Long time, no dog-blog!

We've been very remiss in updating our dog's-eye-view of what's going on at Chez Brooks-Russell.

It's been a full, busy summer ... which started out with our Moms leaving us for a WHOLE MONTH for their "Excellent European Adventure." You can find out all about that here on this blog they did about their trip ... meanwhile we held down the fort with our Aunt Stasia and LOTS of toys.


But we were sure glad when they got back!


Once they got unpacked and over the jet lag, they decided to redecorate ... the PATIO!

So now we have like totally a whole new living room ... with even MORE furniture we're not supposed to get up on! YAY!!!


So as you can see, a "dog's life" at our house is pretty darned good. Juno still needs her eye drops three times a day but not being able to see has not changed her personality, her energy or her claim on the prime couch spot!


And Luna has pretty much perfected the "how can you say no to this face?" pose. (This is her in rampant begging mode while popcorn was being consumed during a recent episode of Mad Men.)

So we hope everything is good with all of you. We've got a few events on our calendars coming up ... Blessing of the Animals at All Saints on October 3 is one. But meanwhile we're feeling a nap coming on. The only question is ... who's going to make it to the bed first????

Ready, set, GO!

Flowers? What flowers?

Begging?

Who's begging???

Dinner for One

Our moms thought this was just about the funniest thing they ever saw.

And so we worked a deal with them: they could post it to our blog if they promise NEVER to try anything like this at home -- with US!

Rain, Rain, Go Away!

(A Luna & Juno report from So Cal Rain Central)

We've been trying to be good ... we really have! But ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ALREADY!

We're bored with our toys, we've run out of chewy bones ...
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... and honestly, how many times can you watch the same weather report over and over and OVER again!

Our mom says that our sled dog ancestors braved worse weather than this to take serum to Nome ... but we said "that was then and this is now" and we are SOOOO not going out in this rain!
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So we took a vote and decided we're just going to sleep this one off.
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Here's hoping that Annie chick is right and the sun'll come out tomorrow!
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Breaking News!

Juno is "Miss May" in the Husky Rescue 2010 Calendar! (Along with her big brother "Moose" -- her kennel name was "Maya.")

Now, if I'd known this sooner, I'd have been gotten the word out sooner, but I figure since it's ONLY January it's not too late to add a little cuteness to your life and help out the good folks at Husky Camp.

Order here.

Another New Year's Eve ...

... another trip down Colorado Boulevard!
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Here in Pasadena the whole CITY gets ready for the Rose Parade ... and one of the things WE do on New Year's Eve day is go watch them all get ready!

So here we are ... ready for another Pasadena New Year's Eve Adventure!

And we're OFF!

The bleachers are set to go along Orange Grove ...

... and the Happy New Year stand at the corner of Colorado & Orange Grove, along with ...

... ALOT of other people in cars doing what WE'RE doing!

The museum has its Rose Parade outfit on ...







... and the news vans are all along the road putting it all the waiting-for-the-parade news on television.

Yeow! Our moms say these are the guys that give Jesus a bad name.

Caught in the rearview-mirror-act: snapping pictures down the Rose Parade Route!

These guys have the bundled-up thing figured out ...

And THIS lady gets the sound-sleeper award!

Here's another dog out for a look at the parade route with his dad ... we think he gets better grades in obedience class than we do!

The motorhomes are back ... we saw them last year, too. (Our mom says this is "the way to go.")

We liked these kids ... nothing says "Happy New Year" like signs duct taped to your face!

Dummy alert! Dummy alert! Not a real person! (Dogs know these things -- we're wondering if it worked to save their space on the sidewalk?! Oh well: nothing ventured ...)

WOW! We just drove 4.4 miles down from our house in Altadena!

"Out of the Closet" -- we like this place: they take junk you're not using anyway and turn it into money to help the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.

And then it was off to La Canada where more Rose Parade stuff was happening ...

... building a FLOAT!

Pretty cool ...
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... especially up close!!

These we couldn't get so close to, but they're still pretty ...

... all lined up in front of the Rose Bowl ...

... from Trader Joe's (we love their rawhide chewey bones!)
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And we liked this fish one ... we'll be looking for it tomorrow when we watch the parade on TV from home ... which is where we're headed now.

And so on this Happy New Year's Eve ... Happy New Year's to All ...

... and to all a good night!

4 Years Ago Tomorrow ...

... my mom came to Husky Camp and picked me!

She was just sitting here remembering how excited she was the night before when she knew she was going to go pick out a new sister for Harvey (even though she was still sad and missing my sister-who-went-to-Dog-Heaven before I was born, Cody.)

This is the picture the Husky Camp people put up of me on the website ... along with my other 10 brothers and sisters ... to find homes for us after we were born on Thanksgiving 2005. Can you believe how little I was?

(me @ 4 weeks)

So my moms liked what they saw online and since my mom Susan was in Kentucky visiting Jamie and Brian for Boxing Day, my mom Louise drove ALL the way up to Wrightwood (that's where Husky Camp is) to pick me out.
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(me @ 6 weeks)

They had to wait a few more weeks to bring me home ... until I'd had my shots and they got me "fixed" (don't ask!) ... but here are some pictures of my first day in my family ... January 28, 2006 (and yes, it has been noted that my ears seemed to be growing faster than the rest of me was!):

But we were a match made in heaven -- I loved my new family and they loved me!


So four years later, I've gone from this ...

... to this! (See ... I actually DID grow into those ears!)

Merry Merry!

We're having a VERY Merry Christmas at our house! Hope your day is full of love and blessings and presents!

Merry Christmas from Luna & Juno!

Christmas is coming ...