Listen to this blog here today This is Fruitycake. Has it ever rained on your parade before? I like to walk and prance like I’m in a parade every day. If you’re gonna walk, you should walk with purpose. Attitude. I walk like I’m a cool dude. But the rain here in this Italy place …
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This is Girl Person. Usually, I’m not one to acknowledge holidays or dates on a calendar. I like to celebrate every day! Because every day is special! But today, I thought that I would make an exception. I’m feeling kind of anxious about leaving Fruitycake for my surgery in the states. We have not been …
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Doesn’t matter how much a dog knows, persons will do what persons do
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This is Girl Person. Saturday is a day that is very special to me. It is a date on the calendar that is a reminder of my Peanut Butter Brickle. Your Peanut Butter Brickle. Our Peanut Butter Brickle. It’s the date we were told that he was born on this earth in 2009. Today, he …
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This is Fruitycake. There is power in numbers, they say. I don’t know who “they” are. They say a lot, but half the time I don’t know what persons are talking about.
This is Fruitycake. If there is one thing that I like about getting out of bed, it’s that I have another bed for the day. I have the persons’ bed at night. And the Fruity bed during the day. All beds are truly available at all times, though. It’s like a 24 hour diner in …
Continue reading How Do You Like Your Eggs In The Morning?
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Continue reading The Secret Of The Salad
This is Fruitycake. I have missed you the last few days, and I hope you missed me too.
This is Fruitycake. Some days you have to just realize that life, well, is unpredictable. And that life has a way of slapping you in the face. With pigs.
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She had to make a very hard decision. And I have been really down.
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Continue reading Over The Cliff No More
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Continue reading Let Out Of Jail
If you have just a minute left, it’s worth it to be wild.
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If beds were meant to fall, I’ll take the floor.
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Continue reading What’s The Damage?
This is Fruitycake. We have had a bit of sadness mixed in with sprinkles of joy the past day. As with so much in life for persons, unexpected things happen. Because we all have a limited amount of time with each other, some of us go away first. Just like expired milk, we have a …
This is Fruitycake. All days are worth celebrating. That’s why I have my party bark on all the time. It’s better than a party hat.
Some persons need glasses to see. Us dogs don’t wear glasses. You know what?
A special day like yesterday can help. But then the next day, you’re back to beans. But don’t despair. Fruitycake is here!
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Continue reading Crackers For Your Soup
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Continue reading No Match For The Rat
Don’t tell us how much you miss our old life, please. We don’t want or need to hear it.
We ARE struggling. We are going thru a rough patch. I don’t know what will change. But something has to.
How many drops of rain, did you say? Only as many as we allow.
Keep growing. No matter what. We need YOU, little tree
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Continue reading Let’s Try This Another Way
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It makes me feel like there is nothing else in the world but kindness at that moment. And in my world, that’s the truth.
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Continue reading Where The Clothes Grew And The Scorpions Knew
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Continue reading What If It Was Always There?
This is Girl Person. I hope that you don’t mind me taking the blog over for Fruitycake today. Although what he has to say on any day is far more interesting than on my most exciting days, I want to take the opportunity to talk directly today about my Digby Pancake. About our Digby Pancake. …
Continue reading He Was and Is…Everyone’s Dog
This is Fruitycake. Many of us dogs are professionals. I bet you didn’t know this. But I don’t need a title to be an expert at many things. Dog is the best title to have.
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Continue reading The More Of It
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Continue reading What The Hail?
Please consider joining us on Patreon TODAY for $5 a month if you enjoy this blog and wish it to continue as it has since 2011! This is Fruitycake. What a weekend! I thought that weekends were made for resting and playing and eating and barking. Yes, of course I did all of that. https://videopress.com/v/PmPDu4en?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true …
Continue reading The Wild Piggy Named Olive
This is Fruitycake. We’ve been a little off our game this week. I know you’ve noticed. I guess some weeks are like that. What’s funny is, the persons make up the things they must do. But what they don’t realize is that they should put forgiveness on their to do list. I’m not going to …
Continue reading And There Goes The Tomatoes, The Water and Me
Although dogs know what happens when we leave the earth, we aren’t allowed to say.
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This is Fruitycake. I am a fierce protector of many things. I protect pizza by eating it. I protect focaccia by eating it. I protect the hardiness of balls’ hearing by barking at them. I protect Girl Person from all danger. Dangers of cars and motorcycles and scooters. Why are they so loud? I protect …
Continue reading The Floating, Big, Little Mermaid Under A Bridge
This is Fruitycake. If there is one thing I would love to take a bite out of, it would be a whole pizza. Here in this Italy place, persons don’t order one pizza and share it. No! Each person gets their own pizza. I’m serious about this. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DC9w8Olytv7/?igsh=MWhweGV3d2IwMzRybg== And I figure that if I took …
Continue reading Slugs Don’t Bite, Right?
This is Fruitycake. I know that you’re here with me on the blog every single day. And you may think that you know everything there is about me. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQ6l5Ccjbia/?igsh=MXc4bDFmcXJmMTl5eA== My likes and dislikes. My reasons to bark or not to bark. What is a reason not to bark, though? My persons are with me more …
Continue reading Music Of The Heart
This is Fruitycake. If secrets were meant to be kept, it wouldn’t be so fun to tell them. Now, I get your point that some secrets have to be kept. But my point is, the tale of the secret, pointy toe isn’t one of them. There are a lot of things that need to be …
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Wish at least 10 individuals or animals you see a very good wish. Make them different…each one.
If we just take and don’t give back, how rude! We can’t be like that! I don’t want to be and I know you don’t either.
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This is Fruitycake. If you have ever sat down in the forest or the woods and truly listened, you would know that there is much more to this world than noise that persons make.
This is Fruitycake. I’m not sure if I can fully convey this in words. But it sure is good to be home. It sure is.
This is Fruitycake. Today is a travel day for us, heading back home. Home? Our rustico. It’s in our hearts and on our minds. Even though we didn’t get a final answer like we wanted yesterday for the all clear, we are taking this day to figure out our next steps. But we have decided …
There is no doubt that today is an important day.
This is Fruitycake. Today, we leave for Genoa in this Italy place. It’s going to be a long day. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_N4ej8M5oA/?igsh=MXcyaHVidDE5bjAzbg== But, hey. Journeys in life are sometimes repeated. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP1BC-LDXCh/?igsh=MTNqYTdudGEzcGI2dQ== Seems like we were here just a few months ago to meet with persons who could give us an answer on if we could stay. And …
Continue reading A Specky Of Becky
If it had been pizza sauce or spaghetti sauce pouring into the house, I could have just opened my mouth wide open and took care of the problem
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Continue reading The Clothes That Sing
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Continue reading The Glowing Butterfly
You can choose to see the best case scenario or get wet.
The Fruity Smacks are A LOT. But I’m a A LOT. I say you either deal with the smacking or get to packing
In life, there are many reasons to cry. Cold fries? The little problems in life? No.
You see, once upon a time, 1950 to be exact, because that is the date on the secret coin, there was another farmer here.
This is Fruitycake. We sure had a long day yesterday. We had to go school to learn more Italian. In case you’re wondering, I’m already fluent in Italian, but there is not a test for dogs to take in that area. However, my persons? Oh, let me tell you. They need some schooling. There was …
Continue reading Always Be A Good Girl. Always Be A Good Boy.
Do you have a favorite song that you know all of the words to?
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Continue reading When The Stink Bugs Follow
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Continue reading The Little Monsters In The Woods At The Party
When you live in the woods, you’ll hear many things.
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Continue reading Fruity The Shopkeeper
This blog is running on the bare minimum to continue for October. We have had a free dog blog since 2011 every day to give a true voice for rescue animals. Please help Fruitycake continue! https://tinyurl.com/2tdoctoberblog This is Fruitycake. We had a slow day here yesterday. We called it the Bare Minimum Day. It’s the …
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Some only see a seed and not a pizza. That’s ridiculous
So to start over can feel like, well, not the smart thing to do. But sometimes, starting over is the only way that you can live again.
So if someone tried to take your joy, try again. Because I can guarantee it’s not as bad as a man person yelling at you in a toy store or a roach baked in a pizza.
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Continue reading The Snoring Man By The Bamboo Gate
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Continue reading The Mysterious Leaf Of 8
We aren’t alone here. Not even close.
So what happens when it rains so much and you have to use it or you’ll loose it? My mind I’m talking about, by the way.
Who is he? I do not know. But the persons can’t see him. I do though.
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Continue reading When You Wish Upon The Bats
Chores are not chores, but in fact privileges of the capable who have more strength than they know.
Speak up when you need to, but stay silent when it’s necessary to protect your own peace and to protect your heart.
We are the show. But do you know what? You’re part of a show too.
And if you don’t want them after all, you can bury them forever.
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Continue reading All I Need Is You
He knew his place.
There may be poisonous ones is our lives. Ones that aren’t necessarily bad ones. But bad for us
Some stories have to told, even though it is hard to tell them.
This is Fruitycake. The blog is a little later today. I would apologize for that, but honestly, I didn’t think it would be possible at all today. Girl Person is feeling like she doesn’t know if this blog is needed any longer. But I told her not to make any plans other than keeping on …
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The bat took drastic measures.
Girl Person is wondering if she can do this. If she is meant to do this project or if she is simply not good enough, capable enough or enough in general. She looks for signs like I look for a pizza sign.
We can disagree with others and still be their friends because there is so much to disagree about!
This is Fruitycake. This morning, we woke up to survey the damage of the storm. It was a lightening show and dramatic weather. But when we went to bed, we hoped that some of our repairs lately would help the flooding. I am happy to say Boy Person did it again. That means he was …
Continue reading First, There Was You
This is Fryitycake. I’m writing to you with wet paws today. It’s raining cats, dogs, lizards, birds, alligators and even jellyfish. https://youtu.be/gLgaCziIBas?si=hidviJTGjwJP4mly Yesterday, Girl Person was able to get a few things for the storm. Mostly things for me. A dog always has to have extra treats to be prepared for any situation. https://youtu.be/iqOTKAKFE4g?si=0PhTD2RV4TgwrtKv But …
When you live in a dramatic and beautiful place, sometimes, well, dramatic things happen.
