Nope

Greetings to all!  It's me, Mags.  I'm here in the living room with Ragnar.  Just hanging out.  Not doing anything.

"Quick!  Look innocent!"
"Uh... hi, Mom!"

I mean, it's not like I was getting ready to teach Ragnar how to do aircraft carrier landings.  Nope.  Not at all.  

Yours sincerely, 
Margaret Thatcher

Serene Scenery Sunday

Hi everybody!  It's me, Ragnar.  We had really pretty skies on our walk this morning, and Mags and I thought you might enjoy seeing them.  Ready to get going?

Mom didn't take any shots until we were going up this big hill, mostly because it was too dark.  Everything would have been blurry!

"Oooh, look at the colors in the western sky!"
"I think Mom has some fabric like that."

I know that sounds odd.  I've been spending a lot of time in the Studio lately, though.

Mom turned around when we got to the top of the hill and took this shot:

   

Nice, huh?  We headed up into the hills where they're just now putting roads in.  Check out the view from up there; the sun rays make it look like a spaceship about to land!

The sun kept playing "Hide 'N' Seek" with us!  

Here's another shot of Mags and me, in case you forgot what we look like:

"We've GOT to walk to the end of this cul-de-sac!"
"Yeah, we've gotta!  OK, Mom?"
"Yes!  Maybe you two could pose in front of the sunrise?"

That sounded OK, but ...

"I smell cows!"
"I can hear them, too!  COWS!"

I mean ... there are some things way more important and way more serene than sunrises!

Yeah, OK, it's pretty ... but if you could only smell the cows!!!!  Ah, sweet serenity!

Sköl!
Ragnar

Gotta Be Quick!

Greetings to all! It's me, Maggie. The other night, just out of the blue, Ragnar and I hit our mom with this:

"Head-tilt, Raggi!  Go!"
"Got it!"

That's right - a Double Head-Tilt. It almost made her heart explode. Pretty cool, huh? So today, we were playing in the living room. She tried to get some pix, but wasn't fast enough. We sat down for a break and did it again:

"HeadTiltIn321GoSTOP!!!"
"Oh.  Gotta be faster than that, Mom."

She wasn't quite fast enough for that, either. 

Yours sincerely, 

Margaret Thatcher

Vikings

Hi everybody!  It's me, Ragnar.  A long time ago, Maggie told you all about some of the things she likes to watch on TV -- to include the show Vikings.  A new season came out sort of recently, but since I hadn't seen the early ones, Mom and Dad decided we should start at the beginning.  They didn't want me to miss anything.

We started watching and I was fascinated!

"VIKINGS!!!  Oh, this is great!  I'm a Viking!"

This was the most exciting part of the first show:

" 'Ragnar'?!?!  I'm Ragnar, too!  How cool!"

The early seasons held my interest for sure!  Here's Ragnar (Ragnar Lothbrok, not me - Ragnar Jimmysson) with Bjorn!

"I have a brother named Bjorn!"

Eventually, the other Ragnar gets pretty messed up and starts having all kinds of problems.  It was hard for me to watch those parts.

"Oh, no!!!"

We'll get to the new season pretty soon.   This is a pretty good show.  Maggie and I like the pillaging and battle scenes best!

Sköl!

Ragnar

Studio Sun Puddle

Greetings to all!  It's me, Mags.  Sometimes in the afternoons, our mom's Studio gets a huge sun puddle in in.  And we all know what to do in sun puddles, right?

"Let me know when it's quitting time, Mom."

I'm a Working Breed.  This kind of thing comes naturally to me.

Yours sincerely, 

Margaret Thatcher

Wordless Wednesday

 

Ragnar and Mags

 

"Somehow"

Greetings to all!  It's me, Mags. The other morning, we took a hike up to The Top Of The World.  It was cold and blustery, so (obviously) we had a blast.  I decided when we got to the cliff, Ragnar and I should strike serious poses.

"Hey, Raggi!  Do your serious look!"

"I claim this land in the name of Polargold's Einherjar!"

"Oh.  And Polargold's Margaret Thatcher, too.  Sorry, Mags.  I was feeling very Viking-like!"

"No sweat, Raggi.  I wish we had better lighting, though ..."

I mean, it looked COLD, which was awesome, but if we're going to pose, I want us to have really cool lighting.  So this morning ...

We headed out for what Mom and Dad thought was going to be a Colbert Hills loop.  It was really beautiful out, though; we got out right before sunrise, so we hit the "golden hour" lighting.  I sent a mind-meld message and "somehow" we ended up at The Top Of The World again.  "Somehow."

Once up at the top, I hustled everyone over to the edge of the cliff:

"Wait for us, Mags!  Mom was taking a picture of the sunrise!"
"Hurry, everyone!  Follow me!"

We got to our lookout point, and the posing came naturally:

"Now this is beautiful lighting. Strike a pose, Ragnar!"
"Are you getting this, Mom?"

What a beautiful morning it was!  I'm so glad we "somehow" ended up at The Top Of The World!

Yours sincerely,

Margaret Thatcher

Ha-looo Down There!

 Hi everybody!  It's me, Ragnar!  Up here!

"Ha-looo down there!"

I had only done minimal exploring of The Upstairs until this Christmas -- that's where everything is stored, so we all did lots of trips up and down and up and down the steps.  It was great fun!  Anyway, my first time in The Upstairs, I had discovered the beds and Mom told me "Ah-ah!" about jumping up on them - so I didn't go up.  I'm a good boy like that.  During the "put away" period, though ...

"I won't, Mom.  But I sure do feel right at home in this room!"

I mean ... I've gotta check with Mags.  See if there's some kind of a work-around she can come up with.  That bed looks so comfy!!!

Sköl!

