I'll pass that on to Pop. I put an extra clover or two in there to cover his protruding tongue for the squeemier Dwellars.

But not that many! If it weren't for clover we would have just dirt.

I will continue to imagine that this deer has stuck its head through a hedge and settled in for a nap. ;)

Went to wal-not today to return 2 items and bitch about being charged for another which I didn't get.
No one was in line and the lady was an old classmate of mine. Smooth.

Carrot has now been meds free for 5 days, hurrah!

Ever since he had that really bad groin strain injury about 7/8 months back he's been on pain meds. Initially quite high doses then bringing the dose down with a view to weaning him off. Every time I got near to the weaning off part of that journey he had another accident or injury and the dose had to go back up (though not as high as the first time) and start the whole process again.

Or, as with recent months, I'd get down to a very low dose and he'd start displaying pain based behaviours and so I'd know I was bringing him off too soon.

That's a long time for a young dog to be on pain meds, even though we're talking quite low doses mostly.

I'm so happy he's now drug free, and crossing my fingers there won't be any more incidents to put him back on them!

Also: at his last hip assessment (a few weeks ago) Rhona the hydro vet was really pleased with his progress. She said she'd be happy to sign him off now if I wanted that, though she'd be happier to see him again towards the end of November just to see how he is as we head into the season of bad weather and therefore less exercise. So, I'm taking him back then.

All in all things are looking up for my little Carrotchops. He is now allowed any length of walk I want to give him, and has off the lead exercise most days (though she said i still need to weight it towards lead walking, and have free runs as an addition to that, since the stepping is better exercise for him than the bunnyhop running he does when free).

Other than being a bit careful about him playing with other dogs unless I know their playstyle or they're too small to take his back end down, he is now living a 'normal' life *smiles*.

Hooray for Carrot! That's great news. :)

>love< for Carrotness! :)

Dani that's splendid news.
Love to the Chops.

Great Carroty news! :D

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Good dog!

Got a call this morning, Benny is a big brother! Most of the litter is called for but if anyone wants a smart, gorgeous, very busy dog, I can give you a phone number. These dogs need work and room to roam so self-select on that.

Thanks guys:) He's a proper happy little chap. And even more so since mum got Nellie. They adore each other. When we're out walking, they'll be side by side and suddenly he'll just turn his head and lick her face in sheer joy.

@ Griff: awwww. What breed pups are they?

Yay Carrot!

Slick and I are very lucky. He's eighteen, and doesn't really need anything, and has always been relatively healthy (knocks wood). The only things that have ever afflicted him were a bout of stones, (that has been taken care of with prescription kitteh food), and two teeth that grew in sideways, and had to be pulled. He came home both times drunk as Foster Brooks, his front and hind feet weren't communicating well, at all.:lol2:

Border Collie/ English Shepherd mix. They are all black and white Benny knockoffs with the same parents.

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Oh my word. I think I'm in love.

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Today's a quiet day, which in itself is good.

Yesterday found a good new restaurant doing Southern cooking and the two of us had a quiet breakfast/lunch alone. I haven't had hush puppies for a while.

Had an absolute pig of a day.
Hoping to make it better though; on hedgehog watch tonight.

Love that puppy Griff! :D

He's much bigger now, but still adorable.

Pete picked apples on the hill today. So I made apple crisp and a pie using Bob's oat flour. It's a most wonderful day for pie.

I love apple crisp! Got any vanilla ice cream to go with it?

Oh, yeah!

At the risk of attracting unwanted gif-tastic attention, I resolved some technical problems with my DIY mirror blind and should have it ready, if not by the first day of bow season then within a week of it.

huh.

I never heard of a mirror blind before, but now it all makes sense.

I was wondering why I saw a bunch of mirror structures in the woods once.

When they work, man, do they work.

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Wow, that is cool.

My happy, Lil' Griff just got her class rank. Number 7 in her class, number 1 in our hearts, and number 13 on the hockey pitch.

Wonderful, Griff. :) Always number 1 in the category that counts, but she's awesome in the other areas too!

Mirror blind ... haven't encountered mirrors in my woods but will look for them when I'm back at Thanksgiving. Bow season will be done by then but Thanksgiving is the bad time when lazy, greedy guys literally jump the gun.

I think I've said this before - I have no problem with hunting to feed oneself or one's family. I have a problem with lazy people firing high-powered rifles in our creekbed 50 ft behind our back windows, as has happened before. I don't want anyone in my family to die from a 'stray' bullet.

I favor bow hunting over gun. It takes more practice, discipline, and skill. I think those who pursue it are more careful and cognizant of issues pertinent to both humans and deer than some of the yahoos that bound into the local backyards on the Monday after (or in the days before) Thanksgiving around our place.

That mirror blind photo is impressive.

