tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42223902199050431572024-03-13T00:00:12.962-06:00perros de la playalots of dogs. lots of pictures of dogs.ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-52645923378957880862009-01-12T11:45:00.003-06:002009-01-12T18:52:42.238-06:00moving<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">To get around the bizarre bug that won't allow comments,</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> I'm moving to a <a href="http://dogsofcelestun.blogspot.com/">new address.</a><br /><br /><br /></span></span>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-83170577198250653722008-12-29T14:55:00.002-06:002008-12-29T15:11:51.463-06:00happy holidays<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">taken Dec.25, Ernie, Sean and Oscar:<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoTCeHdce3A1ke57XzcPRfcHppsM28mGC2qbDl-dRnVn9blsjXbtYlLFbdahG24wRXhxeiChZcHJqP7Y7pWHuDj83TIQjwI9vZ6aqwkN29ajLiUO9nDiM_WcgClSW12U7Um9hkfGIa9DB/s1600-h/ernieseanoscar2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoTCeHdce3A1ke57XzcPRfcHppsM28mGC2qbDl-dRnVn9blsjXbtYlLFbdahG24wRXhxeiChZcHJqP7Y7pWHuDj83TIQjwI9vZ6aqwkN29ajLiUO9nDiM_WcgClSW12U7Um9hkfGIa9DB/s320/ernieseanoscar2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285319165195922290" border="0" /></a>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-44398685612630450872008-12-18T15:55:00.002-06:002008-12-19T09:48:28.304-06:00fecking blogger<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">isn't allowing comments</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I have wasted too much time on this</span></span>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-54737464294378748452008-12-16T16:54:00.003-06:002008-12-17T10:28:06.698-06:00they are running<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">being silly, heading home:</span></span><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwWwDffs13KiTcMwHoIH2Q_a5dpfBCYuPZZptU7_EK3VAdmfiZE2WGBDe5ysNksAtlsAh-tAuL_gMx7NQtWXQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-34994656565457743382008-12-15T14:23:00.010-06:002009-01-02T08:46:35.280-06:00I guess you had to be there<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Everyone is off the DL and happy to be back in the game. </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Pictures from the walk last night. Blue is in a harness because of a 'barking at a person' incident on an earlier outing.<br />After a few walks on the leash she has shown herself to be reformed and is now on probation.<br />Greta (in the rear...big dog with little legs) is in a harness because this is her first day off the leash since surgery (and </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">she's a loon.)</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvvk5QJEtQ158pULeKCCHAynOpH4pylpOVmHJLZUeq2E98k2yh9xPuZx4QHJuThxKry7meW9NINGMAklR5hzk48SWOnWSaE7ZM6VTJY762NcbKZ-qJv9ES5VLGNVXXSV_-s-Vfivb6kwx/s1600-h/happydogs2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfvvk5QJEtQ158pULeKCCHAynOpH4pylpOVmHJLZUeq2E98k2yh9xPuZx4QHJuThxKry7meW9NINGMAklR5hzk48SWOnWSaE7ZM6VTJY762NcbKZ-qJv9ES5VLGNVXXSV_-s-Vfivb6kwx/s320/happydogs2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280123478250866242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />It's a beautiful world; sometimes you have to look out of the corner of your eye to see it.<br />I've always loved this time of year and I still do, even away from the snow.<br />I think it's the anticipation of a new year that I like.<br />a good day:<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26mzgqrw2esYWH0ji0Q_n7sZmzIDk43NPTdCXVn1clNnk8raVNWgORbANJTqTMjJUmtp99hGhDSqesZVW17EQRr4srs68rRdQtZJJM5zkWQl2OZqtmq9Yo_ROOBBcnZbWR_WB7x4aOyTx/s1600-h/blueGtuesz.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26mzgqrw2esYWH0ji0Q_n7sZmzIDk43NPTdCXVn1clNnk8raVNWgORbANJTqTMjJUmtp99hGhDSqesZVW17EQRr4srs68rRdQtZJJM5zkWQl2OZqtmq9Yo_ROOBBcnZbWR_WB7x4aOyTx/s320/blueGtuesz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280123484229134162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Blue! with Zasu behind (taken by Sean):</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0aKR57txFABp4tXC2SgmIRPlMyzPcyy1dCVreM8Yf_YnMxd8o32IJySSnPoDkr5mmOgXJT5-2Y4s5RubLat4yDv9lJUNBKRvHJX-L9zlqc_rxhGLHFDLtRrYNifPqzoNM8WEWmQKuPWIP/s1600-h/Bluezasu2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0aKR57txFABp4tXC2SgmIRPlMyzPcyy1dCVreM8Yf_YnMxd8o32IJySSnPoDkr5mmOgXJT5-2Y4s5RubLat4yDv9lJUNBKRvHJX-L9zlqc_rxhGLHFDLtRrYNifPqzoNM8WEWmQKuPWIP/s320/Bluezasu2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280121742389097394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Tuesday, Filthy G and Blue:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2WqIiCgosVe4j3HMW5zZIqhHt37aNJdSSbXEHmecRaJHOI9fujhDzDNEOKNM158j-TBN5MsvcrYYrS183qIxmLeg4gE7FBH9fcPmvHej9JLbmGT9u6i4SU5JqiX9F0F7bx-Jy6Sg1RTk/s1600-h/TueGblue2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2WqIiCgosVe4j3HMW5zZIqhHt37aNJdSSbXEHmecRaJHOI9fujhDzDNEOKNM158j-TBN5MsvcrYYrS183qIxmLeg4gE7FBH9fcPmvHej9JLbmGT9u6i4SU5JqiX9F0F7bx-Jy6Sg1RTk/s320/TueGblue2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280121734625126978" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >brother Reggie is now twice Gowron's size:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh957AAauZzTeHXY2X6SkpT6sgnejBgrCPci0uKRhUeEF7ZNrXpBTn9JumdtUqwzNzJbnNCcQHRGxxePsSk2Bd2NCcXCyKKL2ZgojBtgKH8-eFDFibQoF6JtpokrJMPfC7KL3DjItymC3WB/s1600-h/reggiedusk2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh957AAauZzTeHXY2X6SkpT6sgnejBgrCPci0uKRhUeEF7ZNrXpBTn9JumdtUqwzNzJbnNCcQHRGxxePsSk2Bd2NCcXCyKKL2ZgojBtgKH8-eFDFibQoF6JtpokrJMPfC7KL3DjItymC3WB/s320/reggiedusk2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280121735608291314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >We keep a separate blog of which dogs were walked when, so we can keep track.<br />It reads like the opus of a madman. </span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"> ...Sunday, December 14, 2008 </span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">morning run:</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Gracie</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Lucy</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Ginger</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Shirley</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Bette</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Frijolita</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Osita</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">(7)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;">evening walk:</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Zasu</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Miles</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Henry</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Reggie</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Tuesday</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Gowron</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Greta</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Blue</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">(8)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Saturday, December 13, 2008</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">morning run:</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">George</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Chester</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Oscar</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Otto</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Archie</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Ernie</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Alice</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">(7) ...</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Taken on Sat. evening's walk.<br />Eve with G wading in the background:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7dL3MEMF76v7Kntt0_b7gvQC36YLrO1VnzycJsGLJJn5UAfosK7_nAqFiEl4iDpFxmBf2ksY5Ms2QSKPqKHGk-F0ZY-RGy0KgpNr2DJyZZa6zKWUjEpoCwW2Li2wVw1R830nRCT6JfzaU/s1600-h/happyeve2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7dL3MEMF76v7Kntt0_b7gvQC36YLrO1VnzycJsGLJJn5UAfosK7_nAqFiEl4iDpFxmBf2ksY5Ms2QSKPqKHGk-F0ZY-RGy0KgpNr2DJyZZa6zKWUjEpoCwW2Li2wVw1R830nRCT6JfzaU/s320/happyeve2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280119370139741362" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Fluffy G glamor shot:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8xXarQYGJIg8djZRsxFQHUJ9vUKO2HIKeUvFMhdGqhx-gyP74iuVNG9jU4Q7EPmk_eW5OSKyS8mxt9MU0Jx5IR7tcsM-_jpOSOhdCrXlh0AIUekeHKxb-q4udQY-IlTu6xz3yD9jkWyx/s1600-h/gowronposez.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8xXarQYGJIg8djZRsxFQHUJ9vUKO2HIKeUvFMhdGqhx-gyP74iuVNG9jU4Q7EPmk_eW5OSKyS8mxt9MU0Jx5IR7tcsM-_jpOSOhdCrXlh0AIUekeHKxb-q4udQY-IlTu6xz3yD9jkWyx/s320/gowronposez.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280119366156110802" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-69045971116829633322008-12-15T11:11:00.008-06:002008-12-15T17:42:57.456-06:00Introducing Ernie<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >he's about a year old and sweet as pie:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_wd4JT0KQ5Ezn2nBGSUu9NW5sxSswt77gU602HzoyZyyTbcVlAI9g_ArGZnAoBkOSG6V5z202nLK7HUuZWlBhheqMxHoDdMOQ82brCUDsjYOb0YTtRGUHKy52n3_4LicX6JXxUkTz6nfl/s1600-h/erniez.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_wd4JT0KQ5Ezn2nBGSUu9NW5sxSswt77gU602HzoyZyyTbcVlAI9g_ArGZnAoBkOSG6V5z202nLK7HUuZWlBhheqMxHoDdMOQ82brCUDsjYOb0YTtRGUHKy52n3_4LicX6JXxUkTz6nfl/s320/erniez.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280104113069346946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br />A few weeks ago we had him sterilized, along with the parents of the 3 pups.<br />They have a human, he was a stray. We had noticed him in the area for a few weeks.<br />He must have been raised by someone because he is comfortable with people.<br />Ernie, the pups and Henry:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAn676yOAYQPKqnToph5tqrCGEMmH4-MTCWdtP2EMxX0UzwZYh4UrKf8UNxGQ57SkvaAU21C7nWyXOw_tR9QcIYYoYicvE09_Mnw8p7YLOp4Nqt36URgGj7BzSQpPa8nVasab7_KbkTCPL/s1600-h/newandold2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAn676yOAYQPKqnToph5tqrCGEMmH4-MTCWdtP2EMxX0UzwZYh4UrKf8UNxGQ57SkvaAU21C7nWyXOw_tR9QcIYYoYicvE09_Mnw8p7YLOp4Nqt36URgGj7BzSQpPa8nVasab7_KbkTCPL/s320/newandold2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280104121500238258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >I doubt that he got much exercise in his first year. No wonder he was dumped.<br />Adolescent, intact and inactive make for a crazy dog!<br />I predict he will soon be putting on some muscle.<br />Ernie and Oscar:<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirs9HH8_UvkCgocO3NoiUj-L29vHBpjaSjzdKgLF3QxS5U0m5wLI0RGdRz7F-3teIpVT0Y9_2GlpYioW9eh-4e0KcKDyUBIa9af-fhY7rhUC_8wdxdjGynJjS_eJXIxA6ISkLRN6iCUdFX/s1600-h/ernieoscar2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirs9HH8_UvkCgocO3NoiUj-L29vHBpjaSjzdKgLF3QxS5U0m5wLI0RGdRz7F-3teIpVT0Y9_2GlpYioW9eh-4e0KcKDyUBIa9af-fhY7rhUC_8wdxdjGynJjS_eJXIxA6ISkLRN6iCUdFX/s320/ernieoscar2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280101587814529842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br />obviously, he's fitting in fine:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30EinJBLVx60gbCZ1gSzUq5VZFvnO30DpwD8gg_Q5LgvoYJXomesrQa8iGN_hKoykhmQiNtw0us35JzAtnLIT0yJku6NJkx7ub9kpG8efj78OxbNMwE2x0LtT6rV_ge9ZfeaKBLILJKH7/s1600-h/dogmorning2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30EinJBLVx60gbCZ1gSzUq5VZFvnO30DpwD8gg_Q5LgvoYJXomesrQa8iGN_hKoykhmQiNtw0us35JzAtnLIT0yJku6NJkx7ub9kpG8efj78OxbNMwE2x0LtT6rV_ge9ZfeaKBLILJKH7/s320/dogmorning2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280101598826332082" border="0" /></a>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-81085659020855023772008-12-06T18:13:00.005-06:002008-12-15T18:39:44.044-06:002 haiku 4 U<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Surgeries are done.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Mistakes have been corrected,</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">new ones avoided.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The last 3 are home.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">7-10 days to heal.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Time for something else.</span><br /></span><br /></span>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-67139630071252458092008-11-10T11:57:00.015-06:002008-11-17T10:28:58.901-06:00autumn '08<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">It has been a mellow few weeks. Dogs have been recovering from surgeries, t</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">he pack has been remarkably quiet. Muy tranquila. I'd like to think it's improvement, but it's probably a lull. Everyone is enjoying the cooler temperatures.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Eve and Bette relax:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhKGlS4s-iOopVAHmiO2ra55QvtdLy3WY3Du1n6s2K5V3fH7het0uqNZ0Www8Rd5KhcW29HUJclfhN96H2XNqxu3ijoMgg3XhtfVxjX2uzlPROSnOiU7t2dQFPrneDUd6LWXeT10hyphenhyphen2EJ/s1600-h/evebette2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhKGlS4s-iOopVAHmiO2ra55QvtdLy3WY3Du1n6s2K5V3fH7het0uqNZ0Www8Rd5KhcW29HUJclfhN96H2XNqxu3ijoMgg3XhtfVxjX2uzlPROSnOiU7t2dQFPrneDUd6LWXeT10hyphenhyphen2EJ/s320/evebette2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267105567252178674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Reggie naps:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_udCveuHY7lmAYZ9DJRpymJhLFoeJUdefg05P9Nj9KW7_Xv79uR_C08Nc5cp9e8dtL5PzGVucc2W0rC70r5XssKCW-y131BEI5K4iWc8L9RiooTlHINScL5pHZ1AcQU_7J2O7tNj17S5e/s1600-h/reggienap.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_udCveuHY7lmAYZ9DJRpymJhLFoeJUdefg05P9Nj9KW7_Xv79uR_C08Nc5cp9e8dtL5PzGVucc2W0rC70r5XssKCW-y131BEI5K4iWc8L9RiooTlHINScL5pHZ1AcQU_7J2O7tNj17S5e/s320/reggienap.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267101710133129394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Alice and Gowron take a break:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjde3PuRZsCaSz2IGBHYYfenni_turvU6YkcDiL_Nyal0-HODFkQMmHSQbAOjfcBnTnMO-xvHzJcYDvn_HJhsbn7W4l4u8gZkOeGxQ4-1x9xtcgcQglzcDTXzOilKDCXopfZrnGuo11M65z/s1600-h/alicegowron2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjde3PuRZsCaSz2IGBHYYfenni_turvU6YkcDiL_Nyal0-HODFkQMmHSQbAOjfcBnTnMO-xvHzJcYDvn_HJhsbn7W4l4u8gZkOeGxQ4-1x9xtcgcQglzcDTXzOilKDCXopfZrnGuo11M65z/s320/alicegowron2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267096488989128354" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Henry and Reggie (I can't believe how big he is already!) lounge:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJV_Td9Zd_CeX4QVUzMOfgz5_ULwpuNQmZ2JrCd3TXWMqpOhAJf8Biw5KUrklFX4XUpPVSzAP3PWNBTPPOczt4TMc-wStEqYi2yg53ceC825euenyxlpYzGzBhDRpxBB267JGjqQ2kbNo6/s1600-h/henryreggie2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJV_Td9Zd_CeX4QVUzMOfgz5_ULwpuNQmZ2JrCd3TXWMqpOhAJf8Biw5KUrklFX4XUpPVSzAP3PWNBTPPOczt4TMc-wStEqYi2yg53ceC825euenyxlpYzGzBhDRpxBB267JGjqQ2kbNo6/s320/henryreggie2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267094218157078594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >It isn't all napping. We still make time for walks.