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a walk in the drizzle is a worthy endeavor–soothing the eyes with its sounds and ears with its sights and my uprightness with its unbalanced textures all embedded in the kicked up scents.0

not sure it’s legal, but they seem to like an occasional throttling by the neck while on a ladder.0

the Dopt attempts to help me drag the sweet gum to the debris reducing pile as I thin the baby portion of my microforest to let the sun in and make it walkable. quite entertaining except when she mistakes my... Read More0

hmmm then I remember I grew up on coast guard stories well plus carcasses like this. nope wild water is not for me.0

will see what color bursts out next week.0

so much for either of us having any proper training in table etiquette. no fault of the parental units. I am actually training Dopt to not bug me while I eat. note, banana as well as drizzles of honey and... Read More0

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I've given her a pretty high rating because her suck up factor is so well adapted at catering to my ego. well done Dopty. she lost a fraction, well, for a streak of stubbornness. she's distracted now. I will lay... Read More0

she usually joins, pulling with me to my debris reducer pile, but in no time at all she must wrestle and subdue the bug infested wooden beast for me. at these moments, it counters my intent but is too entertaining... Read More0

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just a little lumbering puppy smittenness in spite of her nibbling on my steel tip boots and chewing loaded diet coke cans. not many more pics she is such a deep black she is hard to actually get a good... Read More0

it’s about my sheer amazement at where I find myself embedded with its constant evolution of color and light. not a lick of it involved a human landscape designer. it is the evolution of colors, scents, sounds, touch and textures... Read More0

my wonderful neighbor is slowly taking out all her oaks because…well…they have no economic value except shade. eeeek I consider beauty of great value. she kills them by removing bark ring around base (remember freshman biology and that the xylem... Read More0

naturally in her (Dopt the dog) helpfulness, she is sitting directly on the palette rubber pile where I am trying to stack more rolls. well it is a shady spot cushioned with rubber padding vs tree fodder. smart dog.0

the overlapping voices calling, the myriad of scents, the chill of the green blades and heat of the sun’s direct kiss. the puppy playdate with Michael, Rosie and Maybe has come and gone. i tilt sunward and can hear the... Read More0

GOOD DOG! but then proceeds to try an eat it! apparently dirt and fiber glass resin are new food groups. hmmmm. less than good!0

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snuggling. check. food. check. walk. check. lounging in morning sun. check. the shear joy of shreading cardboard. check. happy pup. check. such a deep black and wiggly all over, I am guessing she’s almost a year old but that’s me... Read More0

no collar, but clean, well fed, tries not to jump (trained), lots of end stage puppy in her. I won't feed her for a couple of days just in case her home is near enough for her to find way... Read More0

of course I still imagine them in 7th grade or so :) gosh I think that was a full decade ago (OMGosh…two decades ago)! prior to them being lawyers and such. though they’ve always sung. Lainey Balagia (middle) and Libby... Read More0