i have a new hobby

i have a new hobby it's called hiking

my mama took me to the lake and i liked it so then my mama and my papa and i all went to the lake and there were peoples and squirrels and sticks and lizards and childrens who are little peoples who go awwww i wanna pet the puppy and then i lick them

we walked all around lake fayetteville and i put my feet in and i sniffed EVERYTHING and my mama let me off the leash so i could tire myself out and we went five miles

here i am doing my best henry david thoreau


that was saturday and on monday i wanted more so i ran around and around and around and then we went to devil's den where there are childrens and lizards and great big rocks and we climbed and climbed and climbed

my favorite is going up and also sticking my nose in holes

caves are great big rooms with the lights off that smell cold

we saw one and this guy said he went inside and saw a lizard eating a dead bat and i said mama can we go in and she said no i don't want to see a puppy eating a lizard eating a dead bat

maybe next time

this week i got fan mail

this week i got fan mail which is when someone in this case a kitty named yuki from new york writes a letter especially to me daisy mae

here it is:

Dear Daisy Mae,

I thought you might want to hang this up somewhere as a reminder that although mama and papa love you dearly, there is a big world outside. That's why I stay inside the house.

XOXO
Yuki

i think that is good advice which is why i've been working on my ferocious bark

last tuesday we hit the road

last tuesday we hit the road my mama my papa and me to go to little rock where my papa had to interview judge reinhold whom you may remember from such films as fast times at ridgemont high and beverly hills cop and the classic latter day beethoven movies

i rode in my crate and kitty couldn't come

driving to little rock takes a while so i engaged everyone in conversation i said papa are you ready to meet judge reinhold and he said quiet and i said you should ask him what it was like to work with beethoven and mama said daisy, quiet and i said of course he was also in the clifford movie which suggests a penchant for canine-themed projects 1999's puss in boots notwithstanding hey you should ask him about that and mama and papa said quiet daisy you're barking right in our ears and it's really piercing and i said also i've always thought that jason segal owes the very existence of his career to judge reinhold what do you think and mama said daisy mae pleeeeeeeease shut up which is people for you are the most insightful puppy ever and we are so proud

in all it was a very satisfying discussion so i worked on my in-car nap technique

oh i am awfully good at road trips

when i'm extra special good

when i'm extra special good at chewing my mama calls me little jaws

i've been working on my chewing lately i chewed my duck and my bone and my bucket and kitty's food and the floor and my papa's vintage chair and the table and some fingers and i got my eyes on some shoes

my papa says i'm already chewing at a fourth grade grade level and mama says probably i can skip a grade

today i worked on mama's new pajama pants and sometimes her legs which are inside them

she said daisy mae if you don't get your butt outside and leave me alone i swear to god i am going to stomp you

she's so funny

monday night was bittersweet

monday night was bittersweet

i killded lobster

one of my preferred pastimes

one of my preferred pastimes is to jump around and get things to play with me things like my duck and my bucket and my yellow thing and my motorized zany ball and my kitty and my papa and my mama

mama says i am not calm-submissive

she says just because i'm cute doesn't mean i run the house i think cesar millan has been giving her strange ideas

also i've been working on my nap technique i am quite the connoisseur

here are some of my favorite naps

on the couch

on the floor

with mama's leg

in the study

on the back porch

with my papa

oh yes i am awfully good