May 2009
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The Dog Days begin…
Buy Original Acrylic painting Temps hit 80 and above here in Vermont today. Dogs wandering around with tongues hanging out. Sacked on cool wooden floors. We went into town and I had to blast the air conditioning. Apple trees are blooming everywhere. Lilacs just about to fully blossom for their traditional Memorial Day showing. When I [...]
The meaning of pets?
Buy original acrylic It’s impossible to describe in words the reasons our pets mean what they mean to us. Millions, maybe billions of songs and books are written about our relationships with people in our lives and we spend a great deal of time talking about that, analyzing it, speculating, wondering. But, there’s something fundamentally different [...]
BASIL — A Loving Tribute
Basil Lincks died on Saturday night. She was 13 years old, a Flat Coat Retriever, and she was a very very special dog. The world is a sadder place without Basil in it. Many people and dogs will miss her a lot. We met Basil about 7 years ago. She lived with our friends and neighbors, [...]
JAZZ CONTEMPLATES THE PARTICULAR DIFFICULTIES OF HER LIFE , WHILE WAITING PATIENTLY FOR SOUP.
Trouble in New Dog City
Buy small print This morning, when Max got back to New Dog City – from his vacation – he was pleased to see that the swine who’d camped out in the Fireplug Club had not only left the premises neat and tidy, they’d left him a terrific Moose bone and a thank you note. He was about to get on [...]
spring dogs
Leaves are just out on the trees here in VT. Black Fly season has officially started, the Hermit, Wood, and Veery Thrushes, Warblers, and Winter Wren – our summer birds – are back from winter in warmer climates. Wild ramps are ready for harvesting, weeds are sprouting. Chives! The first crop. Cleaning up and tilling the gardens, cleaning up [...]
May 4th Pix of Radar the Mutt
I’ve been at this blog for almost two months now, and have yet to discover how to find an audience. I know I have my loyal audience of 6 subscribers, and I urge them to send this link on to their address book people. But I admit that it’s odd writing a blog when it [...]
Hot time in the ole town
Buy Limited Edition Print It’s another Saturday night in New Dog City. A lot to report about last week’s party at the Fireplug Club. Talk about news! Bobcat Wilson’s article last Sunday morning in the Canine Chronicle not only made the front page, it Was the front page story. Here’s what happened….I mean as much as [...]
