"All I know is, I really took a bath!" (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

Meanwhile..."Lily, the spaniel savant, has decided to convert dog gas into fuel." (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"Landings are easy but takeoffs are hell." (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"How absolutely perfect! All the world can smell like Paris." (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"As Bertrand Russell once observed: 'Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.'" (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"Doesn't that mean 'nuts'?" (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"By Jove and the Dog-faced Gods! That little lady should win a Nobel Prize." (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"Uh, yeah, hi. I'm not here to talk to you about any political candidate, or tell you how to get out of credit card debt, or rant about the recession. I'm on this blog simply because I'm a seriously cute Cavapoo puppy." (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"No, honestly -- I'm not even pushing a book about the horrors of being housebroken. Really." (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

Meanwhile...."Dear Polly Perky, my name is Koni, and I belong to a certain Russian politician whose name shall not be barked. Things were going along nicely until the other day when HE, whose name must not be mentioned, slapped a monitor on me. Now I can no longer hang around the water cooler with the rest of the girls when I am supposed to be guarding his office door. I can't even take a whiz in private, and I feel more enslaved than Estonia was twenty years ago. Can you help me?" (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"Sorry, Koni, I'd love to help -- but I, Lily the Spaniel, AKA Captain Amoreda and Polly Perky, am switching careers again. I plan to save the environment. But good luck with your enslavement, et al. Kisses~" (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"A keen appreciation of missionary zeal has never been one of my vices." (Photo by J.M. Hilton) Notes from the editor: Our efforts to mingle the names of philosopher Bertrand Russell and the dog painter Bertram went awry. OK, OK, we'll be conventional...for now~

"Another rabid environmentalist? Hope I won't lose my nest this time around. Hmmm. Maybe I'd better hope I won't lose the tree." (Photo by J.M. Hilton)

"She wants to save the environment? I might be interested in hearing her plans." (Photo by J.M. Hilton)