Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and needing a new computer lovers: Well, I have been dreaming of a new lap top for years but it was on my want list not my need list. So, yesterday the dream moved to my need list. My Mac G5, (Gina) which I have had since 2005, and was one of the first resident of Basset Hound Town is dying. The Mother Board is crashing. Wow, that sounds serious! Anyway, here I am the day I brought her home.

All bright eyed and ready to start a new town. Fond memories indeed. I am on line right now because my system is letting me. It just crashes from time to time and I try to do as much as possible. So dear readers, it is time to say good bye to one of our faithful residents. Gina the G5. If you don’t hear from me that is why. There could be a sale on black Friday so I am checking that out.

More hoping to be back soon…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Experiencing technical difficulties haters! Ugh….I think my computer has got the flu. If you don’t hear from me for a while that is why. Dog gone it!

Hopefully, all will be well.

More updates later…Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and drawings on moleskin lovers. LOL! I had no idea what moleskin was so I looked it up.

Moleskine (pronounced mol-a-skeen’-a) is a brand of notebook manufactured by Moleskine, an Italian company.

For two centuries now Moleskine has been the legendary notebook of artists, writers, intellectuals and travelers. From gifted artists Henri Matisse (18691954) and Vincent van Gogh (18531890), to poet and leader of the surrealist movement Andr Breton (1896-1966) to Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961).

So, there you go! Here is the drawing I found by an artist named rusty486.

This drawing was on a site where artists can submit their art. So, rusty486, if you see this, leave a comment and tell us about the beautiful basset you drew. I love it!

Move loving moleskine later…..Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Sunday Morning Mayor Lovers: This morning I was in my office checking e-mails and Chaps was getting ready to go down the steps. He was perched for the longest time between two steps just stretching and stretching. Of course, my mind does not work unless it involves a camera so I grabbed my camera and just as I was about to snap his cute stretching…..

He moved……

He moved to the lower level to carry on with his morning routine….no pictures allowed! LOL

More stretching and stretching later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and having fun on Saturday lovers! Are you having this much fun?

Chaps has Emma by the ear! You are going nowhere my pretty girl….

Yipppppeeeeeeee

Saturdays are fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Take my picture Mommy! I am having so much fun Mommy……..

The Mayor burns bright for a brief moment in time and then,,,,,,,,,

Having fun makes the Mayor one dog tired hound….

More having fun later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and curling up on the couch with basset hound lovers: Tonight’s movie pick is one of my all time favorite flicks. I know, I say that about all of the movies I pick, but this one…..can’t be beat.

The World of Suzie Wong. I know I have seen it about 5 times but I am going to watch it again tonight.

UPDATE – YOU TUBE REMOVED THE VIDEO! SO SAD. I DON’T KNOW WHY THEY DO THAT. WHO IS BUYING THIS MOVIE? WHO HAS EVEN EVER HEARD OF IT? JERKS!

In the first installment you seen that ferry boat heading for Hong Kong. I was on that same boat back in 1993. I went to Hong Kong with Grandma and Grandpa. It looked exactly like that. Back then I was taking slides so I have a zillion slides, just no pictures. I have to find a way to convert them. They are so good.

Let me know if you like it.

More Hong Kong memories later…..Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and “Uncle Frank” Lovers….You sure will be one of those after you see this video. Howl cool to start off the weekend with laughter. I cannot image what that baby was thinking. Lucky kid….

Many Frank lovers may know of Frank with Sarah. Well, the wonderful Sarah passed just recently and went over the rainbow bridge. RIP Sarah. You brought such joy to those of us who loved you on YouTube. You really touched my life.

More of Frank later…..God, I love that hound!, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Cartoon Lovers. I just saw this on YouTube and I had to share! It is so cute!

More enjoying Friday night later…..

Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Emma’s nesting technique lovers…..

I know, I know, I have shown our dear residents pictures upon pictures of Emma under her blankee. However, I never get tired of them. As a matter of fact, I think I should start a separate sub-blog called: EMMA’S NESTS

LOL! Only someone as obsessed with my kids as I am would even think about that. It would be cute, huh?

I walked out to the living room just now and this is what I saw! I did not touch her blanket one bit. She did this all by her sweet little long self.

Our Emma, never ceases to amaze me. That’s the hard part of working out of one’s home. You just want to jump in and snuggle.

Maybe later….

More nesting pictures later and maybe a sub-blog. LOL, love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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Howllo Fellow Basset Hound and Hush Puppies Lovers……

KITCHENER Charles (Chuck) Greb of shoe- and boot-maker Greb Industries in Kitchener, has died.

As national sales director of the company, Chuck Greb was the man who found Velvet, the basset hound that became emblematic of the company’s Hush Puppies brand in the 1960s. Kodiak was another well-known Greb label.

Waterloo, Ontario – Friday Dec 5, 2008 – Chuck Greb stands in front of a photo of Jasmine and Velvet, basset hounds he owned in the early 1970s. Violet (right) was a mascot for the Hush Puppies shoes produced by Greb Industries, a company founded by his grandfather. Philip Walker, Record staff

At its peak in the early 1970s, Greb Industries operated seven plants in North America, and had 2,200 people on its payroll. The family sold the company in 1974. The last local plant closed in 1990.

Nearing 80, Greb teamed up with a retired journalist to publish The Greb Story, an account of the family’s 64 years with one of the city’s legacy industries.The name and symbol came from Wolverine’s marketing department, but Greb brought the concept alive with a real basset hound named Velvet, and a small sidekick, Jasmine.

The dogs lived the life of Riley.

“Velvet traveled with me wherever I went,” Greb says. “She stayed in the finest hotels.”

In 1973, Velvet and Jasmine disappeared, unleashing international media attention and public outrage. Jasmine’s body was eventually found at the bottom of a silo. Velvet was never found.

“I think some kids probably did it,” Greb says.

The following year, the family sold the business.

End of article….

I would really like to read more of this man’s story and how he found Velvet. Howl fasinating.

RIP Mr. Greb, you will be missed

More finding out about Velvet later….Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma

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