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The Mackie Teachings Daily Cap(s) (204)

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We said goodbye to our beloved Scottie this evening. And with that I reflect on what this small, 27-pound bundle of fun taught me over the past 12 years. Throughout my life I’ve had many wonderful dogs, but none have been as special to me as Mackie. She will be forever missed, remembered, understood, and appreciated as such:

Mackie, the Queen of Scots

  • Patience is for the Owner, not the Scottie
  • Persistence will win out
  • Ornery is fun to be around
  • Straddling a basketball can be used to sooth a tummy ache, or it can simply be for your entertainment
  • A Scottie can pass a vocabulary test
  • “Bye-Bye” means “Go-Go”
  • We all should go for a walk and enjoy it as much
  • Certain people (and dogs) come into your life that are very special (thanks also to Ms. Sarah & Mr. Quinn for being part of Mackie’s caring Royal Family circle)
  • Family may taste good, but biting them makes you feel bad (she really was sorry Tyler)
  • Take a few minutes to clear the goobers from your eyes
  • Cashews are good
  • Stretchin’ does the joints good
  • Roll over and let someone scratch you tummy every once in a while
  • If you sit up pretty, good things will happen to you
  • “Goodness Sakes” is sometimes all you need to hear
  • Sharing the AC vent in the car is not always an option for others
  • Really? You have to ask? Who doesn’t want a treat?
  • When played, “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” makes us all stop what we’re doing and sing along
  • Find one toy amongst the many, and like it best (“Dino” was Mac’s)
  • Eat more watermelon
  • “Come here…I’ll scratch you’re butt”  (believe me when I say that was a term of endearment, not to mention a daily ritual)
  • Being low to the ground is not such a bad thing after all
  • Whisper good secrets in my ear, but tell me no lies
  • Airplanes are never welcome to land in your back yard
  • Wasp strings are annoying
  • You can never have enough squeaky toys
  • Bark until you have the whole neighborhood’s attention
  • Pooping and peeing on the doctor’s lawn before your appointment says how you really feel
  • Your own bed gives a great deal of comfort and security
  • Give hugs generously
  • Motorcyle engines are way too loud
  • Barking at the school bus each morning doesn’t mean I don’t like kids
  • Be a silly girl often
  • Find solace where you sit, and enjoy every sitting
  • “No Mac. It’s choc-o-late…you can’t have any”
  • When you speak, raising up off the ground does help emphasize your point
  • Leather shoes are meant to be scuffed, as are pant cuffs meant to be torn when you’re happy to be walking along side your best friend
  • Wag your tail and people will smile at you
  • Who needs a paper shredder when you’ve got a Scottie?
  • Always expect fresh water
  • Show your excitement…hippity-hop
  • “Come on…it’s 5:30. Time to get up, Tim”
  • There is no such thing as reserved seating when it comes to the living room furniture
  • Low windows and wide sills on which to rest your chin makes watching the world go by so much easier
  • “Gotta go” means “I expect you back here soon”
  • Be a good girl
  • “Medicine” means “peanut butter”
  • Whether it’s a window pane or a car window, both deserve a nose print or two
  • If you don’t like Mr. Kitty hanging around, by all means let him know
  • Go ahead and use your paw when you need some attention
  • Everyone should help water the plants
  • If you poop in the backyard, then you should always kick backwards to cover it with dirt
  • Keeping telling yourself “when this bath is over I will get to shake, and then I will feel better”
  • The (dog) door is the gateway to your castle…guard it well
  • Go outside whenever you can
  • Know as one generation stepped forward during a time of loss, so too will the next
  • You’re the Queen, you always will be in charge

Mackie leaves us with wonderful memories of a companion, friend, and lovable member of our family. Had she been anything less, her passing would be much easier. As she did for me so many times before, she would comfort the sadness in my heart, and want it to be short lived. And that it will, because don’t you know I have many-a-picture of her to bring back a smiling memory.  So long baby girl. Aroooo!

October 20, 2000 – July 22, 2012

I have written on this blog so often of Mackie, but these are my favorite: The Queen Poses, Scottie Takes Flight, and Queen of Scots

I’m letting this post serve as my Daily Cap(s) today – this was Mackie early this afternoon, the last photo I took of her:

My Mackie, RIP girl

Mackie is Aroooo-ing aloud

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The Scottie Queen Mackie spent the day at home today, that is after first spending an hour at the vet’s getting blood work checked this morning.

Those internal organs are being somewhat ornery, letting Mac’s liver function get back to “normal”, yet keeping us concerned for her kidneys (their behavior, much like a typical Scottie, remains abnormally “high”).

She is looking much better, acting a wee bit more like the Mac of old, and thankfully still has her Scottie-ness, although it has been a bit dampened.

Regardless, she indulged me with her patience this evening….

She has obviously gotten used to me carrying her around the past few days….

Thanks everyone that has asked about, hoped and prayed for, and those blog followers that have patiently tolerated my Queen posts the past few days.

Now, for crying out loud, let there be other photos taken in the coming days….

The Random Trio Tuesday Daily Cap(s) (199)

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Getting back to shore before sundown….

Post Oak leaves with the setting sun upon on them

The Queen Mackie – after a second day of IV stuff, seems to be doing a little better today. At least she’s talking to me again :)

The Scottie Bond Daily Cap(s) (198)

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Before Mackie’s appointment with the veterinarian, the Royals had their own version of morning tea on the patio (never mind the dreadful, outstretched garden hose please – terminate the gardener immediately).

