Ginny Tata-Phillips's Blog, page 6
August 30, 2016
Tongue Out Tuesday
Lazy Tongue Out Tuesday re-blog!!!
On Tongue Out Tuesday
frolic and play, pant and lick.
We can play this game!
In DoG We Trust
Filed under: Basset Hounds, Dogs, haiku, Pets, poetry, The Basset Plantation, Tongue Out Tuesday Tagged: basset hounds, dogs, haiku, pets, poetry, Tongue Out Tuesday
August 29, 2016
Phallus sy
Yellow mushrooms sprout
Looking like nothing more than
Little fairy dicks
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Filed under: haiku, humor, poetry, Spotsylvania, The Basset Plantation Tagged: fairy garden, gardening, haiku, Humor, poetry
August 26, 2016
National Dog Day
National Dog Day:
does that really only come
one day of the year?
In DoG We Trust
Filed under: Basset Hounds, Dogs, haiku, Holidays!, Pets, poetry, The Basset Plantation Tagged: basset hounds, dogs, haiku, holidays, pets, poetry, Spotsylvania
August 25, 2016
A Rant in More Than 17 Syllables
Throwback Thursday – going to this same vet with a different dog today! Hope there are no whippersnappers there today!
I earned this grey hair.
You whippersnappers need to
teach somebody else!
For those of you who only want 17 syllables from me – stop reading after the haiku! Woops! Too late! You read more so now you must suffer the whole rant.
Yesterday a vet tech less than half my age tried to teach me how to clean my dog’s ears. One of 6 dogs, a 7 year old dog I have had since he was 12 weeks old. One of the dozens of dogs whose ears I have cleaned since LONG BEFORE SHE WAS BORN. And those are only dogs who have owned me – if you count the HUNDREDS of dogs whose ears I cleaned every month of the 10 years I owned my own Pet Spa……but I certainly cannot count that high, I don’t know about you. I said, sure, show me, rather than ARE YOU…
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Filed under: ageing, Dogs, haiku, Pets, poetry, The Basset Plantation, Throwback Thursday Tagged: basset hounds, dogs, haiku, Parenting Dogs, pets, poetry, Spotsylvania, Throwback Thursday
August 24, 2016
Wordless Wednesday

Sir Charles
Filed under: Basset Hounds, Blog Paws, Dogs, Pets Tagged: basset hounds, BlogPaws, dogs, pets, Wordless Wednesday
August 22, 2016
Woops He’s Done It Again!
My father’s latest!!! Now available from:
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Filed under: Books, Family, humor, reading, The Basset Plantation, writing Tagged: Books, family, Father's Day, Murder at the Retirement Home, reading, Robert J. Tata, writing
August 18, 2016
X Rated
Throwback Thursday to 2 years ago!
Lack of dignity.
I show mine, you show me yours;
doggies play doctor!
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Filed under: Basset Hounds, Dogs, haiku, Pets, poetry, The Basset Plantation, Throwback Thursday Tagged: basset hounds, dogs, haiku, pets, poetry, Throwback Thursday
August 17, 2016
Wordless Wednesday With Some Words

Ebi Lemon

My Grandkitty
Filed under: Blog Paws, cats, Pets, The Basset Plantation, Wordless Wednesday Tagged: BlogPaws, cats, pets, Wordless Wednesday
August 16, 2016
T O T
Tongue out Tuesday tot
Not just dogs can play this game
People play it too!
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Filed under: babies, cute baby pictures, Family, Friends, haiku, poetry, The Basset Plantation Tagged: babies, family, Friends, granddaughter, grandparenting, haiku, love, poetry
August 15, 2016
Every Litter Bit Hurts
Today you get an environmental public service message from me:
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Filed under: beach, Helpful Life Hints, Mother Nature, The Basset Plantation, Wildlife Tagged: balloons blow, beach, helpful life hints, Mother Nature, ocean, wildlife



