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Lots of lightning and thunder last night. That makes SiSi nervous, so I did some paw holding until things quieted down. According to her pap...

If you have a pet, go hug him or her or both. If you don’t have a pet, see if you can borrow one. Today is National Pet Day , so we start wi...

 This month is SiSi’s birthday with us. She’s been living in her “forever” home for nine years this month. I have a Labrador retriever cross...

 If we get thunderstorms tomorrow, the day may prove to be more interesting than we’d prefer. Harry the beagle, the Better Half’s most recen...

It doesn't seem as though it's been eight years since SiSi came to live with us in what we hope is her forever home. Last week of Ap...

September's full moon occurred this morning at 12:22 am locally, when I was sound asleep. We are now in the waxing gibbous phase of the ...

This morning, as I refilled both nectar feeders, I wondered if today will be the last time they'll be filled this year. Based on last ye...

Have you ever seen a snapping turtle the size of a quarter? I did this morning while walking my dog SiSi. At least I'm pretty sure it...

Moonrise tonight at 7:25 pm. Officially full moon at 9:35 pm. Last night's almost full moon set about 7-ish this morning. SiSi and I mis...

Late yesterday, as dusk was turning to dark, my dog, SiSi, let me know she needed to go out. We headed downstairs and to the patio walkout d...

Dog-walking time this morning was about 5:15 am. SiSi and I headed down the driveway and then South along the township road.There was almost...

Much of the following was originally posted a year ago, when we first became aware of #NationalRescueDogDay. Around our house, every day is ...

We think all the presents, except those being brought by Santa, are wrapped and delivered. Instead of what had been a Christmas Eve traditio...

Sometimes we don't realize how much we can miss something until it's back. Since our posting yesterday, that's happened to us tw...

One of the things we really hate about late Summer and early Autumn is that's sandbur time. sandburs on the plant (shown upside dow...