Red and Rover by Brian Basset for April 21, 2024

his mother isn’t ready for that heart attack…

You’re messing in Violet’s mudpie mix!

They are having the time of their lives! My mom made us go in the garage. That was the first part of the cleaning process. Ha

Mom is going to kill you.

Nice camouflage, boys!

When I was a kid we had a hole at the end of our driveway. When it rained, that hole filled with the best mud. My best friend, Taffy, had freckles that she hated. I remembered reading something about beauty masks of mud, so I mentioned it to Taffy. We went to the hole and Taffy slathered mud on her face. Being the good friend I was, I did, too. Our mothers were NOT amused.

When Newt was a puppy he jumped into the shallow creek in the park near our house. He loved splashing the muddy water as he ran back and forth and ended up looking like a dark brown dog instead of the golden red that he is. Needless to say he enjoyed (endured?) a long bath after his romp!

While getting muddy can be fun, mud is generally not the best part of a splashing (in mud puddle). The splash is the best part. Sidewalk puddles are better for splashing and not getting muddy.

Trying to splash on something (or someone) else can be fun.

In the panel within a panel… Red and Rover are BOTH affirming the best mud puddles. Nice

Irresistible at that age!!!!!

Childhood is so free and wonderful! Especially if you’re raised by wonderful people! Thinking back, I definitely was!

I never was one to play in mud. Dry dirt and digging in it was fine. I tried to dig a tunnel under the slab foundation of the garage one time. I was probably lucky we didn’t have a good shovel, or I might have been buried alive. ;-)

Hose down both of them before they take one step into the house.

LOL… Walking in the April rain with the street gutters full and running with clean new fallen rain was wonderful…

I have fond memories of playing in the mud.

And lots more love

signs of a healthy, happy boy and his dog

Red and Rover …… better make sure that you “BOTH” hose off ……. “BEFORE” you go in your house …….. ;)

I loved spring puddles of any kind.

brings to mind youtube channel Dog Named Stella

This is one of those days where the neighborhood moms have to hose off the whole gang to be sure which kids and dogs are the ones they have to take home.