Rhodesian Ridgeback
I think it was Sir Walter Scott who said that Scottish Deerhounds were the most perfect creatures of heaven. He was wrong. This was the most perfect creature of heaven. She was of dubious heritage and not a stunning physical specimen but, damn, she had the attitude down! Her talents and antics could easily fill a novella, if not ( Read more... )

Roxey lingers. She has not eaten at all since Wednesday, and she barely ate then. Mapping out the topography of her skull is easier now that the fat pads have disappeared. It is also easier to tell the changes that have been taking place for likely so long, easily hidden beneath the abundance of her fur: the mass beneath her left eye and running ( Read more... )

Today, Roxey held her ground against a charging rooster. Keep in mind, that she has never, ever seen a chicken before in all her (almost) 10 years. I am so proud. LOL Suburbia grows wilder everyday. We are living on the frontier! Of something ( Read more... )

When the alarm went off this morning, I was dreaming that I was the barber to a whale. I didn't even know whales had hair! Go ahead, laugh. You know you want to. Everybody I've told in person has, and I'm not that great a storyteller so the idea itself must be inherently amusing. But, yes, I was snipping away at the whiskers of a cetacean friend, ( Read more... )

Under the circumstances, it's not the happiest thing to be impressed about... but impressed, I am.

I put in my order late Sunday night, got the proof image for review Wednesday afternoon, and expressed my approval of it Thursday (yesterday) morning.

I never ever expected to receive the urn today.


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As y'all know, I had Lady cremated. Because the effort required to pick out a decorative urn was more than I could bear at the time, she was returned to me in a plain aluminum travel urn. I spent several days talking to people in the RR community about choosing urns/memorial boxes, googling, and browsing various sites. There's actually quite a lot ( Read more... )

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Hey, guys. Lady is currently doing very well, and thank you all for your kind comments ( Read more... )

OMG I have 3 days of work this week and that's it. All of June looms before me, simultaneously terrifyingly empty and far too short. ( Help me plan my vacationIn preparation for my not-going-to-work-ness, I went by the pet store Friday afternoon when I was allowed to leave early and loaded up on food. The goal is to not have to make the long drive ( Read more... )

It turned off cold! Cold, I say! 20 degree temperature drop. I want my 80s back!

( Not that the chill stopped me from chasing the critters around the yard with a camera. )