Ragnar

Serene Sunday

Greetings to all! It's me, Maggie.  Lately, Ragnar and I have been doing a bit of this in the late afternoons:

"Oops.  Quick!  Act natural!"
"Got it, Mags!"

And a bit of this:

"Nothing to see here, Mom.  Really."
"Yeah.  I was just ... um ... showing Mags some yoga moves."
"OK ..."

   

Oh, don't get me wrong.  We're Siberian Huskies.  There's also plenty of this:

"I've got the high ground, Raggi!"
"Not for long, Mags!"

But, for reasons I won't share here (since Mom types this for us), we also have been, like I said, having lots of moments like this:

"What?!?  We weren't doing anything."
"So you go up to a small bush or something, Mags, and---OH!  Never mind.  Tell ya later."

We look TOTALLY serene, don't we?  And innocent, too.  Trust me.  We're Siberian Huskies!

Yours sincerley

Margaret Thatcher 

Route Choice

Hi everybody!  It's me, Ragnar.  As many of you know, we all take turns choosing what route we take on our walks.  The other morning, we were heading down the best part of Hudson Trail ...

"The ground's all nice and frozen!"
"Yeah - no mud, Mom!"
"YAY!"

Then I looked to the west and saw my favorite farmhouse out there!

"I was hoping we could walk past the farm today!"
"Send Mom and Dad a mind-meld message for the way back, Ragnar!  Remember - you've got the gift!"

I had forgotten!  I concentrated really hard ...

"Walk past the farm on the way home!  Walk past the farm on the way home!  Walk past the farm on the way home!"

We got up to The Top Of The World and had a look around.  It was sort of smoky/foggy out:

"Grab a shot of this cool pose, Mom!"
"Yeah, Mom!  Walk past the farm on the way home!"

We headed down the trail up on the top ...

"Are you having as much fun as I am, Mags?  Walk past the farm on the way home!"
"I sure am!  It's a frosty paradise up here!"

... then headed down the road to the other lookout point:

"I think someone's down there."
"So do I.  Walk past the farm on the way home!"

As we headed back toward home, and Dad suggested a different trail than what we'd come in on.  Hmm!

"Raggi!  Check it out!"
"THE FARM!!!  I SEE THE FARM!!!"

Oh, I was so happy!  Mom and Dad let us go take a look - they don't mind us checking things out, as long as we remain nice and calm.  

"Mags!  Look!  COWS!"
"COWS!"

"Horses, too!"
"I love horses!"

It was so wonderful getting to walk past the farm!  Mags and I stayed calm - we wouldn't want to scare our horse or cow friends!  After the farm, we got to another favorite part of the trail!

"Look, Mom!  Your favorite hills!"

She doesn't really mind!  Besides, it was frozen, not muddy.  AND we got to walk past the farm!  I LOVE getting to choose our route!

Sköl!

Ragnar

Keep Her Guessing

Hi everybody! It's me, Ragnar. Maggie and I were wilding  playing nicely after lunch today, then when Mom came throught the living room with an armload of clean laundry, we did this:

"Hi, Mom.  We were just about to take a nap together."
"Yeah.  Just about ... zzz ..."

 

Maggie said it's good to keep Mom guessing; it's in the Siberian Husky Rule Book somewhere.

Sköl!

Ragnar 

Something's Missing

Greetings to all!  It's me, Maggie.  After our morning walks, Mom and Dad go downstairs to the workout room and ... well ... workout.  Ragnar and I chill out in the outer part of the Studio and play with our toys. The other morning, I felt like I wanted to get a few more miles in, so I did what Mom does -- I hopped up on the treadmill.

"Uh ... yeah.  Something's missing here, Mom.  Doesn't seem like much of a challenge."
"I could turn it on for you, Mags."

She must have meant her iPad.  She always has something going on her iPad while she treadmills.

"Your music mix is OK, but I don't want to watch quilt tutorials.  No offense."
"Yeah, none taken, Mags."

I couldn't really see the iPad, so ... I don't know.  Something was definitely missing.  Or I'm even more fit than Mom thinks!

Yours sincerely,

Margaret Thatcher

Wordless Wednesday

 

Mags and Ragnar 

Early Walk

Hi everybody!  It's me, Ragnar.  This morning, we started out on our walk a little earlier than normal (for Winter).  Most of the early photos came out all blurry, so Mom ditched them.  She took this cool shot of me after we'd been walking a while:

"There's something out there, Mom!"
"Ooooh, look at the sunrise!"

What if I had been trying to warn her about Godzilla stalking us out on the prairie or something!?!  Right?  But Mom was all about the sunrise! 

Anyway, Maggie and I are blurry in most of the shots of us, but here are some landscapes for your enjoyment:

 

It was a gorgeous morning! Here's one of us pups on the trail:

"We should do a sunrise walk to The Top Of The World!"
"Yeah!"

We couldn't walk that far this morning, because Dad had to be somewhere by 9.  He and Mom said maybe tomorrow, though!  Sounds like a great plan!

Sköl,

Ragnar

Working Too Hard?

 Hi everybody!  It's me, Ragnar.  Here's a photo of me and Maggie after we had been helping our mom in her Studio yesterday:

"Time to close up shop, Mom?"
"Yeah, Mom.  I think we've all worked enough for today!"

Then Mom said she wanted to try "just one more thing real quick".  I was OK with it, but I think it might have been a bit too much for Mags:

"I'm out ... zzz ..."

I think we need an easier day today, don't you?

Sköl!

Ragnar

Keep It Simple (& Serene) Sunday

 Greetings to all!  It's me, Mags, here with just one shot from this morning's walk.  

Ragnar and me on Anneberg Perimeter Trail

It was frosty and fun - and very serene!

Have a great day!

Yours sincerely,

Margaret Thatcher