A Day In The Life of Cedar & Xochie

Cedar: My morning starts out normal. 


If I am inside, I sit at the door to be let out. 

If I am outside, I sit at the door to be let in.






Xochie: My morning always starts out terrible. So I scream and shriek to make sure everyone wakes up and feels as miserable as I am.

Cedar: After eating some yummy breakfast from my bowl (very loudly I might add, so my friends know how much I love my food) I inspect the house to see where everyone is (in case they need me).



Xochie: After everyone is awake, I will mock them and say terrible things to them in my own language so they don't understand. 

But they know that I hate them. 

And that's all that matters.





Cedar: I ask to be let out again. 

I must inspect the outdoors for anything harmful to my friends.

If I don't find anything harmful, I will bark and bark at the corner of the yard to scare anything that MIGHT be out there.

My friends must stay safe.

Xochie: One of the despised people plays terrible music. I try to sing and yell above the sound so that I don't have to hear. 

Cedar: I love sticks. My favorite sticks are the big sticks that my friends chop up and leave just for me. I like to leave them all over the yard for them to pick up later.

Xochie: The despised humans start singing. Since I can't drown out the sound with my shrieking (I tried), I instead go to the bottom of my cage and tear up newspapers. It's my only coping mechanism. 

 Cedar: My nice friends give me lots of biscuits. I love biscuits. 

Sometimes I eat them right then, but sometimes I walk around the yard for a long time trying to figure out where to bury one. 

I love biscuits!





Xochie: It's too quiet in the house.

I must change that.

I ring my bells, scream loudly, and sing my own favorite songs.

(Happy Birthday, various songs in French)



Cedar: I do not trust the spotted dog upstairs. 

She never moves.

But I do like her fancy hat.

Xochie: I creep on Melissa and Emily. My most hated enemies. 

Cedar: I practice my balalaika.

My heart does not lie in my balalaika playing.

My heart lies in playing the jingle bells.

Xochie: I practice my mini-mandolin.

It is the one time of day I feel like myself.

Cedar: I run outside some more (with my stick).

Sometimes I take my friends on walks. But sometimes my friends are too lazy for walks...

Xochie: I am growing weary. I have no strength to bite the distasteful people as they carry me around and laugh at me.

Cedar: I end my day with a nice long stretch out in the sun.

Today was a good day.

Xochie: Today was a terrible day.

I was not successful in my attempts to kill Melissa or Emily. I shall try again tomorrow.

I despise this place. I must try to escape.

Also, the White Christmas poster is still up. It is February. No longer Christmas.

Take it down.

A Sunset Spent at Eagle Beach

Sunsets are special. 

They're special because it means us, yes us Juneauites, are seeing the sun!

(And that doesn't happen enough for us.)

On such special occasions, 

all of Juneau will turn out on beaches and on overlooks on our small road system to get a glimpse of the Chilkoot Mountain Range in all it's pink and golden glory. 

So one particular Saturday, Quinn and I took two of my brothers (plus a girlfriend) out to Eagle Beach. 

Eagle Beach is known for its amazing sandy shore stretching farther and farther until finally you meet the sea. At high tide however, you would never know there was a beach! Its flatness makes for a vanishing act at certain times of the day, so we made sure to hit it at the right point: low tide!

We were lucky in that low tide also perfectly hit the sunset. 

We were even luckier that it was sunny!

Because it was the perfect weather, we decided to light a few lanterns and set them off over the sun lit beach. Henry, Wesley, and Zoe had a hard time getting the lanterns lit at first, but we finally got some up in the air. 

While Quinn flew his quadcopter around, everyone set to work on lighting the lanterns. A small fire was lit on our patch of beach, and we talked and laughed and waited for the sun to set.

Soon orange lanterns were slowly floating toward the very mountains we watched the sun set behind. 

It was almost time to go home.

When our hands grew too cold and the depths of our pockets weren't deep enough to warm them, we turned our backs to the darkening sky and set off for home. But not before promising that we would be back, another time, to watch a sunset again.

We captured our time spent at Eagle Beach for you to enjoy as well (you wont even have to get your hands cold, like we did). 

Click below to see the video Quinn made

to remember the fun evening:

They who dwell in the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs; You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.

Psalms 113:3