Genius
moodypdx is genius! Wow, this was good. I did ginger, cardamom, cinnamon and vanilla in the whipped cream.
I went to the Olympia farmer's market today to try out the strawberries and fresh whipped cream post. Yum. I love the Olympia farmer's market. It's only open for a short season and it's small by all standards, but the produce is terrific: http://www.olympiafarmersmarket.com. There are only two fruit stands and the Johnson berry stand, a handful of vegetable stands, two bakeries and two meat vendors. The two fruit stand vendors agree on a price and sell their products at the same price, so the only reason to visit one stand and not the other is if one stand has run out of something. The food vendors are also terrific, my favorite place is Soba. The little Japanese lady that runs the place makes a mean spring roll, she puts something addicting in her peanut dipping sauce and refuses to tell me the secret to how her spring rolls never fall apart.
Merlin has completed his first week of "training." not so much training as me figuring out how I'm going to teach him different obstacles. A few observations:
1. Silvia's method is not going to work for his A frame, going to use either Daisy's or Rachel's. He needs very concrete criteria and is not going to be able to figure out that the rear foot drop is what is getting his toy delivered.
2. I will not be able to overcome the discrepancy in value between toys and food, no sense in even trying, will use the discrepancy to my advantage.
3. Going to jump with tucked rear legs. Not my favorite jumping style but the merle side of the family jumps this way and so I'm not surprised.
4. Weaving footwork and weaving entries/exits will need to be trained separately, same way I had to train Gus.
5. The teeter is not going to be a problem.
6. We need to do a lot more forward focus work, he's sticky and very much the anti-Kona which is both good and bad.
7. We'll need 6-8 months, guessing next spring for a debut when Kona comes off of her winter break.
I went to the Olympia farmer's market today to try out the strawberries and fresh whipped cream post. Yum. I love the Olympia farmer's market. It's only open for a short season and it's small by all standards, but the produce is terrific: http://www.olympiafarmersmarket.com. There are only two fruit stands and the Johnson berry stand, a handful of vegetable stands, two bakeries and two meat vendors. The two fruit stand vendors agree on a price and sell their products at the same price, so the only reason to visit one stand and not the other is if one stand has run out of something. The food vendors are also terrific, my favorite place is Soba. The little Japanese lady that runs the place makes a mean spring roll, she puts something addicting in her peanut dipping sauce and refuses to tell me the secret to how her spring rolls never fall apart.
Merlin has completed his first week of "training." not so much training as me figuring out how I'm going to teach him different obstacles. A few observations:
1. Silvia's method is not going to work for his A frame, going to use either Daisy's or Rachel's. He needs very concrete criteria and is not going to be able to figure out that the rear foot drop is what is getting his toy delivered.
2. I will not be able to overcome the discrepancy in value between toys and food, no sense in even trying, will use the discrepancy to my advantage.
3. Going to jump with tucked rear legs. Not my favorite jumping style but the merle side of the family jumps this way and so I'm not surprised.
4. Weaving footwork and weaving entries/exits will need to be trained separately, same way I had to train Gus.
5. The teeter is not going to be a problem.
6. We need to do a lot more forward focus work, he's sticky and very much the anti-Kona which is both good and bad.
7. We'll need 6-8 months, guessing next spring for a debut when Kona comes off of her winter break.