Willy Nilly Friday 5 No. 148

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My 5 this week are from last weekend's Go Outside Festival...the air dogs are my favorite event so you know what means, 5 dogs jumping!
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That's my 5 this week! I hope you will join in as well! Post 5 randoms, link back and visit others...I'm still running behind from last week but I'll make it over, pinky promise! Gotta run, early day at school, blah!

Have a great weekend!

Dog Days

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At the Roanoke Go Outside Festival

Last weekend we attended the Go Outside Festival in Roanoke. I don't think we've missed a year since it has started and each year it just gets better and better...people are allowed to bring their dogs so that's a bonus for me! In the picture above you can see everyone watching a guy do tricks on his bike but me? I'm watching the dogs :)

Unfortunately we don't bring our Ozzy to this as I think the crowds would make him nervous...he doesn't like strangers coming up to him so we keep him safe at home...Today I am thankful for my quiet mornings with my sweet Ozzy...after we get everyone fed and out the door, we have some time in the morning to hang out before I take off...in fact right now he's sitting beside me napping as I get this post ready :)

Linking up with Michelle's Thankful Thursday

Bye Bye Bye

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Nick having a snowball fight with the dogs

Ozzy "C'mon dad, throw the snowball"!

Today I am thankful for the 63 degree day we are going to have today so all this snow, although pretty while it lasted, will be nothing but a memory! Bring on spring!

Any of you singing the NSYNC song now? See what I did there? ;)

Linking up with Michelle's Thankful Thursday

Have a great day!

A Couple of Happy Dogs

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Ozzy & Riley
After a couple of snow days it's back to school..boo :(

Linking with Wordless Wednesday

A Jumpin' Good Time

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Be prepared...I am getting ready to bombard you with more pictures of jumping dogs! I love dogs, what can I say?!

These 2 happy dogs were putting on a show at the Go Outside Festival last weekend...

This is my own air dog Ozzy...he loves to swim...sometimes it is difficult to keep him out of the pool!

Linking up with Mersad's Through My Lens

Walking On Water

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On of our favorite things to watch at the Go Outside Festival is the dog jumping contest!

Can these railings count as a fence today? Linking with Tex's Good Fences

And Jack, THIS ONE is for you...I knew I had a Robert Indiana somewhere ;)

Willy Nilly Friday 5 No. 52 - Nine Eleven

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This day can't pass without thinking about the events that happened 14 years ago...

Let's honor some of the canine heroes:
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There's so many more to show but there are my 5.

Now for your part, post 5 randoms, link back to this blog, visit others! Thanks and have a great weekend!



I also have a little give away this week. A few months ago I started Try The World and it's been fun! So far I've gotten a box from France, Argentina and Japan. With my Japan box I was given codes to give out for 3 readers to use for a FREE Japan box! If you would like the code, just comment that you are interested and I will email it to you. I will take the 1st 3 comments stating they are interested!

Signs, Signs & A Good Fence @ JMU's Arboretum

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Ashlyn took this picture on Tuesday. It's exams week and JMU brought dogs in to help relieve the stress on the students. What a great idea right?! Ashlyn just took her last exam yesterday so she has officially finished her junior year and is now on summer break!

Linking with Signs, Signs

JMU Arboretum...if I lived in Harrisonburg, I'd walk through here everyday...so pretty! For more on the arboretum CLICK HERE ...linking with Signs, Signs

A Man & His Dog

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@ The Botetourt Sports Complex, Troutville

Although the man didn't know he was being spied on, the dog did ;)

Porch Dogs

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Some of Ozzy's friends

"You can say any fool thing to a dog, and the dog will give you this look that says, `My God, you're RIGHT! I NEVER would've thought of that!'"
- Dave Barry

Dog Jumping @ The Go Outside Festival

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Saturday we went to the Go Outside Festival ...we should have brought Ozzy as there were a lot of dogs and they had this fun event set up for them. This lady's pooch wanted no part of jumping in after the ball so she pushed calmly persauded him to jump in. Ozzy loves to swim but I'm not sure if he'd go for the jump either.

They also had a zip line that the boys wanted to ride. They stood in line, then were told they were shutting down so they didn't get to. Last year there was a jump they wanted to do but weren't old enough by a year. They just aren't having any luck doing any of the fun things there.

You can see posts from previous visits HERE and HERE

SkyWatch Friday & Random 5 - Etzler Road

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Heading home, down Etzler Rd, Troutville. It still pretty much looks like this out. Out of school Tues, Wed, and Thursday for snow days because of icy roads. Right now it's 6 degrees out. School is operating on a 2 hour delay. I don't understand what they think will change in 2 hours. I'm waiting on my call that they've gone ahead and changed it to closed. A bus driver was in Kroger last night saying how his route is still icy and he doesn't want to drive it. Sometimes I wonder how they come to these closing/delay conclusions.

SkyWatch Friday

Now some randoms:

1) If you love dogs like I do, go visit Landfill Dogs...a photographer has taken beautiful photos of shelter dogs.

2) I have to wake the boys up shortly but I'm still waiting on that call that they closed school. Last time it was this cold, school was closed. And we didn't even have ice then. I heard it was because the busses won't start when it is this cold.

3) I just recently started watching Medium on Neflix. I liked it when it was still on tv but rarely caught it. And I really like Patricia Arquette and her easy going personality.

4) I'm making Drunken Noodles tonight for dinner. I saw the recipe on Pinterest the other day and it looks amazing! Hope it turns out at yummy as it looks. You can see the recipe HERE

5) And now for your dose of stupid for the day...Hiker Being Rescued. This fool, along with his fool friends decided it was a good idea to go hiking in sub zero weather this morning and now have to be rescued. I hope they are fined. Now rescue crews have to get out there in this cold weather to save his dumb butt. Can't fix stupid.

To see more randoms, visit Nancy @ A Rural Journal

Have a great weekend and keep warm!!
Another Ozzy bonus ;)

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