Thursday – A Little Personal – Vacation

~ John W. Howell

Lucy“Hi, Boss.”

“Hi, Lucy. What is going on?”

“Last week Bailey, Stella, and I had time off.”

“I know. You guys do anything interesting?”

Lucy, Bailey, and Stella

“Well, we took a morning dip in the pool. Of course, a dove interrupted us. Pesky thing anyway.”

“Too fast for you huh?”

“Then we went for a walk and ran into our friend on the beach. He was on his golf cart.”

“He looks glad to see you.”

“We built a sandcastle too.”

“Sandcastle? That looks like a bone.”

“All in the eye of the beholder, Boss.”

“I decided to dig a hole to China. Bailey wouldn’t help.”

“I think Baily probably had a realistic view of where China  was located.”

“Huh?”

“Never mind. What was next?”

“We went to the candy store and put out heads in a cutout. You should see Bailey.”

“I don’t think she enjoyed it.”

“Looks that way.”

“I told Bailey we needed a snow cone. I’m trying to decide on the liver or bacon flavor.”

“What flavor did Bailey get?”

“What do you think? Kibble flavor. Out of hundreds, she gets Kibble.”

“I decided it might be fun to get tattooed. Guess who put the kibosh on the idea?”

“Um…Bailey?”

“Bingo.”

“Happy hour at the Salty Dog. What a blast.”

“Did they serve you?”

“We got carded, and we left out ID at home. We ordered water. We did see a Texas hold ’em game though.”

“At the marina, we were waiting for the Pirate boat to come by. You can just see it off to the right. Bailey kept looking at a gull.”

“She is like that for sure.”

” We took some time on the playground equipment. Those slides were fun.”

Lucy and Bailey

“We finally had to head home and take a little nap.”

“What was Stella doing all this time?”

“Not sure. Ask her.”

“Stella, what were you doing on the week off?”

Stella

“You are kidding, right?

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Published by John W. Howell

I have been working in business for over forty years and now have the time to work in special areas of interest. My passion has always been to create compelling stories of fiction. I have authored six novels and am working on my Seventh. The first novel is still in manuscript form and being utilized as a door stop in the laundry room. The second is a contemporary fiction novel of 89,000 words and is complete and I am currently seeking a publisher. I also write poetry but have not had the guts to share any with anyone. The one time I read a piece to a person their only comment was, “it doesn’t rhyme.” I will continue to write and hopefully my blog, Fiction Favorites at www.johnwhowell.com will provide some entertainment and an interesting thought or two. I live in the Austin area with my wife Molly and an assortment of loving pets.

70 thoughts on “Thursday – A Little Personal – Vacation”

      1. Last trip was to a nephew’s wedding and to pick up father-in-law so he could have a holiday and look after the hellhounds while we were in the south of France last weekend for our daughter’s marriage. This trip is to take the old boy back again (and to see my sisters while I’m there)

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  3. Ahhhh, the best vacation ever. No suitcases to pack or check-in issues, no plane delays or rough weather…..just delight! And, the cutout photos belong on a magazine cover! 🙂

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  6. This is great, John. You have them nailed. The thought of a liver-flavored sno-cone isn’t doing much for my appetite, but I bet Maddie would like one. Love the photo of them napping.

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  19. Phffft-snort! Somebody walked past my office just as Stella’s parting comment cracked me up. LOL. It was a delight to get a neighborhood tour from the girls, John. Do we eventually get Bailey’s side of the story? Have a fun-filled thriving Thursday!

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  21. Great vacation post, John. Through the eyes of the dogs! Bet you got the dialogue just right! We do that kind of talk with our dogs, their supposed speech too. Happy Thursday! 🎶 Christine

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  22. Those girls are something else! The cutout sign was hilarious!! And poor Bailey is always the voice of reason. I think Lucy needs to be checked for tattoo’s … Max swears he saw her at Paws & Claws getting one…something about her sneaking out 😄Your last line though… purfect!

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  23. WOW, guys. What a great time off you got to do. I’ve never gotten to do so many things in just one day in my entire life – and you sure have a lot of water near where you live! We just have one tiny pond near me. We don’t even have one of those snow-cone stores here — but kibble? I didn’t know ANYBODY liked those health chunks. I’d go for the bacon (unless they had chicken). I’m not sure about that tattoo either – but nobody would ever see it under all my hair anyway.

    Mom’s letting me Guest-Post on her blog again for National Dog Day, so I’ll add you to my list of “relateds,” hoping to give some of the 2-legses the idea of some things they could do with their 4-legses to celebrate the day (she makes me follow her format and she’s big on links).

    Watch for a ping on August 26th.

    Woof! TINK

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    1. Thank you for writing Think. Bailey and I love to go out.Our mom drives us everywhere and we love her dearly. I have to thank Bailey for stopping the Tattoo madness. She is always so reasonable. Will look out on the 26th and come visit you. Nice chatting, Tink ARF -Lucy

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