people posting pictures about being at the beach and other Summer time fun.  But the water is cold.  It's only +11 right now.

That is unless you go to New Brunswick and go to Parle Beach.  The water temp is +14.

It's been said that the water's there are just as hot as the waters off of Florida.

The water is relatively shallow in the Northumberland Straight.

Now, shallow is subjective.

Shallow for the ocean.

But if your going for a swim, the water is well above your head.

When the Big Guy was little, they used to go swimming at Cape Pele.  Parle Beach was OK, but way too many people went there and you had to pay to go there.

At least at Cape Pele, it was where his uncle and aunt had a cottage.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog learns how to swim

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