<br />Miles and Gowron follow Sean:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQvj6X40lIAvDotZfTzKZcd81HAW9ijq_GMh5xESHc4m4jrur8N_Dtk6aaBjHChilhIx3w0wlkvQGAxY1bExb052y8E_YiVai9XbCiyYOistrrIa7aTYJvycUo5hDlJ6BZpCvT4veWcMt/s1600-h/followpop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFQvj6X40lIAvDotZfTzKZcd81HAW9ijq_GMh5xESHc4m4jrur8N_Dtk6aaBjHChilhIx3w0wlkvQGAxY1bExb052y8E_YiVai9XbCiyYOistrrIa7aTYJvycUo5hDlJ6BZpCvT4veWcMt/s320/followpop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267098382931173346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br />Zasu thinks I'm too slow:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lr779TM0nIAkYPt1HJVOO0jThnQzZre2dJEWNUEFZtsc9vehhdxgbd9ZMQwIxKVMYJaO_cM4klL-rXzaKEN10yQslxEnPPx0ag8wVzqkNLL1e2TAQu5wBiTrjNRWCf7pSogjUzeBTh0U/s1600-h/zasuwaits2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lr779TM0nIAkYPt1HJVOO0jThnQzZre2dJEWNUEFZtsc9vehhdxgbd9ZMQwIxKVMYJaO_cM4klL-rXzaKEN10yQslxEnPPx0ag8wVzqkNLL1e2TAQu5wBiTrjNRWCf7pSogjUzeBTh0U/s320/zasuwaits2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267098384824195794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Gracie is recovered and feeling fine:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNY3uqEze0Ldzvs-SYHA-Bn9YyynNVGud6jQQaUUCgwiEhJ30cjxoh8jdxJSgVhDfhA0SfdGJGwsluymrijT40FaOyO-rT9MW3_UDTYV50smaqDngIHKGWsTa-IlkHxTueTWmvHk7gJ-9/s1600-h/graciesmilez.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNY3uqEze0Ldzvs-SYHA-Bn9YyynNVGud6jQQaUUCgwiEhJ30cjxoh8jdxJSgVhDfhA0SfdGJGwsluymrijT40FaOyO-rT9MW3_UDTYV50smaqDngIHKGWsTa-IlkHxTueTWmvHk7gJ-9/s320/graciesmilez.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267098396630008322" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Zasu, Miles and Gowron stroll:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDYmttOFXGqpUxjEoVjr_UOeU6wHQWwni6DGZ3Eq7G7AHkGebz0y4Z5Qgv2_u0TQwct7Pp5MffDef_eFjZO3LpX8U1xRNTFj1aRyFClHYw5Dccwb1gv0WelAIASbY3Az21KDZ3Gkywymb/s1600-h/zasumilesg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDYmttOFXGqpUxjEoVjr_UOeU6wHQWwni6DGZ3Eq7G7AHkGebz0y4Z5Qgv2_u0TQwct7Pp5MffDef_eFjZO3LpX8U1xRNTFj1aRyFClHYw5Dccwb1gv0WelAIASbY3Az21KDZ3Gkywymb/s320/zasumilesg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267101719801603506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Reggie, getting some air:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHN0JR-xCfwrhdbPT3ExH8uSx2H-KIccOTmJWxNciBh-cowty4qB8t472xsdIUHN5f4sfXTHrtWgac0W4n0hxEgI18nb14oEMtFy7fFw2SqqYVkG-FP_keIlqRI6X8io-6tlmg9LmKDSNW/s1600-h/reggie2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHN0JR-xCfwrhdbPT3ExH8uSx2H-KIccOTmJWxNciBh-cowty4qB8t472xsdIUHN5f4sfXTHrtWgac0W4n0hxEgI18nb14oEMtFy7fFw2SqqYVkG-FP_keIlqRI6X8io-6tlmg9LmKDSNW/s320/reggie2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267096497176207602" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Reggie and his dirty little sister FluffyG:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjm7e_wIg9sIRzxu_8mNMaMWfLdzW8tRjT4xOlxmuDbG7kKppdqxWDQCsemavFuZV4OQeivsI-7AnWrAAxGgG22f1RTgT1Z12enD3v9V3w1w7TtZKzYjgHtjsDA1OsBuSThyfbgoDdp8e/s1600-h/dirtygowronreggie2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjm7e_wIg9sIRzxu_8mNMaMWfLdzW8tRjT4xOlxmuDbG7kKppdqxWDQCsemavFuZV4OQeivsI-7AnWrAAxGgG22f1RTgT1Z12enD3v9V3w1w7TtZKzYjgHtjsDA1OsBuSThyfbgoDdp8e/s320/dirtygowronreggie2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267096492152131314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Gowron, FluffyG, Sweet Pea has many names, but one expression... happy:<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgZ-7y-_AgaQ4NOAKJ7PrWVTcV_3dCRyM4k2A5rqEGtyzrND_qtzyD9KYr6YLrMRH98sjH7e5Tm9MeiEFWkghC860hU042b6Ei4UWHuq1TGHVfF6TeYk7lFlYgCIPwQYBG1MeWRTDZInE/s1600-h/gsmilez2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgZ-7y-_AgaQ4NOAKJ7PrWVTcV_3dCRyM4k2A5rqEGtyzrND_qtzyD9KYr6YLrMRH98sjH7e5Tm9MeiEFWkghC860hU042b6Ei4UWHuq1TGHVfF6TeYk7lFlYgCIPwQYBG1MeWRTDZInE/s320/gsmilez2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269656373389107874" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">still happy:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZd16L23Jlt2UZg0l9DRVn40FGlc8Th8IqM6-54lUS9T1Cey7lF3g4PWImoiKZXET8FZqcdyaBE9y_O7BHTzR0yCZBht1xRSA4gIPDPypgC9R2nXVE5sf-9I-OpwuKSL1X-E-s1QpNWy_5/s1600-h/gowronsmilez.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZd16L23Jlt2UZg0l9DRVn40FGlc8Th8IqM6-54lUS9T1Cey7lF3g4PWImoiKZXET8FZqcdyaBE9y_O7BHTzR0yCZBht1xRSA4gIPDPypgC9R2nXVE5sf-9I-OpwuKSL1X-E-s1QpNWy_5/s320/gowronsmilez.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267094205636607794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">this was a fun group, Tuesday, Gowron, Miles and Henry:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_zPZ0YCZ2ynPGC6UfULidEOko2gf6jASMseBInmIqGIoNO6OXHDgqgzTzSS1uemSzzSZUKqd001_pisQob1cqMRGEAPAmlQvevC-Kl9iGeq7txS-HLQCagB-ZfVBuwZNwG-rGvD58dHb/s1600-h/tuegowmileshenryz.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj_zPZ0YCZ2ynPGC6UfULidEOko2gf6jASMseBInmIqGIoNO6OXHDgqgzTzSS1uemSzzSZUKqd001_pisQob1cqMRGEAPAmlQvevC-Kl9iGeq7txS-HLQCagB-ZfVBuwZNwG-rGvD58dHb/s320/tuegowmileshenryz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267092071362447234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Tuesday and Gowron, a little puppy fu on the way home:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHKuSO8DpRkVP5kI2ja-evh7IRO7hW1bYiYS15jucF2wgngut8VbLDY2i_wrHpQI3N4dawh_c0Q8qUt_D5owY-R-v8Sdsdw-zsjd9BQZOV7gFT38leXBtB4k-INJ4TtUcO9oEE78d1jyX/s1600-h/puppyfoo2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHKuSO8DpRkVP5kI2ja-evh7IRO7hW1bYiYS15jucF2wgngut8VbLDY2i_wrHpQI3N4dawh_c0Q8qUt_D5owY-R-v8Sdsdw-zsjd9BQZOV7gFT38leXBtB4k-INJ4TtUcO9oEE78d1jyX/s320/puppyfoo2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267092069251306786" border="0" /></a>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-26712420323875949112008-11-07T10:00:00.010-06:002008-11-07T18:45:14.537-06:00flamingos<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Lately flamingos have been in the salt ponds near our house. Maybe the cooler temperature have driven them into more protected waters. We love seeing them on our walks, but it does limit the amount of dogs we can take at once. Some of the dogs go on leashes when there are birds close-by...just in case</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">. </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">We do our best not to disturb them. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">flamingos wading:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwNlvYo3mBSw0SiEv52Y1entqpGRitSp6N5NhZC4zosfgbUjXIXfubBcGgIRlN22mJZ24ZgAxgxEAZukSLlt6wuOqx3cL1iuqsSO198tK5AEUXSeCr6hHlmA2YtG7YHqSCLNSg3yeWq6z/s1600-h/flamingogroupz.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwNlvYo3mBSw0SiEv52Y1entqpGRitSp6N5NhZC4zosfgbUjXIXfubBcGgIRlN22mJZ24ZgAxgxEAZukSLlt6wuOqx3cL1iuqsSO198tK5AEUXSeCr6hHlmA2YtG7YHqSCLNSg3yeWq6z/s320/flamingogroupz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266000858255243522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />landing in front of a salt pile:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzFRBO6Npcyy8DO0akdzmLgJrI1VYfFYDGieY59986C9NbOPQ6nLcpMIpX5opdaLpBNehVkJDGE5C8O6csCsKpsKvU2zCjqYCQT3mgEGxkMQwYjzVBLYvJUttiuCyI7nYqhPAinxQ-A80C/s1600-h/flamingostakeflight2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzFRBO6Npcyy8DO0akdzmLgJrI1VYfFYDGieY59986C9NbOPQ6nLcpMIpX5opdaLpBNehVkJDGE5C8O6csCsKpsKvU2zCjqYCQT3mgEGxkMQwYjzVBLYvJUttiuCyI7nYqhPAinxQ-A80C/s320/flamingostakeflight2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265949186051777778" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Lucy and Al on leashes to avoid any unpleasant incidents:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUqmDhIab0kqzQp9nvFl0ZL5ADOKAs7xHX4igjRTfCaTIGYrO3vXLbM1pTs8YnnLofNCD8CUlc3VI6FFgIyuE30KHdh6SanNTHdjsMfk32XMGYTJLOXHnbvvj0AcHISkvNrWp_DuJv3k8/s1600-h/sistersleashed2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUqmDhIab0kqzQp9nvFl0ZL5ADOKAs7xHX4igjRTfCaTIGYrO3vXLbM1pTs8YnnLofNCD8CUlc3VI6FFgIyuE30KHdh6SanNTHdjsMfk32XMGYTJLOXHnbvvj0AcHISkvNrWp_DuJv3k8/s320/sistersleashed2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266000864481341442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Yucatecan shire:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrchc5jcuTgmFmtADzbPDeU04VzuwiIbGFn3KFyVw1ir1IveUs6zuuwPt4wjVPMO1BMgDYtsIjRVlJsW4BQ-YhnqjhwVgXis0TmewWUfB2nQeG3cui08I37sITtpWeljDzaHpOctQJd6j/s1600-h/bunchoflamingosz.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrchc5jcuTgmFmtADzbPDeU04VzuwiIbGFn3KFyVw1ir1IveUs6zuuwPt4wjVPMO1BMgDYtsIjRVlJsW4BQ-YhnqjhwVgXis0TmewWUfB2nQeG3cui08I37sITtpWeljDzaHpOctQJd6j/s320/bunchoflamingosz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265949188278172978" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">my #1 assistant Zasu doesn't want to chase big pink birds:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTk2CmjEGxayp6lTXbOfXSthFDZHA_94F7jMKvHREUHEky54a_qBZSrWf0wWh5_nAxMyL3Oi-RWJzUdZYxq3bylUpgy1mBYqEzhlPLYKWIR-FL1h_CajlpwVZGFQ_6RiAvTdSrg_QBJQPb/s1600-h/assistantzasu2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTk2CmjEGxayp6lTXbOfXSthFDZHA_94F7jMKvHREUHEky54a_qBZSrWf0wWh5_nAxMyL3Oi-RWJzUdZYxq3bylUpgy1mBYqEzhlPLYKWIR-FL1h_CajlpwVZGFQ_6RiAvTdSrg_QBJQPb/s320/assistantzasu2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265949190951581170" border="0" /></a>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-44718937723809662892008-10-17T11:06:00.011-05:002008-10-18T13:46:15.699-05:00moving pictures<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Time to try out video...from a few recent walks, nothing too exciting. <br />We call them walks, but they do a fair amount of running.<br />Oct 13th. Nice day.<br /></span></span><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwwPlyM1GTbrIE6F52JjDuuk7ZrAfjaRFYdhHAUng4MTF1TF-4y4vCaN3DioeMkOvRK2e5B1Jdp7VZO0dE2Mg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> Oct 6th. T</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">he woods are infested with dogs.<br /></span></span><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzZSGueuu1nLq6Zj2y9cj4zIeygr1aGHedODxFEceuCzNDA_p0kNXK3b_nWB_sN52FGmeWFRcaNjrtzEvkXew' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:85%;" >Sept 3rd. I love it when they listen.</span><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy_-UfQiGbWYYZQynFTXmDfo2_3YiTO38D01AsmH1wi4GPaI5nV2eBNRQlxgHyZVJD5iLCWE7gE2lBhFqUhLg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-77904947692423453762008-10-16T12:24:00.013-05:002008-10-18T11:34:23.706-05:00wet dog season<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">You have to keep a good pace to keep ahead of the mosquitoes.<br />The dogs don't mind.<br />beautiful Shirley leads some young'ins: </span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHX0OVTTHtpj6vAlVtzEGdSCADoT5K2Ul_xkTQVeLm1S9qyCdgqHF1T8A0FUWXrt0mg7HDHhZoXhQ7ys3PJQ4WiZbuui5N48brgRBIZ7c3abU9PfP5HuftmxCIw0TV_5jEkkIrSBe5uL01/s1600-h/shirlgowrongreta.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHX0OVTTHtpj6vAlVtzEGdSCADoT5K2Ul_xkTQVeLm1S9qyCdgqHF1T8A0FUWXrt0mg7HDHhZoXhQ7ys3PJQ4WiZbuui5N48brgRBIZ7c3abU9PfP5HuftmxCIw0TV_5jEkkIrSBe5uL01/s320/shirlgowrongreta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257810813284156978" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >This picture is from the end of September.<br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >ten dogs wading where the road used to be: </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAiWPzjPPEVRIfy7yNcsvjcmiLKA2quKEgBFE50XteSurY7bhZfBxXp_cgPHJxN7OXus5628ckqJf1Iyheg6iLDY6lJmgWPgsbdj3rJTwk3NZOO43Ylcs8B4yWp8YPXFrX8uBnI94-ifwG/s1600-h/tendogswade.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAiWPzjPPEVRIfy7yNcsvjcmiLKA2quKEgBFE50XteSurY7bhZfBxXp_cgPHJxN7OXus5628ckqJf1Iyheg6iLDY6lJmgWPgsbdj3rJTwk3NZOO43Ylcs8B4yWp8YPXFrX8uBnI94-ifwG/s320/tendogswade.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257810814734325314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >The 3 newbies are doing great, growing fast.</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Rumsfeld is handsome, but such a crybaby! He has light colored eyes so we've renamed him Reggie -after Paul Newman's character in Slapshot. Maybe it will toughen him up. The next picture is the only one of him in this post because he doesn't like to go on walks. Once the girls are healed we'll have more time to work with him.<br />Reggie and Tuesday pose:<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEf78v2nCCx7fxqk9A1839FWhgmLJsHLICnWeZPlg_MkNDzddplJgLJFeH5RRqiqkuPy6DOr3CiWlDyzL2a_8WIPdecuFuL6G9lqvj_PYVjyaVbJ00lT9JiOiwJcuy3KlkucMjf5J1yl-l/s1600-h/sibs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEf78v2nCCx7fxqk9A1839FWhgmLJsHLICnWeZPlg_MkNDzddplJgLJFeH5RRqiqkuPy6DOr3CiWlDyzL2a_8WIPdecuFuL6G9lqvj_PYVjyaVbJ00lT9JiOiwJcuy3KlkucMjf5J1yl-l/s320/sibs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257810817149933602" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Gowron and Tuesday leave their brother at home:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihE-JeDZYvfTfeKlyzUZugB1J4mpBXaggld_k7ijE_HKwcM-PN-ic9kf6AbOI8T6VBWZmvAMTpx8sycwLw-CJ9eUVldBJ9OwfUxlFXrygNOrZt350K_7yt0ukF0A-BW5gNWequRN5OF2na/s1600-h/sunnytueandg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihE-JeDZYvfTfeKlyzUZugB1J4mpBXaggld_k7ijE_HKwcM-PN-ic9kf6AbOI8T6VBWZmvAMTpx8sycwLw-CJ9eUVldBJ9OwfUxlFXrygNOrZt350K_7yt0ukF0A-BW5gNWequRN5OF2na/s320/sunnytueandg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257858725456236674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >G </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">and Tuesday race:</span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgHKm-1CE50xgQHsfoWxXidEnNVCz_3wChM3IxV-KTHvhEFwGfppLZbwqa55DDkHEE90sgm_zXErf5icDgUcjgOgrokILQZF8vi4EOFOy_wfaZ4ZV8iasFkx2reydBrMkipw1uUZqtN3r/s1600-h/gandtuerace.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgHKm-1CE50xgQHsfoWxXidEnNVCz_3wChM3IxV-KTHvhEFwGfppLZbwqa55DDkHEE90sgm_zXErf5icDgUcjgOgrokILQZF8vi4EOFOy_wfaZ4ZV8iasFkx2reydBrMkipw1uUZqtN3r/s320/gandtuerace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257810821792185282" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Gowron loves Miles. Little dogs have to stick together.<br />fording a puddle:</span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWuvwXwBb0jO9NiKp36May6l2USXky2Eb6VWMrTd0bpiFc0l4JAFj1FUzhT7HmbA1DchyXxGTaf-dEKSbyQ8HPBhAygZXQ6ykxkHId8aWA9KC04D23KRB5d-gIYitBONTfkULCqesYTfO/s1600-h/milesgowronford.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXWuvwXwBb0jO9NiKp36May6l2USXky2Eb6VWMrTd0bpiFc0l4JAFj1FUzhT7HmbA1DchyXxGTaf-dEKSbyQ8HPBhAygZXQ6ykxkHId8aWA9KC04D23KRB5d-gIYitBONTfkULCqesYTfO/s320/milesgowronford.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257808809999939570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">small in stature:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYgq2v4EI3RrIGq_1zLx5fCJZSKN5w7t0hE4Z5L4KVXSyhUPLyNcbzOMxrCLQ7W_gMlaRMwOcDHnWsDutIMUWuQs1E4Ir964A0Z0nE9JGnShVYjlE_Z_ic3Lp05A1UyvM9akwv-mYnhe_/s1600-h/gatrest.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYgq2v4EI3RrIGq_1zLx5fCJZSKN5w7t0hE4Z5L4KVXSyhUPLyNcbzOMxrCLQ7W_gMlaRMwOcDHnWsDutIMUWuQs1E4Ir964A0Z0nE9JGnShVYjlE_Z_ic3Lp05A1UyvM9akwv-mYnhe_/s320/gatrest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257808813382242034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >big on enthusiasm:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHNkftJYZ4yCtYBiJAPAqTDv8MgzNc8r6EjXi09bBCmtRsshCgUVCBclHZMasTpsrzz9Q6TkMJuVbrqQIkamiGMu_DfJItENanWBx8piNskvJDXnSBW2z0vbozYsyU06o1XPsrfsb-KU4/s1600-h/puppygrun.