And even if someone doesn’t understand why a dog would have THE Raccoon in his name, I will tell you this. It makes much more sense than what happened yesterday.
What could possibly go wrong on a Sunday? Everything.
We do try, but trying doesn’t get it done. Doing gets it done.
Guess who’s back. It’s not Slim Shady.
We expected a few storms this week, but not like this
This is Fruitycake. Wow. Good grief. Are you serious? Are you kidding me? https://youtu.be/qJwbcHvFgzE?si=um_7oe8Xh_5GlHgP Those were some of many sentences that I heard yesterday. Getting this electric bike has been one of the most challenging issues we have encountered in this Italy place. Yes. The daily struggles are just that. And you have to laugh …
This is Fruitycake. If there is one thing I’m good at besides being the cutest, it’s being the most timid. I cannot stand loud noises or sudden movements. I’ve tried to work on it over the years, but my reaction under any scary circumstances is to get the heck out of there. https://youtu.be/hV61UENU4Jk?si=zghhTKR16A-J_zs8 So when …
Continue reading Screaming In The Woods
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Now, I’m not telling you to get arrested.
Return to the scene of the crime so it doesn’t take your time.
And we had no time at all to think. None.
I have to tell them. Yes, skeletons can walk.
Listen to me. Listen to us, persons.
There’s no chance that we aren’t all individually cared for in this world. Surprise…that means you too.
This is Fruitycake. Normally, things go very wrong around here and all the ways around here. It goes without saying, but I’ll say it..we may need to put some salt in this house like our language teacher person told us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skBUUtuJn7g&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD I call her Tutto Talking Person because she knows all the languages. And don’t …
Continue reading Pleasant Surprises
This is Fruitycake. Walking. We do a lot of that around here. Girl Person says walking is good for you. Unless you walk yourself into a rock pit by the waterfall ledge. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM9-woktbzk/?igsh=dWQwN2ZwMmg1cHlh Yeah, Girl Person is still recovering from her fall this week. But she says it’s just part of life to have accidents. …
Continue reading Walking The Walk. Or Not.
She heard it again. A huff. A puff. A growl. Another one. She said to herself, “what the HECK was that?!”
We can all be thrown off balance. We can all doubt our worth.
We know you have our backs. And you also have our hearts.
This is Fruitycake. We are here in Genoa today for the persons’ appointments. https://youtu.be/NpPmhvLKlDo They go separately. We will be back layer in the afternoon to give you an update. -Fruitycake https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMx_F3aNgez/?igsh=MWNiNWZ5a3FzcHcwbA== https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMyNsmDIXpT/?igsh=MXY4NGRxemNtYjdmNA==
Naps are needed for us all. And I say go for it, weary ones.
So i don’t usually ask things directly. But this is so important i have to.
This is Girl Person. And there are so many things that I could say today about Peanut Butter Brickle. But you know what? I think the deepest loves of our lives cannot be put into words. Why? Because there are no words to explain the magic of them. There are no words that would express …
Continue reading We Simply Miss You, Brickle
But here’s the thing. I’m getting older too. I’m right here.
This is Girl Person and Fruitycake. Well, we are counting down the days until our appointment this Friday. We want to have every chance possible at proving we want to stay here and that we have the backing of our followers, readers, friends and 2 Traveling Dogs family. Our goal, as it always has been …
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Funny is what we all need sometimes, especially when life gets too serious.
This is Fruitycake. Some days have a way of telling you to stop. Making you stop in your tracks. Making you realize you found the mascara. https://youtu.be/Qybw0YlnNVU?si=gRSjplvUQuE8gVPZ As you know, Girl Person has been having a hard week. Missing Brickle, memories and a severe anxiety monster about our immigration appointment next week. She’s been doing …
Continue reading The Pigeon Had The Mascara
Brickle wouldn’t want you to be like this during this week or any week. Because for many reasons, there is one important reason for him.
I’ve always heard that the grass is greener on the other side.
So make your stories. Just mind where you carry around shovels.
We can all only do our best. If we do that, what do we have to worry for?
This week has been, well, a bit painful.
Some moments in life, you never forget.
She wants her to know that even though she doesn’t know it, she was the difference yesterday and made her realize she needs to keep trying.
This is Fruitycake. There are two days a week that are pretty much guaranteed. Girl Person goes to get my bread and groceries. She goes two days a week because she can only carry so much. She likes to go because she says we should always, always be thankful we are fortunate enough to have …
Continue reading What A Bag Of Beans Means
Now, let me just say this. My persons chose to be here.
Do you know what I think is a difference between ones who help and ones who don’t? Let me explain.
This is Fruitycake. I’m good at speaking my mind. There is no doubt about that. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DL7LdQkNpGu/?igsh=MXA5dDVxbms4c3cwcA== But what you may not know is that I’m also very good at sticking my nose where it doesn’t belong. It’s a talent of mine. https://youtu.be/ckHRq7BDJE8?si=Lra05pizF41Wg5Ez Yesterday, we were on a hike and there are a lot of those …
Continue reading Sticking Your Nose Where It Doesn’t Belong
Just don’t try to turn around in our bathroom. You’ll get stuck.
So how can I help you to remember the same? That you have a purpose here on this planet too
In my opinion, and it’s a fruity one today, so be prepared. No one should ever make anyone feel insecure.
Now, let’s wait for that pizza to grow.
This is Fruitycake. There has already been a whole season of summer in a few days here. https://youtu.be/iomlKY5UZgg?si=7WwMyjSevq3OnCyc I can’t really explain how hot it is, and no matter how hard I dig on this rug and floor, it’s not cool enough. https://youtu.be/0K5BgCI-U7c?si=yQ3d9OAtdjaVPW4Z Sure, I have all the fans aimed at me in here, and …
Continue reading Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off…Unless…
It took five trips to the post office, emails and text messages from someone who knows someone who knows someone else to make this happen.
Boy Person sleeps up stairs on a separate bed like Dick Van Dyke. I like sitcoms. But not all this sleeping drama.
This is Fruitycake. Eyes are the windows to the soul, it’s been said. By someone. I don’t know who, but if you look in my eyes, all you will see is pizza, then. https://youtu.be/Ky0RnAx0pYI?si=Ylpjb8_qt43bt9Or What a hot few days in this Italy place. It’s hard to think, much less work on anything. Yesterday, they told …
Sometimes in life, we can go thru heatwaves where everything seems to be hard. We may not have the answers. We sure don’t right now.
In this case, I’ll do some arresting in honor of Sheriff Brickle.
We may think we have little of value, but value is beyond measure when it comes to how we are made.
Someone may have thrown you away, like they did me.
Dogs aren’t the dangerous ones in this world. Humans are.
Some may argue that The No Fence Restaurant should have had a fence. And that we shouldn’t have planted things without one.
Someone told us the other day that we didn’t have to move to another country to feel alive again. And we agreed!
In my humble opinion, and Brickle’s never humble opinion, we aren’t stopping now. For anyone.
Just like dirty water can still be useful, so can lessons we learn the hard way in life.
I am not sure how long you have known me. I can’t remember a time I didn’t know you.
Have you ever known someone like that?
Why would pigs jump on a roof? I certainly don’t know.
Perhaps that why I’m jumping at every stick I see because I think it’s a snake after her screaming last week. That simple.
Just because you have a long week, that doesn’t mean your weekend will be just as long.
I heard the persons talking today. And of course, I’m not a secret keeper when it comes to family…you.
If that would have been the only downfall of the day, great. Snakes fall on people’s heads every day, I suppose.
We are truly no different than you. But do you think that?
This is Fruitycake. We all have to say we are sorry sometimes. We make mistakes. We all do. Even me, Torta Di Frutta. Sometimes I make a mistake getting the wrong toppings on my pizza. That is a mistake. https://youtu.be/8YQ6G23zeVY?si=0MioaqSjWCMlwoZw But mistakes are just a part of life. For us all. https://youtu.be/I1MjMuDFMD8?si=-Wb4TF3M1FL31qWk Yesterday, the persons …
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If we are fortunate enough to have daily bread, that means you worked hard
That’s how simple I think life is for persons. They try to overcomplicate it.
If you know your purpose and you lost it, it’s not too late to find it again.
You’ll have to take my bark and my word for it. Pigs in a waterfall. It could happen.
You pass right by that cherry tree of knowledge and helping every day.
This is Fruitycake. It seems like the days are getting longer here. I like that. The sun comes up early and doesn’t disappear until we are almost ready for bed. https://youtu.be/9xkZIHjr4U4?si=qau9LoC-N0-PpdeW It’s nice not to have to chase the sunshiney because we have a lot of work to do during the day. There is work …
One piece of zucchini doesn’t make my life any less wonderful when I give it away.
Let’s help each other live. And not push each other into the sea.
Life will always give us reasons to think of ourselves first. Life will always give us reasons to be like everyone else and not find that place in our hearts to do better.
This is Fruitycake. I’ve already had a sweet day so far. Girl Person has some type of infection where she had to get some medicine and juice. And so we walked to that Portofino place to get it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2pbNn9g6n9I&pp=ygUJI3Bvcm9maW5v It’s a very nice and easy walk along the sea. But at a point in the …
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It’s our responsibility not to give in to being lazy by not learning more about someone. Kindness may mean knowledge.
And when I put it into that perspective, I can appreciate it more. And have more spaghetti for later.
If we only think of the now and don’t care what happens after we are not here, that’s selfish.
This was very deep to her and she woke up and wrote it down quickly so that she wouldn’t forget. It was so real to her that she knew she had to listen.
Yep. You may be shocked at this information.
Instead of finding excuses today, find reasons to live. And throw those excuses out the window.
This is Fruitycake. I have received a lot of well wishes this week about my paw. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Us3e12OOs It sure did hurt and it still isn’t all the way better. But that’s ok, because I know just by your love and your messages and your support that you helped me get to this point. I’m even …
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This is Fruitycake. First things first. Because I want your day to start off positively too! I have had a hurt foot for a few days that’s been bothering me. The persons were extremely worried. Because a dog bit me the other day. And because there are a lot of thorns here. Also, I jumped …
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If no one has ever told you before you can do that thing, I’m telling you now.
