Showing posts with label nuki. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nuki. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Teacher. Leader. Friend

I haven't blogged for over 3 months! I think I should start again NOW!

For the past couple of months I had been making a lot of coffee at the shop, baking, planning our trip to Seoul, reading, and playing with our animals... just the usual stuff and I love it.

The only sadness was that Nuki passed away. At about age 13-14 he was a trooper. To us and the other animals, he was a teacher, a leader, and a friend. We have missed him dearly.


This is a haiku John wrote on the day Nuki passed away:

Masterful disguise
Buddha wrapped in a fur cloak
Your new path begins.


You can read John's post here.

And yes I want to blog frequently again!

Monday, March 12, 2012

doggie play date with schnitzel

Shaun and Daena brought Schnitzel to visit us and our dogs yesterday.

Schnitzel is a hyper, happy, and polite dog. I was glad our dogs were nice playing with him!


Schnitzel.


Shaun and Daena, with a-gui.


Yama says, "gimme the ball. pleeeease."


And I took a little video of them playing:



Everyone had a good time! We should totally have more of these play dates!

Thursday, December 29, 2011

this Christmas

I am trying to finish up my little Paris trip postings so I totally skipped blogging about Christmas.

Friends and family have been asking about our Christmas, so I thought I'd post a little 'something something' about our Christmas holiday.

This Christmas John and I just took it easy... only the two of us, the dogs, and the cat. We didn't cook anything extravagant, but picked up TWO roast ducks for the holiday! I went to pick up one at Southeastern Market earlier on Christmas Eve, and after the shop closed both of us went to pick up another from Little World on our way home.

Oh my goodness the ducks were so yummy. We had some on Christmas Eve, some on Christmas Day, and I just finished the last bit last night. Yum Yum Yum.

We did cook a little, too. We made green beans with bacon, "marshmallow-ed" yam, and other veggies. My favorite was the "marshmallow-ed" yam!


Did I put enough yam in there with the marshmallows?


We also had wine that we brought back from France, and I made a pumpkin cake for dessert!

So we enjoyed yummy food, watched fun and silly shows on Netflix, and just chilled with the dogs and Jasper. It was a mellow and happy Christmas!

Oh, and the dogs each got a big bone for the holidays!

Thursday, May 05, 2011

nuki is 12


Nuki.


Nuki is "unofficially" 12 today. We adopted him 10 years ago at the Spring Super Adoption. He was listed as 2 years old at the time. We figured we would make May his birth month.

Happy happy birthday Nuki!

And as of May 2011, Yama is 6 1/2 and a-gui is 1 1/2.



Yama.



a-gui.

Thursday, January 07, 2010

holiday greenies

Part of the big box of Christmas presents for our pets from Joyce's sister Irene was two boxes of Greenies! One for small dogs and the other for big dogs.

I gave the box for small dogs to Joyce when Torsion was returned to her. Torsion is the only small dog after all!

I didn't open the box for big dogs until New Year's Day, and gave them to Nuki, Yama, and a-gui as a Happy New Year treat.

nuki
Keen-y on the Greenie!


yama
"Umm... are you sure this is safe to eat?"


a-gui
"Oh! A new treat! lick lick lick. nom nom nom."


The dogs loved the presents! Thanks again to Irene and Michael!

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

nuki wearing my scarf

nuki
Huh?!


nuki
I put a scarf on Nuki.


nuki
He looks quite handsome with it if you ask me.


I also tried to put the scarf on Yama, but he shaked it off before I could reach out for my camera; I couldn't even get it on a-gui... he wanted to chew on it the whole time.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

a year

naicha
Naicha!


It's been a year! Not much has changed, but I guess you probably have heard there's a lovely little guy in the household:

runnin'
A-Gui runnin'. I think Yama is chasing after him.


He likes running and playing, and chewing on lots of things... just like you!

playin'
Yama and Nuki are teaching A-Gui how to play!


a-gui and torsion
and there's a friend Torsion visiting.


And you know it, the kitties are being kitties!

We love you!

Saturday, September 19, 2009

big head pooh

I got a pooh bear with a big head.

pooh and jasper
Jasper seemed very interested.


pooh and nuki
Nuki actually wasn't too much into Pooh, but he was 'forced' to pose with it for photos.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

hanging out by the door

Nuki and Yama really like to stick together when they hang out.

nuki and yama
... especially by the kitchen door.


Usually looks like Yama is leaning againt Nuki. Cute.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

yummy burgers with black vinegar

burgers
John made us burgers again.


This time he used fragrant black vinegar as one of his "secret ingredents." Very delicious!

nuki and burgers
And of course Nuki wanted a bite!

Thursday, August 13, 2009

torsion at play

This is for my friend Joyce! Her little dog Torsion is staying with us.

torsion
Looking serious.


torsion and yama
Being invited to play (and didn't quite know what to do!)


yama and torsion
Yama says, "Just come and run with me!"


nuki and torsion
And Nuki says, "Or you can sniff my nose."

Monday, June 29, 2009

the small one

Torsion has been staying with us (while Joyce is back in Taiwan) for a couple of weeks now, and everyone knows he's tiny compared to Nuki and Yama.

torsion and nuki
Torsion and Nuki.