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHNkftJYZ4yCtYBiJAPAqTDv8MgzNc8r6EjXi09bBCmtRsshCgUVCBclHZMasTpsrzz9Q6TkMJuVbrqQIkamiGMu_DfJItENanWBx8piNskvJDXnSBW2z0vbozYsyU06o1XPsrfsb-KU4/s320/puppygrun.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257808825272375570" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Tuesday prefers the company of the bigger girls.<br />Tue, Bette and Greta:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9AfApFSe0qvbDFa1lLhcm5-YSyx9l7MT1PtBGVUGZwt-WypJ1VgQJ58WoarOBMI0AClVydq3e2S5dWeL7EahOUl3FUIHwTiTAhNUC9RPj1760RUr2N9FEgAGGC7YcDMDgt21ptJ4xpJW/s1600-h/tuebettegreta.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9AfApFSe0qvbDFa1lLhcm5-YSyx9l7MT1PtBGVUGZwt-WypJ1VgQJ58WoarOBMI0AClVydq3e2S5dWeL7EahOUl3FUIHwTiTAhNUC9RPj1760RUr2N9FEgAGGC7YcDMDgt21ptJ4xpJW/s320/tuebettegreta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257826728267095682" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">boundless energy:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmpVcvnwgNt5-laUaQUlqECJ0-LuWd-2XQHSLHLNdXybLlc6DEe97A2QX7jA6kAokROEL1-X4UCEt5vqvHZzQ8Ni40swnHFLddXY3X21KRU7UJwvD6Re3uEuPz_bbo9maC1VA26sGW6nu/s1600-h/tuerun.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmpVcvnwgNt5-laUaQUlqECJ0-LuWd-2XQHSLHLNdXybLlc6DEe97A2QX7jA6kAokROEL1-X4UCEt5vqvHZzQ8Ni40swnHFLddXY3X21KRU7UJwvD6Re3uEuPz_bbo9maC1VA26sGW6nu/s320/tuerun.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257805833753936114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">she's a sweet, well-built pup:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5eOVVQ4sB38Lu41LHf0RT9kg6FyZLrP0Id3aiuU_L4GYMiGvNxP0IbPdTcWMCQ6XZ7xWUUA1gXUHQEFvGrI1SgUlDMDX_j-7a46j1tWXBZhkFbxdnuvyRhggajIOvV8zmpzhbUlWOu2_q/s1600-h/tueleapz.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5eOVVQ4sB38Lu41LHf0RT9kg6FyZLrP0Id3aiuU_L4GYMiGvNxP0IbPdTcWMCQ6XZ7xWUUA1gXUHQEFvGrI1SgUlDMDX_j-7a46j1tWXBZhkFbxdnuvyRhggajIOvV8zmpzhbUlWOu2_q/s320/tueleapz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257805834412664210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">They get along with everyone but they like each other best. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">a pause on the way home:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJnVH_yVG4lrMyEaWa2ZfLZc5svsJb0TcZtV7Hori4MbMneMw35-1XBUY_RGEOtm7vs4YZiRoegxz7oxrRzU0NcYZad924UpXo9oUPcIZnQjYCIG_QkjnmC2dkYMWm1WBKl7Et0l5vUz6/s1600-h/tuefluffyg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJnVH_yVG4lrMyEaWa2ZfLZc5svsJb0TcZtV7Hori4MbMneMw35-1XBUY_RGEOtm7vs4YZiRoegxz7oxrRzU0NcYZad924UpXo9oUPcIZnQjYCIG_QkjnmC2dkYMWm1WBKl7Et0l5vUz6/s320/tuefluffyg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257804573768472674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">ready for anything, Tuesday and Fluffy G:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjairbW1xopH_xDzxF2_vh2oEK-QDOTctVB5-a8lAtkdhfM8QsuQCdAf9vVzYT7EWCElisnFvZVUEhL8YO3NJxcnQL3ZjuykVmqmyy6QpG9BR0kuVvt8Kq69G5fZKashO96hmpv3JrNxGKc/s1600-h/twosisters.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjairbW1xopH_xDzxF2_vh2oEK-QDOTctVB5-a8lAtkdhfM8QsuQCdAf9vVzYT7EWCElisnFvZVUEhL8YO3NJxcnQL3ZjuykVmqmyy6QpG9BR0kuVvt8Kq69G5fZKashO96hmpv3JrNxGKc/s320/twosisters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257804579215545570" border="0" /></a>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-58007323431398857842008-10-05T08:26:00.007-05:002008-11-22T16:06:48.817-06:00Sunday drive<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">We're leaving soon to pick up Al, Lucy, Truman and Maldi. Turns out, Maldi is a boy! Alice and Lucy were a mess, full of nicks, Lucy had a hernia and Alice a cyst on an ovary. They both still had 2 ovaries. Grrr.<br />At any rate, the trip home is going be nerve-wracking. It is a long, often rough, road. Once we're home, I'm moving into the apartment with them until they recover. Doc said no stairs for 2 weeks. Nothing else to be done about it. We still have 4 left to be respayed and, now that we know what a state their insides are probably in, we don't want to wait. Ought to be done by Christmas. No good deed...<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Back home and settled in; at least the truck didn't break down this time. Poor Lucy is so tired. Alice faired better. Maldi is already causing havoc. Truman is ok. The next few days are going to be tough with Lucy. Right now is the lull before the storm. I've had enough blood for today. Here's hoping the night is uneventful. There's an impressive lightning storm to the East, I can see it between the slats of the apartment window. </span></span>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-74297336870111080712008-10-02T12:36:00.005-05:002008-10-02T13:36:32.273-05:00life's a beach<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The mosquito season is finally here. That is something that just doesn't come across in pictures. The time to begin the long dreaded RE-spayings has also come. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Of six dogs operated on last year, 5 have gone into heat. Despite explicit discussions with the vet about this beforehand...he didn't remove the ovaries. The incisions were too large and the recovery time was messy, sleepless and long. A truly miserable and traumatic time was had by all. <br />We've found a different vet and she </span><span style="font-family:arial;">recently and successfully spayed Gracie's seven girls </span><span style="font-family:arial;">so, we've mustered our courage and scheduled 2 re-dos for this weekend.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> I'm relieved and dreading it at the same time.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Lucy and Alice are going in first because we can't risk another cycle with them. They go from best friends to, well, crazy bitches. They hate the sight of each other...frothing at the mouth, crazy-eyed, hate each other. <br />Truman Chapotle is going in for a little trim, too. He is Gracie's only boy. He should be feeling ok by their first birthday, on the 7th.</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> We wish it had been done earlier but there's nothing that can be done about that now.</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> I'm hoping to get a post up about them before then but my external memory is not feeling well so, no pictorial updates until I can access it. Maybe Sean can work his magic on it. If not, I will be sad. Predictably, my preferred camera is fixed (again) just in time for my memory to fail. September was a <span style="font-weight: bold;">bad</span> month for hardware. </span><br /></span>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-60767256112609966492008-09-08T12:15:00.014-05:002008-09-08T16:04:48.590-05:00dog days of summer<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> This is a strange and beautiful place. A peninsula on a peninsula. Gulf on one side and salt marshes on the other. The landscape and light make it seem unearthly at times. We've been walking in the woods more than on the beach, one of the benefits of a dry rainy season.<br />Archie races his reflection:<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjzrTSIG7XSPdFM0lFkL9S9QSmnoGN64m7aF9rzH4hA1Wz5aOS_ZoyI9v4gWCVuC2TQBlmY77IH8D5eFffzjx3kL0M0VBfkQdwJ2coJHYySUCRF0RGrjWEvW_8VCinGJnGKvlhoTv5Jrh/s1600-h/archiereflection2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjzrTSIG7XSPdFM0lFkL9S9QSmnoGN64m7aF9rzH4hA1Wz5aOS_ZoyI9v4gWCVuC2TQBlmY77IH8D5eFffzjx3kL0M0VBfkQdwJ2coJHYySUCRF0RGrjWEvW_8VCinGJnGKvlhoTv5Jrh/s320/archiereflection2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243708430558880034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Blue and Bette have room to run. A few good rains and this will be under wate</span><span style="font-family:arial;">r</span>:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6uOGU7XKarHw9_jUnvsMi4FDrGmV0AI1X4nQKBlaHGVmqusOfaT43yQk4Jy5CCxKvBqd2-zlzQa_rT9nPIA6dxHPXXj3FKJaomI1RaBVng658CHeMWQb71Pbyb_ZV9PbHJtRecSDPWT0q/s1600-h/bluebetterunz.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6uOGU7XKarHw9_jUnvsMi4FDrGmV0AI1X4nQKBlaHGVmqusOfaT43yQk4Jy5CCxKvBqd2-zlzQa_rT9nPIA6dxHPXXj3FKJaomI1RaBVng658CHeMWQb71Pbyb_ZV9PbHJtRecSDPWT0q/s320/bluebetterunz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243726530095873794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Lucy, Frijolita and Oscar come when they're called (those are salt piles in the background):</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVabG85ze5nBysu9jlk9kvDRQiLZGjR0V4HkjXsWgH6Ky88x0gY71GgSceHiOCP5NJYKOQ8yKtaF72DFg9yj0vAKmEjxJaE6KzCoAaDAJJnpt4hlrY_h7FtTEBlinxlQEUzAQGjzRj7oa/s1600-h/saltpiles2z.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVabG85ze5nBysu9jlk9kvDRQiLZGjR0V4HkjXsWgH6Ky88x0gY71GgSceHiOCP5NJYKOQ8yKtaF72DFg9yj0vAKmEjxJaE6KzCoAaDAJJnpt4hlrY_h7FtTEBlinxlQEUzAQGjzRj7oa/s320/saltpiles2z.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243726533628388690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >pink water:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiBTmNmJCR9CT8QD-cfRXiZDIMO5FC8uIi7_AsExWJ0HklcOLFYMg9djFghYVcODSx3KBFxaT9jIUSFEyZojIXVmxr9EaYri1Ibi9MgmwdoGRrz-Eji99Ky5mWRRJhrCCjT9AiFTIVey02/s1600-h/pinkwater2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiBTmNmJCR9CT8QD-cfRXiZDIMO5FC8uIi7_AsExWJ0HklcOLFYMg9djFghYVcODSx3KBFxaT9jIUSFEyZojIXVmxr9EaYri1Ibi9MgmwdoGRrz-Eji99Ky5mWRRJhrCCjT9AiFTIVey02/s320/pinkwater2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243719215359365922" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Bizarre scenery and high temperatures aside, walks have been wonderfully uneventful.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">ye old scenic shot of Chester:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbB4lvecWnHkKgx0XWOXbBxezaJe1qixBv_9w6j7meHla46gSV0LO3tjNAe7UJFGLThtzV20ob5W_mP85gZ7J4m2gJO8xaX5L6znOB3W2FZZ0NKy98bYKdxPeL8QMJ0xfQ1LPDlCKgfZW/s1600-h/chesterwater2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbB4lvecWnHkKgx0XWOXbBxezaJe1qixBv_9w6j7meHla46gSV0LO3tjNAe7UJFGLThtzV20ob5W_mP85gZ7J4m2gJO8xaX5L6znOB3W2FZZ0NKy98bYKdxPeL8QMJ0xfQ1LPDlCKgfZW/s320/chesterwater2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243719225814274210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Archie having a romp:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDOTP-EkqABrt0O3Mbe61etoBfEYK15R6tkpD9ywdQB5ktaa0zH1LaxLQTUIKFHuNzkXtl1DZP6pU88erzgoURtdgsdPkvy2U9huY7_HLiLfwKf3kAXZcqCdU0bM8hjjHUz8UuZ8Kvqy_/s1600-h/archieleapz.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDOTP-EkqABrt0O3Mbe61etoBfEYK15R6tkpD9ywdQB5ktaa0zH1LaxLQTUIKFHuNzkXtl1DZP6pU88erzgoURtdgsdPkvy2U9huY7_HLiLfwKf3kAXZcqCdU0bM8hjjHUz8UuZ8Kvqy_/s320/archieleapz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243708436302446258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >They aren't quite big enough for walks yet but they have mastered the stairs.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Tuesday and Gowron wrestle:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnKNFab3LucJgO7OafRb8cZhvQfTVtuLDA0RbC2_L-LUPnrXUd8_MCi8KQ14Q2c3UDqGoLYuw7dP_BkMuh2DKhzRw4SefKNK2BQJY6jjwPv-mvsvacvRtmsijWjSrVIXIbUrURwgefDvCo/s1600-h/tuesdaygowron2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnKNFab3LucJgO7OafRb8cZhvQfTVtuLDA0RbC2_L-LUPnrXUd8_MCi8KQ14Q2c3UDqGoLYuw7dP_BkMuh2DKhzRw4SefKNK2BQJY6jjwPv-mvsvacvRtmsijWjSrVIXIbUrURwgefDvCo/s320/tuesdaygowron2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243709311762119970" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >pretty girls:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDA5VcsJRmlDE4ukro1G4ULglz_d5TPMC88QPNLaJpPiud03yGbaVi74HPR8jMmDNeRXx6tXlIaAqGyocm9QgH6CgCv9fEJX6LsCVFQUiwva8xTkN8Bt-PeGWw3Y36IqihdFYBk5GUsn_/s1600-h/prettygirls2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGDA5VcsJRmlDE4ukro1G4ULglz_d5TPMC88QPNLaJpPiud03yGbaVi74HPR8jMmDNeRXx6tXlIaAqGyocm9QgH6CgCv9fEJX6LsCVFQUiwva8xTkN8Bt-PeGWw3Y36IqihdFYBk5GUsn_/s320/prettygirls2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243709308908642258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">pretty tolerant:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_DBGdJkgHxwn-q-FC0HD_ukcVZcDb_cXtNtlPnxn0O8C7x6IcLliIBDqj54QQ_xkjK38nZsT5yG21W3AJXcuhMPX8dwiUTpXdYkfVWCyLosFGBPuiScTojeDUumNlGLFqkDKOZnMbHWTa/s1600-h/sisters2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_DBGdJkgHxwn-q-FC0HD_ukcVZcDb_cXtNtlPnxn0O8C7x6IcLliIBDqj54QQ_xkjK38nZsT5yG21W3AJXcuhMPX8dwiUTpXdYkfVWCyLosFGBPuiScTojeDUumNlGLFqkDKOZnMbHWTa/s320/sisters2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243747409262017698" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Maldi, the kitten, is doing great. It may look as though she is being harassed here but in fact she is taunting the dogs.<br />If she keeps this up I'm sure one of the dogs will learn to climb the ladder:<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_JYp11Fleb6F2vJ3oRruxUT1T3pQPHgWxbizkikr9A7aBm-zej51NVSqwStwzzMmIw8mbyuym7KdxFxUclls7xIGcJprJVuPeqLpbWfVaLcGbts8-1YS3pNszJ6CDXABgOAQH2pmByN-6/s1600-h/maldiladder2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_JYp11Fleb6F2vJ3oRruxUT1T3pQPHgWxbizkikr9A7aBm-zej51NVSqwStwzzMmIw8mbyuym7KdxFxUclls7xIGcJprJVuPeqLpbWfVaLcGbts8-1YS3pNszJ6CDXABgOAQH2pmByN-6/s320/maldiladder2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243733904701706178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Maldi also likes the chase me up a tree game! Here she stands her ground to Greta:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC923hz92QAkQPIuNPghjlCLL3nXwbxtPC-EC1YnyuEbpMu_SfjqKB71Z4ZSdVQf9dO8Mz0-9A6lYZPtDTZxeC_FUv1py7U5KtFe80f8NVzLeR966BPEeO0hJ9KqyHtWJSfwyfwuIseRQt/s1600-h/maldigreta2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC923hz92QAkQPIuNPghjlCLL3nXwbxtPC-EC1YnyuEbpMu_SfjqKB71Z4ZSdVQf9dO8Mz0-9A6lYZPtDTZxeC_FUv1py7U5KtFe80f8NVzLeR966BPEeO0hJ9KqyHtWJSfwyfwuIseRQt/s320/maldigreta2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243705651157151074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >I love that tree! <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/022272.html">Moringa</a> is amazing stuff, high in vitamins, good for nursing moms and the seeds can purify water! <br />It's loaded with seed pods right now (known as drumsticks).<br />They look like big green beans:<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJR2f0y5nI_baLhVLJ-LUXnKu5qV3smOwg5Y-cZ64iIcJv-FX18B-lKQO9qEqYJldXg6UxwAMsEc_MkkWe_uiQ_ZOC9Pc89o1HuAJmkQEi4RPSMscoPv_rKBu88zURiev38GIOBDGjz7kI/s1600-h/drumsticks2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJR2f0y5nI_baLhVLJ-LUXnKu5qV3smOwg5Y-cZ64iIcJv-FX18B-lKQO9qEqYJldXg6UxwAMsEc_MkkWe_uiQ_ZOC9Pc89o1HuAJmkQEi4RPSMscoPv_rKBu88zURiev38GIOBDGjz7kI/s320/drumsticks2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243736664879375442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >It is usually covered in fragrant blooms and full of birds, bees and moths.<br />These moths are huge! I had to take pictures of them to figure out what they were.<br />They sound like hummingbirds but they look like flying crayfish:<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUBDe4yNwlTgPe-oZeXmjdWrOvCMw4ibkgHxqxx5PHYxdeQygNAEoCRmkz4DUr90eM-5FrKjGeJzn3v5glUMhWmLPqKqNkbwpjnVs7mcGmX-_szeFerg0EL5igWQ3-DHzeLCTV5H9Ui0b/s1600-h/moth.