Sunday, March 7th, 2010
Dogs Love Snow
This is a photo from Frick Park in Pittsburgh a few weeks ago when we got more than 20 inches of snow. Check out the bent and broken trees in the background. Lola, Onyx, and Vader
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Tasmanian Tiger Spotted in Pittsburgh!
Long thought to be extinct, and to live only in its natural habitat of Southern Australia and the island of Tasmania, a fine specimen of Tasmanian Tiger (aka Thylacine) was spotted and photographed in Pittsburgh! Amazingly it was also in my front yard… during our pumpkin carving party… and it’s wearing a collar… and looks [...]
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
I Guess That Wasn’t It
Three days after the giant fur wad, I brushed this pile out of my dog. I could’ve gotten more too if he hadn’t been so interested in those stupid squirrels. Also in the picture is the rake that I use to brush him.
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Vader is Finally Losing His Winter Coat
This is from just one brushing. No trick photography or fur-fluffing here either. That wad of fur really is bigger than his head. I am astonished at how much fur came out of my dog in the course of an hour. Normally he takes several days to lose his coat, but this seems to be [...]
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
Big Day With Nature at the Dog Park
Today Vader and I flushed out a turkey and a snake at the dog park. Vader saw the turkey, but not the snake. I’m still curious how he’s going to react to seeing a snake. Then, a little later, when Vader came out of the brush I was looking him over for ticks, and I [...]
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Almost Got Hit By Lightning… In My Bedroom
Maybe living on top of a hill isn’t so great after all. Lenore, Vader and I were in the bedroom as a thunderstorm was rolling in last night. Lenore and I were in the bedroom getting ready to go to bed, and Vader was in there because he was freaking out that the thunderstorm was going [...]
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007
Hanging Out in Leonia New Jersey
I’m spending a long weekend with my cousin and family in Leonia NJ. Today we went to the bakery, and were met at the door by the largest pile of butter I have ever seen. It was awesome. Worth Their Weight in Butter: My Cousin Scott and his daughter Frances at Balthazar Bakery in Englewood [...]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
One Step Forward and Two Steps Back
Today Vader and I decided to go for a real drive in the Model A. The initial plan was that I was going to go pick up our friends Steve and Penny, we would all go for a drive together, and that way if the car died, they could help me push it back. It [...]
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Thursday, June 7th, 2007
First Successful Drive in the Model A Ford
Yesterday my pal Devin came over and we spent almost the whole day working on my family’s Model A. The basic plan was that he was going to come up from Bedford to show me how to work on the brakes, and help me check them out to see if they were in good shape. [...]
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Sunday, April 29th, 2007
The Birds, They Are a-Migrating
On Friday Vader and I went to the IMA future sculpture garden for a nice little walk, and there were birds everywhere! The wildlife at the IMA is always pretty good, but there were just SO many birds this time. I am guessing that they must be migrating. I saw the usual Canada Geese, grackels, [...]
