MY HUMAN IS LEAVING ME

Tomorrow my human is leaving me and going to LA to visit his son, Lawrence Franklin Altaffer IV (shown above). We usually refer to him as L4. He is twenty six years old, single, and lives in Santa Monica. For the past two years he has been the webmaster for the DATA foundation which was co-founded by Bono. DATA promotes aid to Africa. He has also done work for Matt Damon's production company Live Planet. Currently he is working on several freelance projects. You can see his work at "catpointstudios.com". He does really nice work. My human and L4 are planning to go to the art museums in LA and Laguna Beach and they are taking a one night road trip to Las Vegas. I'd really like to go with them but they tell me there are no slot machines that pay out in doggy biscuits. We bassets are really discriminated against!!!!!!!!!

EXHAUSTED

Yaaaaaaaawn.........I loved having guests for the weekend but when guests are here I give them my full attention instead of sleeping on my chair for at least ninety percent of the day. Today I'm gonna catch up on my rest so you won't hear too much from me.

ROSS AND ALICE

Our best buddies Ross and Alice Merrill came to visit for the weekend. I was so excited all I could do was BARK BARK BARK and run around in circles and try to jump up on them and then my human Lawrence would get upset with me and remind me of my proper manners which means NO JUMPING ON PEOPLE !!!!! Being the scent hound that I am I sniffed and identified every bag and package they brought in. I must say I have gotten better. It used to take an hour for me to settle down when guests arrived and now I pretty much get it under control in fifteen minutes. I love having guests because they are "new meat" and I incessantly plead with them to pet me. I especially love all the new scents and aromas that guests bring and my nose stays in a highly charged state. This weekend I just couldn't contain myself and kept sniffing Alice's butt which she didn't like and I just didn't understand this. All of my doggy acquaintances never seem to mind my smelling their butts !!!!
Ross is the chief of the department of conservation at the National Gallery of Art in Washington and is an extraordinary landscape painter. Alice works at The Art League in Alexandria and is one of the most conscientious people on this earth. Lawrence and Ross planned to do some plein air painting on Saturday afternoon but the rain prevented that. Instead they sat in the living room sipping Bourbon and talking about art and looking at art books. Boy does that get boring for me but they actually get excited about. It's hard to figure out these humans.

HAPPY EASTER

I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter. I was hoping for some Easter eggs but instead I got two Milk Bone biscuits. That was good. I am enjoying wearing my Easter bonnet today. It's a beautiful day and hopefully Lawrence will take me for a walk later in the afternoon. Then I can find lots of things to sniff.

HAPPY EASTER

I've Been Thinking

For a long time I have been thinking about creating a blog. I have many thoughts I want to share with you. A dog's life isn't that bad. I get to sleep most of the day and I have a human who loves me very much and I love him just as much. We live on the side of a mountain in an old log home that was built more than 200 years ago. I used to be able to run around in the woods and smell all of the wonderful aromas out there but now I have to be attached to a rope in the back yard because there are coyotes and mountain lions in the woods who would like to eat me because I am very sweet. I've got to go now because it is supper time and boy do I love my kibbles.