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUBDe4yNwlTgPe-oZeXmjdWrOvCMw4ibkgHxqxx5PHYxdeQygNAEoCRmkz4DUr90eM-5FrKjGeJzn3v5glUMhWmLPqKqNkbwpjnVs7mcGmX-_szeFerg0EL5igWQ3-DHzeLCTV5H9Ui0b/s320/moth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243740111881244498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Some evenings, dozens of them swarm the moringa tree:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvzJzWtt3fDYMzBc3KA7yFtnMli2xuS84MMLHnJRmsmgS5gCo5HQkxoQOhB0KGMXA1Eq7ZSMeviRxTl2dxI15uK2XSW3FzAxX47WXNVrMd75Mt37xePcoiXdjVazJew-dFXC6tmESSIOy/s1600-h/mothsidez2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvzJzWtt3fDYMzBc3KA7yFtnMli2xuS84MMLHnJRmsmgS5gCo5HQkxoQOhB0KGMXA1Eq7ZSMeviRxTl2dxI15uK2XSW3FzAxX47WXNVrMd75Mt37xePcoiXdjVazJew-dFXC6tmESSIOy/s320/mothsidez2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243740120387139234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The hummingbirds love the blooms too. There are almost always a few feeding.<br />Lots of these little green guys:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGPynO3MuH82KvFFLVpn8Nqn0jvUcWb36Kni7cEBrf63PwFi2QAH9F22RN807oqzrOjVtDQENW1vY46vikEwDKGjApu27iGPuQ2nAZVxlX9fpNeOIqGRDWVO5R2JSCgA03zqhBHdjrn_G/s1600-h/grnhummingbird.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGPynO3MuH82KvFFLVpn8Nqn0jvUcWb36Kni7cEBrf63PwFi2QAH9F22RN807oqzrOjVtDQENW1vY46vikEwDKGjApu27iGPuQ2nAZVxlX9fpNeOIqGRDWVO5R2JSCgA03zqhBHdjrn_G/s320/grnhummingbird.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243740112785842674" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >and a few of these slightly larger, more aggressive, red hummingbirds:<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0lmX2Jn-jwN3Yjxp9yT26KGEd93yjd5-oCoLqrtVqc18rdgkJBjMAUQbRdtkXylOwklvAs68V4wGxMzAGO7Dj4TURREmUED0FH7qO16GIsTb-4qim1e7wg1u5-vE6zkbpjKp9GhJAPrU4/s1600-h/redhummingbird.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0lmX2Jn-jwN3Yjxp9yT26KGEd93yjd5-oCoLqrtVqc18rdgkJBjMAUQbRdtkXylOwklvAs68V4wGxMzAGO7Dj4TURREmUED0FH7qO16GIsTb-4qim1e7wg1u5-vE6zkbpjKp9GhJAPrU4/s320/redhummingbird.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243740117148348098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br />I can't end a dog blog with a picture of a bird so..<br />beautiful Lucy with the moringa tree in the background:<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVXh-goanxxEoFDCy_z8W1zUwMioWJcMeKwE4TDA0T7keIPAV8jUY9ndVrW43Ba8noyHAGoKmRdgr2RxqOwB9t6qNHA6b8_Kj2GBymb24-Pkd8hWq3j6KoW8DouUE1SrffbXbnjLMfbQi/s1600-h/lovelylucy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVXh-goanxxEoFDCy_z8W1zUwMioWJcMeKwE4TDA0T7keIPAV8jUY9ndVrW43Ba8noyHAGoKmRdgr2RxqOwB9t6qNHA6b8_Kj2GBymb24-Pkd8hWq3j6KoW8DouUE1SrffbXbnjLMfbQi/s320/lovelylucy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243742451167147186" border="0" /></a>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-26300669252864678142008-08-26T12:50:00.008-05:002008-10-21T15:02:15.598-05:00the 3rd one's a charmer<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">You would think by now I'd be immune to their cuteness. Evidently I am not. This little girl showed up 8 days after her brother. As mentioned in the previous post, we're calling her <a href="http://www.trekunited.com/community/index.php?act=Print&client=printer&f=32&t=16265">Gowron</a>. Well, we think it's funny. Maybe someone will take pity and adopt her, spare her having such a ridiculous name. <br />she is tiny and fluffy:<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy59-zdg5rdCku7JMR4yDY5XwkHJeigcrWPijELlly3Adcybw9l9fkQpYHNs5i6AHNyCpE-ttC5mkNyGgHlDNQR42NuVtLyR2i31xDcsvLRqdZ8EVupLsv8DPj_U8I6VYDz_Wq_4awm5ay/s1600-h/fluffygowron.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy59-zdg5rdCku7JMR4yDY5XwkHJeigcrWPijELlly3Adcybw9l9fkQpYHNs5i6AHNyCpE-ttC5mkNyGgHlDNQR42NuVtLyR2i31xDcsvLRqdZ8EVupLsv8DPj_U8I6VYDz_Wq_4awm5ay/s320/fluffygowron.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238899492015592194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">She's a little wobbly but I'm sure she'll catch up to her siblings in no time. She's already showing signs of being the mouthy one. <br />it's always the small one: </span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbUPzB86-SsOXxhi4ZLJfgRpaLPSbBAYOXJAzdKDxfLSlFmbk_kGGkIXnGAopAL4CP80H-GoyOKCVAPxZQ7VyBEot2FN8yUIe5sro6w_op-ZfaJ__zXDwOXHzb4gp33xtGCq8XM01mI_vS/s1600-h/puppypileup.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbUPzB86-SsOXxhi4ZLJfgRpaLPSbBAYOXJAzdKDxfLSlFmbk_kGGkIXnGAopAL4CP80H-GoyOKCVAPxZQ7VyBEot2FN8yUIe5sro6w_op-ZfaJ__zXDwOXHzb4gp33xtGCq8XM01mI_vS/s320/puppypileup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238899494175398130" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >the unbearable cuteness of being:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfM7ynR6hVcQKcU7vItDwcbIWQ6AOKQTpcAgs2fi_jaZgb4-85bVQnNXKucpJ_6nfS2G-KCEW4Dg8n6NL6obMjclpagiVMccKw-xoQx9wT5Sd4j4U2AAr6M2BoOz5ZaGU-MqErAC8EuZL/s1600-h/puppycuteness.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfM7ynR6hVcQKcU7vItDwcbIWQ6AOKQTpcAgs2fi_jaZgb4-85bVQnNXKucpJ_6nfS2G-KCEW4Dg8n6NL6obMjclpagiVMccKw-xoQx9wT5Sd4j4U2AAr6M2BoOz5ZaGU-MqErAC8EuZL/s320/puppycuteness.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238919596795822114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">after the mandatory delousing, Frijolita says hi:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_HiATHJSWIQv3CNEB3-KyCYRQmy7sU6b2v5U_cIklzsYqSwhn92SIOl-nWxW6AmkSUnIVWacZz72HqEpuVm0i7WvckgZEQ1QrFah3oUjh50lcB2lBrF1GxGui-fHpbzXo461_3JUMaRKF/s1600-h/afterbath.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_HiATHJSWIQv3CNEB3-KyCYRQmy7sU6b2v5U_cIklzsYqSwhn92SIOl-nWxW6AmkSUnIVWacZz72HqEpuVm0i7WvckgZEQ1QrFah3oUjh50lcB2lBrF1GxGui-fHpbzXo461_3JUMaRKF/s320/afterbath.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238898261976121442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Godzilla and Rumsfeld don't know they have silly names:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JyjXyw2G0UraBPJpK8UW79YXdlDiBWSNNKwSp1fFXMcSmePd3S9hPQsnWCHfvGioZbwzpuoM6mtg5Y_8kw_DywRgJ5_jIsOWJ_ipTRblbueK7Uo1n9-otwZ7J8kh1Tba1SnC42U6yjxS/s1600-h/rumsfeldzilla.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JyjXyw2G0UraBPJpK8UW79YXdlDiBWSNNKwSp1fFXMcSmePd3S9hPQsnWCHfvGioZbwzpuoM6mtg5Y_8kw_DywRgJ5_jIsOWJ_ipTRblbueK7Uo1n9-otwZ7J8kh1Tba1SnC42U6yjxS/s320/rumsfeldzilla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238896204887950386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Otto makes his introductions:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6LN-qO8mrXgQ3o-_ZJeqxZuTX1Yv1lSJYrwW8P10MaH4z9KJE2IZEFFheq9Dg-sNOebZvOCRuIDiG42lGPHoDlB7_p0M55ACT9Gplad_C1oR3Oni8Wtgt_YMHmeaRhqfvBgxV9sPw-dB/s1600-h/hiotto.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH6LN-qO8mrXgQ3o-_ZJeqxZuTX1Yv1lSJYrwW8P10MaH4z9KJE2IZEFFheq9Dg-sNOebZvOCRuIDiG42lGPHoDlB7_p0M55ACT9Gplad_C1oR3Oni8Wtgt_YMHmeaRhqfvBgxV9sPw-dB/s320/hiotto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238898268472115090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">enough already, you can stay:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SXtoyCyHFcwbvk1_uOWq2JBmBC_JCx7dwYqqkYOV10QvThRRXs6pXTPHvYXCaSgycXDu06PLJLvAqPrgzDFX_Qc09tbE3VEGdpmhagTIINo417ZKON8lJpxrKdBpyesWfKwzFi_KzCOa/s1600-h/puppyrug.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SXtoyCyHFcwbvk1_uOWq2JBmBC_JCx7dwYqqkYOV10QvThRRXs6pXTPHvYXCaSgycXDu06PLJLvAqPrgzDFX_Qc09tbE3VEGdpmhagTIINo417ZKON8lJpxrKdBpyesWfKwzFi_KzCOa/s320/puppyrug.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238898271143174402" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Maldi thinks puppies are great fun. She claims Rumsfeld for her own:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDR_QcwNTs2u5rmDPhGQrT8xxasfw3mIOpN0TOGXPUbKREcYAkI5jwwssGqfHQWfAoU67Z3dpzQEiOY9RXeBY6sAGJXdoUwrZ437jgIOspoB9XAIoWnmVfVWvM_uWGQLIV5Jv9tBLy31bd/s1600-h/maldisdog.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDR_QcwNTs2u5rmDPhGQrT8xxasfw3mIOpN0TOGXPUbKREcYAkI5jwwssGqfHQWfAoU67Z3dpzQEiOY9RXeBY6sAGJXdoUwrZ437jgIOspoB9XAIoWnmVfVWvM_uWGQLIV5Jv9tBLy31bd/s320/maldisdog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238896209150414498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">the 3rd (and final?!) pup:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4qqxGoeaQHkrT_EEU8txTwpg7_JQu_UxHPChAzCsYFcehyphenhyphenICWopv2djt36ToX4p5bi541RovJOHOAvQRaGn1ZFC5ujoeRCf8ilErySKyFO0Zy1cF8xiUl8BWO9p1a1xMM8f9mbVNzpI0/s1600-h/cozyG.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4qqxGoeaQHkrT_EEU8txTwpg7_JQu_UxHPChAzCsYFcehyphenhyphenICWopv2djt36ToX4p5bi541RovJOHOAvQRaGn1ZFC5ujoeRCf8ilErySKyFO0Zy1cF8xiUl8BWO9p1a1xMM8f9mbVNzpI0/s320/cozyG.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238896208999391554" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-68368022167452470352008-08-24T15:29:00.021-05:002008-11-24T12:27:47.639-06:00mission statement rumination<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Despite being a blog for pictures, not words, I feel I should clarify what we're doing here.<br />We left America for a hundred reasons, all subjects for another blog and posts I have no intention of writing.<br />Why the Yucatan? </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Part of the draw was not knowing what to expect, just knowing everything would change. </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">We knew It was warm, cheap and quiet.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> We thought we could have a positive impact on the lives of the local dogs. We hoped living here would teach us to relax and be less uptight, to live with less.<br />It has, and patience too. </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />We've learned that together we can do remarkable things. The trick is in deciding what's worth doing.<br />The <a href="http://www.musicsonglyrics.com/F/frankzappalyrics/frankzappastinkfootlyrics.htm">crux of the biscuit</a> is that I'm unwilling to claim rescue/shelter status, either in name or in soliciting donations. I'm unsettled on a few things and I think there should be a clearly defined mission statement in place first.<br />Let's just call it a refuge for now.<br />Sterilization is of paramount importance but the dog's quality of life is also important. I won't have them tied out or left alone to guard a property or allowed to roam unsupervised. I'd rather spay/neuter and release. At least that way I'd be less emotionally invested. The one puppy we managed to place didn't live to see her first birthday. This has cast a pallor over my enthusiasm for future adoptions.<br />Medical care is a thorny issue. There is no local vet. Not everyone can afford to take their dog to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9rida,_Yucat%C3%A1n">the city</a> and I don' t think only the wealthy should have pets. These dogs would be better off with a loving family than on their own. I'm torn. Enthusiastic or not, I'd like to find homes for the newbies.*<br />There is a tiny chance that a <a href="http://www.couchsurfing.com/">couchsurfer</a> will fall in love with one, but traveling and dogs don't easily mix. Besides, most of the pups take a few days to warm up to new people and they rarely have that opportunity.<br />In reality, it is all so much wasted thought since people don't want these dogs. There is no shortage, anyone in any part of town that wanted a dog could find one to bring home. There are probably hundreds near the dump alone. We inevitably run into a few during our walks in the woods with our pack. Every sympathetic soul has more than they can. Many people are having a tough enough time feeding their families without the added expense of a pet. <br />Admittedly, our dogs are cleaner and healthier after some time off the streets and I realize that makes them more appealing/adoptable to most folks. They all come to us skinny, with ticks and fleas, worms, often mange and sometimes an injury. Sean and I know dogs all over town. We are greeted by wagging tails in most places. We feed more than we can know and we are full up at home. <br />Despite their numbers, they are all fixed, up to date on shots, parasite-free, (mostly) housebroken, and are walked every few days (we rotate)(Zasu gets to go everyday because she's fat.). There are so many left that are not so lucky and we plan to do more to help them. </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> I have some small hope that we'll eventually find a competent, amiable, person or couple interested in helping for a while. In the meanwhile, we're hoping to have a low cost spay/neuter clinic done in town.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> The closest animal shelters are in the city and they are dealing with much larger numbers. New programs need to be enacted. I think neuter/spay/release is the best answer. Poison is the popular one. As a recluse, outreach is not my area, but I'm trying to get my head around it. But this isn't a blog about me.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">If we do make things 'official', a name would be a good start. Christianity is all the rage in these parts and co-opting religious symbols is a Christian tradition so maybe that's what we'll do. I'm partial to the stories of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_de_Porres">St.Martin Porres</a> and his examples of humility, practical service and compassion for all creatures. How about Perros de Porres?<br />"Compassion, my dear Brother, is preferable to cleanliness."<br /><br /><br />*<span style="font-weight: bold;"> the newbies:</span> brother and sister, Rumsfeld and Tuesday. I'm nearly certain that their mom is a stray that we see almost daily (Stray doesn't seem like the right word. She hasn't strayed. </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">She has no human to stray from. </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">She lives in the area.). She is still too shy for us to get near but I'd love to have her spayed. She's always pregnant or nursing. I have my suspicions that she intentionally led her pups to our house but I'll never know.<br />• Rumsfeld has an amazing coat. Short, plush and a color I'd have to call taupe (I </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">don't think I ever typed that word before.)</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> with gunmetal highlights.<br />• Tuesday has long legs, pretty boxer-like markings and a fawn colored coat.<br />They both have puppy breath, white socks and white tips on their tails.<br />.....................................<br />Ah life...how you task me...y</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">esterday was Rumsfeld's 1 week anniversary and tomorrow is Tuesday's. G</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">uess what <span style="font-weight: bold;">this</span> morning brought...<br />...another sister, she got us all up before dawn. Lucky for her she's so cute. </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> She looks like <a href="http://www.trekunited.com/community/index.php?act=Print&client=printer&f=32&t=16265">Gowron</a>. </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">What? That doesn't sound cute? Well, it works for her!<br />She was infested with fleas so she got a bath and an apple cider vinegar rinse. Now she's a trembling ball of fluff. The Notorious Fluffy G! darn, I can't find a link for that...and now it will be stuck in my head all day...."look how fluff I be"...<br />Pictures in a bit...gotta walk some dogs first.