Bona Fide Cancellation

The Stamp of Approval
Nice Wisconsin stamp too
A wonderful melding from R.H.

GWENDOLINE AND BLICK THE INQUISITIVE LAB

SEEMS SO LONG AGO

THERE WERE THREE AMIGOS

COWBOY, BLICK & GWENDOLINE

ROMPED AND PLAYED AND WERE BEST OF FRIENDS

CowBoy Yorky & Gwendoline Piggy

SnowBallBelly Sez;

Bless their Memory

.. and now Nicole has her Little Guy Chopin

SBB says, Please welcome a little doggie from Belgium

Here -from another Nicole!
Her little doggie -in an artful photo
~ A little doggie named Chopin

Image GOOGLE Melin Belgium and you shall see
That Nichole Eippers has single handedly
made famous Melin in the mailart community

And Nicole says:

~ To make me happy,

please send me mailart about pigs...thank you ~

So here is your chance
to make Nichole happy
to make her dance:

Nicole Eippers

28 Hodebierge

1370 MELIN - BELGIUM

Have to like pigs
Have not had much to do with them since 1961
When I worked on my uncle's farm
and he had pigs
and every day
I would throw them
a shovel full of ear corn
and muck out their pen
That was in NE Iowa
near the town of Eitzen

SNICKERS PORTRAIT MARCH 2008

KIT KAT ? AND SNICKERS ~ BOTH ONE WITH THE SUN

AND SNICKERS

SNICKERS CONFECTION AFFECTION

THIS IS THE ONLY PHOTO I HAVE OF SNICKERS
HER NAMESAKE WAS INDEED THE CHOCOLATE CARMEL NOUGAT CANDY BAR
HERE SHE IS STILL A PUP THOUGH MUCH BIGGER THAN SHE WAS AS A BABY
THEN WAS WASN'T MUCH LARGER THAN A SNICKERS BAR
SHE IS NO LONGER SO DARK, NOW HER FUR IS AS SEEN IN
NICHOLE'S EXCELLENT DEPICTION

SNICKERS THE ARTFUL YORKIE-POO

Snickers is a very happy little dog in a very happy home
And eight-year old Nichole is a very talented artist

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right

Little doggy, been a long cold lonely winter
Little doggy, feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Little doggy, the smiles returning to our faces
Little doggy, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Little doggy, I feel like ice that's slowly melting
Little doggy, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right It's all right

(all appologies to GH)

travelling dogs

TEA AND SYMPATHY (4 R)

THIS EVENING
MINUS 16 CELSIUS
I COULD BUT TAKE 2 PHOTOS
THEN MY CAMERA
SHE FROZE

HERE SNOBALLBELLY TAKES A SNOW BATH
I WOULD THAT MY CAMERA HAD LASTED A TAD BIT LONGER
PERHAPS WHEN IT WARMS UP
THOUGH THEN THE POWDERY SNOW WILL BE NOT SO FLUFFY

SUCH IS LIFE

small dog DEEP SNOW

(MY DIGITAL DOESN'T HANDLE ALL THAT WHITE SO WELL)

HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE TO ONE AND ALL

WON'T KNOW HOW MUCH SNOW -UNTIL WE VENTURE OUT

SOME PLACES ARE WINDSWEPT CLEAN

IN OTHER PLACES THE SNOW LIES DEEP IN DRIFTS

NO SENSE IN PUFTING UNTIL THE WIND DIES DOWN

40 MPH GUSTS MAKES IT A TUFF GO

WHILST WAITING FOR SNOW IN WISCONSIN

20 DEGREES
A COLD BREEZE
SADLY BRINGS NO SNOW

DEER HUNTING SEASON
'TIS THE REASON
THRU THE WOODS WE CANNOT GO

SSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HERE FROM 1926
A HOLLYWOOD CHICK
& POODLES THAT LOOK TO BE LEOS
(ok ok, lion in Latin is Leo, or is it Greek?

