It's hard to believe our beloved,  beautiful crazy, nutty, kissing Bandit ("Bee") has been gone a year now. Our strong alpha-wannabe (not under Harley's rule!) and the bossy sibling of the Pupsters (Bandit, Chloe, and Wolf), is no longer here, and now it's just been Wolfie, the lone Husky of my #FiveSibes pack.   Bee was a character. If there was Siberian Husky mischief to be had, Bee would be the one leading the charge! Small prey beware! She was also silly. Things Bandit did just made me either smile or call out, "BanDIT!"   If there were toys out for all five of the Huskies, somehow Bandit wound up with all of them under her. I always commented how her name fit her to a "B!"   When the zoomies came on, she would--in true Husky fashion--channel her ancestors and run like the wind! Underneath her crazy, silly, beautiful exterior was a sweet, sweet dog. There wasn't a human she met that she didn't kiss! A true "kissing Bandit!...

  #Flashback Photos ~ 2014 ~ Why is Gibson's Pumpkin Purple?     This is a special #FlashbackFriday with Halloween right around the corner and folks busy going pumpkin picking and carving...don't forget to do one up in purple!   Why IS Gibson's Pumpkin Purple?    For K-9 Epilepsy Awareness "Hmm...what's in my pumpkin?" ~ Gibson   Each year, Gibson’s pumpkin was purple because he was an Epi-dog ~ a dog with Canine Epilepsy. And his form of epilepsy was called idiopathic, meaning they could never determine a specific cause for the onset of his seizures. And, purple is the color of epilepsy awareness. Gibson was living proof that Epi-dogs CAN ~ and DO ~ live full, happy lives! For more info on Canine Epilepsy, please visit our  #FiveSibes #LiveGibStrong K9 Epilepsy Awareness Online Library page!   According to Epilepsy.com (home of Epilepsy Foundation® and Epilepsy Therapy Project), the Purple Pumpkin Project is the brainchild of founder Ro...

  FiveSibes #Flashback Photo ~ Bandit ~ Autumn 2015   Ah, our sweet, silly, crazy girl, Bandit, a/k/a "Bee." She could always make us laugh, or go "Oh, Bee!" She loved to do all those crazy Siberian Husky things you read about, or have witnessed first-hand as a Husky parent or caregiver! On this particular day, it was late Autumn and we had huge maple trees in our backyard that were gorgeous and full of color! A perfect backdrop for so many of my photos. The downside to maples is all the leave they drop! Well, I didn't mind them! And the FiveSibes loved to run through them and the louder the crunch, the faster they would run and play! Here, Bandit dove head first into a leaf pile and basically was peeping out at me, playing Peek-A-Boo-Sibe! I have many others of her playing ~and hiding ~ in the leaves, but this one seems to be the perfect one for bringing back the great memories I have of her and her playfulness (craziness)! With having just Wolfie now, things a...

  Who else is excited for the weekend? I write this as I sit outside trying to enjoy what would be an exceptional summer-like Autumn day (formerly known as "Indian Summer" or, if you prefer Shakespeare's expression, "All Halloween Summer") with it being mid-October and the temps are once again warm in the 70s ...sounds wonderful, right? The only problem is the bees have gone crazy! They are buzzing in our faces, erratically flying high and low and right into our faces!!! They know the cold snap is coming. My Wolfie does not like the resurgence of heat at all. Not the heat nor the dive-bombing bees. He rather come out when it is cooler, otherwise, he prefers being inside chilling on his bed in the a/c! And not to rush the season, but I'm with Wolfie. I will welcome the dip in temperature, but not too much yet. Just enough so these darn bees can give it a rest! Either way, we are almost to the weekend! And the forecast says a bit of rain on Saturday, followed...

  Woo! It's our fave time of year here at FiveSibes -- Autumn! For today's #FlashbackFriday, we are not going too far down Memory Lane as this is from this year's season! My son-in-law and grandson planted a garden that included pumpkins, so we didn't have to go far for some pretty awesome ones, including a jumbo pumpkin!  Siberian Huskies love going on adventures, and my senior boy, Wolfie, is all ready to go pumpkin picking, so come on along!    "Woo! I spy a pumpkin or two, do you?!"     "Sniff-sniff. Woo...this one is call a snowball pumpkin. It's white like me! As a snow dog, this may be my favorite one!" "I love it when my human brother comes with me to check on the pumpkins! Woo! There's another one! See it?!"     "Wooooo! this is a big one! My hu-family can really carve or paint a whole scene on this one! I think they should make a Husky design - like me! I'd look good with my face on a pumpkin. What do you think?!...

  Woo! Wolfie and I are very excited to share the news that my  story "The Perfect Tree" has been published in the soon-to-be-released Chicken Soup for the Soul book, The Blessings of Christmas! "The Perfect Tree" was inspired by a true event from when I was a teenager and the first Christmas after my father passed, along with my dog, I went out in search of the "perfect tree" to cut down and surprise my mother. You'll have to read the story to find out just how perfect that tree was!     "Royalties from this book benefit Toys For Tots!"   I hope you purchase this wonderful book, or consider purchasing one as a gift for a loved one. What's better gift than a book? And a book filled with true inspirational Christmas and holiday (including Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and New Year's) stories!  Editors at Chicken Soup for the Soul offer this about their new seasonal book: "Prepare to be inspired by these magical tales of giving, grati...