Since the weather has gotten warmer, Albert has given up his spot by the wood stove in the living room in favor of the “fortress of solitude” (i.e. the bathroom).
Here he is, esconced in the corner behind the loo.
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Since the weather has gotten warmer, Albert has given up his spot by the wood stove in the living room in favor of the “fortress of solitude” (i.e. the bathroom).
Here he is, esconced in the corner behind the loo.
Luna has, once again, thwarted our efforts to breed her by coming into heat early. Last night the only way I could get her to calm down was to lie on the floor with her from 1:00am till 6:30am (so that at least the rest of the household could get some sleep).
Of course, her response to being up half-the-night was to sleep most of the day. I was not so fortunate.
Tonight she’ll get a tranquilizer (and I’ll finish-off the open bottle of champagne).
I was walking Luna along the Derwent River (the major river in Tasmania and the one on which Hobart is located) on Tuesday, and caught sight of this school swimming in a rivulet that joins the Derwent. They averaged about a foot long.
that fish just cannot compete with Albert and Luna. The cute overload factor is in the minus territory.
(I’ll bet that if you ever get those Pyr puppies, they will be in the cute overload stratosphere.)
I just thought I’d give the fisher-folk a thrill. I had a girlfriend many years ago who was an avid fisher, and anytime we were somewhere near the water, or even at an Aquarium, she would always say she wished she had her rod and reel. It was a bit off-putting the one time we went to the Steinhart Aquarium in Goldengate Park.
I’m not much of a fisher but I like to spit in the water and watch them swarm.
I like aquariums, especially the Shedd in Chicago (but that may be because it’s both my first and the one I’ve been to the most times).
Monterey Bay Aquarium, with it’s huge kelp forrest and sea otters, has got to be the best I’ve ever seen. Albuquerue has a very fine aquarium and Perth in West Australia has an very good one as well.
Imogen says “hi,” and thanks for hanging in there with the speakers.
I think I do have a suggestion. I’ll email her.
My first Pyrenean, Ursula, at six-weeks-old.
Awww…look at that face!
and become pure white like luna?
Only one in ten Pyreneans are pure white, and those mostly come from show dog lines. Breeding for pure white dogs has caused eye problems and pale noses and lips, so even though the show crowd thinks they are better looking, they have to be careful (i.e. not breed a pure white to another pure white) about diluting the pigment genes too much.
All of my Pyrs have had markings, but yes you are right, they fade dramatically by they time they are a year old. Luna has wolf-grey ears, and a dull spot on the top of her head. Additionally, she has a large patch on her lower back, which is only really visable under the white guard hairs when she is damp. Pyrs actually have “pinto” skin; even inside her mouth she has both pink and grey/black patches (and black spots on her tongue) and the color of the skin has nothing to do with the color of the hair growing out of it.
They’ve never seen, let alone tree’d one of these before. Even Hopeful was excited (of course, he wasn’t the one who did the actually treeing).
Disclaimer: No cats were harmed in the making of this picture.
I can feel the excitement from here (poor kitty). Was there baying?
Three-part harmony.
From the same walk as the fish, I got this photo of a Little Pied Cormorant sitting on a old boat tie-up near the western shore of the Derwent.
Both Albert and Luna are slackers after my own heart. 🙂
I keep meaning to get a picture of Inti (our young male alpaca) eating while lying down. I’m sure it would make you and ManE proud.
Carry on without me.
Night keres.
This is Scout, my friend’s Dalmation who she got at PetSmart. He passed away last night after a long battle with a central nervous system illness. He was a sweet, gentle soul who loved to ‘get the fish’ (pic) and never met a kitty he didn’t adore. He will be missed. So long, Scout.
When I lived in Albuquerque I worked occassionally with a group that held PetSmart adoptions (for those of you that don’t know, PetSmart doesn’t sell dogs or cats but makes it’s facilities available to animal adoption groups). So, kuddos to PetSmart.
Give your friend my heartfelt sympathies of the passing of her friend Scout.
Could you please tell me the symptoms? I have an aussie with some jerking that the vet said might be nervous system.
Sorry for your loss.
This past winter we lost both of our house dogs within weeks of each other — one to a brain tumor, the other to kidney failure. I still miss both of them terribly, and for a long time couldn’t imagine opening myself up again to that kind of pain.
But now Jake (aka Stumpy Joe) has come into our lives. We met him on Saturday at the local Humane Society, but weren’t sure if we were ready…
Sunday morning we were there when the shelter opened, and now seven year old, three-legged Jake is part of the family. Right now he’s shy and afraid of sudden noises and doors, so it’ll be interesting to watch him work through those fears. Given his intelligence and good nature, we’re looking forward to seeing what he’ll become.
What a face!
I’ve had equal numbers of pure-breds and rescues and I’ve loved what both have brought to my life.
Jake looks like a real character. He reminds me of another three-legged rescue I knew, named Tripod.
He’s becoming more of a character every day 🙂
And he’s not a morning dog! He’s still in bed, snoring, an hour after everyone else is up and moving around.
We’re happy about that.
Jake looks like a real doll. If he’s not purebred Westie (West Highland White Terrier) he sure has a lot of Westie blood in him. I have two cairn terriers which is the same dog in all respects except color. Westies have to be white. Cairns have to be anything BUT white.
Patience and time, time and patience and lots of love is the key for a rescue. Happy tail wags and slobbery kisses to you.
Thanks for the connection between westies and cairns! I had no idea they were so closely related. I’ve heard stubbornness is a key trait for both 🙂
We knew there was a lot of terrier in him — if not all — and have a lot of experience with their intelligence and independence.
The picture’s color is off a bit — he’s actually a light apricot, and not much undercoat.