The Princess Zoey…sad, in her own way, that our Queen is ailing

My Queen at home this evening. She spent the day at the vet’s struggling with a decrease in kidney function, infection, and dehydration. The bandage on her front leg is an IV – she gets to spend the day with the vet again tomorrow. She isn’t too happy with her Royal subjects (me) right now. Oh geez this lady…she just needs to get well if she can.

 

 

The Plum-Scottie Daily Cap(s) (197)

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Mexican Plums are starting to drop…all over the backyard

My Queen Mackie. She’s been puny of late and has me a bit worried (damn pets how they tug your heart strings) – her blood work results should be back tomorrow.

The Princess Zoey…ain’t nothing ailing this girl

The Halfway Point Daily Cap(s) (183)

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Today’s post marks the halfway point of the 365 “The Daily Cap(s)” effort for 2012. And I need to give a h-u-g-e thank you to all the old friends, new friends, and visitors that have been a part of the first 182 posts. There are several followers that are family, and then there are several more that I consider family (and you know who you are…:) ) I may be trying some “daily” themes – don’t know yet – but my hope is I don’t bore you to tears with the next 183 posts….

Cloud watching can take up entirely too much of my day sometimes….

A humble abode. There’s just too much..ahhhh…well…”cool-ness” going on with this building to list….

And have a look at the neighbor’s place….

Caught the Queen (Mackie) looking at me (with her nose out of focus). “Mac” will be 12 this October. She’s had a rough week – not herself, not eating, kind of spacey and out of it. I had to drop to the floor a few times to give her some lovin’ – she always perks up a bit when that happens. Today was the first day in a week she’s felt OK. Poor lady – “don’t be doing anything radical or rash on me now Your Highness”.

The Princess (Zoey) always strikes a pose for me (with her nose in focus)….

Still cloud watching, this time from the backside of a Denton (Texas) landmark….

The Leave-No-Scottie-Inside Daily Cap(s) (154)

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The Royals – Princess Zoey here – were lounging about the living room today, staying in the AC instead of the 93º temperatures….

Mackie Queen of Scots will always give me that annoyed look when the camera is out (no matter if its the big Canon or the little FugiFilm…she indulges me only for a few shots, so I gotta be quick with her)

But there is one way to get at least the Queen out-of-doors…feed her watermelon! She absolutely loves this summertime treat. She recognizes the melon when you bring it in the door and will start bumping your leg. When its being cut, she either sits up and begs or will scratch the beegeebers out of your leg….

The Princess on the other hand, is a bit less enthusiastic about the treat (although there is no way the Queen will get any of her portion of her melon whether she eats it or not). Regardless, it got their lazy butts off the couch and to the backyard 

The Spa Day Daily Caps(s) (144)

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Mackie Queen of Scots showing off her spa day results….

Zoey the Princess sporting her new spa day clip….

Hey, now wait a minute…this guy got no where near the spa day with the Scotties so what’s up with the youthfully obnoxious shorts?

The Desk Junk Daily Cap(s) (137)

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These certainly do not help my tonnage-loss program…but dang they’re good!

Been on my desk since last fall…just waiting for a cough I guess…

Camera stuff – of course….

Starting to look a bit scuffed up and well-used….

These are to my “drive-by-shooter” FugiFilm camera as dark chocolate is to my tastebuds….

A little bit of everything to treat what might be ailing ya (except for the Princess Zoey vet bottle for a stool sample…no worries, it’s still empty y’all)

Not on my desk, but still an every night occurrence: Princess Zoey takes on the front yard gecko through my office window…..

Trying a bit of an unusual snack these days…please don’t think anything less of me for it….

But these will always trump the seaweed…duh!

Now which political campaign spouting another set of falsehoods could that be?

iPad cover, Mackie Queen of Scots medicine, and sketch books…always have plenty of sketch books around

My iTunes account wants to know if these might be of interest to me. Anyone know any of these guys?

The Backyard Black and Yellow Daily Cap(s) (114)

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Stella d'Oro Daylily - blooming in my patio pot

Mackie Queen of Scots stands guard over my Daylilies in the backyard

These Daylilies, they are a colorful thing...for being yellow and all

Princess Zoey - yes she too thinks the Daylilies and backyard belongs to her...

Who else looks at the backside of a Daylily? Kind of cool if the setting sun hits it just right....

 

The 88˚ and Sun(day) Daily Cap(s) (92)

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88˚ and Sun(day)...and pushing the limits of your boundaries

88˚ and Sun(day)...and Indian Paintbrush responding....

88˚ and Sun(day)...and big boats and catching a few rays where you can

88˚ and Sun(day)...and half nakedness on boats partying on the lake (and for a reason that only beer and sunshine could probably explain, the one guy in the red cap has a toy gun holstered to his leg)

88˚ and Sun(day)...and that probably has little to do with this Superman casting technique

88˚ and Sun(day)...and my backyard Sour Cherry Tree in bloom

88˚and Sun(day)...one week from Easter, and the Royal Scotties are still fashionably wearing black

The Queen poses

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Mackie, Mack-a-do, Mac-a-roni, Mackers, Mack, Mack-Attack…I call her all those names, along with “Hey You Baby Girl”, “Such a pretty girl”, “Goofy Ball”, and “Goodness Sakes”. But mostly she is referred to as “Your Highness, the Queen of Scots”!

Her and Scottie Gal Pal Zoey get their hair and nails done tomorrow…they’ve been invited to Prince William and Kate’s wedding so don’t you know a gussey-up is warranted. Funny, the Royals always act as if they are embarrassed to have their pictures taken afterwards.

Since the day we got her – some 11 years ago – her eyes have always melted any dog discipline I try to enact. Her antics always make me laugh

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