Now, my paw does hurt. But I’ll be ok
We have to look within ourselves for strength. And yes, like now, we may ask from strength from you.
It was worse than she imagined.
At first, I was pretty upset. So were the persons.
Open your heart to suggestions and you might just get your bigger bucket too.
It’s Sunday and that means a look back at a favorite memory of Brickle and Digby’s adventures! This week, we go back to Edisto, South Carolina!
Maybe like my persons, you were taught to suffer.
I perhaps should have thought twice about eating so many beans the night before.
You’re a flower to us. The ones who decided to take it upon themselves to see us take root.
None of this has been a mistake. It’s been part of the route.
What will happen if we forget what we are told to feel by others?
There he was saying he did want to be seen.
Leash? Yep. Part of the equation that may have saved my life and almost took Girl Person’s
Fairy tales have a character that is going thru a problem or difficulty. Oh, we’ve got that covered.
If your past doesn’t want to be unlearned, you are not alone. No matter where you are .
We may see things that others need to do. I know that I see it.
I’ll try to keep the blog up for May, but if the hornets come around, I may have to offer them a room for rent.
I know that some may wonder why a dog would care about toads.
Often, being irritable towards others when we feel disrespected is a chance to ask them something about themselves or to help them to see maybe a better way to be.
There are times to listen to your dog. All of the times.
They need to fix themselves first.
This is Fruitycake. Some days cannot be explained in words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip_uVTWfXyI But since I only know how to type in words, I will try. If I barked in words, that wouldn’t make much sense. But neither does what happened yesterday. Or maybe it makes more sense than we know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrgmdOz227I We were having a busy …
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This is Fruitycake. I don’t have a chair. I have a little couch. But if I did have a chair, I would pull one up for Girl Person today. I would pull one up for you too.
This is Fruitycake. Some days are considered special. Like the day you were born or the day you were married or even the day that focaccia was invented. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58RgLQ_0Ars Oh, that day was certainly special in my eyes and my mouth. https://youtu.be/KJs_1Mbcvv0?si=wEuUFQe-dFWftBAF We're sorry we've asked you a few times recently, but its Tuesday, April 21.. …
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Sometimes, the weight of the world, or an abandoned house all the way up the hills of Italy can weigh you down.
I’m sure in my heart that Brickle and Digby put up with a lot from us.
You can choose to stay with us on this journey of discovery. Or maybe it’s too much for you.
I can’t say that we are comfortable right now. I can’t say we aren’t nervous for what the future may bring. But one day and one little bit of progress each day.
For anyone that asks the obvious, no, we didn’t know it rained this much. We didn’t know a lot of things.
Life is so wonderful and hard right now. All at the same time. Like a black and white cookie, there are two totally different ways to look at it for us now.
Some days, don’t you feel like getting rid of something? I sure do.
Things can always be worse. We just hope that doesn’t happen…
I saw his face. Shocked. Eyes wide. In awe.
Just watch out for your feet and old ladies today.
The bad news is getting more news than the good news.
This is Fruitycake. You know, I like talking and speaking my mind. There is no secret about that. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIOwP_CNMas/?igsh=MTU5MGNiMDB5Z2F2ag== But sometimes I have left speechless. And that’s where the wild pigs came in last night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ja7dhIj6pI The persons finally get to pick up their hot water heater today. That’s the first step in them not …
We all get worn down eventually if we don’t get rid of unnecessary things.
This is Fruitycake. Here in this Italy place, it’s starting to get busier. More alive. https://youtu.be/tydOXk-yx8M?feature=shared And although we had hoped that this meant the rain was over, we hear there is supposed to be another storm on the way this weekend. https://youtu.be/W1hn1pF-ilQ?feature=shared If you enjoyed the blog today, you can contribute any amount here! …
I almost took me and Girl Person for a ride into the sea.
I think it would be better if you didn’t bring your dogs back here.
This is Fruitycake. You might notice that the blog is late today. And for that, me and Boy Person will take the blame. Because when Girl Person didn’t want to get out of bed this morning, we talked about it. After he made her a cup of cappuccino. https://youtu.be/h73kb_ARpmw?feature=shared We decided that we couldn’t let …
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Cold Water Doesn’t Get Any Warmer If You Tip Toe.
You think I’m deep today, huh? I was taught by the master, Brickle. He would love me to call him master!
Last night, the footsteps I heard and the noises I heard were louder than usual.
Pushing up daisies. I am not afraid of it. And I want you to know that dogs are not afraid of death in the same way you are.
Apparently, this is big fun for them to throw the big rocks at us.
Brickle and Digby were some of the hardest dogs to travel with. But we made it work. And as the years went by, I longed for the crazy days again. I long for them now.
The ones we help are usually the ones that help us. Thank someone who is part of your package deal today.
Now, just because you are older in years doesn’t give you permission to do anything you want. Or to be mean. It definitely doesn’t give you permission to take a Fruitycake that isn’t yours.
Maybe you have a monster too. That monster has been with you a long time, huh?
Things have been covered in dirt and mud and rocks and bricks for many many years.
There’s never a dull moment around here. Except when our knives get dull from cutting too much pizza. Yes, that’s how you eat it here.
If courage was easy to come by around here, I would open up my own pizzeria. Obviously, a pizzeria, ran by a dog would be a hit!
Now this is embarrassing
A concussion and any type of saw? That does not sound correct.
Just like a butterfly emerges from a cocoon changed, I hope this concussion helps Girl Person to see what she needs to do
This is Fruitycake. Even though Girl Person is feeling terrible and molto terrible as we say here, I can’t type with these paws until they invent a keyboard for dogs, or a phone for dogs. https://youtu.be/-Nmwbel8IjA?feature=shared That being said, I have told her I don’t have a million words to say today, because she really …
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Mishaps can happen any time. And most often, they are when we least expect them.
We ran and yelled and scurried fast! Right past the growl. Right past danger.
Digby had a big sense of humor. Not only did he make us laugh many times, but I truly believe he made himself laugh more.
When you need the most strength in your life, look to something for hope. Rely on the power of hope.
You don’t have to stay the same for anyone else’s comfort level.
You have the strength within you to survive and withstand the forces of negativity. Being happy is much more powerful.
I am simply out of sorts today.
Love isn’t just something to show for ones that we’ve known a long time. We can show love just with a word or a smile or a ciao, like me.
That’s my thing the last three days. And it’s making my persons smile too.
Granny was absolutely horrified.
I couldn’t make this life up if I tried. Some things are plain hard and at the same time, plain ridiculous around here.
Maybe, and no maybes about it, you were meant to be where you are.
I have a secret
There is no way that any of us can do it all alone. No matter what it is that we are trying to accomplish.
Life is full of ups and downs. Maybe you’re in one of the downs right now. We understand. We do. Maybe you’re in an up. And that’s great! Can you help someone who is down?
This is Fruitycake. I’m not saying I know how to bark Italian. But I do know how to be a dog. A very naughty one. I had a couple weeks of recovery from the encounter with the wild boar. It was a very boring time. Because I couldn’t do much. So I saved up all …
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Digby was a pro at getting out of any harness. But Brickle? Not many know his love of being chased.
Some may think that if a piece of paper doesn’t show you own something, you don’t have to take care of it.
There is life after bad things that happen to us. There is life after tragedy. There is life after loss.
If you’re tired, I know how you feel. I also know that life won’t wait for us to feel perfect.
I want to be fruity. I want you to be fruity too.
It may take work, just like me going to the vet person tomorrow. It may be hard for you to do. But nothing is as sweet as fruit. Except you.
Girl Person said she learned when taking care of Brickle that being a caregiver is one of the hardest jobs in the world.
Did I take the “2 Traveling Dogs” sign off the Jeep? Maybe.
It’s ok not to be strong some days. Because we are all the same inside, no matter our age.
Power in numbers? You bet. For good. Or for bad. It’s true. And I always tell the truth.
This is Fruitycake. Love is a very big force in the world. I think that it’s even heavier than gravity.
This is Fruitycake. I wish that I was feeling all the way better. But my leg is really hurting. You would think that the holes in my chest from the wild pig tusks would be the issue. But although that hurts, my leg is driving me crazy. I want to bark at it. But don’t …
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All we can do is our best and hope to be fortunate enough to learn from mistakes. I was this day. Brickle is proud.
This is Sunday. Which means it’s time for a Brickle and Digby story. We hope that you enjoy a look back with us every week as we hold our boys close in our hearts.
We all go thru hard times, but if we make the bats happy before eating broccoli, things will work out.
Thank you for your lesson, little mouse. Rest easy, knowing you were loved. We will do better.
This is Fruitycake Rain, rain and more rain. For those wondering, no. We did not know it rained this much here. But next year, we will know. And we will be more prepared. I definitely need more blankets. https://youtu.be/EEJgy4_3ZYA?feature=shared And the persons need less mud on their clothes and some more pizza. Because pizza is …
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Ridiculous or life? Everything can be ridiculous to someone else. But if it makes us better or happy or fulfilled, be ridiculous. Be you.
We can obsess about our mistakes and the past. But what will be the last chapter for you?
Only let in your head who you want there. And tell the other to make an appointment at our spa.
You’ll be with me even more today. I still need you.
He offered to get her some pants. She told him nope. She didn’t want any pants.
This is Fruitycake. Stretching. I do a lot of it. When I wake up, I stretch my legs. But I also stretch my mouth. I do. True story. https://youtu.be/CIAod8iAgC0?feature=shared We ask for your support here! Do you think this barking doesn’t take a lot of effort and work? It does. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFqAnJotJMz/?igsh=MWQ5em54d3Q3cHlhNA== Adoptable dog of the …
Mysteries and learning and shadows make life worth living.
The world seems to have many huge problems now. But when problems get bigger, it’s time for beauty to get bigger too.
So I have an assignment for you today. I want you to look for that something wonderful that WILL happen to you or for you today.
I did get an unexpected gift a few days ago. It’s been a little while since Brickle passed away from this earth place as we know it.
This is Fruitycake. Do you live somewhere that you know others? Do you have neighbors? Friends? Family? https://youtu.be/lkeWgnl_ApY?feature=shared Do others know you by name? Isn’t that a wonderful thing? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB0nC3BkzPk Help this blog here Most of us take knowing others for granted. When you live somewhere for a little while, you get to know others. …
It’s time to change the rice cakes for popcorn. We all know popcorn and positivity and belief in yourself is louder.