from the look of their chains, these must be some tough guys)

here is look back from SBB

all the way back to October

OCTOBER 4th 2007 ~ ALL GOOD DOGS GO TO HEAVEN

MY MASTER



YOU LOWER YOU BLEARY EYES TO VIEW

WHERE YOUR STEPS MAY AVOID MY POO

THEN MORE STEPS YOU HAPPILY TAKE

TO FOLLOW IN MY BOUNDING WAKE

DOWN THE PATH THROUGH WOOD AND GLEN

AROUND THE PASTURE AND BACK AGAIN



BACK TO THE COMFORT OF OUR HEARTH

A CRUST OF BREAD? DON'T MAKE ME LARF

SWEET SUGARY TREATS RICH FATTY MEATS

NEATH PONDEROUS BELLIES, WE CAN'T FIND OUR FEETS



(THE LAST VERSE I WILL LEAVE ALONE)

MY ONLY WISH, A HAPPY HOME

TO NOT THINK PAST THIS PRECIOUS DAY'S END

TO SHARE LIFE'S JOYS WITH A DOG'S BEST FRIEND

NO NEED TO DREAM OF PARADISE

FOR APPROACHING NOW * SNOW AND ICE !



SBB

FROM OUT OF THE PAST, CIRCA 1949

SUCH A NICE PUPPY-DOG
JEAN SIMMONS
SUCH A NICE NAME
NOT SURE WHO THE YOUNG LADY IS
NO DOUBT SOME PASSER-BY

A LITTLE BACKGROUND IF YOU GRANT ME PARDON ..

The FEAST DAY of SAINT ROCH, PATRON SAINT of dogs, is AUGUST 16

FROM WIKIPEDIA

FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH

CAN YOU BELIEVE?

For the ancient EGYPTIANS, Sirius appeared just before the season of the NILE's flooding,

so they used the star as a watchdog for that event.

Since SIRIUS's rising also coincided with a time of extreme heat,

the connection with sultry weather was made for all time:

Dog Days bright and clear

indicate a happy year.

But when accompanied by rain,

for better times our hopes are vain.

The phrase is mentioned in the short story The Bar Sinister by RICHARD HARDING DAVIS.

The main character, who is a street dog, explains "but when the hot days come, I think they might remember that those are the dog days, and leave a little water outside in a trough, like they do for the horses."

GOOD GRIEF

HERE (WISCONSIN) IT HAS BEEN RAINING IN COPIOUS AMOUNTS

THERE HAS BEEN MUCH DAMAGE FROM FLOODS

IN THE HILLY COUNTIES OF WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA AND IOWA

COUNTIES WHICH BORDER ..

THE BIG MUDDY,

THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI,

THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN PROFOUND

16 INCHES SOME FOLKS HAVE GOT

AND THE HILLS QUICKLY FUNNEL FLASH FLOODS TO THE SMALL COMMUNITIES IN THE VALLEYS

KAT's DOG, HAPPY

AN INCOMING
FROM NEDERLAND
A CALL FOR BURLESQUE MAILART
DEADLINE, 2008 JULY
BURLESQUE .. FROM THE USA?
MY HEAD EXPLODES
HERE ALL IS BURLESQUE
THE NY TIMES
THE ONION
HARD TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE
ANYHOO, FOR
KAT VAN TROLLEBOL
(HOPE I GOT THAT WRITE)
5025 HM TILBURG
NEDERLAND
I NEEDS MUST GIVE IT AGO
IF ONLY FOR THE NICE DOGGIES

FROM THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
SBB/TMJ
WESTERN WISCONSIN
INA MOST
UNHAPPY
USA
SIRIUS RULES

...have youuuu seen Tom there anywhere...?

do not disturb meeee!

old advertsing dogs...from 1958

HEY BABY!

MOST SINCERELY

A BRACE OF NICE PUPPIES SHOULD NOT BE HIDDEN
.. SO HERE THEY ARE!

LONG LEGS FOR A SHORT DOG

A NÜDLINGEN PERAMBULATION?

COUNT THE SOCKS
BÜRGER UND BÜRGERIN?

COUNT THE TAILS
TAILS THAT ÈR A~WAGGIN'?

...time for another dog ...

