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Our other children
I was cooking on the back porch most of the day, and just as we were getting ready to serve dinner I noticed something up under the eaves: That’s a bicycle hook I put up years ago, when we had parrots . . . I used to hang an outdoor perch from it. Now another […]
When we were loading the car for our Las Vegas trip last Thursday morning, I asked Schatzi if she was ready to go (we’d always planned to bring her along, but hadn’t told her until then). She perked up, ran outside, relieved herself, and jumped into the car. Throughout two all-day drives, throughout four days […]
I don’t often mention it, but we have a cat: Chewie’s about 14 years old. Even when she’s relaxing, she looks like she’s thinking evil thoughts. Schatzi had a big day yesterday: we hashed all afternoon, then had a house full of company in the evening. This is at the party, when she discovered that […]
When my kids grew up and moved off on their own, I had all this love and affection left over. Especially since I never used much of it when the kids were around. So I got a dog, and discovered that once you start lavishing love and affection on a pet, things can quickly get […]
Oh, poor neglected blog! So where have I been? Off with Donna to Northern California, seeing family and friends. That’s my alibi, anyway, and here are some photos to prove it: Dick is an old friend and squadron mate from the 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron in The Netherlands. Donna and I and Dick and Sheila […]
Since I’m blogging about domestic activities this morning, here’s the note I’m leaving for our friends Ed & Gail, who’ll be watching our house and critters while we’re away: I fed Schatzi & Chewie this morning. I left Schatzi’s food on the counter. The little scoop contains the right amount of dry food for her […]
I think I cracked the code on getting shallow depth of field out of my little point & shoot digital camera. Here are two photos of my favorite model, Schatzi: These were both taken with the shutter aperture wide open, focused on Schatzi’s head. Nice effect, and not something you can get with your camera […]
Two Sundays ago, we took Schatzi with us on a rugged hike in the Rincon Mountains east of Tucson. She hashes with us and handles four- and five-mail trails with ease, but there were a lot of big rocks on this trail, rocks two or three times Schatzi’s size . . . to make a […]