Last week, we took a very scary walk in Moran State Park. I was so glad when we got out of the path of the evil wood fairies!

 

See the monster at the top with his hand reaching out to grab me? Noooooo...

This one eyed monster watched me the whole way. Help!!

When they catch you, they put you in the dungeon.

 Oh, oh! I have to save my master. He's falling into the evil wood fairies!

I hope this won't gross you out, although it certainly did ME! My Mrs. Master has a worm bin. It's so odd when she says, "Want to help me feed my worms?" Is she kidding? Well, last week she dumped her worm bin. What is she thinking? She said she was trying to separate the worm castings (oh, you mean worm poop?) from the scraps and put it in the garden. Peweee...when she dumped it, it was a mess with rotten food and mildewed newspaper scraps. I may have my smelly moments, but this was terrible! The next time she decides to separate worm poop, I will be as far as away as possible!

After weeks of sunny weather it has cooled back down on Orcas Island.  It's crazy to think that in a week we will have our annual Summer Solstice parade in Eastsound! If you stop by the parade you should go and see my masters.  They will be at a booth in the Farmers' Market passing out water as a fundraiser for World Concern.  Donations will help provide water to people who need it.  I like to drink a lot of water and I cannot imagine what it would be like if my masters did not provide me with fresh water every day.

Even when it rains it is still beautiful here and there are still lots of fun  things to do.  I hope that my master takes me for a good long hike while it is still nice and cool!  Actually, I think that I will go and bug him right now to see if he'll take me out!

The Farmers' Market is open every Saturday in the summer on the village green in Eastsound.

The Summer Solstice parade will take place this Saturday, June 21st.

 

My Masters took me to Lummi Island for a little day off. Boy! Did we have fun! The weather was perfect and I got to ride on a little ferry.

We went on some cool walks. The only one I couldn't go on was at the beach. Darn! That's my favorite walk, but we were in my Mrs. Master's small car and she doesn't allow wet, stinky dogs in her back seat. I don't really understand that, but she didn't want to take the truck. I'm proud to say it always smells like me.

 

Lunch was at place called the Beach Cafe. Check out the chickpea sandwich my Master had. YUM!

Now, it's back to work at the Blue Heron B&B. There's a 2 year old Lab coming in Thursday, and as Pet Host, I need to be ready. I remember when I was two. Could this Lab be anything like me? If so, I better get rested up!

The annual Orcas Island Garden Tour is coming up this month!  The event takes place Saturday and Sunday June 28th and 29th, from 11 AM to 5 PM.  This self-guided tour features six beautiful local gardens.  The theme this year is "Garden Rooms" and according to the Orcas Island Garden Club website,"although the gardens are unique expressions of their owners' aesthetics, they have in common the concept of "garden" as a series of rooms in which to linger and explore."

I wish that I could go to the gardens but my masters say that I am not allowed to because I am a dog.  Too bad!  I guess that I will just have to wait to hear about it from my masters!

This is me in my yard!  We have a lovely garden here at the Blue Heron.  I hope that you can come and enjoy it with me sometime!

See the little yellow finch on the bird feeder? They are starting to come back. For awhile, all we saw were pigeons (I guess people call them "rats with wings" in New York City), but now we have some of the other birds including a Stellar Jay and the fattest Robin I have ever seen. It's probably not a Robin,but I'm not really up on my birds like some of the guests at the Blue Heron B&B. It's amazing how they will rattle off the names of the different birds. My owners call it the "morning bird show" 'cause they put out bird seed and you can see all the birds (including noisy crows) from the dining room dive at the bird feeder. It will get real interesting when pesky Alabama starts hunting birds. She's still young, 7 months old on Saturday, but learning to be a fierce hunter.