<br /><br /><br /></span></span>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-74927954684460170562008-08-19T13:54:00.014-05:002008-11-22T15:40:09.077-06:00bittersweet<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Last week was a <span style="font-weight: bold;">l o n g</span> week. This week already is. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />5am Sunday morning, this little boy woke us <span style="font-weight: bold;">all </span>up. Yes, a boy!<br />Hallelujah, so much easier and cheaper to fix.<br />cuter than a button:<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNpP4NHV-lVjKMOk7rBN9zy0ZdJaFiecUfkeIcEI-c6HYxG9o4hlZv_e_CUnA4qEOYC0muoywh1NnwRgW89hvfwYHyDksP_cwTyQvtu-DtwVRlUuftGMpEGyyKZ5slhNGIa610IlmpRQr/s1600-h/newbie.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipNpP4NHV-lVjKMOk7rBN9zy0ZdJaFiecUfkeIcEI-c6HYxG9o4hlZv_e_CUnA4qEOYC0muoywh1NnwRgW89hvfwYHyDksP_cwTyQvtu-DtwVRlUuftGMpEGyyKZ5slhNGIa610IlmpRQr/s320/newbie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236326877594901234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Yeah, he's cute. They always are. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">He was stuck in the grass outside of our fence, making a ruckus. We considered calling him Xmool, after the grass spines.<br />Rita watches :<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplPYyRU4YpkmtXjPpjThPUTq0IhVEGR1bECTRJwPb7fMiM8knfNgsLRAkZNl0pxTQI1tY8alAw3mMqyaCTXqfi-BOifbS9thbQ0y2V5H-i6_DnNpYG-xPCS2pUAD_vS0cueQEn9N7MILb/s1600-h/ritanewbie.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhplPYyRU4YpkmtXjPpjThPUTq0IhVEGR1bECTRJwPb7fMiM8knfNgsLRAkZNl0pxTQI1tY8alAw3mMqyaCTXqfi-BOifbS9thbQ0y2V5H-i6_DnNpYG-xPCS2pUAD_vS0cueQEn9N7MILb/s320/ritanewbie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236326880808539010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Everyone thinks he's swell. Shirley and Greta say hi:<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8xSc14eN1XHnVls7u7ocJhSKXpG6SG_jrOnEsYy8HYFCiXiLGoGFTrLa-McsC694G7I92_i1GzFOmTBMm0Wu62XNQwRljgQhwop_2rlbAYQGj4kxkB1zsX6dtWoL9uREjkwUPZw1KFNV/s1600-h/sgnewbie.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8xSc14eN1XHnVls7u7ocJhSKXpG6SG_jrOnEsYy8HYFCiXiLGoGFTrLa-McsC694G7I92_i1GzFOmTBMm0Wu62XNQwRljgQhwop_2rlbAYQGj4kxkB1zsX6dtWoL9uREjkwUPZw1KFNV/s320/sgnewbie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236362599048507058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">He likes everyone just fine. The kitten thinks he's fun to bully. He has a white spot on his butt shaped like the Pentagon so we've been calling him Rumsfeld. I hope that doesn't stick.<br />a kiss for Zasu:<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTzeBaAE5aRJaRpEoGSeoIOOhGRxSfRFX4Uqa1iSEIU5fE5-jM278cuH-6KzOMNvyQiIPcyuxXg489CloRs2uWrz-udPa4C5gBKSYbte3gYk-xTH5I8KfJchb0juMsw7vhcCNEB_1qtCIn/s1600-h/pupkiss.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTzeBaAE5aRJaRpEoGSeoIOOhGRxSfRFX4Uqa1iSEIU5fE5-jM278cuH-6KzOMNvyQiIPcyuxXg489CloRs2uWrz-udPa4C5gBKSYbte3gYk-xTH5I8KfJchb0juMsw7vhcCNEB_1qtCIn/s320/pupkiss.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236326886621779810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This morning Sean went his run with 11 dogs (the picture is from yesterday) -all off the leash the whole time. On the beach, across the roads, through the woods and back home. </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> Pretty good, eh? :</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugConDA16knawh_alzJdUkcf16-xlZZsdCAP2_P5GoIzMcGrZvbvwDdD6RKWZqQeJc7rroGK2h_72dQt4A64b9dw-Z_rpciE8Yy74yJIq9G_dyaN_BxJ9W6Gr9qt1zskbuo52BltSb2fm/s1600-h/dogmarch2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugConDA16knawh_alzJdUkcf16-xlZZsdCAP2_P5GoIzMcGrZvbvwDdD6RKWZqQeJc7rroGK2h_72dQt4A64b9dw-Z_rpciE8Yy74yJIq9G_dyaN_BxJ9W6Gr9qt1zskbuo52BltSb2fm/s320/dogmarch2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236324760016223794" border="0" /></a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">We were just about to bask in a well deserved moment of pride about their steadily improving behavior (this ain't magic people) when ...</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">what does Sean hear? Heavens to Betsy, </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Rumsfeld has a sister. What do we do? If we leave her she'll soon be dumping unwanted litters on the beach, just like her dear old Mom.<br />She just got here this morning and has been doing a lot of sleeping. Looks like she may be tall. sigh She is beautiful though.<br />Truman, Maldita and her brother say hi:<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQTBAofi1TFdYlINk0NXMi0ut8ETNp99VqyTjGYTAWLeSA4xLtjIfSqtIqSvh43A9mGu8KTUAs6KGCpPO1FEDk_N8tFYp8EuOFHLL-lsZSQRKAQi6ihSo0OAdFOn3gyCpj_4YCAS88Wu8/s1600-h/catsniff.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQTBAofi1TFdYlINk0NXMi0ut8ETNp99VqyTjGYTAWLeSA4xLtjIfSqtIqSvh43A9mGu8KTUAs6KGCpPO1FEDk_N8tFYp8EuOFHLL-lsZSQRKAQi6ihSo0OAdFOn3gyCpj_4YCAS88Wu8/s320/catsniff.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236322931699118802" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Maldi and Rumsfeld (help me out here, this poor pup need a better name!) wrestle while sister (Tuesday?) sleeps:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6FLvFY0GsPwAsHu5h6VCYrElTCY4tIgYbNDBGbuSH0HTlh7qGA3jCXUUOrAQeQJ5cCYNzH1GcmBFVDfyqWVW_KMupv4t9AWeyYBowOhWNpuUFIcFsIJAQf9KaDYV5OFNgvERjc6JdHCf/s1600-h/maldiattack.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6FLvFY0GsPwAsHu5h6VCYrElTCY4tIgYbNDBGbuSH0HTlh7qGA3jCXUUOrAQeQJ5cCYNzH1GcmBFVDfyqWVW_KMupv4t9AWeyYBowOhWNpuUFIcFsIJAQf9KaDYV5OFNgvERjc6JdHCf/s320/maldiattack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236322934356498082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Maybe we can find them homes but I'm not holding my breath. I know they are garbage dogs to most people; they're not up to breed standards and they don't match the drapes. Pretty much how I feel about most people.<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Rumsfeld contemplates the arrival of his sister:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-hOjNxDrAmfK4tumb8_u5eEVTECP3rVz4K9Vq6J8jNAVKWPjDSejrMb4fxOBqmdwUgSt6MGiUOygbxzpWJCIzTw2_E1hseiGE2apcHbvfl-36qqd9nBS1V0NoIg4nIWT8C5i4vp6op7Ip/s1600-h/tuesdaypups.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-hOjNxDrAmfK4tumb8_u5eEVTECP3rVz4K9Vq6J8jNAVKWPjDSejrMb4fxOBqmdwUgSt6MGiUOygbxzpWJCIzTw2_E1hseiGE2apcHbvfl-36qqd9nBS1V0NoIg4nIWT8C5i4vp6op7Ip/s320/tuesdaypups.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236322939331711458" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-87121257859329507172008-08-09T12:26:00.014-05:002008-11-09T16:45:36.259-06:00Miles<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Miles Davis Monroe, our West Virginia buddy. We've done a lot of traveling together, from WV, to Pittsburgh, to Portland, to the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula. We found him through <a href="http://www.petfinder.com/">Petfinder</a> at the <a href="http://www.mchswv.com/">Marion County Humane Society</a>. They were (and I'm sure still are) doing a lot with a little and could use donations.<br />He came home with us on New Year's eve, Dec.31 2003. Life was a lot different then. Less dogs, more cats, we had furniture and we wore shoes. </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Miles seemed impossibly small and fragile to us at first. We know better now. </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />He was scrawny and couldn't figure out stairs (that took many months!). Now he's a happy and buff little dog </span></span><span style=";font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" >who can outrun us all!</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br />He has a deep and unrelenting hatred of motorized vehicles. Nothing can dissuade him from barking at them. What could we do but move far from traffic?</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />young Miles, dapper in his harness:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfujVWjpgVQEAl7F5FhyphenhyphenR3L5KzA-tTP7TnsXqZ61u5RJ4IyPlO1fVQNvJMMM8hyphenhyphen9aMaj-EWz6Z3HzGnN-jZukxb1fqhDRdGwqQ_fO0XZaTbGJyMUSJa_3KEiV2UpaQ61XvDAfKxx_fXG-/s1600-h/snowmiles.jpeg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfujVWjpgVQEAl7F5FhyphenhyphenR3L5KzA-tTP7TnsXqZ61u5RJ4IyPlO1fVQNvJMMM8hyphenhyphen9aMaj-EWz6Z3HzGnN-jZukxb1fqhDRdGwqQ_fO0XZaTbGJyMUSJa_3KEiV2UpaQ61XvDAfKxx_fXG-/s320/snowmiles.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232947251590614882" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Pittsburgh spring 2004:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSc6nz6v9B9dF-QCJw4iDMlUC1bZ7T_rdURvnAbdP_5-n99b2FL0EqRUlW-RuOzir_lwVd4q8jzIgf1de5hzV28zPhG56eWiUv2uskHwMnW6QzPTdIB-tA_SYQMhWaLYoJ2PxN2HzC4RA/s1600-h/miles04.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzSc6nz6v9B9dF-QCJw4iDMlUC1bZ7T_rdURvnAbdP_5-n99b2FL0EqRUlW-RuOzir_lwVd4q8jzIgf1de5hzV28zPhG56eWiUv2uskHwMnW6QzPTdIB-tA_SYQMhWaLYoJ2PxN2HzC4RA/s320/miles04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232947558774961906" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Miles and Zasu (our WV dogs) enjoy their new home:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnoy2pFiFJof3422bmKNwvrVwP5urb7Q4xLvP7yB191Ne-2Sze_sZif3CtaqK1zxETvm0mduIoKn-v5oj3NJo2mzj1NAMb7lr-KLeFxh6wbv3UPNvxRSzGsAAQBNBWle-zlhLlv3H6dSqG/s1600-h/playadelosperritos.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnoy2pFiFJof3422bmKNwvrVwP5urb7Q4xLvP7yB191Ne-2Sze_sZif3CtaqK1zxETvm0mduIoKn-v5oj3NJo2mzj1NAMb7lr-KLeFxh6wbv3UPNvxRSzGsAAQBNBWle-zlhLlv3H6dSqG/s320/playadelosperritos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232947254947743058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Soon after the move to Mexico</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> (ah, the days of furniture...).<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">small dog on a big chair:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQNmKIpBlOUzzHwcRjR81pTnQhlDvw35JrU6C6JVWfhJlzESpMojl90dby0_3xFbSNn7eQE8tnBqbEyCaG6Tg_ONYnGGbg5xBxP9f_-Xl04bSwqIjH0zgDOcnsmUF5S3-Y5PrDt0ROFYz/s1600-h/chairmiles.jpeg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQNmKIpBlOUzzHwcRjR81pTnQhlDvw35JrU6C6JVWfhJlzESpMojl90dby0_3xFbSNn7eQE8tnBqbEyCaG6Tg_ONYnGGbg5xBxP9f_-Xl04bSwqIjH0zgDOcnsmUF5S3-Y5PrDt0ROFYz/s320/chairmiles.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233052361700000258" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">You can't always walk o</span><span style="font-family:arial;">n the beach.<br />exploring:</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94rrFhp0TVqU9387DJnc8MSzmFDTovcDE7xb9buKoQ3XwO98B9iW7715rQC3IER5Y022NQSuuRKj-SCjKhv4XBsSIttVnp4Fei7NsUmRIR3DgwoHrjYaMj1yxgD_sA5BYpJymOuEU-oRs/s1600-h/milestrek.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94rrFhp0TVqU9387DJnc8MSzmFDTovcDE7xb9buKoQ3XwO98B9iW7715rQC3IER5Y022NQSuuRKj-SCjKhv4XBsSIttVnp4Fei7NsUmRIR3DgwoHrjYaMj1yxgD_sA5BYpJymOuEU-oRs/s320/milestrek.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232948011313872194" border="0" /></a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Miles was never too fond of other dogs (ruffians!) but he's coming around.<br />napping with wee Archie:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfTwPhFoepPkW-kPJSnBr__ijXF3Z6vh7WrqgURWiXx3h2T7AU1Dbud-ROnis4ZN65trMdubJ2lpkk1lUdsbOEt_l94vpXqyAl2g_kCdPlgOjtOGBQGI1tOkiCvASz8GWBsGyVrlw9bHl/s1600-h/milesarchienap.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfTwPhFoepPkW-kPJSnBr__ijXF3Z6vh7WrqgURWiXx3h2T7AU1Dbud-ROnis4ZN65trMdubJ2lpkk1lUdsbOEt_l94vpXqyAl2g_kCdPlgOjtOGBQGI1tOkiCvASz8GWBsGyVrlw9bHl/s320/milesarchienap.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232945320613750290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >walking with Gracie:<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiA_y51sUpfXpOSfS6-Cx_zfTBzGp9fRwDobkWqqe-9nuxwTux4HTMkZ7O-ohpRxd-tWr96YJrBJGr99LkAkEQHocSgYe4GCXCEFuxamAxR_GqlVDre7IZja7t1A7XBGXqiiQIKDWtU_5B/s1600-h/milesgracie.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiA_y51sUpfXpOSfS6-Cx_zfTBzGp9fRwDobkWqqe-9nuxwTux4HTMkZ7O-ohpRxd-tWr96YJrBJGr99LkAkEQHocSgYe4GCXCEFuxamAxR_GqlVDre7IZja7t1A7XBGXqiiQIKDWtU_5B/s320/milesgracie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232945326679388466" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />although he usually insists on having personal space,<br />not even Miles can resist Oscar:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiilGEXOBnk5bvlS8_neXjd_0Bm7QVhRdVEk6Ns9yw43RH8ah2vh-KI-eyQBr3XkH6zweQ3dFMqiGnbiQrLm55BabOifI3vBcqw_mXRe4NZz19ORetPiaVAkPgphQdCeQGPokwJzG6UmUeg/s1600-h/oscarmilespillow.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiilGEXOBnk5bvlS8_neXjd_0Bm7QVhRdVEk6Ns9yw43RH8ah2vh-KI-eyQBr3XkH6zweQ3dFMqiGnbiQrLm55BabOifI3vBcqw_mXRe4NZz19ORetPiaVAkPgphQdCeQGPokwJzG6UmUeg/s320/oscarmilespillow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232945332449749682" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >He has grown into a pretty mellow dog...unless he gets the zips, hears an engine, or thinks he might get beans. He REALLY loves beans. We love our <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070707/">Miles Monroe</a>. He is a funny fellow with an iron will.<br />The smallest of the pack, he tolerates no impertinence.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >it's hard to get a shot of him, he's low and fast:<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMQ8oagF8wgeV90zB6CjDKPloGeVX7JzdXucQaOtUAel4PrPmxhGaIE6G2S5BZhWABUzb2xEbzD5RIZE-Er6snRdXqAGFkzpMQ-nOLmZ1X0f5TaStCLQIhesN2p4qY22X4cCgUtR8kDQo/s1600-h/milestrot.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMQ8oagF8wgeV90zB6CjDKPloGeVX7JzdXucQaOtUAel4PrPmxhGaIE6G2S5BZhWABUzb2xEbzD5RIZE-Er6snRdXqAGFkzpMQ-nOLmZ1X0f5TaStCLQIhesN2p4qY22X4cCgUtR8kDQo/s320/milestrot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233291753004362514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-89233714026890201432008-08-06T15:35:00.010-05:002008-11-22T15:41:52.975-06:00Henry<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Henry, he's a hell of a guy! That what I always tell him and it's the truth. We met...back in Feb'06. Sean and I were biking home from town when we stopped to talk to the mailman. I saw the dog eventually to be known as Henry and went to visit with him. He was completely matted with spiny burrs. They're known locally as xmool (sounds like shmool). He must have been miserable, he couldn't move or rest without jabbing himself. He followed us home and has been here ever since. He's only small on the outside. To those that don't like small dogs -I say you just don't know Henry.<br />we imagine that if he spoke, he'd sound like <a href="http://www.gabbyhayes.org/short_visit/gabbyisms/sounds/whippersnapper.wav">Gabby Hayes</a>:<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyT9sobuyKzTY-hiio1nFzmKGOAuwV9E7f1mMmvDQJ8sWOUVUZu23DH3EvpvDpbKYB-xM-hpRyBjgg_c34sVFlvA7TuReQ1kxSzZy3wIt26DDKOx9pI21YG7EpzjnEZygtU2PSF_0Cqta/s1600-h/foziebear824.jpeg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyT9sobuyKzTY-hiio1nFzmKGOAuwV9E7f1mMmvDQJ8sWOUVUZu23DH3EvpvDpbKYB-xM-hpRyBjgg_c34sVFlvA7TuReQ1kxSzZy3wIt26DDKOx9pI21YG7EpzjnEZygtU2PSF_0Cqta/s320/foziebear824.