"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Home Improvements, Photo entries, Ruby the Dog on Jan 2nd, 2012
What you see before you is my “new” stove, a 1950s-era Magic Chef gas range and oven which pretty much outclasses everything else currently residing in my kitchen. Never mind you that the new stove is currently residing on the back porch. It’s in good company. It’s got a disconnected Swedish woodstove and a mysteriously [...]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, biking, Distractions, Other Bike Stuff, Ruby the Dog, Sewing, Super-Short Entries, Well I'll Be Darned on Nov 5th, 2011
Juniper Berry sachet, a photo by Meetzorp on Flickr. While running the dog, I found a bunch of windfall juniper berries today, so I completely filled my jacket pockets and made several juniper-berry sachets. I put this one in my lingerie drawer, ’cause delicates that smell of G&T are never the wrong answer.
Posted in Beastlies, Cats, Ruby the Dog, Super-Short Entries on Oct 29th, 2011
Ruby continues to hold steady at just under 50lb, therefore she continues to qualify for the cheaper heartworm preventative. Rejoicing commences. Griswald behaves himself in the car – minor bitching only, no yowls of evisceration. Moreover, he completely fails to piss himself. Earns reward of catnip upon return home. Minnie, on the other hand, manages [...]
Posted in Adventures, biking, Food & Snacks, Garden, Ruby the Dog on May 30th, 2011
I went on a dual-purpose ride today. First objective was to give the dog a run: Second objective was to scavenge up as many ripe mulberries as I could: I made an scouting trip yesterday with the dog, and just snacked on mulberries as I find them, but made plans to come back again…with tupperware! [...]
Posted in Cats, Photo entries, Ruby the Dog on Mar 17th, 2011
I don’t remember now if I had mentioned it, but at the end of last summer, Griswald developed an “overgrooming” habit which left all four of his legs and his stomach all patchy, as he’d literally licked all of the fur off. I took him to the vet, and after $250 worth of science, we [...]
Posted in Photo entries, Ruby the Dog on Aug 6th, 2010
Stage 1. You are petting the dog and notice that she’s getting a bit whiffy. Comment to anyone in the room (or to an empty room, whichever) that the dog’s getting a bit whiffy and that you’re probably going to give her a bath on your next day off. Nonchalant. Stage 2. Day off arrives, [...]
Posted in bike commuting, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Ruby the Dog, Work/career (vague as to avoid doocing), You have got to be kidding me! on Apr 16th, 2010
Man, oh man, yesterday I had two flats at once and it was a pain in the ass. I picked up some goat-head thorns during one of Ruby’s and my excursions into the West Bottoms. The dog likes to run, and I don’t, so what we do to compromise is I leash her up and [...]
Posted in Cats, Distractions, Playing With Weather, Ruby the Dog, Utter Silliness, videos on Apr 13th, 2010
I let Minnie outside for a little while today. Griswald is banned from the Great Outdoors because he always gets “the call of the wild” and tries to break for broader and greener pastures. Then I have to chase all over the neighborhood trying to recapture him. Also, he is very, very, very stupid and [...]
Posted in Adventures, Costumes and disguises, Distractions, Family, Party, Photo entries, Ruby the Dog on Nov 6th, 2009
I said something recently about writing more frequently…and once again I did a lot of fun stuff, didn’t write about it, built up a backlog of postable material, got overwhelmed, and will be babbling forth a disjointed and photo-heavy entry…AGAIN. So. We went to Nebraska this past weekend-ish. We left town Halloween night, did a [...]
Posted in Photo entries, Ruby the Dog, Super-Short Entries on Sep 20th, 2009
This picture of Ruby and Bagheera continues to amuse me. B-dawg has gotten so HUGE. He’s got to be around 110lb at this point and his back is level with my hip. He’s still got that silly, merry puppy personality. Ruby’s always beside herself with doggish glee when I borrow Bagheera for a playdate. 8-31-09 [...]
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