Helen on August 14th, 2011

This isn’t the cute picture I tried to take an instant earlier where Mimi had her ears standing upright.  Why not?  Recently, among all her other adorable quirks, Mimi has become camera shy.   I took this photo from a distance and zoomed in on her.  Check out those front paws.  They are paddles!  She is [...]

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Helen on August 12th, 2011

I arrived at work on time this morning, 30 minutes early.  Well, actually, 40 minutes early if you figure I would be at least 10 minutes late normally.  (This was so I could leave 30 minutes early to take a novice agility class with my Aussie.)  But it was hard!  Lucky for me between the [...]

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Helen on August 11th, 2011

I mowed what I call “my lawn” today at lunch time, and tonight my sinuses are hurting.  I guess my allergies to the green stuff are kicking in more and more.  Wow!  No fun.  I am on Zyrtec and steroid nose spray and sometimes I take Advil Cold and Sinus and antibiotics.  Recently, I found [...]

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Helen on August 7th, 2011

I gave baths on Friday.  It’s very hot out these days so I set up the bath tub under the humongous popcorn bush where there is plenty of shade and at least a 10 degree difference in temperature. Before we started, Luigi got an extra paw soaking because they were very smelly! Finished!    Ooops…forgot [...]

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Helen on August 4th, 2011

It’s late.  The wee hours of the morning surround me.  I can’t sleep because FPL has four honking trucks with strobe lights flashing along my street.  The main problem seems to be at the house across the street from me.  For once, I have electricity when they don’t.  When I peek out from the vertical [...]

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Helen on August 4th, 2011

A pair of Cookie Monsters. “Mine!”

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Helen on August 3rd, 2011

She’s looking for a lizard. She’s found a few here. It’s her favorite hunting spot. She’s watching a lizard. She finds them here quite often. But never catches them. This fellow is not into reptiles. He hunts pinecones. Apparently he found one.

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Helen on August 2nd, 2011

Raven.  She’s one of a kind. Here she is on top of my storage bin outside. I’m surprised it didn’t collapse. I took her in the back yard to practice last weekend. She was in one of her manic moods. She wouldn’t slow down enough to hear. So I turned and walked away from her. [...]

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Helen on August 1st, 2011

Last night, it’s 1:30 am.  I am doing what I usually do at that time, sleeping.   So suddenly, a thump and someone land’s on the bed and I hear this “I’m gonna puke” noise.  My dog decided to jump on MY bed to puke.  But I grab her collar and start pulling her off [...]

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Helen on July 31st, 2011

Last week I pulled out some clay and other accessories. I made paw print art. On the back, I dated and wrote the name of the dog the paw print belongs to. It’s nice to have these.

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