Mom and I went geocaching again last week. Geocaching is like treasure hunting. Mom holds the phone that shows the GPS and compass. Then we walk and walk and walk and walk.
Then she decides the phone is upside down, so she turns it around and we start over. We walk and walk and walk and walk some more – the other way.
The phone tells her when we’re getting close, and then we start searching and scanning till we find the treasure.
Sometimes, Mom says, “No acorns.”
and “Don’t eat the pine cone.”
and “Yikes! Hornets!”
Geocaching is fun!
Mom does treasure hunting when she wants to submit a story, too. She has too many stories to count inside her computer and some more inside her head (that’s what’s up in there…). She is sure that one of them is a treasure and will be Book #2. Whenever she reads about a publisher or an agent that seems to be looking for the type of story Mom writes, she starts treasure hunting. She opens up story after story, revises them a little, talks to herself about them, and decides whether she’s headed in the right direction, or needs to turn around and start over.
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That’s an interesting tree. I’m glad you found the cache.
Thanks, C. We sure were surprised to see the cache just sitting there waiting for us!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
That would so be my Mom, having the phone upside down bawahwhhahwhhaa xxooxxx
Mollie and Alfie
GAH! What is up with our people, M.? They need to sniff more and look at their phones less.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
That’s an interesting way to use the phone, I will try that too. Butt maybe you have to walk backwards then?
Ha! We might as well walk backwards. We’re getting nowhere trying to follow the compass!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Sounds like me with a roadmap…a tad dangerous while driving heheeh I am sure mum has her stories right side up Cupcake 😉 hugs Fozziemum x
Thanks, F. We’d never get ANYWHERE with a roadmap! Even when Mom drives the car, sometimes she doesn’t do what the GPS guy says.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Cupcake…the gps thingy in my phone I ignore….I am spatially and logistically challenged and you would thnk I would learn to listen…hheeh
HUgs Fozziemum x
Hi Cupcake! You had fun geocaching huh? Bravo! My Mom says she thinks writing is a lot like a treasure hunt too…..we hope your Mom strikes gold with her next book. By the way, I think your collar is quite fetching – but then you ALWAYS look fetching!
Kitty Hugs, Sammy
Thanks, S. I like to look fetching. I don’t like to play fetching, though. It confuses me.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Was there a cookie inside? That would be a REAL treasure!
Nope. No cookie, R. But Mom had a ton of cookies in her pocket to help me be a good girl.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Mom wants to try that with us!
Does your Mom participate in NaNoWriMo?
Monty and Harlow
Good luck, C. Geocaching is SO much fun. Mom does not do NaNoWriMo. Just PiBoIdMo. I think it’s because she’s lazy….
Love and licks,
Cupcake
The few times typist has tried to geocatch it has ended in disaster!
What a bummer, B. Mom and I had a couple of failures, but now and then we get lucky.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Woot! You’re getting to be a really great geodog Cupcake and I’m so proud of you…Don’t tell anyone but my momz gets us lost all the time…but I don’t care cause it just means longer walks for me
That’s how I looked at it, G. I love to walk around. And around. And around….
Love and licks,
Cupcake
I love your stories, Cupcake! And I know that there is treasure in your Mom’s stories, too!
Thanks for that happy wish, B. Positive thinking! That’s just what we need.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
I hope you both found some treasures on your walk, walk, walk. That little thing you found in the tree doesn’t look like much of a treasure. Did it wiggle or squeak? Did you get to eat it? Was it worth it all?
No wiggle, no squeak, nothing to eat. But it was worth it just to take a nice long walk on a beautiful day. Plus, Mom had a pocketful of treats for me along the way.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
a pocketful of treats. Sounds like a song.
Funny how that works. Walking, walking, walking. Then turn around and walk some more. BAM! TREASURE! Write, write, write. Then turn around and revise and BAM! Book #2. You’re almost there. 😉
Yay! Thanks, G. We love being BAM – almost there!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Nice work – pups make the perfect geocaching partner. You guys are always ready for a hunt!
Yes, W. Sometimes we’re hunting for something entirely different that our humans…. That’s part of the fun!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Maybe, on a beautiful day, you and your mom will catch a Woozle during geocaching. Sometimes I almost do this when writing: http://www.thatsswell.ca/a-a-milne-reads-winnie-the-pooh-1929/
Hunting for Woozles is tricky business, apparently, K. First there’s one, then two, then three, and then FOUR! That will mix you up when you’re trying to write and send you around in circles! Yikes.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Good job Cupcake! We tried Geocaching but the muggles got it first! Wooo!
Bummer, Ku. Maybe you can go again, sometime. You might get lucky.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Geocaching — a treasure hunt. In this case a search for story ideas. How creative your mom is! And I want to see book #2, because I love, love, “Keep Your Ear on the Ball.”
Thanks, P. Mom and I both hope you will get to see Book #2 real soon!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
I REALLY WANT TO DO THIS!!!!
What are you waiting for??
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Maybe some company?
Cupcake, you and Mom are having WAY too much fun!! Woo Hoo!
It WAS fun, S! We had a blast!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
We LOVE eating pine cones…good ruffage!! BOL, your mom is so funny with her phone upside down…she reminds us of our mom BOL
Wally & Sammy
Ha! Moms should find their way by sniffing and forget about using the phone! It works for us!
Love and licks,
C
Cupcake, you did a fine job on the geocoaching and you’re looking as marvellous as ever. We would be running around in circles, if Granny had to lead us from a phone or map…MOL. Have fun. Pawkiss 🙂
Thanks, Little B. If Mom let me lead the way, we would’ve gone much faster. My nose is my GPS.
Love and licks,
C
What fun! Cupcake, you sure are a helpful geocacher. We went geocaching last weekend (without a scaredy pig) and it was so neat. Can’t wait to do it again.
Cocco would probably not have been much help. Plus he might’ve tried to eat all the deadly acorns! Yikes!
Love and licks,
C
I love the analogy!!
It’s lucky Mom has her little treasure cupcake to keep her on the right track! 🙂
Hope you’re having a fun day 🙂
Your pal Snoopy 🙂
Thanks, S. You are insightful to see that the real treasure is right here! It’s ME! xoxo
Love and licks,
C
HORNETS AND PINECONES! So much to watch out for!!!!
I wasn’t planning to eat the hornets, but the pinecones had potential…
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Love the comparison of geocaching to finding the perfect story! Definitely comparable – especially when you are looking for those dastardly micro-caches.
We haven’t tried for a micro yet, but they sound pretty dastardly….
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Cupcake,
We must try this. It looks like fun and maybe a good way to get our blog writing juices flowing.
-Bella and DiDi
It’s definitely a great way to take a long walk – a realllly long walk.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Cupcake is such a clever dog 🙂
Clever?? Who, me?? Thanks!!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Hmm, wonder if there are any of those cache thingies in our area. We’ll have to look!
That looks like so much fun and you see so much. 🙂
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