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Some Days You Just Have to Play

Posted in Dogs, tagged , , on November 15, 2012| 1 Comment »

My morning routine involves getting a cup of coffee and heading to the computer to write my daily post for this blog.  Since Mamie arrived it has been harder and harder to do quickly because her morning routine involves playing with a squeaky toy.  And she is very persistent.  She will place the toy at your feet and look up with those eyes.  And if you don’t keep picking it up and throwing it for her she will politely place it in your lap.  I guess that’s the terrier in her.  Did I mention she’s very persistent???!!!

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Remembering Truman

Posted in Dogs, tagged on November 8, 2012| 1 Comment »

Today would have been Truman’s 13th  birthday.  This is how he looked at 6 weeks old.  Adorable, huh?!

And this is Tru at about 6 months. 

Truman was ALL Basset Hound – stubborn but smart.  Most people think Bassets are dumb.  Not true.  They are smart but they just do things on their own terms and Truman was the King at this!

He loved to lay on top of the sofa back for his naps so that he could keep an eye on what was happening in the front yard.

 

He loved little kids.  And they loved him.  Anywhere I took him people wanted to pet him, especially kids.  They are just drawn to basset for some reason.  Probably their funny looks and ears and maybe because they are close to the ground.

 

Truman was a real character and a very handsome boy.  We sure miss him.  Happy Birthday Truman!

 

 

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Mamie Goes to Art Class

Posted in Art Class, Dogs on November 7, 2012| Leave a Comment »

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Mamie enjoyed her afternoon at The Southerlands yesterday and the ladies enjoyed her. And she was a good girl waiting in a chair while we painted.

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Weathering the Storm

Posted in Dogs, tagged , , , on October 30, 2012| 2 Comments »

Jed and Lincoln hunkered down in the bed to weather the storm yesterday and last night.  We had lots of wind and rain but luckily we didn’t lose power.

So Mamie hung out with me in the living room.  I watched tv while she watched her toy.  You never know when a “boy” might come along and try to take it while you are distracted with the weather.  🙂

We are grateful that we are safe here at home.  Praying for those who got “Sandy”  much worse than we did.

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Remembering Truman and Jefferson

Posted in Dogs, tagged , , , on October 21, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I’m thinking this morning of Truman and Jefferson, the two dogs that I had when I first wanted to build a dog park in our community.  Tru and Jeffie really needed space to run off the leash.  That is what got the whole thing started.  And today we are having a “Celebration of Dogs” at the new dog park as a grand opening event.  The  park has been officially open now for about 6 weeks and it’s a wonderful place for dogs to run and play and exercise. 

The three dogs I now have – Jed, Lincoln and Mamie – love it.  Their favorite time of the day is early morning when we go to the park for our exercise.  I know Jeffie and Truman would have loved it too!

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A Celebration of Dogs

Posted in Dogs, Small Town Life, tagged , , on October 18, 2012| Leave a Comment »

 Come to the Dog Park on Sunday afternoon from 3 – 5 p.m. for the “Celebration of Dogs”, the grand opening event for the park.  We will have over a dozen vendors with great give-aways for everyone who comes.  We will also have the dog park merchandise available – hats, fleece jackets and tote bags.  Be the first to get yours and help us add an agility course to the park.

Hope to see you there with your socialized dogs!

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Sewing Nap Pads

Posted in Dogs, tagged , , , , on October 9, 2012| 1 Comment »

The last few days I have been sewing instead of painting.  I am making Nap Pads for the shop in time for the big Festival of Leaves this weekend.  (The Festival is Saturday from 10-6 on Main Street.  Come see us!)  The inventory was low and I have needed to do this for sometime.  I had some help for a while but then my helpers pooped out.  Here are Mamie and Lincoln demonstrating how one works.

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Meet Gus

Posted in Art Class, Dogs, tagged , on October 5, 2012| Leave a Comment »

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The kids class painted Gus yesterday in class. Gus belongs to Maggie’s (pictured in the middle) Aunt Courtney. He made a great subject for our painting. Thanks Maggie and Gus!

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A Nice Surprise

Posted in Dogs, tagged , , , on October 4, 2012| 2 Comments »

Monday I got a wonderful surprise.  I came home to a package.  I knew I had not ordered anything so I was really surprised when I opened it and found the 2013 Dog-a-Day calendar and letter saying that my Jeffie would be featured on February 20th.  I thought back to the last time I had sent a photo in to them for submission in their calendar and it had to be at least 5 or 6 years!  They must be really backlogged! Or maybe Jeffie’s story is just so special they didn’t want to miss it.  🙂  You can read more about my Jeffie here.  We really miss him and this is a really special tribute to our wonderful time with him.   This is what they chose to write:  “To the Rescue:  Basset/Lab mix Jefferson (or Jeffie, for short) was adopted at three months old from a Raleigh rescue group called Second Chance.  Kelly Walker of Front Royal writes that since then Jeffie has chased a robber from their home, and learned how to predict the occurrence of his “mom’s” migraines so that she can take her medication in advance.  Kelly can’t help but wonder:  Who rescued whom?”

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Some Days You Just Can’t Paint!

Posted in Dogs, tagged on September 25, 2012| Leave a Comment »

There are some days when I have obligations that keep me from painting.  And sometimes those obligations take a little longer than I originally anticipated.  Yesterday was one of those days.  I am wrapping up the IRS filing for 501(c)3 non-profit status for the Strasburg Dog Owners Group (SDOG).  This is the group in Strasburg who asked me to speak to their organizational  meeting a few months ago about what we did here to form the Warren County Dog Park Association and answer questions about raising money to build a park. 

The group is very enthusiastic and are getting a great deal of support in their community so I expect they will be able to get their park up and running by next year.  My contribution to them, with my consultant hat on instead of my artist beret, is to prepare and file their non-profit status paperwork.  And as with any IRS forms, they are no fun to prepare.  But they are done so hopefully they’ll be off in the mail by the end of the week and Strasburg DOG will be a non-profit that can accept donations to build their park.  Good luck guys!!!

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