Golden Brodie talks about favorite foods of the presidential candidates 2016

Brodie slurps up the “debate buffet”

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We’re getting all ready for the first presidential debate between The Lady and Mr. T. with Lester Holt as the designated driver. We’ll be in front of our large screen with surround sound…flicking back & forth between baseball, football & the political parley.  We’re planning a menu fitting this national face-off.

I requested red and blue balloons for ambiance… but… sadly that won’t be happening.  Then I asked for servings of hot dogs…just seems fitting…but once again I was denied my wish.  Then I suggested we have black-eyed peas and collard greens…you know…for good luck and lots of money?!?!…I was told that only happens on New Year’s Day…my bad.

Eggs are a favorite food of Hillary Clinton
A favorite food of The Lady
Fast food is a favorite of Mr. Trump
Fast food is a favorite of Mr. T

So, we’re having scrambled eggs…The Lady says she can’t cook…but she makes a mean mess of eggs and McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish Combos and perhaps some Burger King cheeseburgers with fries…Mr. T chows on that stuff…even has it brought onto his private plane.  Both representative foods sound like a winner to my golden palate…but then I’ll swallow just about anything…including carelessly tossed chicken bones covered with ants found along the sidewalk.

Flaps up…Let the games begin.

 

Eastern Tailed Blue Butterfly nectarine on Fireworks/Golden Rod

Linger little one

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Delicate delight
When you leave where do you go?
Linger little one

Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 9/25/16

An Eastern Tailed Blue Butterfly nectaring on Fireworks/Golden Rod Photo by Tara McLaughlin 9/16

 

Heartclosetblog.wordpress.com is nominated for this prestigious blogging award.

Liebster Award!

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THE RULES:

1. Write a post to show your award
2. Acknowledge the blogger who nominated you
3. Give a brief story of why you started blogging
4. Give advice to your fellow bloggers
5. Nominate a few bloggers for the award
6. Leave a comment to let the nominated bloggers know about the award

2. Zortura nominated me about a week ago.   Thanks so much for this honor.  Please visit her blog at zortura.wordpress.com

3. I started blogging as a lark and ended up being passionate about my work and getting to know my fellow bloggers.

4. Be clear about your message and when your thoughts come together…that’s the time to begin the writing process.  Works for me.  I started my blog 5 months ago…wanting to cover it all and after three months…my focus came.  I now need to update my About page with the focus and topics that I address.   Stay with your bloggers and support them…they will do the same.  Be generous with your “LIKE”.  Your thoughtful and meaningful comments will bring support to others.

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Brodie waits in the car...stuck in traffic

Brodie ponders which dog gets into the White House

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I became curious about the lucky dogs that have lived in the The White House…lots of them..some more famous than others… for a host of different reasons that had nothing to do with the dog and everything to do with the folks who occupied the “People’s House.”  So…I began my research…My source was dog time.com that lists dogs owned by presidents that resided in the White House…beginning with John Adams all the way through Barack Obama…lots of furry friends… all flavors and sizes…an impressive list I must say.  We dogs have established quite a track record for residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue…racing up and down the formal staircase…laying under the desk in the Oval Office…lounging under the Portico of the West Wing…leaving steaming dumps on the lawn for Secret Service folks to manage…

So…which dog(s) will be next…well the Lady has two dogs…Tally, a toy-poodle mix and Maisie, a curly mix.  Mr. T has a Labrador retriever, Spinee, who underwent extensive surgery this past summer…yes…Spinee has shared his medical records.

Now… you could always add this variable to your voting criteria…Which dog do I want to see in The People’s House?!

Remember the write-in information I researched for you???… well…consider this..do you know how to spell golden retriever? (i before e except after c)… I’m just saying…

 

Gray squirrel on the side of a tree ready to leap.

Accumulate Posthaste

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Frantic gathering
Racing, leaping, chattering
The chill sets the pace

Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 9/23/16

Photograph by Kathy Wilson

Brodie barks: Write in ballots for DUCK & gives the states that take write ins.

Brodie barks: Write in “DUCK” for President

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According to the latest on the Internet…43 states allow a Write in Ballot for the President of the USA.  Which 7 don’t?…Arkansas, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota.

Per Bloomberg…most States require a candidate to register, however; Vermont, Wyoming, Oregon, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Iowa, Delaware, and Alabama do not require registration.

Thirty-five states require that a write-in candidate must submit some form of affidavit and, sometimes, a filing fee at least one month before the election. In North Carolina, these candidates must circulate a petition. Then their names are posted on a list at the polling place, though not on the official ballot. Other write-in votes become trash.

So, my best golden treats are going to “Duck for President”…and why not?!! Duck has a clean bill (ha) of health…he has no funny money anywhere…(He has no money.)…he has no body/company/bird/in his pocket…(He has no pockets or political feathers on his body.)…he’s a possible alternative to those who refuse to cast their vote for either the donkey or elephant candidate…I understand…and if Mr. J or Mrs. Green don’t work either…then practice writing “DUCK” in preparation for voting day.

First debate coming up this Monday, September 26…hold the pate & foie gras.

“A Fresh Bill on Capitol Hill…Duck for President” by  Doreen Cronin is a wonderful teaching tool for lower school students.  Ms. Cronin additionally wrote Click, Clack, Moo…Cows that Type.

Golden leaf showing a hole set in a black background

Nature Going Golden

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Exchanging color

Autumn arrives and whispers

Fall spreads its bounty

Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 9/19/16

Colorful Ornamental Grasses

Rustling Grasses

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Ornamental Grasses Bloom
Ornamental Grasses Bloom

Nature blazes strong

Autumn emerges with flames

Rustling and swaying

Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 9/18/16

Photographs by PamelaWLucas 9/18/15

Stylized photo of Brodie the Golden Retriever

Brodie hunts down political speak

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My golden self devotes time to expanding my vocabulary.  This requires my ears and hearing ready and open…and my dog brain engaged to learn.  So…I heard this the other day on a major network “scurrilous lies….”I had no idea what this “s-word” meant, so I went to Webster’s.  Scurrilous means “making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation.”  What an epiphany I had…this handy adjective clearly describes political antics of today.  So…then I looked up the antonym for this “s-word” and found polite, clean and decent.  It’s never too late to change it up.

Let’s all, everybody… go for the paradigm shift in politics by changing our political conversations and behaviors…thereby rendering this “s-word” obsolete.

Ears up.

Golden Brodie sniffs about the "claw backs" in this presidential campaign

Brodie sniffs out “the claw back”

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I enjoy the political rhetoric as it heightens and tightens…accuses and abuses…pivots and swirls…yes this is quite an arena of huffers and puffers…who remain ready to blow this presidential campaign…this loaded march…a fast march carrying a heavy load… from here to where and back.

My golden ears keep hearing about both candidates having the need to “claw back” this and that…getting something back with great difficulty.  Ok…let me spin this another way…I feel qualified, as I have four clawed paws and I understand how they work.

There are typically 319-321 bones that make up the skeleton of a dog with seven bones in the front paws and six in the back.  My dog paws have 5 different components: Claws, Digital paws, Metacarpal pad, Dewclaw, and Carpal pad…all of which serve me well. Now we find the political candidates needing claws to take back something that’s not easily done.  The way this works for me is the following:  someone trims my claws on a monthly basis… so I don’t have sharp and long nails that I could use to dig up something, scratch something, somebody or a fellow dog/cat, harm the hardwood floors, etc.  So…I am cared for in such a way as to not make it possible to claw back anything…I am relieved of these unwanted situation.

My golden self suggests that both candidates frequently trim their nails and carefully choose their words.