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231515744563197426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">day one, after the de-xmooling:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0h8m3Lo_mYm5eEVDR8BaefTC-vw8B_C7Y3ohRPTGsmfd1DvPZHcD0IfVzQQNR-NWwzMpeHhebG-sXPWqfCjlrpypl_nb9UPYtVP52BN4RvuqEDxmglzfyVIin2tNaVv4Fy_hyaFizW2H/s1600-h/earlyhenry610.jpeg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu0h8m3Lo_mYm5eEVDR8BaefTC-vw8B_C7Y3ohRPTGsmfd1DvPZHcD0IfVzQQNR-NWwzMpeHhebG-sXPWqfCjlrpypl_nb9UPYtVP52BN4RvuqEDxmglzfyVIin2tNaVv4Fy_hyaFizW2H/s320/earlyhenry610.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231515744398399906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">He weighed next to nothing, we called him our balsa wood dog.<br />he was mostly fur:</span><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFHa8g1f6vlLf4rQ929McfbD3zjTuCiWjM8XAz16AjBAaLHRjP-PZ0IyyAy_X-yfyywqP09Wt0shmw58IZwZPdtXT3HwJfx9nKDhBrOmUN_aaPTDWnbmw-BEcajSxWvPKELa7YIwvc-JUs/s1600-h/henrybath587.jpeg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFHa8g1f6vlLf4rQ929McfbD3zjTuCiWjM8XAz16AjBAaLHRjP-PZ0IyyAy_X-yfyywqP09Wt0shmw58IZwZPdtXT3HwJfx9nKDhBrOmUN_aaPTDWnbmw-BEcajSxWvPKELa7YIwvc-JUs/s320/henrybath587.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231513806458324866" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">now he's a substantial little fellow that runs with the big dogs:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIYYrete5dqBnd9r8SwxbAxghSo7B63xuV7VHHT08DlFjknM9QhFRZfMg806vCuAi69a_Ut8bm7k44ElNcMXO_BlQOWvDdXMb1N9qLuti004SeR0C7DnUYR47oL0x3qCmc657oRaxv9wq/s1600-h/henryinthelead.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIYYrete5dqBnd9r8SwxbAxghSo7B63xuV7VHHT08DlFjknM9QhFRZfMg806vCuAi69a_Ut8bm7k44ElNcMXO_BlQOWvDdXMb1N9qLuti004SeR0C7DnUYR47oL0x3qCmc657oRaxv9wq/s320/henryinthelead.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231516810675685906" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">he isn't always the center of attention:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ffBp321yf2BoiIAM_WLkataTzo8Z4101Rg4ENJrWwvdKQqoRrk-xAuRbLqUB887ntY-SH9pP60WztVgLkb8eYWqQc1ff0FS7ru1i6hFRS-tjY8wQAUlI7cPzRXr_q_VrOrb1KS2DjNBb/s1600-h/henryarchie.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ffBp321yf2BoiIAM_WLkataTzo8Z4101Rg4ENJrWwvdKQqoRrk-xAuRbLqUB887ntY-SH9pP60WztVgLkb8eYWqQc1ff0FS7ru1i6hFRS-tjY8wQAUlI7cPzRXr_q_VrOrb1KS2DjNBb/s320/henryarchie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231513806188757442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">but he's always part of what's happening:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj15OIUHDmiBDRVY7mZjTTllGe7PIOwzF0KLzHYkFoXHPTKOmOl2BMmj25YDCadfOPbfF7js2HYWdFV_l1Y4yREeIvmAtYJFe9r4gTF7gCxfgY1ZZTAPSYPhvqRoWo1xHZuRpaQslXR2Gwr/s1600-h/pileposes.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj15OIUHDmiBDRVY7mZjTTllGe7PIOwzF0KLzHYkFoXHPTKOmOl2BMmj25YDCadfOPbfF7js2HYWdFV_l1Y4yREeIvmAtYJFe9r4gTF7gCxfgY1ZZTAPSYPhvqRoWo1xHZuRpaQslXR2Gwr/s320/pileposes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231515744255181474" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">He's a dog of many names...Humpy Buttons, Fozie Bear, Mr Piddles... Amanda calls him Phillip:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAh0qqlv77zHRTzV6QvXdRoxo4pjXAMQR5SRE4ubEuuGXH4dY_WFj7Iiw7WTKxsN5TQnUHmPHCiP_P1xFEu5ddpK53RXcrIRwBxMPmVgdp9M5uoVWb6ZeAA_k87MGGThfLNaC1RoZCc9zy/s1600-h/henryinahole2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAh0qqlv77zHRTzV6QvXdRoxo4pjXAMQR5SRE4ubEuuGXH4dY_WFj7Iiw7WTKxsN5TQnUHmPHCiP_P1xFEu5ddpK53RXcrIRwBxMPmVgdp9M5uoVWb6ZeAA_k87MGGThfLNaC1RoZCc9zy/s320/henryinahole2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231512776509193778" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >he suffers through bad haircuts without a complaint (maybe that's why he's hiding?):</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmPTJYYili1PwkZQA5JhrntiUzLrUu66Ru-yN_41sEyhQbH9olq3XzmXYHzA0ZVDr0UKO7HtAnViRUxgfTr45MeZYmYAXhmVKdVOjzX2cB8lJS2YxqWo5GzF9_YdBDYb_QpDk6Yla7wFw/s1600-h/fourdogs.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmPTJYYili1PwkZQA5JhrntiUzLrUu66Ru-yN_41sEyhQbH9olq3XzmXYHzA0ZVDr0UKO7HtAnViRUxgfTr45MeZYmYAXhmVKdVOjzX2cB8lJS2YxqWo5GzF9_YdBDYb_QpDk6Yla7wFw/s320/fourdogs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231512781147444722" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br />Henry is a hell of a guy:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxDETH6S3p8A-zyCcJP0-F9o5xQs6hU9QV_7HVMqrj38QlnfILtyOzQVaR3Jqax8TrgX93e5sPLatjmRS8ZP1OfBp_-hyCIHPM9oz6ix6EGeR76bCEY-xBHYdHNG0JCqmfMzotBOZTU4v/s1600-h/beachhenry2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxDETH6S3p8A-zyCcJP0-F9o5xQs6hU9QV_7HVMqrj38QlnfILtyOzQVaR3Jqax8TrgX93e5sPLatjmRS8ZP1OfBp_-hyCIHPM9oz6ix6EGeR76bCEY-xBHYdHNG0JCqmfMzotBOZTU4v/s320/beachhenry2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231512787898140962" border="0" /></a>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-15685668025685429452008-08-05T17:42:00.013-05:002008-11-09T13:32:31.443-06:00Bette & Shirley<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Nothing I say about Bette can do her justice. Bette is made of rocks and love.<br />she is a visitor favorite:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOsD4pFvV55To5B3RY-QsguLyzZQjbebquNWxKUJRSqFVatBQKPj7EVyPoz3NW3Hy7x8O04IJWD6Oz73Dtf49ai6yEU8eeHiaoGIxy2J6aIIKbf76HU2EoceKh-H9rhJxTiNSnQEcElvJG/s1600-h/Betteface.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOsD4pFvV55To5B3RY-QsguLyzZQjbebquNWxKUJRSqFVatBQKPj7EVyPoz3NW3Hy7x8O04IJWD6Oz73Dtf49ai6yEU8eeHiaoGIxy2J6aIIKbf76HU2EoceKh-H9rhJxTiNSnQEcElvJG/s320/Betteface.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231224573357689522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >We met her at a restaurant on the edge of town where she was scavenging. She was young, skinny and her eyes were cockeyed, probably from a blow. Even though she wasn't in terrible shape we brought her home. We were without a camera at the time, so I don't have any early pictures of her.<br />a few months later (back when we still had a bed):</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UHgDoMWYtFmzASSBQxCU6gM-F_oh4YYfDAbiQLFPv5W7dfZrYPQxFdCnAtB4VKxKOOBWP2Qvy5KkpQEFhM_8XPpG8lC0SH9yCyGJ8U62yCxa5_Ecngz0o4Z8QWv-1k88HdCNCccALKb3/s1600-h/bettebed.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UHgDoMWYtFmzASSBQxCU6gM-F_oh4YYfDAbiQLFPv5W7dfZrYPQxFdCnAtB4VKxKOOBWP2Qvy5KkpQEFhM_8XPpG8lC0SH9yCyGJ8U62yCxa5_Ecngz0o4Z8QWv-1k88HdCNCccALKb3/s320/bettebed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231224573299496258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Pure-hearted and thick-headed, she is heavy for her size and hard to deter.<br />you will be licked:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTK_2dxYiIM43Sw1CX0msB1VCI0Yt-OvNalfl7X2TY0RKEa8ezWPSMB_fQXU7mp0gMeHvMQpzYyFnLLqnkxf1k7IBh_XQhoKMDjyCcRKrnrs5FW7RTygEkpsgUI6NK-ag0RNR4AACKzw8/s1600-h/beautifulBette.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTK_2dxYiIM43Sw1CX0msB1VCI0Yt-OvNalfl7X2TY0RKEa8ezWPSMB_fQXU7mp0gMeHvMQpzYyFnLLqnkxf1k7IBh_XQhoKMDjyCcRKrnrs5FW7RTygEkpsgUI6NK-ag0RNR4AACKzw8/s320/beautifulBette.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231224578989291602" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">buddy to everyone, she is the best playmate a horde of puppies could ask for: </span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUAJb2VLqQR0wbTikMZi4uE6PL9qksLZttJFTHK9Mwm8RVIoSJUczOsgulxO2uCOBAUWcXMFocRSiIr4Le6Muce0BnidE_-kKQY4jWz-9DlYaHwqi1HK1YbnpHrBU719eGqm1v3cycZ-7/s1600-h/betteinthelead2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbUAJb2VLqQR0wbTikMZi4uE6PL9qksLZttJFTHK9Mwm8RVIoSJUczOsgulxO2uCOBAUWcXMFocRSiIr4Le6Muce0BnidE_-kKQY4jWz-9DlYaHwqi1HK1YbnpHrBU719eGqm1v3cycZ-7/s320/betteinthelead2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231223909820597138" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Shirley came a later, November '07. We've come to suspect that she might be Betty's mom or sister. The similarities are uncanny -in appearance (including an under bite), disposition and habits. It seems unlikely but not impossible (besides, we've suspected that we have some sort of improbability field at work around us for some time now).<br />what a face:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1Fa65XYAXTsq6qnIXezDWynGaagNoWGyeT1ydddmvAwsYVRU5BRugmotnIuG2NZf5EZS_43SFCDCy9SSDp4BPzhzEWdHxq7LlsR72Gf8AhObWPndEhm5WNz7DmGuPZMpu_MTmVLEJaZy/s1600-h/sleepingbeauty.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1Fa65XYAXTsq6qnIXezDWynGaagNoWGyeT1ydddmvAwsYVRU5BRugmotnIuG2NZf5EZS_43SFCDCy9SSDp4BPzhzEWdHxq7LlsR72Gf8AhObWPndEhm5WNz7DmGuPZMpu_MTmVLEJaZy/s320/sleepingbeauty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231223917303571250" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">She was a wreck! We saw her</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> limping around the center of town </span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">when we came out of the market.<br />skinny, mangy and on 3 legs:<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsm-PLLbQ1caaK_QVb-w3K4OopINktwFUvg4ta6gXbxzYyBcrsECmNjg5bHtrXkuj1FmKuXHDCAPya4et2OQYxOA4hAScettNmI7uKf9iPVHi4JdyCBXio8SYyUTRr_rBXjW409fy4ngLK/s1600-h/firstshirley.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsm-PLLbQ1caaK_QVb-w3K4OopINktwFUvg4ta6gXbxzYyBcrsECmNjg5bHtrXkuj1FmKuXHDCAPya4et2OQYxOA4hAScettNmI7uKf9iPVHi4JdyCBXio8SYyUTRr_rBXjW409fy4ngLK/s320/firstshirley.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231223916126361506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">after her first bath:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3T9I2bBqx7YckXwS2pwIZ4ldteWUJWkPxglRvb5dx9itPYl8VytfWgnRVHGJfRtRplNZkf82NKTBlcIKL19DrD70CHuED-J_nb0nPuwPrEnxEYfG6iJOXJmjlyTWbB0CdvTM4Hfi0Lpk/s1600-h/happygirl2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn3T9I2bBqx7YckXwS2pwIZ4ldteWUJWkPxglRvb5dx9itPYl8VytfWgnRVHGJfRtRplNZkf82NKTBlcIKL19DrD70CHuED-J_nb0nPuwPrEnxEYfG6iJOXJmjlyTWbB0CdvTM4Hfi0Lpk/s320/happygirl2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231174834081085938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >day one, Bette checks her out</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrjTyPwsM3mxUUI5TW-GmEi9nq0YrLj3Dv5i-qcFxqLBYSkxyQumKLwNI6rl43bRb9mYi8L5RR2EFUWRp2IE01z17f8Tol6qDy5bZTmVWOn7yGKIhWdI-QnRtLCwY6CBUfSPwB1VwA72x/s1600-h/doppleganger.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrjTyPwsM3mxUUI5TW-GmEi9nq0YrLj3Dv5i-qcFxqLBYSkxyQumKLwNI6rl43bRb9mYi8L5RR2EFUWRp2IE01z17f8Tol6qDy5bZTmVWOn7yGKIhWdI-QnRtLCwY6CBUfSPwB1VwA72x/s320/doppleganger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231174838434816050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Shirley made herself at home and got to work recovering.<br />here she's napping with Archie:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzGWYFCgr6DIA0PG39LyxHvGJvHFNNBLj8isUFiQ389t-QQuTBE00W-0WZNUJx2zbS9n7kj_CrVQIX1Oh3s7utI74An64ADxnxYtKPrIubdROS4Bgg9V_6jZT20vx8NiYaTIFZVj-0JjVW/s1600-h/archieshirleynap2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzGWYFCgr6DIA0PG39LyxHvGJvHFNNBLj8isUFiQ389t-QQuTBE00W-0WZNUJx2zbS9n7kj_CrVQIX1Oh3s7utI74An64ADxnxYtKPrIubdROS4Bgg9V_6jZT20vx8NiYaTIFZVj-0JjVW/s320/archieshirleynap2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231174839232369650" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br />getting better is tiring. napping with Sean:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGPEu_cMqk8nwMFMv1UzIUcXMXyc0mZPsWlYivyTV2TDuoVCKKo-iyZHXYs8YP_J9tL0xuVhWtEkVn7gQN8J0X6ZhNXvTOinr9US9w1pa4z-seIRr2Jak3VcIVMue37SM1obHRU7Jn-kM/s1600-h/shirleyseannap2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGPEu_cMqk8nwMFMv1UzIUcXMXyc0mZPsWlYivyTV2TDuoVCKKo-iyZHXYs8YP_J9tL0xuVhWtEkVn7gQN8J0X6ZhNXvTOinr9US9w1pa4z-seIRr2Jak3VcIVMue37SM1obHRU7Jn-kM/s320/shirleyseannap2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231173823827104546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >eating her veggies....mmm, beets:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDW7OHZjmHVN9ywsjNeZWZePV7y9qytdnTIUGv5dKh8YznWBsZOG0FbHIxIhyphenhyphenoaZP0BrDa0CcfbQAOg6-IfDWDedaF_qYSIi3vm4um_WUWtrOGn2Qhyphenhyphen1K27kQo_z-0nC9Uw_K6A13VYAVs/s1600-h/mmmbeets2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDW7OHZjmHVN9ywsjNeZWZePV7y9qytdnTIUGv5dKh8YznWBsZOG0FbHIxIhyphenhyphenoaZP0BrDa0CcfbQAOg6-IfDWDedaF_qYSIi3vm4um_WUWtrOGn2Qhyphenhyphen1K27kQo_z-0nC9Uw_K6A13VYAVs/s320/mmmbeets2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231173826765501266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">all better and out for a walk:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlF43ll2y5PotVvmmDgLzs-CP2hA9FwZ18I83J__2CGrhvQzqfJ4j_jJrGSD39U_l2yAkegTnx03TBimI_WeWYPxTRHcIQPEguEN-H8_8WTRLZc-GNeubYgvccpgAsiAGl96Yw0ZodUr4/s1600-h/beachshirley2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlF43ll2y5PotVvmmDgLzs-CP2hA9FwZ18I83J__2CGrhvQzqfJ4j_jJrGSD39U_l2yAkegTnx03TBimI_WeWYPxTRHcIQPEguEN-H8_8WTRLZc-GNeubYgvccpgAsiAGl96Yw0ZodUr4/s320/beachshirley2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231173836729405314" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br />Jan '08, already hard to tell apart:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIkmGGJG_Dvha8L9chdN8cXTcAPBsq-Uc3EXieBbK1oZQEcJaZZJFxUrPelAMoMgEgS6OABlvfvF9lyK6rWtkap8fpdpvprSFKqgVoK5xrZQDV0UUwDUCx8jzng1oPF8OB8I7GEJVKD-Q/s1600-h/gemini2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIkmGGJG_Dvha8L9chdN8cXTcAPBsq-Uc3EXieBbK1oZQEcJaZZJFxUrPelAMoMgEgS6OABlvfvF9lyK6rWtkap8fpdpvprSFKqgVoK5xrZQDV0UUwDUCx8jzng1oPF8OB8I7GEJVKD-Q/s320/gemini2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231170526487604834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br />in motion:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht87QnEjCreeuhXHwF784HW0KipBuzEUtal9iQntfJAmMXWZVqlktQzfXDnIhc_pGeFcypq842WP_CLugX8N9g6bnuxfuSVStfDe1nL8Nz1tNr94O0K9ikG3Cf1-Nnz4-q5jFVp74bJlmu/s1600-h/tonguetwins.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht87QnEjCreeuhXHwF784HW0KipBuzEUtal9iQntfJAmMXWZVqlktQzfXDnIhc_pGeFcypq842WP_CLugX8N9g6bnuxfuSVStfDe1nL8Nz1tNr94O0K9ikG3Cf1-Nnz4-q5jFVp74bJlmu/s320/tonguetwins.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231170530293035554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">at rest</span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >:<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTJD1mh1IcdjoHRoIMfVnaI7TIm2sztHh1poX52OUiEhmA7z-pQ5ZxpadVoReVc-l4cNbHBzHF-jEHoQz-RTRCKDO8Nzh-UhpGxd_LkKqlk8ljwT8NIkPO8Sf6PUX-7KCAcHW5GktX18y/s1600-h/boobletwins2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKTJD1mh1IcdjoHRoIMfVnaI7TIm2sztHh1poX52OUiEhmA7z-pQ5ZxpadVoReVc-l4cNbHBzHF-jEHoQz-RTRCKDO8Nzh-UhpGxd_LkKqlk8ljwT8NIkPO8Sf6PUX-7KCAcHW5GktX18y/s320/boobletwins2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266741128865327346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuWYTjSfr1so61zkjJdAr8HdXvqb-dOQJVoXtp4ZrBkUaCbG6zI7QKHuCFaXQkoO9_CfSxMoiRt92jvZWxWkK1-RlGwNEtHDjlUUz_uRkURg4lkl5i1Vful8dHgzALktJA73h5j4MspHbP/s1600-h/boobletwins.jpg"><br /></a>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-56800202735454757922008-08-04T21:07:00.010-05:002008-10-02T14:31:07.067-05:00Rochester<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Anderson_%28comedian%29"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Roc</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Anderson_%28comedian%29">hester</a> was the last of the Others to move in. It took him a long while to make up his mind about us. I've learned a lot about dogs but no more than Chester has about people. He's a smart fellow and wants to please. He isn't sure why he shouldn't chase cats but he's willing to give it a try. A few of Gracie's pups bear a striking resemblance to him. He's incredibly affectionate now. I'm constantly amazed by how much he has changed (</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">he could still use a little more work on housebreaking). </span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijoGGsHA_FmIgtbb9HIlbUpkxTuSVxOYYkqCOCnxlQpiMv-sNcblWohKHjn33LI7ddcEOApqyf79LZ5a8f4GYlnx4YuPwM94RQkgKLJ4XqFtSEWxbjhIIYJLZn-ChyNl0rgLLDEpJ4NJ7P/s1600-h/chesterII.