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHINK

spring green, wisconsin
SBB's home .. past present and future
wisconsin that is
http://www.playinthewoods.org
the PC is from 2003
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
2bcont.

a cover dog from 1956

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaapppppppyyyyyyyyyyy birthhhhhhdayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy toooooooooooo youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

....drei kleine Gäste,

kommen zum Feste

wünschen das Beste!

I wish you a happy birthday and good luck through the 60ies.

Roland

CALLOO! CALLAY! HE CHORTLED IN HIS JOY!

AN EMPTY MAILBOX
IS A BOTHERSOME BLIGHT
A HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARD
TURNS DARKNESS INTO LIGHT!

A HISTORICAL FACT, THERE WERE TWO PRESIDENT JOHNSONS

(SHAKE ANY TREE, AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN JOHNSONS WILL FALL OUT)

IN KEEPING WITH THE DOGGIE MOTIF,

MY GIFT PLASTER DOG FROM MY DAD'S AUNT ROSE

(THAT OLD DOGGIE IS OLDER THAN ME)

GUARDS THE MM WALKING WORK OF COLLART

BELIEVE IT OR NOT AN ORIGINAL OF MM SINGING TO JFK WAS JUST ON EBAY (SEE ABOVE)

A STEAL AT ONLY .. WOW .. EBAY MUST HAVE PULLED THAT ONE TOO

.. UNBELIEVABLE

Marilyn Monroe vintage photos are becoming downright difficult to collect.

If my memory serves me well .. it went for over $400.00.

Aunt Rose gave me the dog when I was a very small lad.

Look close and you will see the remnants of a star sticker on his chest.

It was my firm belief, as a kid, that at night,

when I was sound asleep, all my toys would come to life.

I had commissioned Plaster Dog as the High Sheriff of all my toys.

I remember that all so well.

That and those hungry caterpillars.

(The card arrived Monday but being an ever so olde codger

I have just now got round to post the card)

A Tip-of-the-Hat to

the Right Honorable RH

from

SBB's Barber, Chef and Manicurist

Coot Johnson

GREMLIN OR PIXIE?

" ... AND IN SIBERIA, THE PEOPLE LIVE AND EAT THEIR BREAD ..." E. BEM

CYRILLIC IN STRANGE FONTS IS A TAD DIFFICULT .. FOR ME LEASTWISE

THANKS FOR THE HELP

THERE IS ALSO THE PROBLEM OF "MULTIPLE WORD EXPRESSIONS"

LITERAL TRANSLATIONS COME OUT FUNNY

DIGGING THROUGH -MORE OLD PHOTOS

FINDING LONG LOST PICS OF PIX

A SNARLY LITTLE BEASTIE SHE WAS

ALEX WOULD IGNORE PIXIE'S BLUSTER AND HOIST HER ALOFT

SBB CAN ONLY SAY, 'TWAS AN ACCIDENT

WELL MAYBE .. ü

THIS PHOTO SHOULD BLOW-UP NICELY

AN ELIZABETH BEM CARD FROM 1910/1920 .. PROBABLY?

NICE CARDS BUT THEY TEND TO BE A TAD SPENDY

FOUND ANOTHER I WOULD LIKE ON EBAY ~ $50.00

SIBERIAN KIDS WITH A PERFECT SB BELLY

A SECOND ФОТО WON'T ENLARGE?

HERE IS A TEST

A PERFECT DAY IN MAY

OF LATE, U HAVE BEEN THE MOST PROFLIFIC OF COLLARTAGISTS
JETZT ERST RECHT !!
(LUV SAYING THAT)

THE PENULTIMATE PAGE,

WHAT COULD BE BETTER ?

THAN A BEST WISH FROM THE ULTIMATE DISH

R. HALBRITTER'S Crème de la crème CREATION


TOAST, M & JAM
T.M.J.
(HOW ABOUT THAT?)

TRANSLATION ANYONE?

A CLIMATE MORE TO A SBB'S LIKING & A LITTLE SWEATHEART FOR A FRIEND

SBB SEZ, I RECOGNIZE LADDIE BUT WHO'S THE BLONDE?

A MOST UNUSUAL POST ARRIVED TODAY
MY MASTER'S PLEASED - WHAT'S MORE TO SAY ?