Don’t let a bad day stay on you till tomorrow. Wash it off today.
And if you aren’t satisfied with your current you, it’s time to find a way to be the best version of you. I didn’t have to be a stray dog for all my years.
This is Girl Person. Today is a celebration! It’s Fruitycake’s three year Gotcha Day! So I have given him the day off from the blog! https://www.instagram.com/reel/CeHSpZfjZMe/?igsh=d2ZiMGswYjMyYjdw Many of you know that I personally have been having a difficult time the last year. And I had no idea that a dog would once again save my …
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I bet that you have wondered if you can ever love yourself again after certain things happened to you
Don’t wait in life for a moment or an event to live. Appreciate the wait now. Before you get to that part.
This is Fruitycake. I’m a dog that likes the simplest of things. You know. Like pizza margherita. https://youtu.be/xKDnD8sJsuY?si=WDCCXyFi2hOA2fPX Or a good breakfast eggie on a rice cake. But I’m also a very grateful dog. When I go to bed, and a bed is also something to be grateful for, I get to sleep inbetween two …
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And when it was time to pop the cork that night, she was excited. So was the cork apparently. Because it flew out with a vengeance. At her face.
This is Fruitycake. Numbers. Persons love them. They use numbers to call each other. Or to see how much they have or don’t have. They use them to measure all kinds of things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OejsjVrG94c Even themselves. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCTunqv1Xt4 Brickle taught me about numbers too. The question he got asked the most was how old he was. …
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Look for the piece of cake that is less soggy. And appreciate it.
This is Fruitycake. If anyone knows about noise, well, it’s me. I love my noise sometimes. Noise means fun. And barking means I’m being me. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE221JMtRkh/?igsh=MWx4NW04a3J2N2h6ZQ== But all noise is not always good. Sometimes, noise can signal alarm. https://youtu.be/NneH4UX1XMo?si=nefXvsDmY166wP7Z Or noise can mean arguing. Or being unkind. Noise can be unhealthy. Yet persons, when they …
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This is Fruitycake. Well. Let’s get the yuck out of the way. Right away. Girl Person is a bit under the weather with a sore throat and headache. But she’s a trooper. A super trooper! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BshxCIjNEjY And before she gets any worse, she is going to head into town today to get groceries and supplies. …
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I’m not sure why she saw him that day on a day she needed to see him the most. But she did.
In this Italy place, when you ask someone how they are doing, prepare to really hear the answer. And that’s how it should be.
When Brickle and Digby started the blog back in 2011, they wrote it every day. And persons thought it was crazy to do that. But they wanted to. And I want to do this now.
This is Fruitycake. Steps. We have climbed more steps the last few months than I care to admit. https://youtu.be/d1MTiHLwar8?feature=shared I didn’t get this body by sitting around on my imaginary couch, you know. https://youtu.be/iuXdh_H_FAg?feature=shared But what I’m saying is that we really have stepped it up with climbing. https://youtu.be/LT0vVNFe2_8?feature=shared We climb up our path and …
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This is Fruitycake. But I like veggies. And I like pie too. https://youtu.be/p-tKNBdiRoQ?feature=shared Have you ever tried to get organized? Papers need organizing to throw them out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-8omALRGHU File folders need organized so we can save papers we want to forget. https://youtu.be/Y7guyVIuTY4?feature=shared Closets need organized to see what clothes you don’t like. https://youtu.be/PdZ6q8lrHpo?feature=shared And spices …
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This is Fruitycake. I haven’t used my whole name in awhile. So let me now. This is Fruitycake The Raccoon. Just a reminder that I’m not a real raccoon. I just try to eat everything like one. https://youtu.be/rfbb4yRBH64?feature=shared We’ve been laughing a lot the last couple days. Sometimes, our life seems so ridiculous. Yet, if …
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This is Fruitycake. I am a dog. But there are a lot of things that I still notice and see. Like how the persons seem to be pretty fearful lately. There are many things to be afraid of in the world right now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcRCjnCTJFw&feature=emb_imp_woyt I can be afraid sometimes too. Like I don’t care for …
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This is Fruitycake. I’m sorry that the blog is a little bit late today. Girl Person got a bit of a stomach ache last night and then after our walk again. So I had to take care of her before I wrote to you. I appreciated your patience in this matter. Does that sound professional …
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This is Fruitycake. You may wonder why I am on this blog again today. After all, I have already written one today. If you didn’t read it yet, you should get right on that. I work hard on them. But today, when Girl Person and I were taking a walk in the rain, and trying …
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This is Fruitycake. It’s been a bit challenging up here on the mountain lately. Rain. Cold. More rain. More cold. https://youtu.be/e-q4sCOEWbc?feature=shared Slipping. Sliding. Away. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEhcikEN0JJ/?igsh=bjRrNjk4YXVyZm45 There is no use worrying about tomorrow when you have enough problems each day. Sometimes, that is all you can deal with at one time. https://youtu.be/6PtdpI-D6mM?feature=shared So do you know …
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This is Fruitycake. I know that usually this blog is all about the animals. And things we are going thru. Ways we can help. Ways we can all be better. And yes. I’m reminding you of all that today! But I have something else to say too. Happy 31 years wedding anniversary, persons!! 31?! How …
This is Fruitycake. There’s mud in this world. Oh, a lot of mud. https://youtu.be/Z_ivg3_ZsI0?si=-MYUyN5qxVzg9v5y I think all the mud somehow ended up here on the path to our house. For us to slip in. We have been doing a lot of that this week so far. https://youtu.be/-rGDzbV75EI?feature=shared When it rains, it doesn’t always pour. Here, …
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This is Fruitycake. Oh, weather in this Italy place. One day it is bright sunshiney and I’m bounding with enthusiasm. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEZh_u_OJog/?igsh=MTUyd2Rsd3pmZGdsNA== Like a fruity fruit. https://youtu.be/0x8dZXncLnk?feature=shared The next day, the fog rolls in. https://youtu.be/ADwgMxfSvPM?si=Cwtl6HS5OjIP2hwt Then wind and rain that makes this fruit soggy. But hey. I’ve learned to go with the flow lately. The persons …
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Today, we woke up and it was pouring rain. Not the kind of rain in Florida where it rains hard and then stops. Nope. It’s the California kind. An all day steady rain that lasts. With mud and more mud left in its way to slip. Obviously, I did. But not Fruitycake. He walked down …
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This is Fruitycake. The simplest things in life are often the most complicated. Isn’t that true? I mean, you look at me. I’m a dog. But I’m much more than that, right? You are a person. But you’re much more than that too. https://youtu.be/awvLgRARzd0?feature=shared We are all living in the same world right now. That …
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This is Fruitycake. If I could save time in a bottle, I would fill that bottle and leave it for a rainy day. That way, when I was missing someone or had to say goodbye to someone, I could use some. If you could save time in a bottle, what would you use it for? …
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This is Fruitycake. It was a normal night last night, except that it wasn’t. Persons around the world were excited about a new year coming. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F_YD37eqec And so, at midnight they set off a loud bunch of fireworks here in this Italy place. It wasn’t like the United States place where they make noise for …
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This is Fruitycake. Today is the last day of that 2024 year. I can’t say that it was a good year or a bad year or an ok year. Because to me, I am here. And that’s the most important. Not everyone can say that. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DENlel7tZfM/?igsh=YWFwbDkzd2NheDk3 Although a new year isn’t a magic wand that …
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This is Fruitycake. I may be the apple of your eye. https://youtu.be/oL4_2kbhMgM?feature=shared After all, fruit is part of my name. https://youtu.be/4ppBCsHhKpI?feature=shared But I would also like to be the black eyed pea of your belly. Yes. I said it. https://youtu.be/w7YHNmsTAH8?feature=shared My diet got changed this weekend. I’ve been so sick. And the persons were told …
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This is Girl Person. I felt the overwhelming feeling that I needed to write this blog today. I feel like not only do we have a lot of new people who follow us on our social media pages and blog, but we also have our longtime 2 Traveling Dogs family. And everyone might need a …
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This is Fruitycake. Sometimes, we all run on empty. It’s the world that we live in. I go with my persons everywhere. And it gets tiring for me! I don’t know how persons do it sometimes. The last few says, I have really been running on empty. I’ve been really sick. I didn’t want to …
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This is Fruity. What makes you feel like you? What makes you feel like the good times when you were a kid? Being a dog is kind of like being a kid. But we never have to grow up. https://youtu.be/_KjbL0cnQPE?feature=shared No matter how old in years we get. I have a secret. You are still …
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This is Fruitycake. You know, sticks are my best friends and the source of my best disagreements. Aren’t best friends like that? We can disagree. But it’s all in fun. And we love each other more than anything. Because we can tell each other anything. And move on. https://youtu.be/mMfln91bs50?feature=shared I love sticks. https://youtu.be/dn6zBrvNBA0?feature=shared Especially on …
