A Gentle Sort of Evening

Tonight I made soup for supper. I like soup ok, it isn’t one of my favorite foods but once in a while it sounds good. I didn’t take any pictures but it had onions and mushrooms (browned in olive oil), carrots, cabbage, bok choy (that needed to be used up), S&P of course, parsley, crushed …
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Something Very Cool Happened Yesterday!

When I got Maisie in May 2018 I had 2 different DNA tests done. One of the companies sends me notes when another dog’s DNA shows a relationship between that dog and Maisie. So far they have found a number of her relatives with scores of 27% shared DNA (a grandparent, half-sibling, or aunt/uncle) or …
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Jan. 15, 2021 Snowfall in Michigan

These are some photos taken in the morning in our area of central lower Michigan. This was a particularly gorgeous snowfall, actually…some of the photos were taken here on our lot, and some on the road when Pete drove to a nearby town. I will have more footage of this beautiful scene when my vlog …
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Amazing Maisie: Intelligent Disobedience? Or Just Intelligence?

I have often wondered how intelligent disobedience is taught. Because I don’t use Maisie away from home yet I haven’t really looked into it much. But today she ignored a command of mine so that she could follow a different, previous command. Here is what went down: During the day my “spot” is at the …
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Laid-back Kinda Monday

Today was one of the last 2 warm days of the season, at 75F and sunny with a light breeze, it was perfect. So I put everything else aside and chose to spend the day out on the patio with Maisie and of course Pete. I did some fall cleanup out there, with Maisie’s help …
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Hard at Work

Today is a work day for Maisie and me. She hasn’t worn her pack in a long time – probably a year – but if I’m going to take her away from home I want her to carry my nitro tabs, chewable aspirin, inhaler, my wallet and phone, etc. We are just beginning work on …
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Saturday Morning Possibilities

I woke up at my usual time today (10:30a +/-) and am enjoying some coffee with the window open and the sun streaming in. It’s supposed to be in the mid-70s today so we (Maisie & I) will be spending much of it outside. I’m hoping that I will be mobile enough to do some …
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The Other Night – Another Maisie Tale

I do believe I still need to post about Maisie’s (known) early days, then when she came to live with me, how I worked with her, etc. – above and beyond what I shared previously but for now I just have another tale to tell :). A couple of evenings ago I had a dilemma, …
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Aug. 26 ~ National Dog Day!

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of dogs…so what better way to celebrate than to post pictures of our own two? Chuy is a rehome, some sort of terrier (JRT?) mix. He was originally an ESA for me, back when I was starting to get used to having dogs to help, and he …
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