Bennie Gets a Gift, Calendar Winner and The Posts of the Week

Benny has become quite adept at opening gifts. All you need to do is tear a piece of paper in front of him and he takes that as a personal invitation to rip into any one of the many gifts he's seen over this past holiday season. The problem is that he thinks everything belongs to him.

As luck would have it this fine day, one of the gifts was indeed for Benny. It was presented to him with a tag which read "To: Benny. From: Skittles & Zephyr." He didn't need much encouragement to open it.

Once opened, he had to try his gift on. Sadly, it wasn't quite a perfect fit. Benny is a small, slender dog but he's rather solid in the chest, and his cute little jacket just didn't fit well. Doesn't he look embarrassed to be seen in a jacket which was too small? He just wasn't sure what to do with it. He walked quite hesitantly like a kid in a puffy snowsuit. After a few laughs and a photo for blogsterity, we did the only thing we could do.

We re-gifted it to my neighbour's dog, Raven. She drops by a few times a day, and on this visit we nabbed her, dressed her and sent her back home in her new threads. It was a much better fit.

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Giveaway Winner!!

Thank you all for participating and showing so much interest in having one of my photography calendars. I wish I could send one to each of you but unfortunately, I only have the one. I used random.org to select the winner for me. and that person would be (drum roll..............)

••• Lauren at Mental P Mama!!! •••

Please head over to Lauren's blog to congratulate her and to offer her some support. She's at home recuperating from a lumpectomy which occurred just yesterday afternoon.

Congrats Lauren! Please email me thesmittenimage at gmail dot com with your mailing address, and I'll get the calendar out to you in the mail within a few days.

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And now, without further delay, here are the Posts of the Week. The icon below is yours for the taking if if your blog post is named as a POTW.




A TENDER TALE

The Christmas Frog
by Deb
at Nourish the Soul



CUTE

Bad Baker
by Kat
at Seeking Sanity


A GOOD READ

Speaking to Myself
by Friko
at Friko's World

Transformation
by Erin
at Photographs From a White Space

Morning in Suburbia
by DS
at Third-Storey Window

Come Back, 2 Bed
by Brian
at Waystationone


A GOOD RANT

Lame Lament
by The Bag Lady
at Bag Lady's Blather


JUST PLAIN GOOD

Kodak Moments
by DJan
at DJan-ity

Old Woman
by Barb
at One Good Thing


FUNNY

Another Whacky Resolution
by Michelle
at House of Lime

Things to Say After the Fact
by TattyTiara
at TattyTiara


GOOD PHOTOGRAPHY

A Winter's Pause
by Laura
at Pretty Pix

A Fence, Explored
by Barbara
at Confessions of a Photography Addict

Not Now, I'm Eating
by Steve
at Take a Look Around


Please drop by their blogs for a visit and leave a kind comment if you have the time. Also, please feel free to add your own choices (for any blog except this one) for a specific blog post in the comments section below, where others can see them.

Thank you.

Winner of the Giveaway and Posts of the Week

Thank you everyone for playing along with my Comfort Food giveaway. You all had mouth-watering treats which can be seen in the comments of the previous post.

Names of those who participated and qualified were numbered. I then asked my son (who never saw the list) to select a number for me. It corresponded to one of my favourite bloggers and a really funny lady. She also happens to be one of my very first readers.

Congratulations to.. THE BAG LADY whose favourite comfort food was "anything with melted cheese." And she sure wasn't alone there.

If you don't already visit Bag Lady's wonderful blog, I suggest you add it to your must-read list. She's always has something interesting (and most often funny) to tell about her life on a cattle ranch in western Alberta. If you ask her really nicely, she might even name a calf after you, this spring.

Baggie, the $75 gift certificate for CSN Stores is yours. I'll be in touch to let you know how you can claim your prize.

Thanks again to everyone for playing along. You folks are the best!

And now, without further delay, here are the Posts of the week. The icon below is yours for the taking if if your blog post is named as a Post of the Week - either as top post or as a runner up.

Once again, this week's top two posts are tied. They're both wonderfully done and kind of interrelate. I think that each of the two authors/bloggers will be amused and pleased to see the other piece, as well as their own. And of course, I know you'll all enjoy both of them as well as the rest:

A Promise to Myself
by Beth
at Be Yourself

and

Warmth
by Elizabeth
at One Magical Moment Per Day

Other wonderful posts are categorized below (they may well fit into more than one category but I'm only selecting one for each):

Paps, Pedis and Pub Changes Everything!
by Pearl
at Pearl, Why You Little..

Three Spinners and How to Profit from Idleness and Deceit
by Friko
at Friko's Musings






Frame of Mind
by Ethel Mae Potter
at The Adventures of Fred and Ethel

I Am Not Stupid or Blind
by Brian
at WayStationOne






Baby ~ It's been COLD Outside!
by Jillsy
at Jillsy Girl Studio

Black Pine in Winter
by Steve
at Take a Look Around

Morning in Wonderland
by Maggie Gem
at This Life Thru the Lens

Pompeii
by Indrani
at I Share






International Waters
by Bimbimbie
at Bimbimbie

Camellia Days
by Rosaria
at SixtyFiveNowWhat

An Afternoon With Zach
by Anvilcloud
at The AC Is On






"A"
by Sue
at Photowannabe
Recommended by: Merisi at Merisi's Vienna for Beginners


Please drop by their blogs for a visit and leave a kind comment if you have the time. Also, please feel free to add your own choices (for any blog except this one) for a specific blog post in the comments section below, where others can see them.

Thank you.