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This is Fruitycake. Obviously. It’s my job to write the blog now. And I’ve been doing it solo for a few months now. Although it’s a lot of work, I do it for you. And I enjoy it. It helps me. Today is a day that many try to rush around. They are trying to …
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This is Fruitycake. Sometimes, bad things happen to good people. Sometimes, bad things happen to good dogs. Even the goodest dogs like me. Let me explain. Saturday night, I got sick to my tummy. My allergies haven’t been good. I’ve been feeling pretty yuck even with my medicine. So I kept having to go outside …
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This is Fruitycake. Spaghetti and rain. Something you may not think of going together. But I sure do. Because around here, when it’s raining, the persons seem to eat more. And I picked spaghetti yesterday. Who wouldn’t? https://youtu.be/q-ZtGoXkI58?feature=shared Brickle taught me the appreciation of spaghetti. He sure did. He may have had the full name …
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This is Fruitycake. It’s a lot every day to be positive, isn’t it? https://youtu.be/7juelCXC1-k?feature=shared I think it’s one of the most important things we can do and that we can be. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDsCSibNQ9q/?igsh=MWhuNmJ2YTdqbTR2bg== But some days, it doesn’t come naturally. Some days you have to work at it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUODdPpnxcA It rained last night and this morning …
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This is Fruitycake. Persons talk about pop culture. The only culture I know is that of barking at sticks. It’s currently a bark culture phenomenon in the works. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDkOPAspVIv/?igsh=NmM5a2EycTZuN2cx But this morning on my daily hike with Girl Person, I learned that a good looking man with long hair on the trail can stop anyone …
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This is Fruitycake. There are many things that talk in this world. Persons may not always hear them. But that doesn’t mean they are silent. https://youtu.be/IpySAfoNQ2k?feature=shared The birds chirp all around them every day. They can be really loud and really harmonious. But persons may not hear them because they are so busy. https://youtu.be/1j3Kzhyx_Bc?feature=shared Your …
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This is Fruitycake. Secrets. We all have them. Some are good secrets. Like Girl Person’s secret recipe for hot chocolate. https://youtu.be/TtJpC-VhkQk?feature=shared I know dogs can’t have chocolate. Don’t worry! https://youtu.be/-YNrDbyTvsU?feature=shared But I also know that she makes it every year around this time. And well, she’s never told anyone her recipe. https://youtu.be/8CB-DGp0w0Y?feature=shared It’s. That. Good. …
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I know it’s the elephant in the room. Or dog, maybe I should say. At the end of this month, it will have been five months since Brickle died. And I just can’t believe it. It still seems like yesterday that he was here with us at his little house in Italy. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9CpsklO1gW/?igsh=ZnN3dGd4bG81YWdy Many people …
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This is Fruitycake. We all have choices every day. https://youtu.be/QTj7CKi5leE?feature=shared But some choices are not choices to me. They are decisions by my heart before they ever get to my head. Do you have choices like that? https://youtu.be/STPJVf6wqCk?si=iE66FzCKgUP-8Hj3 Those choices are so easy to make. Like whether to like pizza or not. Seriously. Who doesn’t …
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This is Fruitycake. When I was alone as a stray dog in a big city, and then later at a shelter with many dogs, I had only heard about something called love. https://youtu.be/B0Y-GU3JqiQ?feature=shared I knew when persons didn’t chase you or try to harm you that i appreciated it. I knew when persons gave me …
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This is Fruitycake. Have you ever wanted to do something that was so the best for you? Or not even close to the best? https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDPXMVQNYNL/?igsh=MWgwZXU1YTR6c2VlbA== Well. I seemed to have found my naughty side lately. The more comfortable I get in this Italy place, the more I feel like myself. https://youtu.be/Y3ywicffOj4?feature=shared I’ve never known a …
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This is Fruitycake. You know what? I’m full of surprises. I’m full of naughty. This weekend started off pretty slow. Pretty yuck. My stomach was full of sick. Full of not nice feelings. Not butterflies, but wasps. Stinging wasps. Just kidding. I’m being over dramatic because I’m naughty. https://youtu.be/Hg50ovWFyyw?feature=shared I actually was sick. I didn’t …
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This is Fruitycake. Some persons were born to be wild. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93fAJe8WVjA Unpredictable. Free. Wild. I don’t think I could be described like that so much. I tend to be a bit reserved. Unless there is a someone on my path. At night. And I feel like chasing them. I am not sure what makes me …
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This is Fruitycake. Persons like to to look at art. This, I know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6ty-uCW8Sk They like to go to those museum places and look at pictures too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ecl2MOwlsA I can understand that. Us dogs like museums. Our museums are smelling places. Which is why we go so slow on walks. When you try to hurry …
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This is Fruitycake. Living in this Italy place is difficult for the persons. Although they are trying to learn the language, they might as well be living on another planet somewhere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAAo4yzTNlc Because the ones on that planet wouldn’t understand them either and the persons wouldn’t understand them. It would be just like now. Except …
This is Fruitycake. Well. I hear something in the distance. I hear singing. No. Wait. I hear yodeling. That’s right. Our 2TD family from that Switzerland place came back for a visit. https://youtu.be/z2e7eR5YBb0?feature=shared And they get here this morning! https://youtu.be/dRID0fo-2FQ?feature=shared Sometimes it feels like we are on a deserted island. https://youtu.be/cfR7qxtgCgY?si=fHVVl1KZFGwV9UeB Like we are the …
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This is Fruitycake. Have you ever been real tired? So tired that even yawning is tiring? That’s me today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=074DjiB74hc I’ve been having so much fun lately. And really? I’m just starting to get to know myself better and my persons too. I’m not sure if the hiking that I make Girl Person do is …
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This is Fruitycake. When you are sound asleep, you don’t expect to startled awake. You don’t expect to hear someone walking around when both of your persons are in the same bed. We only have one bed. So I’m able to keep track of them pretty good. They also couldn’t hide with their snoring. Especially …
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This is Fruitycake. You know what? We all serve up something to the world every single day. https://youtu.be/Wk4sExD4DZU?feature=shared The sticks around here and everywhere serve me up trouble. And I aim to give them a plate of barking. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DC6ivmSJtIB/?igsh=NHFqNWpibTRndnQz But we all have something to offer the world every day. We can be kind or …
This is Fruitycake. Mashed potatoes. Oh. I love mashed potatoes. I’ve never met a potato I didn’t like. But mashed is my jam. Or gravy. https://youtu.be/s8Rx3gYRltU?feature=shared What is your jam? https://youtu.be/BT42s-VLqWE?feature=shared Do you like pizza and focaccia like me? https://youtu.be/zj3Y8Ws6BWc?feature=shared Or spaghetti like Brickle? Or maybe tomato sandwiches like Girl Person? Maybe you like tacos …
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This is Fruitycake. There is one, very important thing that I have learned so far in my life. That if you try to help others, and try to help others from a place that comes out of love, and nothing else, you are rare. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WXpqqyQVSQ And if you are rare, it’s even more important that …
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This is Fruitycake. When life hands you lemons, maybe you make lemonade. https://youtu.be/Aph7D1pwaKw?feature=shared Maybe you make limoncello. https://youtu.be/KSR00wVwvIM?feature=shared Maybe you make lemon cake. https://youtu.be/VVXTPwqMrks?feature=shared But what if life doesn’t hand you lemons? What if you have to get the lemons yourself? What if you work as hard as you can, and still, those lemons seem …
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This is Fruitycake. I’ve been up all night. Well. Girl Person has. And when she is up, I am up. And I got a tummy ache. But not because of something I ate. It is because I don’t like when she is sad. I want to fix the world’s problems. After all, I am a …
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This is Fruitycake. No one is one thing. Even though the word one is in there. Yes. I know. I’m a very deep thinker. https://youtu.be/YLIGUMNrNYU?feature=shared When you love someone…truly love someone…they are more than one thing. They are joy. They are fun. Then they may be gone. They are sadness. They are grief. They are …
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This is Fruitycake. I am not what you may call a “shop till you drop” kinda fellow. Oh, but Brickle was. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmcCEFAKk9A/?igsh=d2J3dDJ2cDdxOTNz He loved shopping so much. And he loved stores. He loved going anywhere that persons could. Because he believed he was just as important as a person. And well. He was right. https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChiNHIhDz4Q/?igsh=MXNwYjY4M3hjN3hoaw== …
This is Fruitycake. You may wonder why I’m doing a blog on a Saturday. Well. I call the shots now around here. And yesterday was not a good time for Girl Person. All of the monsters had come out. The Depression Monster. The Anxiety Monster. The Regret Monster. And the Mean Monster. They made her …
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This is Fruitycake. You may have noticed that I have been pretty happy and fruity lately. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gAW6_Axsc4 You would be correct. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCTwmeFttLJ/?igsh=eXVsN2tsbWtmbnI5 I can’t seem to get up early enough to start the day. Because I’m so, so happy to have every day here. And I want the persons to get up as early as …
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Hot, Hot, Hot!
