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Winter Solstice arrived at 3:20 am Saturday, local time. The dogs and I were there to greet the arrival of the season as we walked down the ...

Despite summer-like temperatures and humidity, Canada geese and sandhill cranes are beginning to flock up. Daylight is shortening. Bowhuntin...

In several ways, this has been literally a shitty week My dog SiSi has had diarrhea for the past few days and, since we’re getting the septi...

The Better Half wanted to show me a turtle she noticed in the driveway yesterday. By the time she got the dogs back into the house and her s...

Have you visited your local independent bookstore today? We have, to help celebrate Independent Bookstore Day . The Better Half picked up a ...

I know. It seems as though I keep going on about the weather, but let me provide a clear context. Winter season is officially over. It is no...

I hope everyone, or at least the good folks, had a Happy St. Patrick’s Day and enjoys the first day of Spring tomorrow (local time) or Wedne...

While running errands this morning, we saw a sun dog. That means it was very cold and the sun was shining. Sun dogs need cold. Our dogs say ...

Today I’m reporting on two events that are, unfortunately from my perspective, unrelated. A couple of mornings ago, wile taking our dogs for...

In honor of National Dog Day (today), we are pleased to bring you greetings from two of the dogs who are currently in the process of rescui...

Today’s posting is brought to you by SiSi and Harry, our two rescue dogs. SiSi’s continuing existence is somewhat miraculous, in light of ho...

We need the rain, but thunder and lightning at about 2 am made SiSi, my dog, anxious, so she decided to awaken me to provide reassurance. Na...

Using a “best guesstimate” approach and the data from the CoCoRaHS web site , we got about .2 inches (two tenths of an inch) of rain late ye...

Today’s “big news” is that we finally confirmed the new arrival at the feeder this week is a house finch . Previously we’ve been visited by ...

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...

Melting snow, still frozen ground, other than the top inch or two, brings puddles and mud to the driveway where it intersects the road. I’m ...

Our neighborhood barred owl has returned and is perched on the same branch as it was a few days back. Looks like nap time now, or something ...