But then Nuki is big anyhow, so in order to see how tiny Torsion really is, I have to compare him to Jasper.

jasper and torsion
Jasper and Torsion both in stretched-out position.


jasper and torsion
Just hanging out in the kitchen.


jasper and torsion
Jasper is not a big cat, mind you.


Torsion is really, REALLY tiny, Joyce!

Thursday, April 30, 2009

rock-hard baguette

John bought a fresh baguette for sandwiches. It was 2 days and the baguette became rock hard!

So no sandwich baguette for John. Who likes rock-hard baguettes?

nuki
Nuki did.


yama
So did Yama.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

play

Nuki and Yama like to run and play in the backyard. Sometimes I even think Nuki acts and plays very "puppy-ish!"

yama and nuki
Maybe one of the rules is that only two of each of their feet can touch the ground while playing.


I think the little brown piece by Yama's back feet was a wet pine cone. Shouldn't be a piece of poo.

And maybe Yama wants to be a ballerina!?

nuki and yama
"Two feet off the ground" running and chasing funness.


I think they really love spring!

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

happy sunny day

It's really nice today. The sun is out, and the temperature is about 70. It's totally spring, and totally happy.

happy nuki
Nuki gives a big smile!


happy yama
Yama, too!


Ahhh... a happy sunny day.

Friday, January 02, 2009

new year steamed buns

nuki
"Happy New Year" from Nuki!


We didn't do much for New Year's, but we managed to make some small steamed buns for dinner, and yes, the dogs got a couple each, too!

small steamed buns
A small steamed bun with ginger dipping sauce.


small steamed buns
I have yet to master the "bun-making" technique...


These steamed buns are generally tiny and juicy, and are served in a bamboo steamer, along with ginger dipping sauce. For some reason I think they are very festive... just perfect for new year's!

Sunday, December 28, 2008

beefy dog biscuits - twisty sticks

We've been enjoying a lot of yummy food at home this holiday weekend, and I thought I'd make the dogs some yummy treats too.

I saw there was still a couple cans of low sodium beef stock in the cupboard, so I made them some beefy biscuits!

homemade dog treats


Beefy Biscuit Sticks for Dogs

2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cups dry milk
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 egg
1 1/2 cups low sodium beef stock
some cornmeal

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine the flour, dry milk and garlic powder. Add the egg and mix everything together, and add the beef stock to make dough.

Mix in enough cornmeal to form a stiffer dough (so it's not sticky to the touch). Use your hands to "pick" the dough, a small amount at a time, and roll it with both hands to make little twisty sticks. (Or you can roll the dough out and cut it into shapes.)

Bake in the 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes. These sticks are really crunchy ( I think it's the cornmeal that's doing the trick!) I love hearing Nuki make loud noises when he eats these!

homemade dog treats
Hmm... beefy biscuits...

Saturday, December 27, 2008

snow dogs

It snowed quite a bit on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day... and I belive a little bit of snow continues to come down here and there throughout the weekend (so far).

Nuki and Yama loves the snow! They'd play and chase each other in the backyard, and occassionally settle down in the snow and eat some of it as a treat.

nuki and yama
Playing in the snow.


nuki and yama
Close up. I love Nuki's expressions!


We do have snow dogs at home!

Thursday, December 18, 2008

homemade dog biscuits with tuna

I made some doggie biscuits with tuna yesterday.

homemade dog treats


Ingredients:

2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup white flour
1/2 cup cornmeal
1 "regular" can of tuna (drained... you can save the liquid for use as part of the water content)
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup water
another 1/2 cup white flour (for later)

First preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

a) In a large bowl, mix the wheat flour, white flour (or use all white flour), and cornmeal with a fork.

b) In a smaller bowl, mix the drained tuna, the oil, and the water (1 cup of water, or the liquid from tuna and enough water to make a full cup).

c) Mix together a) and b) to make a dough. Add additional flour to the dough to make it knead-able and not too sticky. I used almost an additional 1/2 white flour while kneading.

d) Sprinkle some flour on the counter, roll out the dough to approx. 1/4 in. thick (and sprinkle more flour on the dough if it's still too sticky to the touch), and use a cookie cutter to cut out biscuits. I used a tiny little one that's about 1 3/4 in. long.

e) Line the biscuits on a cookie sheet (I lined mine with tin foil) and bake in the preheated oven for about 25-30 minutes until the biscuits appear dry and their colors have turned darker. Cool the biscuits completely before giving them to the dogs.

The biscuits will not be completely hard when first pulled out of the oven, but they should turn hard and crunchy after they are cooled. You can also leave the biscuits in the oven and allow them to completely dry with the 'leftover' heat if you prefer. You can keep the biscuits longer if they are really dry.

Nuki makes really loud crunching noise when he's enjoying the biscuits!

homemade dog treats

Monday, June 09, 2008

nuki and naicha

Usually when the dogs hang out they would each find a little spot in the area, whether it's the living room, TV room, kitchen, or the bedroom.

Yesterday I noticed that Nuki and Naicha are chillin' side by side in the "dog room," while Yama was running about being silly.

nuki and naicha


Maybe they're trying to form an alliance of some sort.