This is Fruitycake. Lately, I’ve been feeling more of myself than I ever had. I don’t think that I fully understood what it meant to be fulfilled. Until now. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCPWPl0Pq79/?igsh=eTZpdDM0MHd6eWxj I like being filled. Filled with focaccia and pizza. I like being filled with hotdogs on focaccia. I’m not kidding. I had that this weekend. …
This is Fruitycake. No matter how you say my name and where ever you say it, people laugh or smile. Or at least stop and wonder why. In the world we live in now, I think that pondering something other than negativity and hate is an excellent idea. Even learning is an excellent idea. We do …
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This is Fruitycake. Fruit Loop. Torta di Frutta. Fruity. Fruity Booty. Loop Loop. Loopy. Take your pick. https://youtu.be/VNKuARjkWEg?feature=shared As long as you say my name with joy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fHSDC4l5Yw Joy. It’s hard to come by in this world, isn’t it? You would think that it would easy. After all, there is definitely more good things than …
This is Fruitycake. I’m not really feeling like myself today. I’m feeling like myself on fruit. Which means extra good. Because I have to be. Especially for the persons today. I don’t always feel like being happy. But I try to be happy. Because sometimes, persons expect too much out of themselves. And I have …
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This is Fruitycake. The swing of things. I don’t know if that is what we are getting in to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rha-6qG4OQ But I do know that as hard as it is some days here, we can say that we do love it. Love it. That’s a big thing. https://youtu.be/JnWZ4FJ260w?feature=shared I can’t imagine that Brickle would have …
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This is Fruitycake. Yesterday was a great day. Unless you were a ladder. https://youtu.be/kJdAKlPsJh4?feature=shared That’s right. We had a few jobs yesterday. The first job was to teach an English class. The second job was to get foccocia. And the most important job we had? To get on a few buses and trains and walk …
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This is Fruitycake. I had a very hard job this weekend. Boy Person had a very hard job too. Because Girl Person was missing Brickle so bad that she couldn’t breathe. That’s what she said. https://youtu.be/4Lb5L-VEm34?feature=shared I think sometimes that persons hold in their emotions. And when they finally come out, whether they want them …
This is Fruitycake. I don’t know what takes more energy. Trying to chase away negativity. Or building up the positivity. I say both. I have many jobs to do. And sometimes, I get real tired. But I’m not the only one that works hard around here. Boy Person definitely does too. And not many see …
This blog, videos, content, rescue work and project is only made possible with support from our readers. Get a collectible postcard here with any amount this week only This is Fruitycake. Some days, you stand up straight. You stand up tall. You stand up for what you believe in and who you are. If you …
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This blog, videos, content, rescue work and project is only made possible with support from our readers. Get a collectible postcard here with any amount this week only This is Fruitycake the Raccoon. Just a reminder that I’m not a real raccoon. I just like to act like one. https://youtu.be/KYk5FnFZ5ik?feature=shared Today, I woke up kind …
This blog, videos, content, rescue work and project is only made possible with support from our readers. Get a collectible postcard here with any amount this week only This is Fruitycake. Or Professore Frutta. I had my first side job yesterday of teaching. And I think I liked it. Ok. I know I liked it. …
This blog, videos, content, rescue work and project is only made possible with support from our readers. Get a collectible postcard here with any amount this week only This is Fruitycake. Falling. We do a lot of that around here. Well, at least Girl Person does. She’s been getting better at going up and down …
This blog, videos, content, rescue work and project is only made possible with support from our readers. Get a collectible postcard here with any amount this week only This is Fruitycake. Yesterday was a pretty good day. I do have to say. Girl Person and I got to go hiking. We had good food. She …
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This blog, videos, content, rescue work and project is only made possible with support from our readers. Get a collectible postcard here with any amount this week only This is Fruitycake. I know what needs are. They add things you can’t or shouldn’t live without. Like pizza. Me. You get the drift. https://youtu.be/7EMn7BAMTm4?feature=shared But Girl …
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This blog, videos, content, rescue work and project is only made possible with support from our readers. Get a collectible postcard here with any amount this week only is Fruitycake. Today, we have to go into town. Town is a place that’s not very simple to get to. And it’s not very simple to get …
This blog, videos, content, rescue work and project is only made possible with support from our readers. Get a collectible postcard here with any amount this week only This is Fruitycake. I know that it may be tiresome to hear from me every day. But I have a lot to say. And I have a …
This blog can only continue with support from our readers. Any amount tipped receives a card this week here! This is Fruitycake. To say we had an exciting day yesterday is putting it mildly. It was too exciting for my taste. My taste usually includes pizza and focaccia. Not a turbulent waterfall behind your house …
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This blog can only continue with support from our readers. Any amount tipped receives a card this week here! This is Fruitycake. Some days are meant for complaining. Just kidding! No day is meant for complaining. But we can surely find a reason to. https://youtu.be/adKdbSbMfeQ?feature=shared Yesterday, we were very well rested after a night in …
This blog can only continue with support from our readers. Any amount tipped receives a card this week here! This is Fruitycake. I’m just thrilled over here. Over the moon. Up on a mountain. That’s me. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBJYDtrtZPt/?igsh=MW44cHZkMGEwZXdyMw== Last night, we got pur first nights sleep in a real bed. A real bed. Not a bed …
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This blog can only continue with support from our readers. Any amount tipped receives a card this week here! This is Fruitycake. We’ve been real busy. But everyone is busy, I’m learning. You can fill your time with many things. And what fills your time, will fill your heart. Whether that is good things or …
This is Fruitycake the Raccoon. Just another reminder that I’m not a real raccoon. I just smell like one. And I’m cute like one. The last few days we have been working very, very hard behind the scenes. Very hard. But when you work with love, and powered by love, things aren’t as heavy. Even …
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That is why, when Girl Person told me that some kind persons were driving all the way from Switzerland to deliver us some beds and other stuff, I was surprised.
This is Fruitycake. The blog will return tomorrow. Girl Person has been worried sick about her family in the hurricane and we’ve had days of storms we are trying to clean up from. We will return tomorrow.
This is Fruitycake. Worry is definitely a monster, isn’t it? I know this for sure. It’s been a really hard month. For many. Storms and more storms. Here in this Italy place, it’s been raining nonstop for days. The earth is making everyone worry like crazy. Or maybe it’s what persons have done to the …
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This is Fruitycake. And today, I don’t have many words to write. But I want to let you know that we are ok up here on top of the mountain. Girl Person though has made herself sick with worry. You see, our family is in that Florida place. And everyone is trying to get out …
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This is Fruitycake The Raccoon. Just a reminder, in case you forgot, I’m not a real raccoon. I just am cute like one. It’s been very rainy in this Italy place the last few days. The path is very slippery. And yes, the persons have fallen a few times. It’s kind of like life lately. …
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This is Fruitycake. You did so good this week. I keep saying this over and over to my persons. Because even though they were very sick, cold, and still not feeling good, they did the best they could do. When you look back at this week, a hard week for so many, you may have …
This is Fruitycake. Ok. Or as the Italians say…ooookkkkaaaaayyy. I get it. The seasons are changing. It’s not summer anymore. Not even close. Yesterday, the wind blew in fast. And strong. The persons have not been feeling good. At all. In fact, Girl Person is the sickest she has been in a very long time. …
This is Fruitycake. Sometimes, enough is enough. Like when you need a bath. Once is enough in my opinion. Or never. But also, when you’re in a different country, and have no idea what’s being said most of the time, the little things are hard to do. https://youtu.be/5g-pYSv3z1Y?si=ZGx9XowtRlwf5xc_ And when you ask for a little …
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This is Fruitycake. When my persons, both of my persons, get sick at the same time, you can imagine that it’s overtime work for me. Punching that time clock means a long day. And night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjyj8qnqkYI I guess my persons did too much the last few weeks. Walking at least 8 to 10 miles a …
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This is Fruitycake. I am definitely on my own today with the blog. Even I can tell when Girl Person can’t do anymore. She reached her limit, and her foot did too, a few days ago. Walking at least 8-10 miles a day is rough. But carrying the weight of the world up the path …
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This is Fruitycake. Have you ever been so tired that you think you are too tired to even make it to bed? Yeah. That’s how tired we are. The last two days we have walked almost 20 miles. But we are thankful. So thankful. Because many kind people, including you, have helped us get to …
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This is Fruitycake. Things have been a bit crazy around this place. Crazier than Italy traffic at a roundabout. We worked so hard…Brickle worked so hard…to get to this Italy place. And to even leave for a few weeks because of paperwork is not what we want to do. We thought we had exhausted every …
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This is Fruitycake. I’m learning so much lately. Brickle taught me more than anyone ever has. But he also told me that I would have to learn things on my own. He said experience was always the best teacher. I still think he was, though. And wow. We we thru a lot together. We are …
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This is Fruitycake. Persons think that dogs can’t tell time. But we can. We know time more than you do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSk3hyhdAh0 And unfortunately, the time has come that we have to take a trip away from our little house in this Italy place. The persons were hoping that this time wouldn’t come and that we …
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This is Fruitycake. I’ve learned with Girl Person that when memories come up in her mind about Brickle and Digby, usually, it starts with funny or happy things she mentions. But then, the memories make her miss them even more. And she gets sad again. Boy Person tries to be stronger. He knows he has …
This is Fruitycake. Just when you think you are making progress, sometimes life has a way of blocking that progress. Or surprising you. Or both. Yesterday, the persons had their test for Italian. And they were so stressed. And yet, when it was done, they felt relieved. Until they found out they had to come …
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This is Fruitycake. Today is a huge day for the persons. They have been studying so much. Walking miles back and forth to school for months. They’ve been taking classes online with our teacher for two years. And today, it all comes down to a test. https://youtu.be/_Zs9-VgIgAk?si=HUdlNZ8I_ib71l0G You would think I would be stressed for …
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This is Fruitycake. You know, I find it a bit overwhelming that the blog is all mine. Seems to me I may need to think about getting some help here pretty soon. What do you think? Tomorrow is a big day for my persons. For months, they have been studying Italian with a very nice …
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When you say yes to something or someone in your life, you’re saying no to something or someone else. And when you say no, you’re saying yes too.
But right now, we can’t be welcoming to everyone here at our little house in this Italy place.
This is Fruitycake. Desperate times call for desperate measures. That Depression Monster had been taking a vacation. Because the Grief Monster was filling in for him. But unfortunately, he’s back. And he’s working really hard to get my Girl Person. She feels the weight…not of pizza. But of discouragement. And doubt. And worthlessness. Even here. …
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This is Fruitycake. I’ve been having lots of new experiences lately. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_sNHYhOeQT/?igsh=MTJzYWJ4bTN1eGs3Nw== Some I love. Like new pizza places and focaccia every day. Some experiences I’m not so sure of. https://youtu.be/-jChRcSY5uI?si=wFf9yh1P1RaJlvUo Like when we went shopping for groceries yesterday in a store that usually, I’ve seen only people allowed in. https://youtu.be/qzCVuQgNz4s?si=xs6RcZMCiuiOanOz But Girl Person said …
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This is Fruitycake. When your name is Fruitycake, I don’t really see a need to elaborate. Or change it. But persons want to put a spin on everything, don’t they? https://youtu.be/ON30oiLBKXw?si=2mz_5g9PmW-6XAGh Here in this Italy place, they also call me Torta di Frutta. And when people ask me my name, and the persons tell them, …
This is Fruitycake. I’m still learning how to do this dog blog. I don’t have 15 years of practice like Brickle did. I have no idea how he and Digby wrote to you every weekday for that long! But I am determined to not break this tradition. And I won’t let you down. Because if …
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This is Fruitycake. I don’t like water. I really don’t like water. But most of all, I cannot stand puddles and rain. I don’t like them. At all. https://youtu.be/nYiFZtj3gtc?si=Eb6i0S8gdIKA0SnW So when we got caught in a rainstorm this morning on a path, and there was no shelter and nowhere else to go, well, we had …
If I can overcome my fear in that way, I know you can overcome your fear in your way too.
This is Fruitycake. Girl Person had fruitcake for breakfast. But it wasn’t me. Thank goodness. There’s not enough of me to go around. Or is there? My personality seems to grow by leaps and more leaps and then bounds, every day. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_am2J6JnEy/?igsh=aWZva3QxMDhoazh5 We had more lost hikers show up at our house this morning already …
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It’s not ignoring your feelings. But it’s putting those feelings to good use.
Hurt doesn’t have to limit our capacity to love again unless we let it. But time may be what is needed.
