I spend so much of my time in the outdoors that this is a shameful admission. At the age of 28, I’m still not sure what poison ivy looks like. How have I survived so long? I just avoid any plant with three leaves. It’s not a way to live. Cooper was quite ill after [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Western Virginia in Mid-May
Some pictures from when I was in Virginia for the Hubby’s Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 miler. My camera hasn’t been overly happy lately.
Dog Training and Real Life
I have spent considerable amount of time and money training my poodle. We have completed 4 courses now, Basic I, Basic II, Canine Good Citizen, and Rally-O novice level. We continue to train because I would like to do some competitive obedience with him, but also because we want to keep him safe no matter [...]
Vegetarian experiment
I like food. But I also get very bored with food. I can’t stand eating similar things day after day. I even have a hard time eating leftovers. Not my hubby, he could survive on a diet of rice/ramen, frozen fish sticks, and frozen vegetables forever. He does however enjoy eating meat with almost every [...]
Tacky Tourist Photos never change
Photography fascinates me. Not just the artsy, the perfect, the wonderful. I love snapshots, family photographs, accidental button clicks. I think vacation photography is very special When you start to think of all the people who have posed in the same spot as you. Taking the same tacky tourist photos as you are taking that [...]
Pretty (muddy) Poodle
I should really take pictures of Cooper when he gets home from the groomers. He always looks so clean and proper. But he’s a goofy high energy mess and he loves to get dirty. This is what he looks like a week after the haircut. We like to keep him fluffy. He’s been through a [...]




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