Harry and Lola Books

03/14/2024

The new book, Scottie Wisdom and Faith has cartoons that my husband thought up and I illustrated. These were originally published in Savvy Scottie Magazine, one of many Scottie magazines that have not been able to survive. Below is one of the cartoons in the book. And here is a quick link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWDWFXZZ

12/13/2019

Merry Christmas to all our Harry and Lola Adventures friends. Think about ordering Bernie's First Christmas on Amazon for a special youngster who loves dogs.

08/07/2019

The new pack. Harry and Lola are in the stars working with Starprancer but Bernie (Bernie's First Christmas) has a new pack with Piper and Chewy. Here they are getting ready to go fishing.

06/30/2019

Here's a favorite spot for Scotties, Harry, Lola and Bernie to sleep.

04/28/2019

Scottie Forbearance
Though Scotties can be stubborn they are forgiving. I need their forgiveness often. As hard as I try to be a good caretaker, sometimes I am far less than perfect. Thankfully, these sweet pups love me enough to forgive me.
Lack of sleep often causes me to be less than my best. I forget to do things or I can’t do them as well because my head is not as clear as it should be. I have chronic hot flashes and night sweats that disturb my sleep. This has been going on for more than twenty years. There was a short span of a few years during which I took hormones, that was the only time I could get a good night’s sleep. Of course the hormones, they say, helped promote my cancer! I’m more than seventy years old and one would think menopause would have long ago past.
Fortunately, my husband and my Scotties put up with my less than perfect condition. They forgive me for my transgressions. I am blessed.
I recently read this line in “Mornings with Jesus” by Susanna Foth Aughtmon: “Our lives are a process of coming undone and Jesus putting us back together.” That says it all! How blessed we are that we have His grace and families who will forgive too.
My prayer for you is that you always have a tolerant family and the forbearing grace of Christ’s love from you Scotties. May peace be with you always.

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:31-32

04/20/2019

Scotties and Easter
Last year the Scotties and I took a walk in Sisters’ Creekside Park a few hours after the annual Easter egg hunt. Chewy, my ball-crazy Scottie spied a brightly colored plastic egg in a corner of the grass and was delighted to find a new “ball”.
This got me thinking about how did we ever evolved from simply remembering Jesus’ defeat of death to chasing plastic eggs as a symbol of that historic event? I Googled the question and this is what I learned: “The story of the Easter Bunny is thought to have become common in the 19th Century. Rabbits usually give birth to a big litter of babies (called kittens), so they became a symbol of new life. Legend has it that the Easter bunny lays, decorates and hides eggs as they are also a symbol of new life.”
I asked Google about the relationship between Jesus and the Easter bunny and got this: “According to History.com, Easter eggs represent Jesus' resurrection. However, this association came much later when Roman Catholicism became the dominant religion in Germany in the 15th century and merged with already ingrained pagan beliefs. The first Easter Bunny legend was documented in the 1500s.”
It appears that the Easter Bunny concept has been around a long time and was incorporated, like a number of other Christian traditions, because of the desire of the early Catholic Church to attract pagans to their body of faith. Which begs the question: When someone comes to a faith with so many pagan trappings and it is those trappings that are most actively celebrated, has the True faith been lost in the process?
Was the Church of old really trying to “save souls” or was it trying to get numbers of “followers”, kind of the way television stations today want to attract “eyes” they can count for advertising dollars.
It isn’t my place to judge the results, but it does seem fair to ask the questions. Only the heart of each person who calls himself a Christian will be able to answer this question. I’ll leave it this way. Enjoy the beauty and joy of spring. If you love Christ, remember He died on the cross and was raised from the grave so that our sins could be forgiven and we could, through faith, have everlasting eternal life and love. Keep the faith alive.
They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. Luke 24:2-3

04/16/2019

Here is the new pack of rescued Scotties. Maybe there will be some new stories about the.

04/05/2019

Here a link to a new column I'm writing about the Scotties in our local newspaper.

I’ve been working on the computer for about an hour. I see a black Scottie pushing his ball with his nose toward my feet. It’s Chewy, he’s tel

02/11/2019

I've started writing a blog, most of it about my Scottie pack. If you would like to receive a daily blog about Scottie Wisdom, Faith and Natural Health Solutions, send a message to me, Jean Russell Nave, on facebook.

02/07/2019

It's winter in Harry and Lola land. Here are a few winter photos. Enjoy!

01/28/2019

This is at the Oregon coast. Below is a blog I'm writing about Scottie Wisdom and Faith. Send me a message is you would like to read more like these.
Chewy’s Faith:
The sky is a deep blue and the sun sparkles off the bed of bright yellow mums. Two Scottish Terriers, Bernie and Piper are contentedly rolling in the grass, soaking up the sunshine.
Chewy, our newest Scottie adoptee is frantically scratching at the backdoor, trying to get in.
All three are rescues. Chewy is our newest and the one who was both beaten and neglected in his former home. Now that he feels safe he doesn’t want to be away from me for more than a few minutes. At first that irritated me a bit, having him so dependent. Then one day I realized that God had sent him to me for a specific purpose.
I’ve had many major health trials in the past few years, including having cancer twice. Like a Scottie, I’ve always taken pride in being independent and self-reliant. But Jesus tells us to lay all our burdens at His feet in prayer. My self-reliance has often made me want to take care of many things myself and not “bother” Jesus with all my challenges.
Chewy has shown me that completely trusting God with all my needs is a wonderful way to live after having gone through many difficult times. That realization has made me enjoy Chewy’s devotion more and helped me to take all of my cares to Jesus in prayer.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7.

12/11/2018

We went to the Madras Holiday Fair in support of Three Rivers Humane Society. It was wonderful. I'd given them 30 copies of Bernie's First Christmas to sell at the fair. They were almost sold out when we got there. Fortunately I had 10 books in the car so they had more to sell. I also met their dog trainer, who told me that she took a copy to read to a bunch of kids and everyone enjoyed it so much that she gave the copy to the library so that more children could enjoy it. Please remember you can buy it on amazon.com and all profits got to Three Rivers and their wonderful care of our lost puppy dogs. May you have a wonderful Holiday Season filled with LOVE.