OThe view from my room

I have needed a few days off for a while now, so this is where i am. The big boys are looking after the midgets with the help of one of my very wonderful friends, and their father of course.

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This is my view rfn.

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Spoiled brat. I'd give you a hard time if you hadn't earned the rest. http://cellar.org/2012/bwekk.gif

Haha...thanks bruce. The best part of all is being able to photograph my legs without being self consious about them being covered in psoriasis. As u can see, there is hardly any marks at all now. Just a few scars which should fade. :)

Looks like just the thing Ali.

Ali, that's wonderful! Enjoy it. (Like I need to say that to you.)

Ali, much as I wish Eva hadn't "interrupted" our break, I could never have offered anything like this. Or like her of course.

Relax and unwind and treat yourself. It looks simply gorge. And if you can sing Abba at karaoke then you 'll be even more my hero than previously.

yey, Ali! Well-deserved. Enjoy every second of your break.

Pics of Ali's sexy legs.

This.

And feet!

The kids are coming down today. That will be nice. :)

Guy I used to ride with on MS150s just posted that he's put 40K miles on his daily commuter road bike. Dayumn!

Pete might not like you peddling your ass around town. :haha:

Sundae...dancing queen was the very first song i ever sang at karaoke!

My late great friend Veronica loved ABBA. I too have danced around my living room to Waterloo. Good workout. I live next to a 10 storey condo, and one time somebody was watching me boogie on so I opened the curtain and waved. :)

Signed a contract today for a job when I finish residency. And I'm immigrating my father the first weekend of November. :)

My Lab, Vicky, is a time- and routine-tyrant. She gets me up at 5:15 every morning.
She's patient while I'm getting dressed, but starts getting antsy if I'm slow to fix the coffee.
If we're not out the door for the early morning walk by 5:30, she gets almost belligerent.

Anyhow, this morning was one of those really great pre-dawn star displays for PDX.
I'm sorry you (plural) were not with us.
The storms have moved east and the air was crisp and incredibly clear.
Jupiter was absolutely brilliant, and the winter constellations are now overhead in early morning.

It was one of those special times when I really appreciated this dog's O/C behaviors.

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Sounds wonderful!
Wish I could see something like that on the way to work. But then I live in a light-polluted area and leave at 06.00.

Somebody left this perfectly good boom box out on the curb along with a bunch of other failed yard sale junk. It joins two older boom boxes in my shop, but this new one plays CDs and my old tapes. Perfect for a workshop.

Everyone is switching to Pandora and iPod docks, and they are throwing out perfectly good electronics.

My old coach used to say that fencing sick makes you concentrate on form and focus. I got silvers in epee and sabre today following that adage. Now I feel like shit and am happy as a clam.

Congratulations!! :celebrat:
Maybe when you're feeling poorly you try to conserve strength by not doing anything fancy but stick to the tried and true fundamentals.

My uncle, the high school coach, would listen to my father rave about this kid or that kid who really stood out in Jr High, and how lucky my uncle would be to have them coming up.

My uncle would sigh and say he wished they'd transfer or drop out. The stars were a pain in the ass, as were their parents. Because they had a little extra talent they thought fundamentals were for other people, and when they broke the basic rules the rest of the team would slack off. He'd rather have a whole field full of average kids that would work.

Karma. Karma is making me happy today.

Bad things SHOULD happen to bad people, dammit, and today, karma is making me a happy girl. :)

Damn, I wish you'd send Karma this way. She never shows up here when she's needed.

The bad guys are winning in western PA. So where the hell is this Karma person?

Karma is like Tinkerbell... ya gotta believe!

Squeezing my eyes tight shut and believing, believing, ... sorry. It turned out just like my attempts to believe in Santa and the Tooth Fairy.

Karma sits up on the shelf with the rest of them.

I can breath without making all sorts of wheezy, rattling sounds. The drugs really are working! Actually, i noticed when i went to bed last night. It was the first night i could hear just the normal sound of my own breathing in over two weeks.

Also, the big kids are back at school after their two week spring break. It doesnt make me happy really. I miss them. It is very quiet without them though.

Very glad you're turning the corner, Ali. Normal breathing is a precious thing. :)

Yep, thats for sure. I was actually only able to get to sleep by breathing very shallowly so that the sounds werent so loud, and the rattling didnt start me coughing. I lay have passed out through lack of oxygen a couple of times i think. lol

My internet is up again! And - the faint of heart should probably sit down - the Comcast guy showed up early, figured out that the cable in the hall of the apartment building was disconnected :eyebrow:, and was done in about ten minutes. I didn't even get the automated call telling me he was coming until 20 minutes after he'd left. :D

I got too skinny to buy jeans at Walmart.

Get ye to the RFN thread. I wanna see


Oh, and congrats!