Way. Too. Hot.

Yes there are a myriad of excuses for not updating my blog.  And mama has told me most of them.  The overwhelming one, and the one that I have no choice but to agree with her on, is that we’ve been in the midst of an oppressive heatwave this past week.  No kidding, 105 –…

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Catching Some Big Aire

It has been HOT here in Portland.  Yes I know that it is summer.  And yes I remember my early years in Los Angeles.  But with all of the lovely seasons here in the Pacific NW, I seem to have forgotten what summer FEELS like. Today… I remembered. An afternoon spent in the forest is…

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Laurelhurst Fauna

Lovely Laurelhurst park.  On a lovely – kind of hot but not as hot as it’s been – Sunday.  People out having picnics, baby showers, and throwing frisbees.  After a nice walkie around the perimeter, mama and I decided to eat our sandwich next to the algae pond. Ruh-roh… here comes a mighty duck army…

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Hiking Forest Park

Mama promised me last weekend when we finally found the entrance to Forest Park that we would come back the following weekend and do a REAL hike.  Surprisingly, I did not have to remind her. It’s another hot day here in Portland, so walking in the relative shade and coolness of the forest is fantastic.…

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Dog Day: Afternoon

I thought the excitement for today was over.  But no… we decided to try to find the entrance to Forest Park again, taking advantage of the relative grey-ness of the day, and SUCCESS! Instead of crossing the bridge like we did last time, we took the stairs down, and boom – FOREST! I can already…

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Say Good-Day Gracie

Now THIS is how to start a grey Sunday in Portland… This is Gracie – and I am VERY intrigued. She is just a gorgeous gal, and even though I felt my must-always-protect-mama instincts rising up occasionally, she was just too cute to resist.  I do like the older ladies, and boy does this girl…

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That’s Disgusting

Humans can be so strange. Mama and I had to be over in the SE today, so we stopped at our usual haunt, Panera, for a quick bite.  We were sitting outside, and after I jumped into mama’s lap (as is my habit) she rewarded me with a piece of yummo mozzarella from her sandwich. …

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Purple Puppy in the Pearl

Thanks friends for all of your good wishes for my speedy recovery from the evil foxtail.  Those little suckers are EVIL! My new snazzy purple paw and I had some exploring to do today.  There is an area here in the Pearl District that is almost a street, except that it does not have cars. …

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F#*%ing Foxtails

Poor Bogie.  He really has the worst luck when it comes to foxtails. From Wikipedia:  A foxtail is a spikelet or spikelet cluster of a grass, that serves to disperse its seeds as a unit. Thus, the foxtail is a type of diaspore. Some grasses that produce a foxtail are themselves called “foxtail”, also “spear…

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