This is Fruitycake. I learn more about this Italy place everyday. Learning is good. It may be hard for me sometimes to get up early for school. But I do it because it’s important that me and my persons learn Italian. To be honest, and I’m always honest like Brickle taught me, I like going …
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This is Fruitycake. We woke up to messages about an earthquake in this Italy place. We are ok. Don’t worry. But as the persons were drinking their espresso juice this morning, that’s what I call it, because it gives them energy, Girl Person said that she needed to take a hike on our path. https://youtu.be/7vCiVfW4A5s?si=YrLhgA4dmIZ1IGRI …
This is Fruitycake. Girl Person told me that when she was younger, she used to watch a lot of shows on that tv thing persons like. We don’t have one now. Ok. Maybe we do. There are a couple in the trash piles here at our house in Italy from long ago. https://youtu.be/hLMVBX1MpsE?si=3Uy9j4CeyDPf9fG3 But she …
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This is Fruitycake. The persons have been working hard in this Italy place to learn the Italian language. They have been going to school three times a week on top of trying to fix Brickle’s house, take care of me, and try not to let their sadness overtake them everyday. It’s been a lot. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-74BEjJ7Ei/?igsh=eWdqMHM0bGQyMGVh …
This is Fruitycake. Did you ever have to stand up for yourself? You know, speak your mind? I do. And I’m not ashamed of it. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-wzUnLO379/?igsh=MXZhOTBiYXlseHI5Zw== Brickle said that just one of his many jobs in his career as the most interesting dog in the world was a Sheriff. He arrested many for minor and …
This is Fruitycake. It occurred to me this morning that you may be tired of hearing from just me. A channel with Fruitycake 24 hours a day. Fruitycake all the time. Fruitycake overload. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-wzUnLO379/?igsh=MXZhOTBiYXlseHI5Zw== No one can just eat cake and be their best. Sure. A cake can just eat cake and be her best. …
Personally, the last month has been one of the absolute hardest times of my life. But in this time, there have also been many blessings. It’s a difficult thought process each day for me. I remember that Brickle made it here to his little house in Italy. And then I remember that he is physically …
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This is Fruitycake. We had our first day of rain at our little house in Italy. Sure. We have been in rain many times. But this was a first here. Aren’t firsts wonderful things? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4WNGRUlHSmE My first home with the persons may have came later than other dogs. But it made it even more special …
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This is Fruitycake. Also known as Fruity. Or Fruit. Or Frutta. Or Torta Di Frutta here in this Italy place. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2NrQMPFevqM Girl Person also calls me a hungry cinghiale. Like the wild boars here in this Italy place. https://youtu.be/af5UXqxl92M?si=UKgKY2BrBKyThYuC She jokes with me and calls me all kinds of things all day long. But when …
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This is Fruitycake. Many of us are always looking for something. Something more. Something to make us feel better. Or something to make us look better. Something to make us feel like we used to. Something to make us confident for the future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvsgGtivCgs There is always something to say we are missing. But what …
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This is Fruitycake. Everyone needs to take a day off. Even me. You may wonder what a dog has to take a day off from. But our jobs never end. Especially when you’re an only child like me right now. It’s a lot of pressure. I’ve heard that when you’re an only child, you get …
This is Fruitycake. Wow. When there is a heat wave in this Italy place, it means business. Not business for the afternoon. Because everything is closed then. But business you know what I mean. https://youtu.be/CiGvbAHPGTI?si=kaFwQKBtMSFVYNnT We all have to know our limitations. Yes. This heat is hard for the persons especially because they have to …
This is Fruitycake. Someone once told me that I’m the amazing man. Yes. I am that. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-aR9EypbKI/?igsh=NGRkYzF6d3BxcTY1 Someone also once told me that I’m a gremlin. I love to talk like one. https://youtu.be/WeNVftiefOE?si=G6Ljg4VMja1ddem1 Someone also once told me that I had a lot to learn. But that I would be the one to carry on …
This is Fruitycake. It’s a little hard for me to write the blog today. I guess I’m going to have those days. Yes. Most of the time I am determined to carry on this blog tradition. But then I have doubts. I wonder if I can do it. I wonder if others want me to …
This is Fruitycake The Raccoon. Just a reminder again. I’m not a real raccoon. I’m just a dog that really likes to go thru trash. And I kind of look like a raccoon too. I wanted to start off the blog by bringing you a sense of normalcy. But the truth is, things are anything …
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Thank you for loving Brickle. He loved you very much. Peanut Butter Brickle. 2009-2024 An old soul from the moment he was born. He knew all. He was the strongest dog in spirit, mind and body. He saved our lives. He saved animals lives by being the example of what a rescue dog can be …
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This is Peanut Butter Brickle. Persons call some things projects. Like redoing a house, for example. Like restoring an abandoned house that no one has lived in for decades. Maybe that’s a sort of a project. https://youtu.be/uUPxb7JaQI0?si=tTBwWpF1s9tK-3sB I look at this house and I think…wow. From a persons’ point of view it sure is going …
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This is Peanut Butter Brickle. Another day is another gift. It’s a dirty gift around here at my house. But a gift nonetheless. Another gift showed up for me a couple mornings ago. But Fruitycake tried to return that gift. The gift was a black eyed pea. https://youtu.be/APei8imJ6bo?si=heIkWyrL6M4OAZ3U No. Not the kind that goes with …
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This is Brickle. I’m taking every opportunity I have right now to write the blog. Yesterday, I wasn’t able to. And Girl Person wasn’t able to either. We’ve had a few of those days over the years. I think it’s ok. I know it’s ok to not be ok. We’ve only been at our house …
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This is Peanut Butter Brickle. It’s a good thing that Girl Person types this blog for me. https://youtu.be/vNUEUth7qjc?si=mR1YyL6j8URkOzWF Because I don’t have a lot of energy today. I’ve been having a very rough couple days. And I’m not feeling good. I want to feel good. But my body is tired. My body is weak. I …
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This is Peanut Butter Brickle. Here in this Italy place, they have some wonderful food. Pretty vegetables. Bright fruits. My favorite lately…prosciutto. https://youtu.be/oe-DkzsPA4w?si=32POIQr07OxqbW88 But as much as I love prosciutto, some days lately, I don’t even want that to eat. I want to want it. But then maybe I want dog food. It’s not that …
This is Peanut Butter Brickle. Some days, I think of how strong I am. How many miles I’ve traveled. How many lessons I’ve learned. Some days I think of such good memories. And I feel stronger for them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTS9BGjdit0 But some days, the weak parts of me try to overcome the strong parts. They don’t …
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This is Peanut Butter Brickle. I let Fruitycake take the blog yesterday because I was a bit tired. There has been a lot of sunshiney in this Italy place. And a lot of resting under the shade. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9cK2CzOSDA/?igsh=ZHVpanIzd2xta3Bs Boy Person worked on the path up to our house all day yesterday and even into the …
This is Fruitycake The Raccoon. Once again, just a reminder that I am not a real raccoon. And here, in this Italy place, you can call me Torta Di Frutta. https://youtu.be/Fdf-KJ9mFGs?si=FovmTaGlD90CRARc This weekend, we all worked hard on our little house in that Italy place. Brickle even picked out his own spot. https://youtu.be/zYv6qG01Luw?feature=shared And when …
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This is Girl Person. Don’t worry, I won’t take over the blog on a regular basis. But since it’s the weekend, I hope you’ll allow me some words today. Yesterday was a physically hard day. Here in the Portofino area, it’s summertime. And that means a lot of extra tourists, traffic and chaos. I think …
This is Peanut Butter Brickle. I’m finding it a bit hard to concentrate lately. Have you ever had that problem? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UTrvN5k2ws I wake up every day in this Italy place. And I am so thankful that we made it here. But I am also thankful for all of the other places I have been in …
This is Fruitycake The Raccoon. Just a reminder that I’m not a real raccoon. But I’m smart like one. https://youtu.be/yEzd81QidBc?si=FoukNCPbv2RH19rw This weekend didn’t go as planned. But, no matter where you travel to, problems may follow you. And that’s just part of life. So are priorities. As much as we love our little house here …
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This is Peanut Butter Brickle. Sometimes, a dream in life feels like, well, just a dream. Life has a way of occupying us with the things we need to do to just make it thru each day. And sometimes, that’s all we can do. Sometimes, that’s ok. But sometimes, we also have to look past …
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This is Peanut Butter Brickle. I know that I’ve been writing all or the blogs the week. But Fruitycake has been busy being my service dog. After all of these years of travel, today, I get to go to the last stretch. Where my house lives. Where my house is waiting for me. And I’m …
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This is Peanut Butter Brickle. And this is my first blog ever from that Italy place. Even a senior dog like me can have firsts in life. We all can. We may not be to our little house in Italy yet. But we are almost there. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qDrdty5YHYI And sometimes, almost there is pretty exciting too. …
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This is Peanut Butter Brickle. I’ve been moving very carefully lately. When your body is as experienced as mine is, you learn how it starts and how to get it restarted when it stalls. And right now, I feel like our whole family is not only going slow. But we are going so under the …
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This is Peanut Butter Brickle. We are in that France place today. We drove a long way yesterday from Calais, France to a village near Dijon, France. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C81v6Upui-2/?igsh=amF2aHk1c3VlMDU5 We made a few stops along the way. And it was just like the old days in the Big Blue Treat Wagon. Expect that we didn’t break …
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If a senior dog can go to France today, you can do anything today too.
A goal, no matter how big, should never block your view from the blessings in front of you.
