Hurray for Christmas! It's my favorite holiday. Happy New Year, everyone!

Happy holidays, everyone! I'm so glad we had a big snowstorm a few days ago. Now I get to go skiing with Ellen! (Well, she's on skis. I'm just dashing through the snow. But it's SO MUCH FUN!)

Happy fall! I was so busy all summer running around, swimming, and checking my "projects" (like the hole I am digging in the back yard) that I forgot to post for a while. Now I'm enjoying the cooler weather. I love to walk through the rustly leaves and sniff all the great new fall smells.

Ellen always said she knew I would be a good swimmer, but I wasn't so sure. It was scary at first - especially when all four of my feet were off the ground and I had to figure out how to stay afloat! I stuck with it, and now I love it, especially when Ellen throws a special toy or a really good stick for me to fetch.

Sorry I haven't written in so long! I've been pretty busy chasing chipmunks. But guess what? I just turned one year old! Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear Zipper, happy birthday to me!

Spring is full new sights and sounds and (especially!) smells. Since this is the very first spring I have been alive, I've been very busy checking everything out. This creature was in the yard the other day. I barked at it because I was hoping to play, but all it did was pull its head inside its house!

Spring is here! You might wonder why I'm wearing an orange coat when it's not hunting season. Ellen says it's because it makes me easier to see when I'm dashing through the woods. You can see how I would kind of blend in here, without the coat, so I guess she's right.