Vets and vet techs who know the dramatics of huskies have always recognized Juno's unusually calm behavior whenever they examine her. If you poke her in a sore spot, she'll simply whimper and kiss your hand. Though she is stoic like the breed is known to be, she's not very vocal like huskies. This dog once ran around with a nail straight through her paw with nary a sign of discomfort, just a big smile on her face, while you and I would be screaming in agony. But the minute she's stoned, the real husky comes out with relentless whining! "Woe is me!" (more…)

Yesterday:

“Sigh. Life is hard. Especially when my body guard is in the shop getting his smile brightened. I have nobody to protect my jodhpurs and gum drop nose. If woo could only recognize how hard this is for me, it would be so much easier for woo, Momma.” (more…)

Spring is the best time in our mountain garden. The cruel hot summers can be a challenge to gardening so we generally choose heat-tolerant plants that will bloom in heat. Catmint is generally a hardy plant for heat but when it comes to gardening and me, Murphy's Law always applies. If it's hardy, it's going to give me a hard time. And boy has Catmint given us a doozy of a time. Everyone else with Catmint? No problem. Their shrubs look fantastic. Ours always struggle. (more…)

Once upon a thyme, there was a legend in his own thyme.  (more…)

Who let the dogs out?  (more…)

Yup. We've been in this rodeo before. Over ten years now. It never gets old.

Of course, the clown (unidentified, but we'll call him MWD) rewarding the criminal with cookies (seen in his hand) may have something to do with crime rates at Wild Dingo. I'm no sociological statistician--just the ringmaster at this circus.  I call this sideshow, "Cookies for Criminals."

 It's not what you think.

Hello Gorgeous! Her white lashes don't just make an entrance. They own the room! (more…)

I don't know how she did it but for over 10 years Juicy has kept some of her super powers completely hidden right under our noses: (more…)

If you were to take a peek into my teenage diary, you would find about 360 pages of "Dear diary, Nothing new happened today." The other 5 pages might read what I got for Christmas or a grade on a test and talk about how wildly unfair the teacher was.  Sadly, my teenage writer's block was profoundly more prolific than my adult writer's block. At least it had four words. Six if you count "dear diary." (more…)

Hey faithful friends and readers! We're not dead. We've just avoided blogging for a while. We have many stories to share including a travel story or two that happened over the late fall, but we'll put that on hold to wish you all a very Happy New Year.

The pups had a pretty nice holiday. Even though one pup was a bit naughty. Can you guess which one it was? (more…)