This is Peanut Butter Brickle. Usually, the persons are writing about my health. If I’m feeling good, or I’m feeling bad. If I’ve walked many miles. Or rested all day while they fed me croissants. But this time it’s about pain. Yes. It’s painful for us to leave this magical, beautiful and wonderful place today. …
This is Peanut Butter Brickle. I don’t ever like saying goodbye. But sometimes you have to. Persons always think of goodbyes as a bad thing. But it doesn’t have to be that way. It doesn’t at all. We start packing up today. To say we have enjoyed our time in the Cotswolds place of England …
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This is Fruitycake The Raccoon. Just another reminder that I’m not a real raccoon. But in this England place, they think I am. And I go with it. I guess they don’t have many raccoons here. https://youtu.be/Zrm-cYMfbMk?si=zTKadjnJ3Apybsg- They also think in this England place that I’m full of beans. https://youtu.be/4YFLUTxrg8w?si=AzTxxrZhoPeQUBZG You know…happy. Full of life. …
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This is Fruitycake The Raccoon. Just a reminder that I’m not a real raccoon. I just like to eat like one. https://youtu.be/hDaYw6s3EGU?si=Qs50mWY21acHf5zY Usually, Brickle is in charge of telling you all of our travel plans and goings on. You know. He is the official messenger of the news. But since we walked over five miles …
This is Peanut Butter Brickle. Some persons may look at me and just see what’s wrong. I know that. I don’t get mad about it. Because we all do that. I’m not sure why, but when we see someone else, what is wrong is most often what we see first. I have been having the …
This is Fruitycake The Raccoon. Once again, I’m not a real raccoon. I’m a dog that just has attitude like a raccoon. https://youtu.be/OuLcHkfI3FQ?si=-j5AMAMOLPtHim1q Some days, well, I feel really good. And when any of us feel good, our personalities shine brighter. Truer. And I’ve been feeling good in this England place. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8XwRultnJA/?igsh=MW5yaHN3bzUyMzZnYQ== When I personally …
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It may not be on someone else’s menu. But the senior dog menu is flexible. Important. And as special as me.
This is Peanut Butter Brickle. Have you ever wanted something that someone else had? I’ve heard Girl Person tell this crazy story about when she was little so many times. She had a frog. A frog that was a stuffed animal. And the frog was a puppet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fjmn2Cmv0Y She didn’t much care about this frog. …
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What happens when you realize that you need the basics in life? But that the basics in life are some of the hardest things to get?
This is Peanut Butter Brickle. Today is a new day. You’ve never lived this day. I have never lived this day. And yet, we are here together. I may be in that England place. Maybe you’re somewhere else. Maybe my day is starting earlier than yours. Or later. But it’s a day. It’s our day. …
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This is Fruitycake The Raccoon. Just a reminder that I’m not a real raccoon. I don’t think they would have allowed one on the airplane. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8AlQXNtpfB/?igsh=MWIyMnByZXRjaDFtOA== But I am a real dog. A real individual. Brickle has told me that I shouldn’t be caught up in labels. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8C1oXGPcGW/?igsh=MWp3d2toYjlmd25yeg== Labels that tell me I’m less. Labels …
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This is Peanut Butter Brickle. I think that I’m growing as a person the last week and a half. And it took flying to a different country for that to happen. https://youtu.be/Y41_PhvBMKE?feature=shared I was caught up in thinking I had seen it all. I mean, I did travel around the states numerous times. I liked …
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There will always be someone there to tell us not to try. And that someone may be ourselves.
Even if this is all I will see, it has changed my life. And I hope I’ve changed your view a little too.
This is Fruitycake The Raccoon. Just a reminder that I’m not a real raccoon. Not even in this England place. https://youtu.be/ffV5CCvUcZg?feature=shared The last week has been exciting. And fun. And well, exhausting. I can’t believe that we have been here a week. But time flies by…doesn’t it? https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7m4hpBhsNO/?igsh=d3hrMHA1d3U4MDFy We have been confused some days. https://youtu.be/RSXbtQMxEF0?feature=shared …
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This is Peanut Butter Brickle. There aren’t many things that I need to admit. Mostly because I always tell the truth. Remember. Dogs don’t know how to lie. We don’t need to. We always take the high road. But persons? They have to admit things sometimes because they don’t want to acknowledge the truth. They …
A dream may seem to hard to attain. But the biggest battle is in your own mind.
This is Fruitycake The Raccoon. Once again, just a reminder that I’m not a real raccoon. A raccoon wouldn’t have been able to take a fly with Bark Air on Thursday. Because. Well. Raccoons can’t bark. Or can they? https://youtu.be/-abx-bsvLsE?feature=shared English 2 Traveling Dogs Socks!! Order Here I really don’t think anyone could know how …
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It’s true. We made it!! We have arrived in England! We will be here for one month. And we want to celebrate with some limited edition goodies! Free shipping to the USA on all orders. Please allow 2 weeks for delivery. England Keychain! Purchase here! $10 England Socks! Purchase here! English Pint Glass! Purchase here! …
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This is Peanut Butter Brickle. You can now call me Sir Peanut Butter Brickle. I am in this England place. I can’t believe it. But I can believe it. We got on that jet plane with Bark Air yesterday. And there were other dogs and their people on it too. It seemed like a dream. …
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This is Peanut Butter Brickle. I was told that today is probably one of the biggest days of my life. To me? Well. It’s important. But to be a good individual, that is more important than one event. But. If that event is a way to do something good…to be an example, sign me up. …
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And as we say see ya later to Boy Person today, we hope when we reunite in England, we will both have our stories to tell. This story isn’t over yet.
This is Fruitycake The Raccoon. Once again, just a reminder that I’m not a real raccoon. But I’m sneaky like one! https://youtu.be/AR4jaSBo6a8?si=87k0LbdbnGDclxXp In just two more days, we will be on a jet plane headed to that England place for a month. A jet plane! Me and Brickle and Girl Person. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7fig97N_WM/?igsh=dDExNDF0eTQ3dXRk Boy Person will …
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I think my years have definitely made me the fanciest of the unfanciest dogs. And all that jazz sounds pretty comfortable to me right now and I’m not upset about it.
I could pretend we weren’t emotional about it. But me and you? We are past that.
I think we should all be appreciative of the places we visit. It may not be our forever cup of tea. But we can take a sip and savor it.
No day is more important than another.
This is happening. This is really happening.
You’re a big part of this world. So take care of you. Find your fish and chips.
This is Fruitycake The Raccoon. Just a reminder that I’m not a real raccoon. I just like to be mischievous. Order here Life is going very fast. So fast. The persons seem to be shuffling a lot of papers. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KhknJaX2iGc And they seem very busy. Talking to this person and that person. Having all kinds …
And yet, here she was with a big tick on her head. Or more. And the stylist just kept picking away.
We don’t give up in this family. We take a long time. Yes. But we don’t give up.
I’m sure a lot of people think that a 15 year old dog like me can’t do it. Shouldn’t do it. But I’m not that dog. The sky isn’t the limit for me. No. It’s not my last chapter. It’s not the end of my story. It’s the beginning of a new one.
This is Peanut Butter Brickle. There’s a few times in my life that I’ve been fortunate to announce some news. News is a wonderful thing if it’s good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjZc5b7gvLc I got to announce when we decided to travel to animal rescues in the USA in an RV. I got to announce when we bought a …
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This is Peanut Butter Brickle. I change my mind a lot. One minute I’ll want steak. The next minute, I’ll want peanut butter on my steak. Don’t knock it till you try it. https://youtu.be/7P9koMuRAgg?si=YHlJ020EUEv7GW3D But persons have a bit of a hard time changing their minds. They may have thought one way for quite a …
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Home can change meaning for us. And that’s ok.
As you get older like me, you realize how precious time is. And how much you’ve wasted on individuals who were not deserving of that time. You don’t have to keep wasting your personal touch.
Life can change quickly. So make the changes you need to today. Get it out. Complain. Tell the truth.
This is Peanut Butter Brickle. Have you ever tried to grow something? Girl Person loves to plant things. She used to have a garden with Pappy and they grew sweet potatoes and broccoli and all kinds of things! Fruitycake would have loved it. Maybe you’ve tried to grow something too. Like a better way of …
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You can be sad and still be strong. And in fact, sometimes it takes strength to feel the sad.
This is Peanut Butter Brickle. Have you ever wanted to hide from the world? Have you ever just wanted to be by yourself? I get like that. A lot. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h0KdR8bKHNQ As much as I love my family, I also love the times that I have the choice to just be in my own company for …
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This is Peanut Butter Brickle. My whole life, I’ve heard “we are almost there.” Yeah. I’ve taken a lot of long road trips. And yesterday, was one of those trips. We drove and we drove. And we drove some some. We ran over a shredded tire on the highway. We got caught in many traffic …
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It’s true that we can all be serious. Especially me. There is always a time for that. But there is more time for island time. We all need it.
We all get older. We can’t deny that. But what do we count as precious in those years? What do we learn? Are we kind to others? Are we the best we can be? If not, we all still have time…until we don’t.
The every day wonderful parts of life may go right over our heads. Don’t let that happen to you.
This is Fruitycake The Raccoon. Just a reminder that I’m not a real raccoon. I just look like a very cute one. Yesterday, we decided to take a little trip to something called a lighthouse. https://youtu.be/CZYO58UP4Ns?si=vnx3YJfUUudNDX99 I have heard of these things. But I never imagined that it would be so tall! https://youtu.be/072wpvM7aS8?si=KjqopLIFIiKbDqR6 I never …
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I know that it’s not always easy to see the sunshiney. Especially when problems that we encounter seem little on the outside. But to us, they are big.
This is Peanut Butter Brickle. Age isn’t just a number, no matter what others tell you. There’s a reason we keep track of the numbers. https://youtu.be/ghIMy4tEAxI?si=fQv1pr9mOIuXxM1P At the end of April, I will be 15 in human years. Who knows how old in dog years. Us dogs have our own system. To us, age isn’t …
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You see, sometimes, things make no sense.
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
You know who you are.
Enjoy this Sunday flashback blog! The blog is made possible by support from our readers. It is in jeopardy of not continuing thru all of June. If you enjoy the blog, we thank you for your support here This is Deputy Digby Pancake. Yesterday was a pretty bad day. I am just going to say …
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Enjoy this flashback blog from 2016! Yea! We've been writing the blog that long! Actually, since 2011! Help us continue Brickle and Digby's legacy by joining our Patreon page for $5 a month at http://www.patreon.com/2travelingdogsrescue This is Deputy Digby Pancake. An arrest warrant has been issued. By me. By me, the Deputy. It is that …
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If you are walking on a Minnesota bog, you better not be boggin.
Sunday means a flashback blog from Brickle and Digby. Enjoy this one from the state of Delaware in 2016! This is Sheriff Peanut Butter Brickle. So. You may be disappointed that I haven't made an arrest since that Maryland place. Well, don't despair. The arrests of all arrests has been made yesterday. And I had …
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