We’ve been busy with lots of summer stuff.
Pickles are made (for now), cranberry beans are fresh-frozen (great in pasta e fagioli) and tomatoes are ripening on the vine. We picked wild blackberries out at 1000 acres and Mom froze them for an up-coming galette. Did I help? No. I don’t like blackberries…I ate grass instead. Definitely more nutritious, I think. A lot of dogs do, though, and pick them off the vines themselves.
Then there was the painting of the spare bedroom that’s going to be Poppy’s room when she comes to visit. That’ll be in another week, so there will be lots to tell then!
I went to the river and a duck family swam by–can you see them out there? I think it’s good to share the river, don’t you?
Then I dug a hole.
Did you know there are definite benefits to hole-digging?
- It tones the muscles
- Relieves boredom
- Keeps me from digging at home (Mom says that’s a good one!)
- I might find ‘treasure’
- Expends some of my energy…
This is me later. 
Zonked on the couch.
The (mis)Adventures of Sage 
That is a very creative hole. It must have taken careful planning.
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Beautiful veggies Sage oh how I miss having a veggie garden..and wow you were really having a great dig..i am surprised we didn’t see you pop up here down under!! digging is great fun and indeed good for you..we are hoping for spring but still in winter so no swimming here! Have a great day Sage hugs Fozziemum
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OMD… now dat is a super BIG hole. Nice job.
Wags,
Ranger
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Digging holes and tennis balls are very impawtant activities! Sistah Nalle likes to pick blackberries tooowooowoooo! Ku
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That is one fantastic hole! I bow to your digging prowess, Sage! My humans always get all grumpy when I try the hole digging workout.
Bunny
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Um wow Sage! That hole is huge! And look at all those awesome fruits and veggies! I love pasta e fagioli soup… haven’t had some in forever. I should learn how to cook it probably.
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Sounds like you had a full day.
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Wow you have been very busy!
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Yikes you have been busy, check out that hole Wowzer’z xx00xx
Mollie and Alfie
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I like blackberries… and raspberries and blueberries but my favorites are alpine strawberries (don’t like cultivated ones). I have trouble waiting until they’re ripe before I help myself!
Great hole by the way.
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The Queen wants to know — does your Mom fresh freeze beans the way you do berries (like I would know)?
Ben in Bermtopia
P.S. You get to bring your balls inside. . . on the couch? Sigh. The Queen needs to get out more.
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Mom freezes the cranberry beans (a shelled bean) spread out on a tray in the freezer–just like the berries.
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Wow! I loved to dig on the beach, but I liked to bury my Mom and sister in sand 🙂 Looks like you are having a fun summer 🙂
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And, don’t forget all the mud you find at the bottom of the digging. Looks like a lotta fun. And, your beautiful harvest looks terrific. xoxox
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that’s a pawesome hole Sage!
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You’ve been quite a busy girl, Sage. You were so good to share the river with the duck family, and that hole is a huge (literally) achievement! I want to know if you used your beautiful tail to assist in the painting! 😉
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Sage, you are a nut! I love those last photos. Tired, but not giving up that ball! I do believe you that hole digging is good exercise, especially when you dig one as big as that!
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Blackberry galette? Mom is totally drooling 🙂 I’m with you though, Sage; grasses sound even tastier to me! And that is some impressive hole digging!
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Sweet Sage you all have been a good kind of visit. Glad you got to have some fun during all the busy. That was a very nice, big hole you dug. Fruit and veggies looks so yummy. Hugs and nose kisses
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Oh my, Sage…you have been busy! I can’t believe you make your own pickles. How cool is that? I loved your hole digging photos.
*Cairn cuddles*
Oz
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Wow Sage! You have been SO busy and so productive! Love the pics as usual. BearHUG!
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Even three dogs working together can’t dig a hole like that around here. Way to go! And those berries look delicious… I’m hungry.
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I miss having a dog around like you! My Ellie used to dig quite the holes. 🙂
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You all certainly have been busy. Mommy loved the food photos…yum, the lake photo and the photo of you are your back with the tennis ball. We think they all our great. Wish we had some dirt to dig in. Purrs and hugs, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
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what a great garden and those pickles look really yummy! And Sage, I cannot imagine you without a hole in your life…MOL…play bows, Savannah
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