Fiorella

👩🏻‍💻@🇪🇺 | also posting about how great dogs are ❤️ | Views are my own

[Fiorella @mabfio]

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[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Bleu. He's just happy to be here. 12/10 we are also happy he's here

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

Since day one, the EU has stood firmly with 🇺🇦.

✅ #1 financial donor
✅ Economic, humanitarian & military aid
✅ Sanctions & economic pressure on Russia

We stand with Ukraine. Always.

[Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya @Tsihanouskaya]

'It’s not an election if you already know who’s going to win.' – @EU_Commission lead spokesperson Anitta Hipper @ExtSpoxEU rightly calls out the Belarus regime’s sham 'elections' at today’s press briefing.

Perfectly said. The world sees through Lukashenka’s lies.

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

Fully in Schengen - where you belong.

[Eric Mamer @MamerEric]

Our last midday in the @EU_Commission press room.

Thank you! Merci à tous! Good luck, bonne chance, et au revoir!

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

🇷🇴&🇧🇬 aparțin pe deplin spațiului Schengen.

Eliminarea controalelor la frontierele terestre interne este ultimul obstacol.

Salut rezultatul pozitiv al discuțiilor informale de astăzi, la Budapesta.

Urmează decizia oficială a @EUCouncil.

Să vedem un Schengen mai puternic în 2025.

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

Bulgaria and Romania belong fully to the Schengen area. 

Removing internal controls at land borders is the last hurdle. 

I welcome the positive outcome of informal discussions in Budapest today.

@EUCouncil formal decision is next.

Let 2025 see Schengen become stronger.

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Schwarz. He and his stuffed friend are all snuggled up. But both agree there is room for one more. 12/10

[Tim McPhie @TimMcPhieEU]

2023 was a near-record year for reducing EU greenhouse gas emissions. They fell 8.3% compared to 2022.

Today’s Climate Action Progress Report from @EU_Commission has all the details 👇

https://t.co/ZK5gPCgtLW

[Ylva Johansson @YlvaJohansson]

We're all proud of Schengen and free movement. We must now lift the land border controls for Romania and Bulgaria, fully use the Schengen Borders Code, implement the Pact on Migration and Asylum and protect the external border. Read my plenary speech:
https://t.co/FBMWNk5ezE

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

The EU pet passport turns 20 today!

EU rules made it easier to travel to another EU country with your dog, cat or ferret.

Ask your local vet for more info on how to get one ↓ .

[Fiorella @mabfio]

@bunsenbernerbmd <3 how old is Bernoulli now?

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Eeyore. He's so happy you're in the backyard right now. Because that's where he is too. 12/10

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

5 more years.

I can’t begin to express how grateful I am for the trust of all MEPs that voted for me.

[Tom Moylan @moylato]

No matter how you feel, there's a good reason to vote.

Register to vote for the Brussels municipal elections (deadline 31 July) 👇

[Bunsen, Beaker, Bernoulli & Brix @bunsenbernerbmd]

Oh we doing some shots today for the 2025 calendar.
Here’s a sneak peak.
Bernoulli is doing great!

[Bunsen, Beaker, Bernoulli & Brix @bunsenbernerbmd]

Puppy Balrog Appears.

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

Did you know that the Schengen agreement was signed on a boat between the German, French and Luxembourg borders on this day in 1985?

The agreement would gradually abolish checks at the borders between them: the Schengen Area was born.

#EUarchives

[Anitta Hipper @anittahipper]

Since the invasion of Ukraine, 🇪🇺stood ready to support 🇺🇦. We will continue doing so.

Today, the Commission has proposed to extend the temporary protection for people fleeing Russia's bombs from 5 March 2025 to 4 March 2026.

For more info👇:
https://t.co/tH0vstpWRR

[Fiorella @mabfio]

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[Bunsen, Beaker, Bernoulli & Brix @bunsenbernerbmd]

So something so wholesome has been hatching in the background for weeks and we couldn't really say anything.

Kris has a co-worker whose vet tech sister raises Bernese Mountain Dogs.

They had a litter.

Last week Kris said that we are driving up to Grand Grande Prairie, a fairly large Albertan town over six hours north of us.

I knew sort of what I was getting into but things have moved pretty fast.

All of my powerpoints and needling had worked.

Kris had been thinking about puppies for a while.

Why though?

We have Bunsen and Beaker, dogs that are our whole lives.

God we love those dogs.

Well, things are changing.

Adam is moving away.

We love Adam so much, and our house will just be so empty without him,

He is a young man, a brilliant, funny young man who finished his first year of his science degree with distinction. He can't stay home forever.

His life is out there, not here.

Adam may be taking Ginger. Ginger is his cat after-all.

As much I don't want to admit it, that cat has found a part of my heart I didn't know existed.

Bunsen loves Kris more than the rest of us, and Beaker has eyes for Adam.

Somehow that sassy orange cat is my shadow and I'm getting tears thinking about her being gone too.

Finally, as much as we don't want to admit it, Bunsen is getting older.

He's seven.

There is a saying about Bernese Mountain Dogs.

Three Years A Young Dog.

Three Years A Good Dog.

Three Years Old.

Anything Else By Grace of God.

There will never be another dog like Bunsen and Kris wants our next dog to have Bunsen as a mentor.

I mean, isn't that the smartest thing you can do?

If you have this special, kind, gentle dog, I would want all puppies to learn a thing or two from him.

Luckily Bunsen, despite his ACL partial tear, is still super healthy and comes from a line of double digit parents, but our Golden Kahlan died when she was 9.

Now is the time.

The drive up to Grand Prairie is pretty surreal.

Sorry if you are from that area of the world, but there is nothing but bush and the occasional farm for hundreds and hundreds of kilometers.

It's a good six and half hours of continuous driving north.

I have to say, it's starkly beautiful.

We arrived early afternoon and met the gaggle of tiny bears.

The origin story of Bunsen is that he picked me. I love telling that story. This giant cubby puppy waddled over to me and the rest is history.

This story doesn't go that way.

This time, I held back.

The decision to get the puppy was Kris' decision this time and I wanted her to be the one more than I.

It wasn't like Bunsen, Kris and I held many puppies and played with them all. Honestly, they all were so friendly.

There were ten puppies, and a sleepyhead male woke up and picked Kris or maybe Kris picked him. She was holding it and it snuggled in, gently sniffing her face.

It didn't try to bite her face (unlike the rest of the panda sharks).

She immediately connected with it and it followed her around the whole time after, while other puppies tried to eat her shoes or toddled off to do their own thing.

All those Bernese Mountain Dog puppies are something else kind of cute, but Red Collar puppy was the one.

He is joining our family in a couple weeks.

Puppies are a ton of work, but the joy they bring is worth it.

Beaker will have a younger brother and Bunsen will have a protege to train in the ways of being the bestest dog.

There is a lot to know.

Winter. Snow. Blizzards. Mooselegs. Protecting the Farm. Being Kind.

I'm sure Bernoulli will be up to the task.

I mean, he will have the best teacher in the world.