It's A Gray and Chilly Day In The Dezzert

[Time4ANap]

A rare coat and blanket day. (Yes, the heat is on too.) They are calling for 2 feet of snow in the mountains to our north so we are getting the cold air and dampness. 

 

[palmettobug]

Aww, puppers--we have your heat, it is around 80 for the high today. Hope this is not indicative of a HOT HOT summer.

[FiveRoooooers]

Both hounds:  Dad!! Wot the flock??

Plusalso LaVida:  Snake.Is.Mine.

  Love these two!

[ramonaghan]

18 minutes ago, palmettobug said:

Aww, puppers--we have your heat, it is around 80 for the high today. Hope this is not indicative of a HOT HOT summer.

Same here! I think Willa got to wear her housecoat twice this "winter." 

Mark and LaVida look très chic!  

[MerseyGrey]

LaVida has her best coat and eyeliner on. The girl’s ready to hit the town!

[Houndtime]

She is well prepared.  It is crazy here.  70's one day and then it drops 30 or 40 degrees the next.  This has been a very strange winter.

[palmettobug]

We had that bitter cold around Xmas, for a few days it was double coats outside and Fuzzy snugged up next to me all the time. Then we had a day it was nice enough to take them to the dog park while visiting their "Nan" in Virginia. Seems to have set the tone for the past two months, up-down-all around.

[BatterseaBrindl]

Welcome to our Whirled   

I've been seeing news reports of your cold and snowy weather.  In California too 

 

[EllenEveBaz]

Don, you may remember my mother grew up in the Valley and in Phoenix itself.  A couple of times during her school years, when the mountains surrounding the Valley had heavy snowfalls, all classes were cancelled and every kid who had any access to anybody who could drive them went up into the mountains to play.  Phoenix version of a snow day.  

PS:  Was that originally Petunia's coat?  Flowers look kind of petunia-y. 

[rsieg]

So what qualifies as "cold air" in Phoenix?

[Time4ANap]

4 hours ago, EllenEveBaz said:

Don, you may remember my mother grew up in the Valley and in Phoenix itself.  A couple of times during her school years, when the mountains surrounding the Valley had heavy snowfalls, all classes were cancelled and every kid who had any access to anybody who could drive them went up into the mountains to play.  Phoenix version of a snow day.  

PS:  Was that originally Petunia's coat?  Flowers look kind of petunia-y. 

Schools are rarely canceled but there is still a solid line of traffic going north on these snow days. The DOT pleads with people to stay off the roads until they can clear them but it doesn't do much good.  This particular storm closed many miles of interstate in northern AZ for the past 24 hours. 

That was Petunia's coat which was sent to her by a good friend here on GT. Petunia refused to wear a coat from the first time we attempted to put it on her. .  She was storm phobic but also refused to wear the thunder shirt. The thunder shirt stressed her out even worse than the storm. There are tons of flamingos mixed into that print along with the flowers. Miss Houndtime Irene made the housecoat. LaVida has yet to take it off. She is loving it. 

 

1 hour ago, rsieg said:

So what qualifies as "cold air" in Phoenix?

It depends, but in this case the morning was in the 40's and the air was that damp, raw kind of cold that goes right through you. After you've been here for a few years your body acclimates to the heat and you will be cold when the temps go much below 70. We see people wearing winter coats when temperatures are in the upper 60's.

When we lived in the midwest a 50 degree winter day was a good excuse to wash the salt off the car wearing a T-shirt and no jacket. Here, we will be bundled up at the same temperature. 

Edited March 2, 2023 by Time4ANap
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[GreyPoopon]

LaVida looks like she thinks you might try to remove her stylish duds.  

[Time4ANap]

2 hours ago, GreyPoopon said:

LaVida looks like she thinks you might try to remove her stylish duds.  

Day 2 and she hasn't let us take it off of her. I think she's really liking her housecoat. I have to go through the other coats here and see if anyhting else  fits her. 

[Time4ANap]

Update: Day 3

We are still having very cold mornings here in the dezzert. North of us in the mountains they got between 2 and 3 feet of snow and we are getting all of the cold air off of that snow. LaVida has not let us take her housecoat off of her. We are going through the other coat we have to see if any of them fit her so we can eventually change her coat. 

We also found one of Rocket's coats that fits Mark. Mark says we were holding out on him since his idea of bliss is being able to wear his blanket 24/7. We so rarely need any kind of coat here that we had never tried the coats on these two. 

Mark says you can't see him in his "camelflaj." 

 

LaVida Day 3 - still rocking her housecoat and happy! 

[FiveRoooooers]

Camelflaj 

Two stylin' hounds 

[Houndtime]

Love them.  Mark's  (Rocket's) is the old style.  No collar.  Glad to be keeping them warm.

[Remolacha]

I think the expression on LaVida’s face is “bliss” 

Mark, of course, is asleep 

[BatterseaBrindl]

I see they're still livin' the good life 

[GreyPoopon]

"Bliss" pretty much sums it up. 

I hope LaVida decides that she can be nekkid for the 0.3 minutes it takes to change her duds.  

[EllenEveBaz]

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Mark says you can't see him in his "camelflaj." 

What dog?  Where?

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I hope LaVida decides that she can be nekkid for the 0.3 minutes it takes to change her duds

But she's just gotten the petunia-flamingo one's feel and smell broken in to perfection

[Time4ANap]

The outside temp got up to about 70 yesterday in the sun, and upper 60's in the shade so I took LaVida's coat off of her. Last night as she was going to bed I held up the coat. She came running and stuck her head through to put it on.  

She's currently taking her after breakfast nap wearing her coat. She's a happy girl. 

[GreyPoopon]

13 hours ago, EllenEveBaz said:

But she's just gotten the petunia-flamingo one's feel and smell broken in to perfection

You are doubtless correct.  

7 hours ago, Time4ANap said:

... I held up the coat. She came running and stuck her head through to put it on. 

Smart girlie.