To say that it's a challenge to have a relatively small house filled with spoiled sled dogs during Christmas is an understatement! 😄 Granted, there's always someone who wants to "help"... We can't let them all in at once this time of year, that would be asking for disaster. And we've done a pretty good …
Now that fall is officially here it means I can stop worrying about the veggies and the flowers and start focusing on more important things, like getting myself in shape for the upcoming winter. I don't know how I managed it, but I gained almost 25 extra pounds over the summer despite being pretty active …
Draco has discovered the bird feeders out front these last few days and has taken to watching them as well as the little pond where they like to take baths, which is quite amusing. None of the other dogs seem nearly as interested as he is; they're too busy playing with their toys and bugging …
"The doves will try to kill the baby robins," the neighbor warned us when we told her about the nest. She was right. For the last few days there have been countless battles waged against the window above the robin's nest in the flowerbox. Every couple of hours it seems, I hear squawking and the …
We recently drove out to our local bird watching spot hoping there were some spring goslings to photograph but there were none to be seen (yet). It looked like they were building nests on the island, but we weren't able to really tell. Still, we did get some good shots and plan to go back …
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