A reader sent in this pic of beloved Nina, who recently passed, and I’m hoping a little tribute here will help console the family:
This is something I don’t even want to think about with my brood.
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A reader sent in this pic of beloved Nina, who recently passed, and I’m hoping a little tribute here will help console the family:
This is something I don’t even want to think about with my brood.
This post is in: Dog Blogging, Open Threads
I learn something new every day. Turns out the actual title of this John Singer Sargent painting is “Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose”. I nevertheless dedicate it to our bloghost’s best dogfriends.
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And here is an excellent discovery from commentor Comrade Mary to lighten the mood:
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Took the ladies to the park. Here’s Lily telling on Rosie, who is halfway up the embankment after treeing a squirrel:
A little sniffing around by the creek:
More below the fold.
Plotting my demise, or something:
And finally, Lily trying to get Rosie to play. They’d just run for 40 minutes so Rosie was having none of it:
If you behave, maybe later on I will treat you to a scintillating picture of Tunch licking himself or glaring at me.
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It occurred to me this morning as I was going through my new daily ritual of having two wet noses thrust into my armpits at 6 am that the decision to have a second dog is much easier than the decision to get a dog. The first dog required lots of planning, thoughts about lifestyle changes, the needs of the pet, buying books and soliciting advice on how to be a good owner, etc.
With the second dog, the thought process was basically “If Tunch is going to be safe, I guess I need another leash.”
BTW- 21 years ago this month, I was lucky enough to see this guy play live at the Mid-Hudson Civic Arena in Poughkeepsie, NY:
Still a genius. And his music has not aged at all.
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BTW, I’m not sure what kind of growing season you all are having, but I feel like I am living in a tropical rain forest this year. I have to cut the grass every five days, and instead of the usual once a week to ten days pruning of the tomatoes, I am finding myself having to aggressively prune and re-tie every 2-3 days. And I don’t mean pulling a few little suckers off here and there. I mean having to cut off large limbs that were not there a few days ago. On some plants 30-40% of the bulk every couple of days needs to go. Crazy. Must be the rainy mornings, humid days, and hot nights, but jeebus.
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USA v. Algeria- big game! Also, we are T-2 on the arrival of Boghan, so here is another new picture of the little guy:
This one is going to be cute.
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I seem to have lost my wallet this weekend. The last time I remember seeing it was Saturday morning at Petco, and I can not find the damned thing anywhere. I guess I wanted a new wallet anyway.
One of you all claims to have harvested this:
I almost want to call bullshit (like growing zucchini is a real accomplishment! What is next, pictures of mint and dandelions? j/k), because that picture is too nice. The only thing I appear to be harvesting right now is stray dogs.
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As promised, a picture from home:
They all gathered around Devon, who was dispensing treats. From left to right, Lily, then Huck (Devon’s dog), Roxy (a pocket pit Devon fostered and then placed but is watching for the weekend), Guesly, and then Rosie. Ginny was inside hiding, because she is a little timid around Huck.