march 2013 statistics

Ondine - 37.48; Pan - 46.1; Fergus - 4.14; Total - 87.72.

easter morning at the river

tales

Red could have saved everybody a lot of trouble by handing over the basket.

cousin a

field notes, iii-xxix-xiii

lavender

garden bc

geometry

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pan. iii-xxviii-xiii

snippets, 3-26-13

What's more fun than throwing grass in the air?

tilda and baby elms

bordered patch

colliebungas

spiderwort and poppy

well, hi!

We got to play with a giant grasshopper this evening, too. :)

sundine

spring in texas too

pan-happy spring!

spring in texas

Hail from a thunderstorm at the park-and-ride this morning.

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odin and bob

snippets, 3-18-2013

the dog-walker whisperer: "There are no professional dog walkers. There are only writers who haven’t sold their novel yet." Ah. (And while we're there, this.)

field notes, st. patrick's day '13

This is the first trailside bluebonnet we've run across this year. (We've seen a few in landscapes - yards and highways - but we're counting this as our first sighting of a native.) Down below is an early wild dandelion.

We've given up on the head harness with Ondine. We tried for two weeks to get her comfortable with it, but she hates it. I realized it was probably a lost cause when I saw our neighbor's big Rottweiler-Blue Heeler wearing one without batting an eye - and his owner said, "The veterinarian recommended this yesterday." Sigh. Now she's back in a regular harness, but we're taking a different tack with treats. I think I've been "overtreating" her, which may be contributing to her excitability. That's the opposite of what we need. I dunno. We'll keep at it. (I don't want to leave the impression she's impossible, though. There's nobody I'd rather be with when we're away from cars and bikes.)

Pan remains as brilliant as ever on a lead. He's a real joy. He had his first birthday this week. Woot!

My calendar tells me that National Wildlife Week begins today. Pan likes robins.

pear blossoms

red oak

first harvest

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