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijoGGsHA_FmIgtbb9HIlbUpkxTuSVxOYYkqCOCnxlQpiMv-sNcblWohKHjn33LI7ddcEOApqyf79LZ5a8f4GYlnx4YuPwM94RQkgKLJ4XqFtSEWxbjhIIYJLZn-ChyNl0rgLLDEpJ4NJ7P/s320/chesterII.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230883704064692866" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This was as close as he would get for the first six months.<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">with George and Grace, waiting for grub: </span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhukL7o3aLF_LhPLJlB4mcXVf0Kxb__jF5OU4wcn5nOU8GGmb_6xX8gm-AMwSj1q8-LYuBK_8w3qcgU8NXW3tiG8hy-3CKV37NrL8XYDdr5EYoliBZr-SmXBexFnVnDqMW6loVabtZUrbs2/s1600-h/ggcwait.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhukL7o3aLF_LhPLJlB4mcXVf0Kxb__jF5OU4wcn5nOU8GGmb_6xX8gm-AMwSj1q8-LYuBK_8w3qcgU8NXW3tiG8hy-3CKV37NrL8XYDdr5EYoliBZr-SmXBexFnVnDqMW6loVabtZUrbs2/s320/ggcwait.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230883704018833554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Once the rest of his pack moved in, </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">he took to lurking around the perimeter.<br />under the bush at our gate:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmu7nqKXyy-o9J9BvS6yBUfaWiBEkmQdE8xVMDNInyM3a7NxbJazj70n3KzgQtnoPuKfhJf38vWdxkU7uCZirbIIcWGcnIfYlub6tX4Mw5rPD3rfNOYzoD6rNgPlo7ZTqgAiwxr2HxLUKK/s1600-h/shadychester.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmu7nqKXyy-o9J9BvS6yBUfaWiBEkmQdE8xVMDNInyM3a7NxbJazj70n3KzgQtnoPuKfhJf38vWdxkU7uCZirbIIcWGcnIfYlub6tX4Mw5rPD3rfNOYzoD6rNgPlo7ZTqgAiwxr2HxLUKK/s320/shadychester.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230883706873085986" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0008364/quotes">He's just jazzed about being on the show, man!</a> After Gracie and her pups moved in, he drove us crazy for a few weeks -slinking around, circling the property and barking at all hours.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> He would join us on walks but not come into the yard. Finally, he trotted through the gate and stayed. </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Now he prefers being in the house, on something soft.<br />here he is in his Batman costume:<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5qSH1bGsmhz4l1zr1teLQKsL3ldmx7wz84AGzLiUEgzLcV_dxLLTZ_XpBBf8q3doLjNhys0IhQ25fRGFmbUDrSoG1Lx8wJLxH_xeYst75LpSM2ZNp4L758R2pMG5iHuhkiz39DrNgVAi/s1600-h/happyRochster.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ5qSH1bGsmhz4l1zr1teLQKsL3ldmx7wz84AGzLiUEgzLcV_dxLLTZ_XpBBf8q3doLjNhys0IhQ25fRGFmbUDrSoG1Lx8wJLxH_xeYst75LpSM2ZNp4L758R2pMG5iHuhkiz39DrNgVAi/s320/happyRochster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230882940117728194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">he was much noisier on the other side of the fence but </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">he's still a little excitable </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgidZGm2NpHBBDGKLrGFSazGTWSzEEkvVjgoPWnuuMmI9KCKK6o6SZ0RQns5AIbRZbqK-5Qb5aKOKoaP_MNEJDmgM-0wyWRB8000DSsB3ynAIJXZ4__JDlwa2r_OWIlqPpXUDOTFZ9CyjCx/s1600-h/loudmouth.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgidZGm2NpHBBDGKLrGFSazGTWSzEEkvVjgoPWnuuMmI9KCKK6o6SZ0RQns5AIbRZbqK-5Qb5aKOKoaP_MNEJDmgM-0wyWRB8000DSsB3ynAIJXZ4__JDlwa2r_OWIlqPpXUDOTFZ9CyjCx/s320/loudmouth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230882652838284914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Chester likes inside and cozy spots:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZ__6osQMizhlVP1f7srR7EthMXvOVVg0zeYxb6ZPOW-XR2l6RVPONwc0z9mRYIsCOmipCXPpe2jNd4WRjp9OssxdMwXlHpqMnZbO1vPS476D8zezeMybBIBfB2tLDNJ7D7-utPtxtUFR/s1600-h/chester2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZ__6osQMizhlVP1f7srR7EthMXvOVVg0zeYxb6ZPOW-XR2l6RVPONwc0z9mRYIsCOmipCXPpe2jNd4WRjp9OssxdMwXlHpqMnZbO1vPS476D8zezeMybBIBfB2tLDNJ7D7-utPtxtUFR/s320/chester2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230882655331180530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Otto & Chester are kindred spirits:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5HgL1xThgB-yA8iAY_37GP5TS-AetZ_SCSQcFTBOCbi-LHLdIa5yb_D6Pf2yjs72mw0ickGuyDL8ud1xTMr9Othma1L8gKrUtPGEASwjT7qJOKEr8M85vyVXoZCOvsXvYD3GZER62ws5/s1600-h/chesterotto2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5HgL1xThgB-yA8iAY_37GP5TS-AetZ_SCSQcFTBOCbi-LHLdIa5yb_D6Pf2yjs72mw0ickGuyDL8ud1xTMr9Othma1L8gKrUtPGEASwjT7qJOKEr8M85vyVXoZCOvsXvYD3GZER62ws5/s320/chesterotto2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230882105059413666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">he and Ginger enjoy a mellow moment at dusk:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIT3BRMX3-QvjDQzY6joFvlw3FQRO8zkimXOre6pJcaq3bF5o1ucIsD80hw94_yHMCPykeBs7kXNMcOIRk7dnLIE2Zm47dFe97avU6qb3pCHvu8UZ-9cmu6achfOea3Nzgo0lp_ma5JHXV/s1600-h/chesterginger.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIT3BRMX3-QvjDQzY6joFvlw3FQRO8zkimXOre6pJcaq3bF5o1ucIsD80hw94_yHMCPykeBs7kXNMcOIRk7dnLIE2Zm47dFe97avU6qb3pCHvu8UZ-9cmu6achfOea3Nzgo0lp_ma5JHXV/s320/chesterginger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230881274666760594" border="0" /></a>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-88334348275011882432008-08-03T12:22:00.007-05:002008-08-03T12:42:47.852-05:00the brothers: the forgotten month<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">I just found a few earlier shots of the brothers, taken with our crappy, short-lived and overpriced Kodak. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">mid-Feb:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBOfRqMgjiDk2OaUAhTpIEpQWrl2y9GWTqq39sQpAPpJq9czjT8cJrVB25Cn4A9gliDZfakdgyc-ycx5Y4teyEfUKcvjS8-MSvtpNK4QIstCGuGoFvd4702QKKQx51Ow-pAafN3DHgb2mL/s1600-h/thetwins.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBOfRqMgjiDk2OaUAhTpIEpQWrl2y9GWTqq39sQpAPpJq9czjT8cJrVB25Cn4A9gliDZfakdgyc-ycx5Y4teyEfUKcvjS8-MSvtpNK4QIstCGuGoFvd4702QKKQx51Ow-pAafN3DHgb2mL/s320/thetwins.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230344633841626850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Oscar hadn't yet grown into his head:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCcLcFLp-vlcSqc1yyHqRId4OmOjDhuGa6jQZp3uWnLG0TZC5SdHNpS-vP1dM2tzJxlFlqo5Cyg3GP7xeQJzy1mGPyNtdSdGHQcc_cQwLcRYZSbepq0oFR_LTejmbarEXx-b0BiYhsWXdw/s1600-h/oscar.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCcLcFLp-vlcSqc1yyHqRId4OmOjDhuGa6jQZp3uWnLG0TZC5SdHNpS-vP1dM2tzJxlFlqo5Cyg3GP7xeQJzy1mGPyNtdSdGHQcc_cQwLcRYZSbepq0oFR_LTejmbarEXx-b0BiYhsWXdw/s320/oscar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230344639184736642" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Otto has always been a goof:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-hnRrP2ej2B_auwC8GOYtLoYqnawm9-mOwlXPn_8MD8x_6m4PMwozln8oFt3Yg0ww89mDLbODG8W3pRg1yYHmlLEsR-6a701d3SGY-NTY_ZTakAqrq0fjt-w7OTaECCDMEdSHVIJUh_d/s1600-h/ottoring.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3-hnRrP2ej2B_auwC8GOYtLoYqnawm9-mOwlXPn_8MD8x_6m4PMwozln8oFt3Yg0ww89mDLbODG8W3pRg1yYHmlLEsR-6a701d3SGY-NTY_ZTakAqrq0fjt-w7OTaECCDMEdSHVIJUh_d/s320/ottoring.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230344648067052098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-79051844219429060962008-08-02T15:54:00.017-05:002008-11-24T12:29:46.523-06:00Oscar & Otto<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuPcX-44eLgerVhmXc8akyvRFaZxtLwgpf0j8uuzEQLwmR4MD124FK9qwi86ala0RxQXSa9zUMwF5ZRqXo-7GlspVre3eJLIt86N_b5BUafy2N6PlHIq34OqEFtkPHidkdza8RRUdVEXC/s1600-h/lovelysky.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuPcX-44eLgerVhmXc8akyvRFaZxtLwgpf0j8uuzEQLwmR4MD124FK9qwi86ala0RxQXSa9zUMwF5ZRqXo-7GlspVre3eJLIt86N_b5BUafy2N6PlHIq34OqEFtkPHidkdza8RRUdVEXC/s320/lovelysky.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230038322646209474" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >When electricity, internet and inclination meet...you get an update.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Today is all about the brothers Oscar and Otto. They were purchased by someone locally to be used as watchdogs , but he soon found out that dogs eat a lot and don't behave like they do on television. </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >I appreciate him offering them to us, instead of dumping them in the woods as per the local custom. It was the beginning of 2007, during one of our many camera-less times. They were about 7 months old. There was nothing that I wanted <span style="font-weight: bold;">less </span>right then than two more dogs but we said yes and I'm glad we did. They are both great fellows.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br />Meet Oscar</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">, he's the more mellow of the pair. He's gentle and thoughtful: </span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07nKx-bAkTt-F340n6O3EC2i75WDoJdNLBO6AVGCGtRyWdaqS5iomPdh9-GQn-lB7T5FVcMriLUj-XfV3wPLCGYNIFcO5nbZMjI6cn_y0L1GbGYeBJQoQlYqsjh4XgvN3GL4mdYB_XZ3f/s1600-h/oscar2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07nKx-bAkTt-F340n6O3EC2i75WDoJdNLBO6AVGCGtRyWdaqS5iomPdh9-GQn-lB7T5FVcMriLUj-XfV3wPLCGYNIFcO5nbZMjI6cn_y0L1GbGYeBJQoQlYqsjh4XgvN3GL4mdYB_XZ3f/s320/oscar2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230038319861330434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">saying hi to the new guy:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhQpsfnrI9TfetDbe4sGPvwtyqV8UIZ-o-X8NYxF_CbsYcg8KtFRNbBlmjwuBwf3uOc23Ne2QOkmb8efd0OBGZzFe7vd9qY7tuGy1uhuonTsUPOCUcXi4s5uxVes6gAXx7IWdr8RHBshe/s1600-h/bigbroscar.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhQpsfnrI9TfetDbe4sGPvwtyqV8UIZ-o-X8NYxF_CbsYcg8KtFRNbBlmjwuBwf3uOc23Ne2QOkmb8efd0OBGZzFe7vd9qY7tuGy1uhuonTsUPOCUcXi4s5uxVes6gAXx7IWdr8RHBshe/s320/bigbroscar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230037204205207138" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">sleeping with wee Rita:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4sPJfJn-wzk6LsWx-8fTa4WuxLYYeuWwALAYcCrDWdC25av7ad-A4ewbQRB8TnuuX8dFNy0FSfaPW7wq2THANc7GMS1M_8W-tHulMqUeHr_fkEJPPFGFIAC3NNBd3pJZlMO86pjM0a9Tc/s1600-h/oscarrita.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4sPJfJn-wzk6LsWx-8fTa4WuxLYYeuWwALAYcCrDWdC25av7ad-A4ewbQRB8TnuuX8dFNy0FSfaPW7wq2THANc7GMS1M_8W-tHulMqUeHr_fkEJPPFGFIAC3NNBd3pJZlMO86pjM0a9Tc/s320/oscarrita.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230037202638214162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">napping with Sean:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNbPe1xMPeq6HyrmpFdjdj70RSGzGoKMPsDPn5DoHQ0CsMWzvUKdkxNimcP6V0XqR1gcFh4MJzxbLjjOZFsCAyo-fVg1xvps5LEyIPq3h53TV3RbgAnxZClmjuYHv4TXo-zbKJ6PDu0LG/s1600-h/happyoscar.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNbPe1xMPeq6HyrmpFdjdj70RSGzGoKMPsDPn5DoHQ0CsMWzvUKdkxNimcP6V0XqR1gcFh4MJzxbLjjOZFsCAyo-fVg1xvps5LEyIPq3h53TV3RbgAnxZClmjuYHv4TXo-zbKJ6PDu0LG/s320/happyoscar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230036355626466898" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">T</span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >he left side of his face is a little droopier than the right. It might be from me pinching his cheek and telling him how handsome he is. It </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >just makes him that much cuter.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">relaxing on the porch:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNr5ZavnHvOLDIi1UMevaMQQed97G0Nypnovy5Hdzc1Gk6WVeDmLlt2A55pvSnpfqWJzufIbAmBnvj8-BxKJoQTQsynEJ-FRXe9KE0d5O4K17mM43mAFscu9iamnMowvvl_Q-Ff_PEMaW/s1600-h/porchoscar2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNr5ZavnHvOLDIi1UMevaMQQed97G0Nypnovy5Hdzc1Gk6WVeDmLlt2A55pvSnpfqWJzufIbAmBnvj8-BxKJoQTQsynEJ-FRXe9KE0d5O4K17mM43mAFscu9iamnMowvvl_Q-Ff_PEMaW/s320/porchoscar2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230036363066214050" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This handsome devil is his brother Otto. </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">He's making great progress with his fear of thunderstorms and power tools. If only he would tone down the barking. Ah well, we're all a work in progress. He is high strung enough that he occasionally reminds me of my old pal Pig.<br />in the yard:<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihl8dimZ5Jgj_WnfEOzCihoOJ3CsiVw0bj-MQGhRoTcliuneNq8p0EY8okaIy2V5CYKK4mcQBiOvPDbmFJ1HCa_ZPysWlvx45BeLu9ipDK0NT7CH4yQB1HghpzyTMxx-wnzr6Lf1OCvrGp/s1600-h/mypalotto.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihl8dimZ5Jgj_WnfEOzCihoOJ3CsiVw0bj-MQGhRoTcliuneNq8p0EY8okaIy2V5CYKK4mcQBiOvPDbmFJ1HCa_ZPysWlvx45BeLu9ipDK0NT7CH4yQB1HghpzyTMxx-wnzr6Lf1OCvrGp/s320/mypalotto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230034985641121842" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />in water:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQTxkMCSr1q1Ek2Z3DaVOZOnc_Q-BAvx2yYHnxZmsiHvnV6VaI_by0BMFnQlHC4XAspUb117BOv9LYAOjX1ZIR1KK9eJ0qeskC0r2Cbej1sFs8uP84oXbXob0JxS3QeqLUuCgooqJaTTD/s1600-h/actionotto2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkQTxkMCSr1q1Ek2Z3DaVOZOnc_Q-BAvx2yYHnxZmsiHvnV6VaI_by0BMFnQlHC4XAspUb117BOv9LYAOjX1ZIR1KK9eJ0qeskC0r2Cbej1sFs8uP84oXbXob0JxS3QeqLUuCgooqJaTTD/s320/actionotto2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230034986592177922" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />on land:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZF_WhI-bnUwdCR-JIHr-1bTfDLuF-_DBPG53MRJJhb8N4RmhbUpzzuOQZt4IxYAMNM36ocKq_OkyGmoQA_f9fqoQwp8unVO0-ePn4gCuuusBy9fw_7SrH9nOwk0U0ebxZHDHYcxmct-yN/s1600-h/ottorun2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZF_WhI-bnUwdCR-JIHr-1bTfDLuF-_DBPG53MRJJhb8N4RmhbUpzzuOQZt4IxYAMNM36ocKq_OkyGmoQA_f9fqoQwp8unVO0-ePn4gCuuusBy9fw_7SrH9nOwk0U0ebxZHDHYcxmct-yN/s320/ottorun2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230034342111589138" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br />in hammock:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggkgenIGX6-R7dH8vhMp3uPGn5Qtb_R9SiHpaIl4GyrgIxwUWXrspcdJXKzIChi_PwMxFq8Esm8jZ591KAQ0p5qshA0jv4AXeUzX96VSSsZyiihD7sFA32hKE6rCwdVYn287nnvJBkv-Zq/s1600-h/sleepyotto.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggkgenIGX6-R7dH8vhMp3uPGn5Qtb_R9SiHpaIl4GyrgIxwUWXrspcdJXKzIChi_PwMxFq8Esm8jZ591KAQ0p5qshA0jv4AXeUzX96VSSsZyiihD7sFA32hKE6rCwdVYn287nnvJBkv-Zq/s320/sleepyotto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230032723839654914" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br />Otto in the lead:</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigCa_Kn2zOl8lWzzlU9YXsucmV2uFwPRrWqz6ZHm-tGO8Sru8BNt2JYFu9sLH13ss2gF6_rg9bQSca4Y8DUtJ7Rcy5RLpAc_C26P9FpmUZvAeK6hV34IWQt7LCRthUkUE10piVw7Vngtl/s1600-h/ottointhelead.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigCa_Kn2zOl8lWzzlU9YXsucmV2uFwPRrWqz6ZHm-tGO8Sru8BNt2JYFu9sLH13ss2gF6_rg9bQSca4Y8DUtJ7Rcy5RLpAc_C26P9FpmUZvAeK6hV34IWQt7LCRthUkUE10piVw7Vngtl/s320/ottointhelead.