The Gathering

Hi,
Mommy is going to a big bead convention called The Gathering in Oakland, California next month. And guess what? Mommy and Daddy are taking me with. We're going to stay at the Marriott Hotel where they allow little doggies like me. It's really going to be a fun time.
By the way, Mommy will be starting a new Beadshaper booth in the Anderson Galleria in Chicago in the Spring of 2009. I'll fill you in on the details when I find out more information.

Just Hanging Out

It's been quiet around here. Daddy is away for a few days, and Mommy and I have been hanging out together. It's been really hot here in Southern California. It got up to about 114 degrees the other day. In that kind of heat, I just go out to eliminate and that's it. Mommy has started a new page on her website where she talks about all kinds of things a crafter might make with glass beads. If you're a crafty person, you might want to check it out at BEAD TALK

Love

They say the dog is the only species that loves another more than its own. In other words, we love certain humans more than other dogs. Well what do you expect? You guys bred us to be that way. But that's family love. We live with you humans and depend on you for food and shelter. But for passion, it's still other dogs. Now I've been spayed and neutered, so the urges are not the same anymore. But I still think Shorty, the dog across the street, is kind of cute. I know he thinks that way about me. Whenever he sees me, he comes across the street and politely sniffs. But I don't let him get too close. I snap at him if he gets too fresh. That keeps the mystique going.
Don't forget to visit Mommy's web-site at http://www.beadshaper.com/
If you forgot to get your Mom a gift for Mother's Day, you can buy her some jewelry there. Better late than never.
Chloe

Politics

I have to say something about this Election thing that you humans are so excited about. Mommy and Daddy favor Senator Obama, and I must say that I agree with them. Senator Mc Cain seems like a nice man, but Obama was among the top students in his class at Harvard Law School and was elected to be the president of the Harvard Law Review while Senator Mc Cain was 5th from the bottom in his class at Annapolis. Even a dog like me can see the implications. I can't understand why so many of you humans who claim to be so smart can not. Do you want a smart president or or one who is just OK? Well what do I know? I'm just a dog.

Grooming

I went with Mommy a few days ago to be groomed, that is she dropped me off at the groomer's, and she went to have her nails done. I must say, it is some experience. They gave me a "summer cut." I now look like half the dog I was. Oh well, it will grow back eventually. It does feel better since the weather has become hot the past few days. Anyway, after the grooming Mommy picked me up and took me home. I was so exhausted that I slept all afternoon.
Don't forget to visit Mommy's web-site at http://www.beadshaper.com/
Chloe

The Fine Art of Smell

Smelling is not just a means of identifying things for us dogs. It is a fine art, kind of like visual art is to you humans. You guys make a big deal about a Rembrandt or Van Gogh painting, but to me that does nothing. As for the modern stuff, dip my feet in paint and let me run around a canvass. Then hang up the result in a museum next to a Pollack. Could you really tell the difference? Maybe, what do I know? I'm just a dog.
We do have some common tastes in auditory art. In the evening sometimes Daddy sits at his computer and puts a Rachmaninoff piano concerto or a Handel violin sonata on the CD player, and I ly on the floor and chill to the music. That's nice. But I don't like the loud clashing stuff. That sounds like noise to me, but what do I know? As I said, I'm just a dog.
As for the fine art of smell, you just can't appreciate it the way we dogs do. You have your perfumes and colognes, but let me tell you one pass around my back yard gives me more beauty, more sensuality, in other words more art than all the perfumes in Paris or anywhere in your nasally challenged human world.
If you want to enjoy some human visual art, Mommy displays some really beautiful jewelry on her web site at http://www.beadshaper.com/
Chloe

Festivals and Expos

Hi Everyone,
Last week I went with Mommy and Daddy to the Wistaria Festival in Sierra Madre, California. Mommy was selling her hand made beads and jewelry there. It rained in the morning and was cold and damp, but it warmed up a little in the afternoon and a lot of people came to visit Mommy's booth. I spent most of the time in my little carrier. Little dogs like to rest in a closed in place. It makes us feel safe, like in a den. I really like going places in the car. This week Mommy and Daddy went to the Glass and Bead Expo in Las Vegas. I couldn't go with because that hotel doesn't allow pets. I don't think that's very nice, but I'm just a dog. Anyway, the folks hired a pet siiter to take care of me while they're gone. She's a really nice young lady. In a few days Mommy will be bringing back a new type of pendant bead from studying at the Expo. You will be able to see those new beads on her web site, http://www.beadshaper.com/
Chloe