This past weekend, my ma's Aunt Faye came to visit us all the way from a land called Texas. Actually, I have been to Texas before, several years ago for Thanksgiving. Here is a picture of me with my cousin Opie.
Since Faye is technically my great aunt, I just call her Faye the Great. She is such a good aunt. She always wears red lipstick and she brought me some treats. She also took me for walks each morning around the neighborhood and I told her about Savannah.
I love Faye the Great so much, I tried to convince her to take me back to Texas with her in the Fiat. Here we are trying to make a break for it!
We miss you, Hyacinth. Come back to visit any time!
Today was another beautiful day in Savannah. My Ma and Pa decided that since I have been doing so well post-surgery, it was time for my first public outing. We headed to Forsyth Park in my favorite mode of transportation - the Fiat - to attend the Humane Society's Doggie Carnival. An added bonus was the SCAD Sidewalk Arts Festival, which had been held the day before.
There were lots of doggies that had vibrant colors on their coats, but my Ma and Pa wouldn't let me take a rest on the chalky sidewalk. My paws had some interesting hues, though.
I love an afternoon out in the park. My friends at Case Veterinary Hospital had a tent set up at the doggie carnival, and I was able to show Dr. Knight, the doctor who referred me to my surgeon, just how far I have come.
I enjoyed seeing the big fountain:
And the old oak trees with Spanish moss:
I was so glad to be out and about again, amongst my admiring public.
Time for a slice of pie at Vinnie's. Happy Sunday, y'all!
Today was my kind of day. The sky is blue, the sun is shining and there is a cool breeze blowing. And my ma and pa stayed at home all day, working outside, while I got to hang out in the yard. I look bored here, but I am really resting myself in a sun puddle:
Hey, Pa, you missed a spot on the car. I'm helpful like that.
Yup, hanging out outside all day and getting to be with my people definitely makes me a happy girl.
Civil War forts one weekend, drag queens the next. That's how we roll in this house. Last night my ma and her friend Shelly went to see the true Lady of Savannah -- the Doll, The Grand Empress, Miss Chablis.
The Lady Chablis was one of the characters in John Berendt's bestselling true crime novel, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. She even played herself in the movie version of the book and penned her own memoir, Hiding My Candy. The Lady now performs about once a month at Club One downtown on Jefferson Street.
But the thing I found most interesting about Miss Chablis was that she has an 18-year-old toy poodle named Totsie, and he usually performs with her. Last night she said Totsie had retired and was not feeling very well. So I'd like to send get well wishes to Totsie from Sadie.
By the way, this is my Ma's favorite scene from the movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. It's not the best quality, but you'll still enjoy it.
The National Weather Service is predicting winter weather for Savannah this evening. That means snow! My mom says she heard that the last time it snowed in Savannah, it was 1996, so I wasn't even a thought then!
The last time it snowed in Savannah, my mom was in graduate school in Athens and gas was $1.25 a gallon. And I was -10 years old.
I know just the other day I was dreaming of warm weather and spring, but today I am dreaming of snow. It's a hound's prerogative to change her mind, after all. Here's a pic of me enjoying the snow at my old home in Macon last year:
Also, here's a video that will let you know what I enjoy more than snow:
For me, the best part of each day - other than 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. when I must be fed on.the.dot - is when my mom comes home from work. If it's nice weather, that means I get to take a walk around my neighborhood and unwind from my long day of napping at home alone.
My new neighborhood has a name - Ardsley Park - and it was voted the best neighborhood in Savannah. The plan of Ardsley Park, a regular grid with landscaped squares, is a 20th century variant of Oglethorpe's original city plan. It is made up of all the homes bounded by Victory Drive on the north to 55th Street on the south, and by Waters Avenue on the east to Bull Street on the west.
Enough history, on to the important stuff. Usually we walk through the park at Battey and on until we get to where one of my new friends, Griffindore, lives. I call him Griffin for short. He waits on the steps of his house and when he sees me and my mom walking down Battey, he starts howling like some kind of basset hound. Actually, that's because he is a basset hound. He looks just like me except he is brown where I am white.
After leaving Griffin's house we walk past the house with the ginormous lemon tree. We have to walk down this street because my mom has a fixation with any kind of citrus trees. I heard my pa say it is a sickness. Anyway, we continue walking to another park where other people are walking their dogs too. I always try to make friends, because you can never have too many friends, especially if they have treats. This park has lots of trees, and I almost always see squirrels, my favorite things to chase. Maybe one day I will catch one, but until then, it's back to my house, where I patiently await the 7 p.m. question, "Sadie, do you want supper?"
Hello, there. My name is Sadie and I am a basset hound. My full name is Sadie Maybelle Fullbright (I was named after Mother Maybelle Carter - my mother is a big country music fan), but I usually just go by Sadie, Sadie May, Monkey Butt, Whistle Britches or Do-Ro. (My Pop Pop gave me the name Do-Ro...it's a combination of Do-Do and Moron.) I was also once described as a "long dog." That is true, but I am not very tall, thus the title of this blog.
My favorite things are chewing sticks, going for long walks in Daffin Park, riding in my Pa's Fiat, chasing balls and playing with my chew toys. Oh, and I also enjoy having a fish on my line, which is a euphe-, a euphe-, another way of saying I like to sleep. My very favorite thing in the whole world though is f-u-d, especially s-u-p-p-e-r.
Last October, my mom and I moved to the historic town of Savannah near the coast of Georgia. We'll use this blog to document our adventures and discoveries along the way.