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230032073541538914" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Otto (l) and Oscar (r) happy together:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZC1DM9n6cg6pd1dqltnqWhuELBVvKL9_jYQ6wFJFiUiNMTpxJ5vcuPQsyIa2CnsMobOW7W8iMbHy4uBRFre4pbu-KwFNXu-YrB5paftShnlrcPnzHZhul_j9KErn9f-FuemGNbEBH2cWN/s1600-h/gemalos.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZC1DM9n6cg6pd1dqltnqWhuELBVvKL9_jYQ6wFJFiUiNMTpxJ5vcuPQsyIa2CnsMobOW7W8iMbHy4uBRFre4pbu-KwFNXu-YrB5paftShnlrcPnzHZhul_j9KErn9f-FuemGNbEBH2cWN/s320/gemalos.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230031243675560386" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></span>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-40280733231606579352008-06-05T10:42:00.023-05:002008-06-05T16:20:48.983-05:00las tres hermanas<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The three sisters. Alice, Lucy and Ginger. Our secret dogs. They are nervous around company so no one but us gets to know them. They are fun and strange, loyal and fierce. There were 4 but now there are 3. I'll skip the dark spots of the story and focus on the living. Someday, maybe, a post for the dead.<br />They are redheads and came to us long before we were ready. I wouldn't trade them for the world.<br />Alice, Lucy and Ginger...the three sisters.<br /><br /></span></span>Then:</span><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuKC-jYZ32Obu04FL-BZDyz9_BXCEmGtlNvACZUEb1hdzKv94tp0WjI0RfZeqM2YqhjTNvKacn7gx8LYAjyv8oBfzHmtgIOq06QIumyfBIBnCeqcSqYL-0qptkAjXiKR-ddUw4BYOm4OX/s1600-h/3weesisters.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuKC-jYZ32Obu04FL-BZDyz9_BXCEmGtlNvACZUEb1hdzKv94tp0WjI0RfZeqM2YqhjTNvKacn7gx8LYAjyv8oBfzHmtgIOq06QIumyfBIBnCeqcSqYL-0qptkAjXiKR-ddUw4BYOm4OX/s400/3weesisters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208450325886686562" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Now:</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYU5OWa_9gsXLVgWq8dOv1Ma_DUTAU3wLYqHrWQpkWJJO9nYyFayu64sSDbNEK1OmNiC2wNjndvAF1F_DtFvsBnxnnMtnDlFwEynuqwJcmE_nbC6dqc5VwLAqYSk2kDENHwe6LTkoutRRr/s1600-h/3graces2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYU5OWa_9gsXLVgWq8dOv1Ma_DUTAU3wLYqHrWQpkWJJO9nYyFayu64sSDbNEK1OmNiC2wNjndvAF1F_DtFvsBnxnnMtnDlFwEynuqwJcmE_nbC6dqc5VwLAqYSk2kDENHwe6LTkoutRRr/s320/3graces2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208440262778311986" border="0" /></a><br /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alice</span> loves silly voices and puppies. She and Lucy share a brain although Lucy got most of it.<br />wee Alice was no bigger than Henry:<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouLGfHfyB0PQJ_AwnyDh2eI40ihHy4m6GMczZo4RaBNiLKDRej4BUHWE8hincoAjhPrIrMFj-yH7pUOp3RTz7Z7Z3xau17rHLSZbiBWjGpZyq_y9cyPJPy0nEGpw26cCFtgS3HzS82o7b/s1600-h/lilalice.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouLGfHfyB0PQJ_AwnyDh2eI40ihHy4m6GMczZo4RaBNiLKDRej4BUHWE8hincoAjhPrIrMFj-yH7pUOp3RTz7Z7Z3xau17rHLSZbiBWjGpZyq_y9cyPJPy0nEGpw26cCFtgS3HzS82o7b/s320/lilalice.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208435284911215906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">big aunt Alice:</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvug4TvLJnzA-ln9-FxdSZnsj9n9UwpgZ4CXL3l-Sschn7WZVf5LLqvxMoYsl5eYt1TtmI8Wr0wTTOm50m1HQrS6h5e6vh3bnBb15VoxkCp_sIcIezd7QSeMQfBTnsT5Yt_NdLh01xcode/s1600-h/attackalice.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvug4TvLJnzA-ln9-FxdSZnsj9n9UwpgZ4CXL3l-Sschn7WZVf5LLqvxMoYsl5eYt1TtmI8Wr0wTTOm50m1HQrS6h5e6vh3bnBb15VoxkCp_sIcIezd7QSeMQfBTnsT5Yt_NdLh01xcode/s320/attackalice.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208434906954093842" border="0" /></a><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">goofy girl:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_EvFix-7UIkDnxqUzzuaP232qgk7RfhDK2iPwerS7iesUT58z9qNhl2j4Y2rtFPoKjfE96xmrS6tq-mUsL-eZ3EJcVfET4cXzUdrzCRg9EDWKjSxyFaJF5eSskaZiYcbqmbZKOMSVZRv/s1600-h/alicethegoof.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_EvFix-7UIkDnxqUzzuaP232qgk7RfhDK2iPwerS7iesUT58z9qNhl2j4Y2rtFPoKjfE96xmrS6tq-mUsL-eZ3EJcVfET4cXzUdrzCRg9EDWKjSxyFaJF5eSskaZiYcbqmbZKOMSVZRv/s320/alicethegoof.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208434301363705090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Lucy </span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">likes hammocks and getting her way.<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">wee Lucy was angelic:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdsoXZXc9S2dT3_caG-481uZnz5ArnXG_zE4LQ9Sf-AAhRZF_SRztpzuGpyxJjvMZAAco8pcW_kN2EZqmAN0x8WPebDfVSLPqg3G6pi3hz4456FG19KoqJakrCCEglh2f_hgX7ioZINsJf/s1600-h/lillucyface.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdsoXZXc9S2dT3_caG-481uZnz5ArnXG_zE4LQ9Sf-AAhRZF_SRztpzuGpyxJjvMZAAco8pcW_kN2EZqmAN0x8WPebDfVSLPqg3G6pi3hz4456FG19KoqJakrCCEglh2f_hgX7ioZINsJf/s320/lillucyface.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208433493909853426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">big Lucy will cut a bitch:<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgja8v6ipZ8IKh0XFK9bUyT8oGqGjgtQQ9PxOwvVu7YciRpmB-rRsR2BgJXHEe-7Q_K27YHm53-w9Xry2vFp64XVRubEVIIdNR0_QD_wP9rX4BTDhy2WJRje9Zo4MHmR-vF7slcpwOnYcxO/s1600-h/playVII2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgja8v6ipZ8IKh0XFK9bUyT8oGqGjgtQQ9PxOwvVu7YciRpmB-rRsR2BgJXHEe-7Q_K27YHm53-w9Xry2vFp64XVRubEVIIdNR0_QD_wP9rX4BTDhy2WJRje9Zo4MHmR-vF7slcpwOnYcxO/s320/playVII2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208432518952277218" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">resting up for her next caper:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpD5tI-hVeUQDWBKcV86mlQF6GZQreoXK0Uk5BFpAzWmi79XuzwvXyBX3qPcElAQr78bFZMJAyUWusQYoHaNHqL4XT17AzeS5Z5snbSleKvWQf-TvzCiq05KGl_xUcJBmtV-8xycn7jeL/s1600-h/hammockdog2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpD5tI-hVeUQDWBKcV86mlQF6GZQreoXK0Uk5BFpAzWmi79XuzwvXyBX3qPcElAQr78bFZMJAyUWusQYoHaNHqL4XT17AzeS5Z5snbSleKvWQf-TvzCiq05KGl_xUcJBmtV-8xycn7jeL/s320/hammockdog2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208430745130783954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >Ginger </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">likes making strange noises and funny faces. She, like the Yucatan, is bizarre and wonderful.<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Ginger greets the dawn with song:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mHx3kZ2BYA8fLWwypT0FshNe0iI-OMExkHiTKsHBkSa2rz4b_fUvI7D_V-wGCJ6vluEmTtbf4b-uYSIWkcrUCjI9OMfWnw96FlbZgePQNMdW9PnGkqolhPu-Yb3jp5v4JsE7Vzu94BpY/s1600-h/gingermorning.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mHx3kZ2BYA8fLWwypT0FshNe0iI-OMExkHiTKsHBkSa2rz4b_fUvI7D_V-wGCJ6vluEmTtbf4b-uYSIWkcrUCjI9OMfWnw96FlbZgePQNMdW9PnGkqolhPu-Yb3jp5v4JsE7Vzu94BpY/s320/gingermorning.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208427506725442754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;">running:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_6sHp0otZBsmCe8Jczy7k1YH61hSD_33242tVcZXOMazSVqp6BSbZUynuOLRZZTfWLDot5v4ycxxn4Khx4LudjhL32o8oDrTzabk1zxLyP5I_A80_N2hU3cl5hpuqtw0w9QRQAo4THw9/s1600-h/crazylegsginger.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_6sHp0otZBsmCe8Jczy7k1YH61hSD_33242tVcZXOMazSVqp6BSbZUynuOLRZZTfWLDot5v4ycxxn4Khx4LudjhL32o8oDrTzabk1zxLyP5I_A80_N2hU3cl5hpuqtw0w9QRQAo4THw9/s320/crazylegsginger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208426643437016242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">resting:</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhStGgcDB3WqtfTdby3B10lazuD3jXUnoobWxjUGL2wDdiZ8U1pUyRMj0Hy2dSueISf76-OfWlIpSq16ystH0JOGMXu7NAxsySpvKWyfrxBFVCMnxmdFPbpMAOG6Xt0UNGVLop5QFr_ve/s1600-h/intensedirka2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhStGgcDB3WqtfTdby3B10lazuD3jXUnoobWxjUGL2wDdiZ8U1pUyRMj0Hy2dSueISf76-OfWlIpSq16ystH0JOGMXu7NAxsySpvKWyfrxBFVCMnxmdFPbpMAOG6Xt0UNGVLop5QFr_ve/s320/intensedirka2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208425543925388450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">the sisters at dusk:</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-ISElFSCRuybQmusy9LgrJj-3sdPcW1-XoC4UMcyY0NddXxL9fPtnVQsQZ1cKlNQoeT5s-N54ux80sziN9LCE4QHlg32pufeI9nRHx-ghS-uDYjCvOMr1Pfqtv4TwUj30vGBq8wTRRNi/s1600-h/3atdusk.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6-ISElFSCRuybQmusy9LgrJj-3sdPcW1-XoC4UMcyY0NddXxL9fPtnVQsQZ1cKlNQoeT5s-N54ux80sziN9LCE4QHlg32pufeI9nRHx-ghS-uDYjCvOMr1Pfqtv4TwUj30vGBq8wTRRNi/s320/3atdusk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208424835255784578" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">l-r: Lucy, Ginger, Alice<br /><br /></span></span>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4222390219905043157.post-61024463032077102832008-06-03T16:42:00.001-05:002008-08-06T21:00:14.823-05:00the Others<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">A brief pictorial history of the dogs we used to call "the others", George, Gracie and Rochester. They and their offspring comprise half of our little family.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">They lived nearby at an army base and barked at us when we walked by. Gradually we got to know each other. Gracie got pregnant and had her litter Oct 7th. A little less than a month later, the soldiers were ordered to remove the dogs from the base. They were nice enough to let us know so we showed up with laundry baskets and relocated the puppies. Gracie followed along. George followed Gracie. Rochester spent a few weeks lurking outside of the property and barking at all hours. We just couldn't win him over. He started going along on morning runs, shadowing our dogs, always just out of reach. One day he followed them back into the yard. He's been here ever since.</span></span><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnqge7Rc-F-CM3z5JLldtQ3kpncWSj1J02XDh6-Cr78sy1P9d8DbWZL6LsOE45K9fiT2BE8Eu8-XXQ_kdtiKd1Kn0OA_2tdTD22xOt5sD_WUSdkGIMe6xvcTaYx38Se_Ceq2ClzOOIPiCh/s1600-h/breakfast.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnqge7Rc-F-CM3z5JLldtQ3kpncWSj1J02XDh6-Cr78sy1P9d8DbWZL6LsOE45K9fiT2BE8Eu8-XXQ_kdtiKd1Kn0OA_2tdTD22xOt5sD_WUSdkGIMe6xvcTaYx38Se_Ceq2ClzOOIPiCh/s200/breakfast.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207821048753312754" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">George and Gracie.</span><br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXvLrV4NoqaArM6jVfBlIG5Sp2_umGgU06uoCTNRwWqdZlVn67AmsUmNn6bFrOeexHrmNSP9TtlUOohfs411t44GCtVUg5x3WD_ehFDfHvwTeaUS8SDFLgFSHzwjQLEVz-XiaxQD-CT_x/s1600-h/rochester.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXvLrV4NoqaArM6jVfBlIG5Sp2_umGgU06uoCTNRwWqdZlVn67AmsUmNn6bFrOeexHrmNSP9TtlUOohfs411t44GCtVUg5x3WD_ehFDfHvwTeaUS8SDFLgFSHzwjQLEVz-XiaxQD-CT_x/s200/rochester.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207820142515213282" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Rochester, or Chester as he has come to be called, was a very nervous fellow.</span><br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqi1ocrvN8FUYFxFP-YxAXPDQzWz6io6T8mBgzILMu5J5BC-eSf2T4tJdfBBsVNai3Wrp61RRirxS7OHrrTJm2nHi83_3vf2SJgAS3yuRxUnea44wk1ArSerCY06WXb1k8TudEZdaYrpK/s1600-h/mominwaiting.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqi1ocrvN8FUYFxFP-YxAXPDQzWz6io6T8mBgzILMu5J5BC-eSf2T4tJdfBBsVNai3Wrp61RRirxS7OHrrTJm2nHi83_3vf2SJgAS3yuRxUnea44wk1ArSerCY06WXb1k8TudEZdaYrpK/s200/mominwaiting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207819158967702482" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">George and pregnant Gracie, waiting for breakfast.</span><br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJCH9iUCmIrBbU6uK2N6f8CcfLWpcRBWfpeXJG_tEc7xAi34MG176QdXDxYwvcSfAW5m3efhJ-DN05SiEIC3DX8ezD2eLP0b26Z21HWwkItqWZ1dlTkLhv8eLwSn3lEBmQIKjcckrIlxS/s1600-h/Gracieandpups.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJCH9iUCmIrBbU6uK2N6f8CcfLWpcRBWfpeXJG_tEc7xAi34MG176QdXDxYwvcSfAW5m3efhJ-DN05SiEIC3DX8ezD2eLP0b26Z21HWwkItqWZ1dlTkLhv8eLwSn3lEBmQIKjcckrIlxS/s200/Gracieandpups.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207818132470518722" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Gracie and her pups. A friend in need.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEtWNr50qepRCfx0XLa8_LUs75JYPRnBqpE9iFjj41PiM6MWbNwCzyZPuzy5xBX_QGZMqkOmu0L7_Rf2Riw0buFWt0r5XMNIBKtJBR6SshBP5tP3mwWMMOToc6guJ76pfjR2j0tv-_8K8Q/s1600-h/pups.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEtWNr50qepRCfx0XLa8_LUs75JYPRnBqpE9iFjj41PiM6MWbNwCzyZPuzy5xBX_QGZMqkOmu0L7_Rf2Riw0buFWt0r5XMNIBKtJBR6SshBP5tP3mwWMMOToc6guJ76pfjR2j0tv-_8K8Q/s200/pups.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207816990009217970" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Puppy wheel. All eight of the little buggers.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHaqOiiS_q0VQ7vnPTRDcsEgo7PsV2vi7wscJsAF2O-DHtQJlrDhTficgNuKvRRzMef97z7dkamHRUPOdAgPd6Q0wo8zuHNwtCeQedRdAph4AvDTGSw1yHEcQ6IFHT2yS4wyoL4Wa_ifv/s1600-h/pop2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOHaqOiiS_q0VQ7vnPTRDcsEgo7PsV2vi7wscJsAF2O-DHtQJlrDhTficgNuKvRRzMef97z7dkamHRUPOdAgPd6Q0wo8zuHNwtCeQedRdAph4AvDTGSw1yHEcQ6IFHT2yS4wyoL4Wa_ifv/s200/pop2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207815220482692002" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Happy family. Godzilla looks up to her pop.</span><br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulITBRnWGeM5DwIGAgC_2VsFeULuWzQK1fgl_zgTRoH97fcckpKz__PPMwEZOPwB-z1xWv8aRa3WXgE6YtcZDZSFJLoO2s1Jk_YxnFH4dWEscA3GF6S-7uukFhLkiRgy-HBYTxiNdeAq6/s1600-h/Georgezilla2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjulITBRnWGeM5DwIGAgC_2VsFeULuWzQK1fgl_zgTRoH97fcckpKz__PPMwEZOPwB-z1xWv8aRa3WXgE6YtcZDZSFJLoO2s1Jk_YxnFH4dWEscA3GF6S-7uukFhLkiRgy-HBYTxiNdeAq6/s200/Georgezilla2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207805200323990418" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">George and Godzilla. Two of a kind.</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: right;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYMycyoJLuOJp7CLQyZx3Ya_VCUHqtlZgBCiHx00ARJGlxQYllYCMo4ibGVqxuR6cbKsvWykQPiNFDREe-1p7DYrRsFLyoSeXSTmaVlZlQp7HwfV4JE4yFsHPt4TKGTI1TxWxlePmO2s5/s1600-h/chester2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYMycyoJLuOJp7CLQyZx3Ya_VCUHqtlZgBCiHx00ARJGlxQYllYCMo4ibGVqxuR6cbKsvWykQPiNFDREe-1p7DYrRsFLyoSeXSTmaVlZlQp7HwfV4JE4yFsHPt4TKGTI1TxWxlePmO2s5/s200/chester2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207802142307275634" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Chester is enjoying the good life. Doesn't he look pleased?<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9QlzCGknTQMqB7rGXV7RlYonc7YzwRQpgP-ShL43NS7HB791H4rWrBs32hyphenhyphen0ZDCzYaTizT8BvIzARnUfFqHgpp6uzJfps-YFP6nY8udTChMCiqmt3vzcyqCQH-0wmMOT9kZ7SYBjVF0t/s1600-h/gandgplay2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9QlzCGknTQMqB7rGXV7RlYonc7YzwRQpgP-ShL43NS7HB791H4rWrBs32hyphenhyphen0ZDCzYaTizT8BvIzARnUfFqHgpp6uzJfps-YFP6nY8udTChMCiqmt3vzcyqCQH-0wmMOT9kZ7SYBjVF0t/s200/gandgplay2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207798276836709170" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">George and Gracie, happy (and infertile) together.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /></div>ronihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06835372003640535193noreply@blogger.com0