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Respite Open Thread: Some Serious Respite

by TaMara|  October 3, 20199:05 pm| 24 Comments

This post is in: Dog Blogging, Duck Blogging, Nature & Respite, Something Good Open Thread

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Okay, before I turn everything off for the night, I needed some respite. And then suddenly babies started showing up everywhere. So here they all are.

Omg, you 2 are so precious!
Our little one roles his meatballs pic.twitter.com/fqA6V6yc9W

— The Geeksiders (@Geeksiders) October 3, 2019

https://twitter.com/41Strange/status/1179839000237862912?s=20

And my very own daily cuteness. Sometimes I just sit in the backyard and watch everyone play together. Dogs, cats and ducks.

great dane and duck friends

Feel free to add to the momentary relief with cuteness of your own.

Respite open thread.

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24Comments

  1. 1.

    Mary G

    October 3, 2019 at 9:10 pm

    Scout and Pearl/Penelope FTW!

  2. 2.

    lahke

    October 3, 2019 at 9:12 pm

    I think that the dog was actually in tune….

  3. 3.

    Elizabelle

    October 3, 2019 at 9:17 pm

    I love that musical beagle.

  4. 4.

    BCHS Class of 1980

    October 3, 2019 at 9:23 pm

    Well the last picture should satisfy the Blogfather’s appetite for pictures of Pearlnelope.

  5. 5.

    Rob

    October 3, 2019 at 9:24 pm

    I wish I were that beagle

  6. 6.

    lamh36

    October 3, 2019 at 9:34 pm

    You missed one!

    John Legend and his son steal hearts in piano duet
    cnn.com/videos/entertainment/2019/09/30/john-legend-son-playing-piano-mxp-sot-vpx.hln

    Singer John Legend and his son play “My Favorite Things” on the piano in a video posted by his wife Chrissy

  7. 7.

    Aleta

    October 3, 2019 at 9:38 pm

    Transformation

    This anxious dog didn’t feel safe in his new house — so his dad built him his own room under the stairs

  8. 8.

    Mary G

    October 3, 2019 at 9:47 pm

    @Aleta: That was wonderful – he threw the teddy bear out because it was HIS room.

  9. 9.

    Aleta

    October 3, 2019 at 9:52 pm

    @Mary G: The two of them melted me down.

    Dog + ducks theme
    A dog who raised a family of ducklings and helped them learn how to swim

  10. 10.

    Mike in NC

    October 3, 2019 at 9:53 pm

    There was a report on the evening news that over-the-hill grifter rock band KISS is planning an ‘underwater concert’ someplace in Australia. Rooting for the sharks to attend in great numbers.

  11. 11.

    TaMara (HFG)

    October 3, 2019 at 10:01 pm

    @Aleta: Okay, that just made my night. Thank you

  12. 12.

    TaMara (HFG)

    October 3, 2019 at 10:03 pm

    @lamh36: And ditto

  13. 13.

    Aleta

    October 3, 2019 at 10:06 pm

    amazing: a woman moved to an island and saw a need, a flamingo shelter to feed starving flamingos

  14. 14.

    spudgun

    October 3, 2019 at 10:09 pm

    Depending on the day I’ve had, I sometimes LIVE on The Dodo and Bored Panda websites…

    Critters make everything better!

  15. 15.

    Patricia Kayden

    October 3, 2019 at 10:19 pm

    The dog in that first video sings better than I do. I’m jealous!

  16. 16.

    Patricia Kayden

    October 3, 2019 at 10:21 pm

    @Mike in NC: So they’ll be underwater with concert goers? Or they’ll be underwater while their fans will be on land? Sounds idiotic but I guess they’re trying desperately to be different.

  17. 17.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    October 3, 2019 at 10:25 pm

    @Mike in NC: My best friend in fifth grade was part of the KISS army. I used to know all their names, and I remember the KISS (TV) movie. “Rip, rip, rip, rip and destroy”

  18. 18.

    mrmoshpotato

    October 3, 2019 at 10:25 pm

    Ah-roooooooo!!!!

  19. 19.

    Mnemosyne

    October 3, 2019 at 10:38 pm

    Watching Horror Hotel on TCM. It’s very odd to see Christopher Lee doing an American accent, but he does a good job.

  20. 20.

    Percysowner

    October 3, 2019 at 10:42 pm

    I will share my love for Mia the Beagle at the Westminster Dog Show 2017

    Note: I have a beagle and yep that’s how they are, but lovable as all get out.

  21. 21.

    mrmoshpotato

    October 3, 2019 at 10:55 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Does it have a rockin’ soundtrack like Suspiria?

  22. 22.

    Mnemosyne

    October 3, 2019 at 11:00 pm

    @mrmoshpotato:

    It’s more like Satanic Gregorian chants.

    But there must have been something odd in the air in 1960, because there were two different movies made in two different countries at the same time that had the same plot twist at the midpoint — the other one was Psycho.

  23. 23.

    eclare

    October 4, 2019 at 12:04 am

    Penelope!

  24. 24.

    rikyrah

    October 4, 2019 at 1:39 am

    Scout and Pearl???

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