AS FOR THE ORDER
"DO NOT TURN THE PAGE
BEFORE THE 26TH HATH ADVANCED YOUR AGE"

LEST THE GRIM REAPER'S MESSAGE
A FELL "C U" - BE TRUE
HE HAS OBEYED
HOW TO RUN A HAPPY HOME
REMINDS HIM OF HIS OWN UNHAPPY TOME
- HOW TO RUIN A HAPPY HOME

AH BUT ALL THAT UNPLEASENTNESS
HAS RECESSED
LIKE THE SUN FADES UNTO THE GLOAM
LIKE ALL FLESH, SINEW AND BONE
SUCUMBS TO DEATH'S SCYTHE AND TURNS TO LOAM

BUT ENOUGH OF SUCH DOGGERAL
THERE'S PAGES MORE
LET'S READ THEM ALL!

FOR PRETTIER LEGS
HE SITS UP AND BEGS

A SUIT FOR RUTH?
HE HUNGERS FOR A BANNANA FORSOOTH

NEXT TIME I'LL BRING MY KNITTING
WHO MIGHT THIS BE?
MADAME DEFARGE?
MASTER BEST GO IN HIDING
AND REMAIN AT LARGE

SOUNDS STRANGE WE KNOW
BUT 'TIS NOT THE MILK OF KINDESS FROM THESE BREASTS THAT FLOWS
SHE SITS, SHE KNITS, SHE READS THE "VINCI ODE"
(& AN OLD ODE IT WAS - & AND OLDER ODER T'WOULD BE)

GOOD HEAVENS!
WHAT DOES SPIDEY
HAVE WITHIN HIS WEB'S THREAD?
A NUDE DEBUTANTE ?
WITH SPIDEY SHE'LL BE WED & BRED?
FOR A MORE PROMINENT TUMMY?
& A NEW DIET WITH MISTER HORNEY?

NOW MY MUSE HAS GONE
BUT WAIT !
THERE'S SYBIL WERDEN WITH MY DEAR OL' GRAND MUM-MUM

FIND YOUR OWN CUT TOM
(THIS BRINGS MASTER FULL CIRCLE
TO THE GRIM REAPER MISTER D)
-OR COULD IT BE
A FAVORITE CUT LIKE - TENDERLOIN?

NOW GAZE INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL
BEST FOOD FOR MAY?
HIS OWN SWEET HONEY?
MMMMMMMMMMMMMM?
60TH ANNIVERSARY!
SELL GREETING CARDS FOR MONEY?
BETTER LOOKING NOW AT NEARLY SIXTY?
........ AH! AT LAST HERMES

UFF DA!

"NEXT PAGE" WILL HAVE TO WAIT ELEVEN DAYS
DIE FRUCHTSCHALE
WITH APPLES AND PEARS
THOUGH LIKELY AS NOT
THE NICEST "PEAR"
REMAINS HIDDEN

A MAGIC BOOK BY ACE SCISSORS ARTIST
SIR BREVERL

MASTER HAS MORE TO SNOOP
BUT NOW HE MUST
TAKE ME OUT TO POOP!

SBB SAYS: SOME DOGS HAVE ALL THE LUCK!

AH, FOR A DOG'S LIFE
WOOF

... and the upper part of the dog's owner...

As snowballbelly would say: This fellow's owner is almost as good looking as mine!!

...but back to dogs... which one is strolling here ?

..little patient back to life..

... glass is definitly stronger than little birds - after flying against the window, and about 30 minutes later after having a little break and a drink - back to life...

Hummers are back in force

need to set up more feeders

mirror and window?

or two mirrors?

JUST A QUICK NOTE, WE DID NOT FAIL

THE STAMPS ARE ALL LICKED

YOUR POSTAL IS IN THE MAIL

Old Grey Kat Caught in a Dog Blog !!

"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "I'm mad. You're mad, we're all mad here."
From 10 years past, oh Dear
now More fat in the Rear
than my Master Droopy Drawers
Just kidding ..
The old coot's pants looks
as though he carries two cats in each cheek!