It's been raining steadily for several days now. The leak in the ceiling is spreading and I have several buckets out now. I became alarm...

Some days are a total loss. When I woke up this morning, I discovered that the roof was leaking again. This was a new wrinkle because typica...

It was cold and rainy today. We got up early and managed to get Dash walked before the rain started, but I spent the rest of the day inside....

Every time I see one of these big state funerals I wonder about all the people who will never be remembered at all. So many good people are ...

Brrr. It was really cold this morning. I couldn't clean off a poop stained dog blanket right away because the garden hose was frozen. Da...

We went to a Christmas party this evening. It's exceedingly rare for me to go to any sort of party these days, especially a semi-formal ...

Santa Paws is over for another year. We were really busy today. There were lots of walk ins that threw us off schedule for a while, but ever...

One down, one to go. Today's photo shoot went well. All the dogs were friendly. The owners were happy with their pictures. And nobody pe...

I think we're ready to go. I've finished testing the photo equipment and it all works. I located the battery I need. Everything is p...

I feel like I washed everything in the bedroom today. Dash pooped everywhere last night and made a huge mess. He's totally unpredictable...

Dash got a good report card today. Nobody said he was healthy, but he was very well behaved. I think the vet was as surprised as we were. Co...

It must have gotten below freezing last night because there was frost everywhere on our morning walk. It's hard enough to keep Dash upri...

I did a lot of laundry today and watched the Mars landing on NASA TV. That was about it. Of course there was poop to clean up, a walk in the...

I was right about the leaves. It was very windy last night and a whole new batch of leaves have fallen. Oh, well. I kind of hope that the wi...

I was in a pretty good mood today until I went on the roof. What a mess. I haven't been up on the roof for over a month. It was covered ...

It was unusually warm today. I didn't need my Winter coat on our morning walk and I didn't need a coat at all later in the day. Is t...

Even when the world is sliding toward the abyss there is always plenty to be thankful for. Dash is still with us and still appears to be enj...